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Re: dynamometercar

Subject: Re: dynamometercar
From: Rob Kearey <mammal@optushome.com.au>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:24:24 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: @Home Network
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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?

> David Johnson

-- 
Rob Kearey
President, Queensland University Musical Society
http://www.qums.aicsa.org.au

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