Re: V/Line loco on Epping line?

[sthyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au (Stuart Thyer)]

In article <668k14$1qg_004@melbpc.org.au>, mccallum@melbpc.org.au (John
McCallum) wrote:

> In article <3474DE2C.D475CA34@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au>, Chris Gordon
<c.gordon@ugrad.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> >But there is something to do with which loco's are allowed to pull Comeng
> >Trains.  They require a converter between the two different types of
coupling.
> >I don't think that T, P, Y and other locos like this are allowed to
putt comeng
> >trains (or sprinters)  with the converter.

AKAIK, any loco with an auto coupler can push/pull a Comeng, as the
converters, which are stored on the Comengs themselves are designed to
drop over an auto coupler.  There would be no buffer problems, there are
no buffers.
 
> Perhaps someone in V/Line or the PTC can answer the question above, But I 
> cannot see any reason why any loco could not use the converter couplings.
> It would be interesting seeing a Tait train trying to push/pull a Comeng or 
> Sprinter.
>
Unfortunately the converters require an auto couplers & since taits do
not, there may be problems :-)  Unless of course you used the taits
emergency coupler & then the comengs emergency coupler, but I think safety
sam might beat me over the head for that one!!

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