Re: 42106 & Northern Rivers Railroad

[Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au>]

Matthew Geier wrote:

> GOODWIN ALCO <alco@planet.net.au> writes:
>
> >    You may very well be right. I was told that they were wanting it to
> >run and that there is a 421 motor at Thirlmere for it but this may just
> >be rumour.
> >  Im sure on a visit some years ago I was shown a 421 motor under a tarp
> >.
>
>  The locomotive was gutted. Totaly. 42106 is a empty shell with wheels
> under it. All the internal bulkheads except the cab walls at each end were
> cut out. Sundry removed parts are scattered around the museum grounds.
>
>  It was intended to fit a coal fired turbine to it. The body was 'emptied'
> with this in mind, so all the equipment mounting points were cut off as well.
>
>  The only useful parts left would be the traction motors and possibly
> some of the control gear, but they have sat idle so long with the roof
> open that it would be all rusted up by now.
>
>  The unit is really only good for painting up and turning into a static
> museum exhibit. How any one can think it is useful now amazes me. Unless
> you happen to want a 421 class frame for remanufacture.

  Why just the frame? The description you have given it just what they would do
to a remanufactured loco like the CLP/CLF class prior to rebuilding and
repowering such a unit.
Bob