>
>SAR had random numbers that began at either 00 or 30 (is an 830 a
>derivative of an 800? What about a 930 and a 900?)
The old SAR system is relativly simple.
Both locomotives are simlar in role, the for the 830 is sort of like
the 800 and the 930 is sort of like 900.
When the 900 class was introduced in 1951 the 500, 520, 600, 620, 700
to 750 class steam locomotives were still in servace and there were
plans for a 800 class steam lcomotive to replace the 500 class. When
the 930 class was introduced in 1955-56 thay fulfiled a simlar role to
the 900 so ther for the 930 class.
By the time the 800 class was introduced in 1956 the plans for the
steam 800 class had been droped so it filled the next space in the
number sequence, again the 830 is like 800 so its number.
When the 500 class was introduced ('64) the 500 steam class had been
with drawn so it filled the position, same with the 600 (1965) and the
700 (1971) classes.
>CR has two or three random letters that sometimes were the same as the tea
>ladys initials. Road numbers is a bit of a disaster - some classes begin at
>1, some begin where the last class left off, and some seem random (DE90,
>NSU51, NB30 etc)
>
>--
>Cheers Krel
>
>The Law of Inverse Proportions - The chances of the signal clearing
>without having to get out of the cab and go to a lineside phone is inversly
>proportional to the amount of rain falling at the time :-)
>