Re: dynamometercar

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Rob Kearey wrote:

> David Johnson wrote:
>
> > When we were testing the 90 class locos, we put the dyno car between the 1st
> > and
> > 2nd locos so we wouldn't pull the dyno car apart.   Climbing up to the long
> > tunnel on the Ulan line was a bit of a worry - the car was creaking and
> > bending
> > in places it shouldn't have been!
>
> I thought they hacked that poor old 47 class for this very purpose - the
> frame and drawgear are strong enough for this kind of treatment.
>
> Why don't they use it, anyway?

It was a piece of crap.  There were absolutely no creature comforts in it, making
a 3 day coal train test very unpleasant.

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