Re: A HOARY OLD QUESTION

["David & Jan Winter" <winterd@icenet.com.au>]

O/K - let's add to the question, the ADF (Wildflower) class power vans of
WAGR (1949 vintage, twin EE 4 cyl diesel engines 4RK if I remember
correctly, on an A1A-A1A wheel arr.). Were these locomotives - they powered
2 passenger cars - and could MU in a M-T-T-T-T-M formation. If they were
locos, what then were the ADH's in  original condition? These could pull one
trailer.

DW

David Bromage wrote in message ...
>Chris Stratton (stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au) wrote:
>> Ron BEST wrote in message ...
>> >When is a locomotive not a locomotive?
>> >
>> >Are the XP and (former) DP class motive power units of NSW locomotives?
If
>> >not, why not?
>
>> I would call them locomotives, I don't know what they are officially.
>
>The DP was officially a locomotive.
>
>British Rail officially classed the HST power cars as locomotives (class
>43), although the HST units as a whole were originally classed as diesel
>electric multiple units. I'd call the XP a locomotive, albeit one with
>only one purpose.
>
>Cheers
>David