Re: First Generation Diesel Questions

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <7cq1jb$r7v$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> jdennis@acslink.net.au writes:
>From: jdennis@acslink.net.au
>Subject: First Generation Diesel Questions
>Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:05:52 GMT

>I was lunching with a friend today, and the conversation turned to old
>diesels. We have a couple fo questions:

>Did the Victorian Railways "Y" class have vigilance control?
>What about other VR shunters? ("F", "W")
>Did the NSWGR 40 class have dual control stands?
>What about the first series VR "T" class - single or dual control stand?

>TIA ... JD

>John Dennis
>Home of the Dutton Bay Tramway
>http://www.acslink.net.au/~jdennis/dbt.html

Cant comment on the vigilance controls, but neither the 40s or Ts had dual 
control stands.
In fact no VR hood units ever had dual control stands.
Was / is this a deliberate policy of VR , or simply to save money.

MD