Re: Ignore the retard (Was: new groop)

["Erk" <erk@erkV69.au.com>]

"Michael" <usenet.spam@gunzel.net> wrote in message
905161DCBgunzelT333@139.130.239.94">news:905161DCBgunzelT333@139.130.239.94...
| David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in article
| <JVgl6.23$vT.1188@news0.optus.net.au>:
|
| >>>>> I didn't know the Ghan was to be hauled by the A10.
| >
| >>>>... with R711 has the helper loco of course.
| >
| >>> Rumour has it that K190, now painted in hot pink will be assisting
| >>> and not R711.
| >
| >> Not true.  They need the MU facilities of the R class to reduce crew
| >> costs.
| >
| >But you can't MU an R with an X100!
|
| K190 has been fitted with controls to MU directly with the X100, and just
| about every other steam locomotive. For coal fired units, a portable
| Metcard machine has been adapted to feed coal from the tender to the fire
| box. The only problem there being, it only takes coins (-:


A M**card validator will be used as an end of train marker and all
communications will be carried out by a 1990 Motorola brick (oops phone)
using any conveinent Russian satellite.


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