Re: (NSW) 1924 renumbering system and 7201

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> "Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > "Rob Kearey" <mammal@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> >
> > > > > Why when there were over 100 locos in a class (32, 50, 53) why
> > > > > did they not adopt a three digit suffix like '32105' instead of
> > '3305'?
> > >
> > > Probably because the clerk in charge at the time felt like it.
> >
> > Probably the 1920's version of the computer being programmed to only
> accept
> > 4 digits. Cut down on telegraph costs, etc?
> >
> They still had the same "computers" when the 421 class was introduced,
> didn't they?

Dunno - not overly interested in railway communications, so cannot comment
either way. It was just a thought, and if five digit loco numbers were an
issue (with communications systems as they were when the 421's were issued)
then they should have been an issue when 44100, the 442's and 43100 - 48165
were issued.

> BTW - anyone know what happened to 7201, the prototype diesel-hydraulic?
> IIRC, it was meant to haul a tour Sydney-Riverwood-Canterbury (then steam
to
> Metro Colliery) on 1973-02-11, but had to be replaced by a 48.

WGAFRF.

Dave