Re: DL's
Terry Burton (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:36:33 GMT
"Paul Pickford" <boss@opera.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>I'm curious why so many people rave about the DL's. Did they ever actually
>work them? NR drivers have banned them as leading units, their terrible cab
>layout being the main cause. They make terrific remote units, as they are
>gutsy, and have good brakes, but that's about it.
>Spending a shift with a fridge in your back, a desktop in your kneecaps, and
>sitting bolt upright isn't much fun. The desktops are even cleverly sloped
>so you can't put a meal on them. We wonder how they got past cab committees.
>Did AN have cab committees?
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>Paul Pickford
>boss@opera.iinet.net.au
>http://www.iinet.net.au/~boss/
Yes, the Chief Mechanical Engineer. :-)
BTW..... AN crews would not run the AL's B end first.!
----Tell
Alice Springs NT