Re: NR at Spencer St
David Bromage (dbromage@metz.une.edu.au)
5 Oct 1997 03:56:09 GMT
Paul Pickford (boss@opera.iinet.net.au) wrote:
>The EL's would need to be tarted up a bit.
>They are not popular with us for a few reasons. ie: lately at speed they
>are awful, shaking all over the place. A cup of coffee placed on the floor
>of some EL's at 110k's will be 3/4 empty in a couple of minutes! Basically
>they are run down, the windscreens all scratched, the seats are all stuffed
>etc.They take up to 1 minute 50 seconds to develop full power, an NR can
>develop full hp in less than 50 seconds, faster than an AN at around a
>minute. Between Perth and Parkeston there are regularly over 50 speed
>restrictions, so we are always powering up or braking.
>The CLP's are alright to work, but seem to fail a lot. I'm not sure how
>useful the gensets ended up being.
>There seems to be enough NR's to do the job, and there great engines and
>dead reliable these days. Being double ended makes them more versatile in
>emergency working too, and does away with the shunters required to pull the
>high wheeler out of the Perth Terminal. A bit overpowered I suppose, but
>from a drivers point of view that's not an issue :-)
Remember the ELs and NRs are from the same stable. Who is to say the NRs
won't be the same after 7 years if they're not looked after?
Cheers
David