Re: Re Granville Accident 1977

["tezza" <tezza@atinet.com.au>]

Richard Wardle wrote in message <350a184e.0@blue.hermes.net.au>...
>Saying that this topic has started a lot of wonder and disscussion is
an
>understatement . So from a driver's point of view i'd like to make a
few
>points.
>
>1. Ride of 4620;
>  I never drove this engine myself but speaking as an observer and a
driver
>of 46 Class loco's on passenger trains that they were very very rough
>especially at speed. The maximum speed of a 46 Class was 105 km/hr.
> If you speak to any drivers of 46 class locos they will ALL tell you
that
>they were a reliable and versatile ( sorry bout the spelling ) engine .
They
>could perform almost any task that their owners asked them to do .

Not ALL sorry. Unless you were talking about the 60's, cause in the 90's
they were pieces of shit constantly breaking down.