Re: FA A Class

["Wilco" <wilco_@hotmail.com>]

"Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au> wrote in message
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> Wilco wrote in message <95i9qh$cte$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au>...
> >FA have fitted this loco with "Q-track" traction control as a trial, so
far
> >from what I hear it has been very successful and FA may start fitting
other
> >locos with it soon.
> >I am also told that ATN is fitting there L's with this technology.
> >
> >Wilco
>
> Enlighten us.  What is 'Q-Track' traction control, is like super series or
> the old IDAC??
>
> GF
> >
> >
> >"Doug Mason" <dmason@deakin.edu.au> wrote in message
> >95dhi0$6t4$1@nnrp1.deja.com">news:95dhi0$6t4$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> >> 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.

I am not 100% but I think that its a system that can tell when each
individual wheelset is slipping and then redirects the power to other
wheelsets.
I have had it explained to me but my memory is not too good!
Will try to find out again!

Wilco