Re: WCR B ?

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Gareth Davidson <gaidheal@pipeline.com.au> wrote in article
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> A simple and quick question
> 
> Why do WCR only run there B class single ended?
> 
> If you look at them ye can see exhaust marks only on one end, and when
> I've looked at any WCR train lead by a B it's always the same end.
> 
> Didn't the controls at both end get restored?
> If not why?
> 
> Would make sense to use both ends of a B.
> 
> If the're not going to use both ends, why don't they flog of the B's
> and get the remaining 4 S's form V/line as they seem to be In the
> Geelong loco yard alot.
> 
EASY>>>The cost of restoring and improving both cabs was decided to be too
much!
Air Conditioning and Sound Proofing as well as Communications gear add up
to a fairly high price!
Money was better spent on fixing another engine, as both cabs are out of
service when the B breaks down!
Fairly Simplistic..but close to the mark, and turning the Engine at Dynon
and Warnambool is hardly a problem now.

The reason the S Class are seen at Geelong is perhaps because they are
still in service!...they use them as "power in the shafts" as required, and
are not, as yet available for Sale.
                                                                       Rod
Young