Re: NSW 90 class question

["David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>]

Bob Gioia wrote in message <369000CE.DD7AC52E@acay.com.au>...
>Mark,
>          the W stands for Export Model and the M stands for Modified (non
>standard or non US safety) Cab. You may also be interested to know that
these
>units have builders numbers from EMD and also from Clyde yet were never
built by
>Clyde.

Weren't some parts of final assembly (air-conditioning, etc) done locally by
Clyde, so that they would be statdard with the 82 class?

Also, as Clyde are part of the ReadyPower consortium, are they Clyde
builders numbers or something like internal owner numbers (or similiar!)

DaveP
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