Re: Who said there's no variety these days?

[Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au>]

Russell Norton wrote:
> 
> >i.e. eight different classes in six different colour schemes (NR60 is
> >Steellink).
> 
> If the LVR 47's were there, it would have been nine different classes.

Yes, and it would not have been unlikely to have a 48 and an 82 to make
11. And are the X's still coming to Sydney, to make 12? And what else
have I forgotten?

We could try the same exercise for Spencer St, South Dynon and immediate
vicinity - what are the current possibilities there (not counting
preserved locomotives, but counting the WCR R since it is in regular
service)? Let me try, and have a flood of corrections and additions from
the Victorians:

A
B
C
G
H
J
N
P
R
S
T
X
Y
CLF
CLP
AN
BL
NR
GM
82

= 20 so far? (And how many different colour schemes? More than 30?)

Do 81 class, 700 class or DLs appear in Melbourne these days?

I wonder how many other places in the WORLD are inhabited simultaneously
by so many different loco classes?

Eddie Oliver