Re: WA L class ( WAS Austrac to operate in NW NSW.)

[Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>]

> >rebuilding????
>
> >Is this V/Lines answer to a severe shortage of h.p.??   Does this mean they know
> >something that we dont???  do they think they will get V/Line??  W.C would not
> >need these Locos on their N.G. lines would they??
>
> I suppose this could be the closest Victorians will get to hearing a
> "C"  Class again...... the Ls are the same mechanically, aren't they?
>

Yes I believe so, except the technology is 10 years older...definitely no wheelcreep!
and probably no  IDAC traction controll either.
                                         Rod