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Re: 4001 & 42106 Status



Karl MAFTOUM <maftoum@science.canberra.edu.au> wrote in article
<34263ba3.0@herald.canberra.edu.au>...
> Chris Stratton (stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au) wrote:
> : 4001 will probably be returned to service, but not for a few years yet.
It
> : needs a lot of work done, including fitting the diesel engine and
traction
> : motors, and the diesel group is flat out keeping the existing fleet of
> : 4201, 4306, 4490, 4520, 7006, 7921 and D1 maintained. The RTM has an
engine
> : for it but I don't think they have any traction motors yet.
> : I'm not sure what the status of 42106 is.
> :
> 
> Oh ok, I wasn't aware that 7921 and 7006 were operational, are they 
every operated  for the public? Also how stripped is FP1?
> 
> Cheers
> Karl
> 
> 
7921 has some electrical problems which are taking a while to sort out, I
think mainly due to the age of the wiring and problems with diagrams not
matching what is actually there.
-- 
Chris Stratton
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au   

Any opinions are all my own work.