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

Subject: Re: WA L class ( WAS Austrac to operate in NW NSW.)
From: "Paul Pickford" <brougham@bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 11:25:51 +0800
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct
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Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
SNIP 8<
>Yes they were the first locos in Australia to use the EMD 645 E3
turbocharged
>engine , not  a bad effort in 1968, although surely these days if they were
to
>be rebuilt a differant engine would be used , maybe something like the EMD
710
>G series used in the 82s .

They are very sad to see now Maurie, some of them have visible rust holes in
the panel work.

References:
- Re: Austrac to operate in NW NSW.
  - From: Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>
- WA L class ( WAS Austrac to operate in NW NSW.)
  - From: steam4me@enternet.com.au (Yuri J Sos)
- Re: WA L class ( WAS Austrac to operate in NW NSW.)
  - From: Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>
- Re: WA L class ( WAS Austrac to operate in NW NSW.)
  - From: mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)

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