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Re: Pass Locos

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Pass Locos
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 23:26:01 +1100
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Bob wrote:

> Theoreticly an 82 could be used
> on the Broken Hill service but this does not seem to have happened. Does
> anyone know why this would be?

It may be something to do with the fact that the buffer beam on the
passenger cars have a nasty habit of striking the uncoupling linkage and
uncoupling the train from the locomotive.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

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