Re: Italian locos - but not entirely off topic

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

james_shugg@my-deja.com wrote:
> Had my summer holiday in Italy.
> Italy to the same extent.  Does any Australian rail system still
> maintain purpose built shunting locos in regular use, or do the
> mainliners do all that work now?

There are still 4(?) X200 class shunters in use in NSW. I think the 73s
count as shunters, still in use as shunters by FreightCorp, Countrylink,
CRT and Manildra.

A handful of RT class rail tractors in Victoria.

QR has 4 DH class shunters in service, and MIM has an ex-DH at Mt Isa.
Does the DL class count as a shunter? They are shunters by design, but
built for pioneer line work. DL4 is still in revenue service after 61
years.

Does the SAR 500 class diesel count as a shunter?

There are numerous shunters around at industrial sidings.

Cheers
David