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Re: Austrac gets HI locos
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Austrac gets HI locos
- From: gioia9499@my-dejanews.com
- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 01:40:56 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion
- References: <mauried.2.360F0241@commslab.gov.au> <6uoav6$h1e$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3610479c.0@cactus.highway1.com.au> <6us0fc$n9i$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6usg2j$nue$1@miranda.its.deakin.edu.au> <6usljl$krp$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>
In article <6usljl$krp$1@news.mel.aone.net.au>,
dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
> Roger Gillard (rgg@deakin.edu.au) wrote:
> > When I was in the Pilbara and having a look at these hulks
> > we were told that Austrack had bought some of the frames
> > of these locos!!??
>
> Hang on, this might not be so silly. Remember that the Westrail NBs are
> locos designed for narrow gauge running on C636 bogies. I wonder if
> Austrac has more narrow gauge locos in mind, but needs bogies for them?
Austrac purchased 2 NBs as well as an N which is still in WA on narrow
gauge. They would certainly need at least 1 set of bogies to move this unit
to NSW and would be crazy not to buy more for spares. Bob
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