Re: BL`s

["Lloyd Hutcheon" <lchutch@norcom.net.au>]

The Man wrote in message <37700f42@news.news.com>...
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>Grahame Ferguson wrote in message <376f86b5@nap-ns1>...
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>>Anthony Deppeler wrote in message <37701C70.AB03CEA3@alphalink.com.au>...
>>>Noted at Islington on the Queen`s birthday weekend at Islington
>>>workshops was BL35 and a green BL beside the C and DL class loco`s
>>>It is dissapointing that these loco`s are placed into storage with the
>>>other`s when National rail was handed these loco`s.
>>>
>>>Tony Deppeler
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>>Yes it is a shame that such locomotives are left to rot.  Those C classes
>>seemed to have been there a while.  I can only ponder their fate.  I hope
>>that one of them will be preserved in the near future before it is too
>>late. - Rust In Pieces.
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>Well two of them are being converted to shunt loco's at the moment, It
might
>be posible that more are converted for use in yards around the country.
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>We can only hope
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Can't imagine these machine just idling around a yard when it was an
inspiring sight to see them in action on the mainline. I would also have
thought that V/Line (then) may have proposed to upgrade them with Super
series to make them match the G's 81's & BL's.They would have worked
marvellously. It's a pity they were not allowed to be built later to match
the technology but I can bet they would not have stuck to its unique design.