Re: Sprinter rumour
R.kearey@mailbox.uq.edu.au
14 Nov 1997 06:45:42 GMT
In <01bcf0bc$615f88a0$80441286@ws79.stnlswol.bhp.com.au>, "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> writes:
>Aren't there still GMs around Brisbane? The 1400/1450/1460 have a 12-567C,
>the 1502/1550/2400 have a 12-645E, and the 2100 has a 16-645E, but I always
>thought they sounded different to NSW GMs, maybe different mufflers. I
>know a lot of the earlier QR classes have been withdrawn but aren't the
>later ones still running?
Yeah - a 2100 sounds a lot different to a 422. More whine, less chant.
The 1460's are all gone, though a few 1502's remain - I saw 1503 on
a sleeper train at Wynnum North a few days ago.
>Regards,
>--
>Chris Stratton
>Wollongong, NSW, Australia
>stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au
Rob K