Re: Re "Super" R class R711

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

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In article <83kg95$9ji$1@news1.mpx.com.au>, "Roger Lloyd"
<rogerlloyd@optusnet.com.au.nospam> wrote:

>It was interesting that R766 arrived at Ballarat with an empty tender. How
>does the range between refuelling of the oily R compare with the coal fired
>R? Of course the extra water capacity of R711 would also help give extra
>range between stops.

R 766 was not given a full bunker of coal as it was only doing a one way
trip to Ballarat. Some enthusiastic use of coal, especially at the
photostops, saw it run short. Normally, an R withh extended bunker can run
Melbourne-Ballarat-Return without refilling.

Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne