Re: Victorian numbering (was: [VIC] S301 back in service?)

["Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

Some times they did sometimes they didn't.Probably depended who was the
chief pen pusher at the time and how badly he wanted to make life hard for
his minions.
For instance:last steam Y class ended up with 100 series numbers,likewise Y
class diesel's.
However H220 bears no connection with H1-5 diesel's.
Then again Mikado X class 27-55 does have a passing resemblance to 1st and
2nd series X class diesel's. So yes and no <g!>
Graeme
"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in message
82ksli$94n$1@news1.mpx.com.au">news:82ksli$94n$1@news1.mpx.com.au...
> Just further to this, it is interesting to note that the Victorian diesel
S
> class carried the same numbers as the steam S class (well, the first 4
did,
> then they kept going).
>
> Was this standard practice? When the start reusing a letter, do they start
> reusing the same number series as well?
>
> As I do not have a list of Victorian steam locos available, I cannot
check,
> so I am throwing it over to you extremely wise and knowledgable people.
>
> Dave
>
> Michael wrote in message <8E96A4508telstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net>...
> >Dave Proctor said on 08-Dec-1999 in <82kngq$hht$1@news1.mpx.com.au>:
> >
> >>NOOOOOOO! Say it isn't so. I would have thought that a loco as important
> >>to the country as the Victorian steam S class would have had at least
> >>one example preserverd.
> >
> >Nup. All scrapped. Victorian governments have always been like that. Take
> >something out of service and scrap it so it can't be brought back. Some
of
> >the S class tender bogies however were preserved for use on heavy
transport
> >flat or well top wagons, which were used for transporting large
> >transformers to Gippsland I believe. The rest of the loco however,
probably
> >drives you around on the road (or part thereof) or holds cat food.
> >
> >>(btw, I think it was an absolute disgrace that one was not preserved.
> >>Wouldn't it be a sight to see a WallyRail train with a streamlined S up
> >>the front!)
> >>
> >
> >Yes, it would be nice, however I don't think the S class would be a loco
> >that you could strip of it's VR livery without making it look pathetic.
You
> >would also need the matching rollingstock to keep is consistant. You
could
> >of course have "WEST COAST RAILWAYS" in an art deco typeface on the side
of
> >the loco without ruining it's appearance.
> >
> >Say, I hear that Dorrigo have a few 38's laying around that we could
> >convert to replica S's :-) Or or or, we could always tap into the
strategic
> >reserve beneath Flagstaff station where I heard that the steam S classes
> >are stored :-)
> >
> >Ahh, it's nice to dream aint it.
> >
> >Regards
> >Michael
> >
> >--
> >Michael Kurkowski
> >Ph: 0416-044-124
> >Web: http://www.netstra.com.au/~mk
> >
> ><oldie>If you shoot a mime, do you use a silencer?</oldie>
>
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