Re: 48125

Robert Parnell (rparnell@netspace.net.au)
29 Apr 1998 09:21:03 GMT

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> I just noticed 48125 at Port Kembla North and it has a small white dome
on
> the roof next to the air conditioning unit. Is this for communications, I
> think the NRs have something similar?

If it is about 15cm in diameter, it would be the receiver for the Global
Positioning Sattelite. It hooks up to the train radio, to display the
location of the train in 500m intervals on the train controller's radio
screen.

-- Robert Parnell SRA-Railcom Technician, Electronics Enthusiast, Lachlan Valley Railway member, NSW HO scale modeller E-mail:<rparnell@netspace.net.au>

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