Re: One morning at Merri...

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

Krel wrote in message <36e8fa07.12426109@news.netconnect.com.au>...

>Why would this be a problem? Both T and P class are bidirectional
>locos and Vic (unlike NSW) have no qualms about a spot of long end
>leading.
>More likely it was because of the hills and pathing requirements.

NSW do not have a problem with long end leading - this has been amply porven
with the running in NSW over the last 30 years - providing the driver is
correctly positioned with the controls in the correct position. This was a
problem with Victorian locos, that only had one driver station - so when the
locos were required to be driver "the wrong way" the driver was on the wrong
side, and had the drivers controls behind him.

THIS is the objection the NSWGR/PTCNSW/SRA/WHATEVERtheyAREcalledTHISweek had
regarding Victorian locos.

DaveP