Re: Epping Sighting

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@nospam.bhp.com.au>]

Krel <krel4203@netconnect.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:52:11 GMT, "David Proctor"
> <thadocta@spam.ozemail.spam.com.spam.au> wrote:
>
> >MarkBau1 wrote in message
<19990611022809.03850.00000334@ng-xa1.aol.com>...
> >><<<<<At 2.40 p.m. today I sighted an up freight train proceeding through
> >the
> >>centre track at Epping Station consisting of 4701 and 4706>>>>>>
> >>
> >>A centre track at Epping!!! Wow, things have changed since I left Oz!
> >
> >Not to mention the locos with four-digits - I think there haven't been
anyof
> >them, apart from the L class!
> >
> and A2's.
> Cheers
>
> Krel
>
> Waxy Wary Zany Zebu

According to Oberg's book (which is always right!) the A2s were numbered
from 816 to 999 in the 1923 numbering. Did they have numbers with 4 digits
before this?
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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