Re: Fuel efficiencies of 422s

["tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au>]

In fact, when still very new 42203 made one of the great all time diesel
runs in NSW on the return of one of the ARHS 38 Class Cootamundra  tours
when a 38 was failed completely and the 422 ran back from Goulburn  late at
night on the 4 heavyweight cars - one recorder said that it was probably the
fasted ver time from Goulburn to Marulan. It was one of the best diesel
hauled runs I have ever made - in fact it was only several years later that
I managed to travel behind a Deltic in the UK on the ECML at 100 mph for
long distance - and that was exhilarating!

Tony Bailey


C. Dewick wrote in message <8ag4di$kke$1@jedi.apana.org.au>...
>james_ccj@my-deja.com writes:
>422's work very well with light loads - hence the reason they found so much
>favour as sprint passenger locos. Their acceleration characteristic sets
>them apart from a lot of similar vintage machines.
>