Re: 7 x 86
johnmac (johnmac@lisp.com.au)
26 Aug 1997 14:24:27 GMT
David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
<5trrgv$e04$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
> My parents were in Sydney on Saturday afternoon and saw a very long
cement
> train passing through Parramatta mid afternoon heading towards Sydney.
> There were seven 86s at the front, but Dad couldn't find a pen in time to
> get the numbers. :) He didn't say if they all had pantographs up.
>
> Cheers
> David
I don' know what the engine numbers were either but it is quite normal for
up to 7 locomotives to be
placed on a train for engine balance reasons . A maximun of 4 to be working
The train was most
likey 1757 , empty Npry's for Kandos and the load would have only been in
the region of 800 tonnes.
3 dead 86's would have added another 420 tonnes , so it is likley that it
was 3 working and 4 dead .
Cheers
John MacCallum