Re: Steam and Olympic Park

["Daniel Nightingale" <dnightingale@bigpond.nospam.com>]

Isn't there a 48 class modifed to haul electric sets from the Olympic Loop?
I am pretty sure I read/heard at work that they could do the older sets, as
well as Tangara's with thier ?Schefenberg? couplings.

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Daniel

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Les Brown wrote in message <3791a9fa.17541438@news.ocean.com.au>...
>matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier) wrote in aus.rail:
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>> The main issue with Olympic Park loop is probably the fire suppression
>>system. The fire system will probably go off with the amount of sootly
smoke
>>a steamer under load will put out.
>>
>> I can just imagine 3801 and its train buried under a large pile of white
>>fire redardant foam. :-)
>>
>They would have the same problems with a 48, would they not? Makes
>(almost?) as much smoke as a 38. A 48 buried under foam? I'd like to
>see that!
>
>Les Brown