Re: Low nose 48 class

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Bob (gioia@fastlink.com.au) wrote:
>I understand that 4848 and 4871 are being modified to a low nose at the
>short end to improve driver visibility. They are using 81 class
>windscreens as the new front windows.  The work is being done at
>Chullora and 4871 (was the last in tuscan livery) will be repainted and
>released to traffic in a few weeks. I can only assume that Freightcorp
>are looking at running 48s for many more years if they are going to this
>much trouble.

Is it more or less identical to an AN/ASR DA class, including driver only
operation? I wonder if the same crew who modified 4537 for BHP did the 48s.

Cheers
David