Re: Ge s do it better than Alco s

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

Why is this argument continuing to compare the builders of the
diesels??

Pretty soon  [if the road transport lobby have their way] you will
have very few locos to look at! Than any loco will be admired!! Some
places in Australia are lucky to see any train, let alone a loco
hauled one so a loco is a loco no matter what diesel is inside it! All
that some people get to see is an XPT or suburban EMU / spark or
similar that looks the same every day and looks the same going and
coming!!

If it wasn't for NRR and their 421 and 49 class at Murwillumbah, all I
would have is the XPT at M'BAH and the suburbans /Interurbans at
Robina and until last year I didn't even have the Robina ones!

Cheers
Peter Cokley


On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 16:33:29 +0800, "noelmel" <noelmel@wantree.com.au>
wrote:

>David Johnson wrote- GM s are more reliable and are noisier. He should
>qualify that to read ' naturally aspirated ' GM s are noisier. Any GM with a
>turbo ( Westrail L class and V/Line/ NR C class excluded) cannot be classed
>as having a typical GM chant. As for the SRANSW 82 & 90 Class and Westrail Q
>& S Class all I can say is ' oh for the good old days when double headed VR
>S class would be in notch 8 to get up the pinch out of Ballarat station on a
>heavy Adelaide bound Jet- it would bring tears to the eye of a bag needle!'
>Turbo chargers - who needs them?
>Noel Forster
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