Re: dynamometercar

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

"Rob Kearey" <mammal@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
> --
> Rob Kearey
> President, Queensland University Musical Society
> http://www.qums.aicsa.org.au

Because they sold it to the LVR.
--
Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia