Re: 48s in Victoria

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

Maurie Daly (mauried@commslab.gov.au) wrote:
>The latest issue of Digest has a small article near the back relating to the 
>fact that 48s are now allowed on sg in Victoria .

They have run into Victoria before. They were not an uncommon sight at
Wodonga Coal Sidings, and have run to Bandiana. During the Adelaide line
closure when everything was running via Cootamundra and parkes, a 48 even
made it to Benalla as an assisting unit, however somebody worked out it
would have run out of fuel before reaching Melbourne and wasn't allowed
there anyway, so was detached and sent back to Albury on the next down
freight.

>This is obviously to allow for Austrac to run their trains to Melbourne.
>The more interesting bit is that the max speed for 48s in Victoria is 115 km/h 
>, the same as an X , with the same sectional load as a T .

The 49 class was also allowed the speed of an X and the load of a T when
three were down there to run plant trains on the new sg line.

Cheers
David