Re: Wheres all Victorian Big Diesels gone?

[The Narc <gono15@hotmail.com.com>]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:45:30 +1100, "Adam Dunning"
<adamdunning@start.com.au> wrote:

>Well after westrail used it for some time, they stripped it and sold the
>empty shell to ATN.  It's either at NRC-Alco in S.A., or it might have been
>one of the locomotives recently transfered to Macantyre Loop in Vic.
>
>Adam
Adam it is actually residing behind the RTS shed in melbourne awaiting
its fate (stripping for spares to keep the rest of the L's going
probably)
regards
>"david" <david@gwmail.nmit.vic.edu.au> wrote in message
>3A99BE82.F1A36F85@gwmail.nmit.vic.edu.au">news:3A99BE82.F1A36F85@gwmail.nmit.vic.edu.au...
>> What happened to the ex comalco "L" ?  I know it does not have dynamic
>> brakes and was ballasted - has it been "non-standard" compared to the  "L"
>> 's.
>>
>> Regards,
>> David Head
>> ( who lived in Weipa and the 1002 was my favourite of the two !)
>>
>> The Narc wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:36:19 +1100, Yuri J
>> > Sos<steam4me@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
>> > Yuri you have dissapointed me i thought you would would never let a
>> > chance go about saying the "Cs" should still be running main line :-))
>> > on a related note perhaps RTS can get the EX Weipa "L" class going for
>> > you Opps sorry that one weighs over 150 tonnes :-))
>> > Regards Paul MNRC
>> > >On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:54:44 +1100, "Mark R" <mra1968@iaa.com.au>
>> > >wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>ew to group and would like to paricipate etc, can anyone assist in web
>> > >>pages that show the demise, or new roads these old favs are running
>> > >
>> > >Also take a look at the Photo Galleries at
>> > >
>> > >http://www.railpage.org.au/vr
>> > >
>> > >and
>> > >
>> > >http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me
>> > >
>> > >Yuri.
>>
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