Re: FA A Class

[jshugg@westpac.com.au]

Have the A's generally been regarded as successful? I know that not all
the Bs were upgraded into A's because some frame/suspension stresses
were becoming apparent in the earlier converts (like I suppose you'd
expect if you dropped the latest Commodore motor into an old Torana).

Thanx... James

In article <znse6.71$bi2.6046@news0.optus.net.au>,
  dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> Doug Mason (dmason@deakin.edu.au) wrote:
> > I have been told that Freight Australia's A85 is now able to pull a
> > bigger load than the rest of the A class so when did it get a new
engine
> > or what ever done to it.
>
> A85 was at one stage regeared for 160km/h running for high speed tests
> with set LH33 (when the set had Socimi bogies). Increasing the gearing
> reduces the tractive effort. It had a starting/continuous TE of
294/162kN,
> compared with 294/212kN for a standard A. I thought it was geared
back to
> 133km/h years ago.
>
> Cheers
> David
>


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