Re: [vic]gov grant to puffing billy

["BJ" <macgunzal@bigpond.com>]

This is true but the current timetable virtually uses every passenger
carriage available - under the current circumstances G42 would just be
hauling the same consist that a single NA does!! We really need more
carriages just as much as more locos.

Current timetables which have double-heading locos are really for scheduling
requirements rather than heavy loadings - e.g. a down train splits at
Lakeside with half returning and half continuing to Gembrook. Other
double-headers for heavy loads are typical end Nov/early Dec when the extra
loading only travels one-way to Menzies Creek. Once again, 2 locos are used
because half the train returns for a later service. Using G42 in place
doesn't help here.


James Brook wrote in message
>I think the garrat would be the more obvious choice because of it's much
>greater power. On day's of heavy loading this can do the job of two
>NA's. When it is completed it will be almost a brand new loco, so
>hopefully the maintenece costs would also be minimal for many years.
>
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