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Re: It's still academic
- Subject: Re: It's still academic
- From: krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 03:16:01 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <36c96719.0@news.bris.corplink.com.au>
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:45:45 +1000, "MattyQ"
<matticue@corplink.com.au> wrote:
>Here's a couple more trivia questions :-
>
>2. The 830 class loco has one characteristic that no other locomotive in
>Australia can boast. What is it?
>
They operate on three gauges. AFAIK at the moment 842, 850, 851, 865,
869, 871, 872, 873 are NG; 831, 838, 841, 843 are BG; and 833,
844-848, 852, 859, 863, 874 are SG.
BTW the DA class also operate on all three with 2 & 5 on BG, 4, 6 & 7
on NG and 1 on SG. These are ex 830 class converted to DOO.
Cheers
Krel
Just another eccentric crank.