Re: AN Loco Classifications

Bob (gioia@fastlink.com.au)
Thu, 27 Nov 1997 01:51:47 +1100

David Johnson wrote:

> Leslie Brown wrote:
>
> > We Victorians used to have great fun finding out if NSW railfans
> knew
> > about their 31-class, 33-class, 51-class and 54 class steamers.
> >
> > I think I'd prefer the V.R. system over the NSWGR. Other systems
> must
> > have thought it a good idea too as a few adopted it also.
>
> Then there's the 451 class which became the 35 class. Or, just to
> confuse everyone, the 48 class is
> numbered from 4801 to 48165.
>
> --
> David Johnson
> CityRail Guard
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman

What about the British system. Every variation of diesel class has a
sub class. eg.class 47 , 47100, 47200 etc etc. I think they got to
47700s so far.