Re: English Electric Loco's in ANZ

Len Chisholm (L.Chisholm@massey.ac.nz)
Sat, 26 Apr 97 11:49:31 GMT

In article <E982A2.Bx7@transdata.co.nz>,
chris@transdata.co.nz (Chris Grace) wrote:

>The Dg class was nearly all moved to the South Island and all received the
>springing adjustment, whereupon the Dh class reverted to Dg. They were
>then rebuilt with a similar cab to the Di.

The Di's were built with a full-height normal-length short-hood - the newer cabs
fitted to the Dg's were fitted with 4 front windows and a very minimal
short-hood : it was half height and I think only about 1 foot from nose to cab.

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