Re: X class NSW shunters

[Robert Harris <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

petan@ion.com.au wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There was a question last week about the livery of the X class
> shunters used in the Casino / Murwillumbah area.
>
> Railway Digest FEB 94 P.42, has a photo of X117 in muddy brown livery,
> without side lining [side on photo] shunting a louvre wagon at Coffs
> Harbour. Since it has the # X117 instead of its original X217, we can
> assume it to be a later time era photo.
>

The X100's came first and because they apparantly were good the x200's
then came.
So X100's are not the same as X200's.

>
> There is also a shot of X104 at Wauchope shunting cement wagons. Date
> 29 Sept 93. Livery is Tuscan with yellow side lining [again side on
> shot].