Re: Hamersly Iron info

["Ron BEST" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

British locos (e.g. A3 4472 "Flying Scotsman") had tunnels through their
tenders to allow crew change on the run. This was during the great "race to
Scotland" between the LNER and the LMS in the twenties.

Peter Knife wrote in message <01be1f6c$43f65a20$a79d16cb@blakehurst>...
>The crews are 'away from home' for 2 days, but they work a full length run
>to one of the mines in a single shift. They stay overnight in mine area
>accommodation, then work 'home' the next day. They do not convey crew
>vehicles on the trains. Only in abnormal circumstances would a 'crew' (of
>one) be relieved on the road.
>
>Cheers
>Peter Knife
>
>David Rowe <drowe@tpgi.com.au> wrote in article <36672905.0@tpg.com.au>...
>> Gang,
>>
>> I just found this thread on a US Railroad message board.Is this info
>true? I
>> know about the CD player and the microwave,but I find the rest hard to
>> believe.
>>
>> David
>> QLD
>>
>> >the C44-9W's that were built for Hamersly Iron in Australia DO have CD
>> players in them. In addition, they have microwave ovens. The reason
>behind
>> this is that the crews (1 man, at that), are on the road for a couple of
>> days at a time. They switch off crews on the road, with the other crew
>> staying in an RV-type vehicle behind the locomotive.
>>
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