Re: new 45 class cabs

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

Bob i see you are travelling incognito.Don

Belinda Gioia wrote:

> The new cab has in fact made it a useless loco.This is a 35 ,not 45
> class that had a modified cab that was already approved by the PTU to
> be used as a leading unit. These twits have destroyed the original cab
> in an attempt to replace it with a home made Pilbara style cab. I'm
> told the home made cab has been rejected by the PTU for many reasons
> one of which is lack of saftey for the crew in the event of a
> collision.The only problem with the 45 cab was they were banned as
> leading units as they were draughty in the cab. Some 45s and all the
> 35s were modified to overcome this problem."Hats off to Austrac"? What
> for? This has been their biggest stuff up to date. As I understand it,
> work has been suspended on this loco. I suspect it will eventually just
> end up as parts for other locos.
> Cheers
> Bob
>
> <And tell me if you can tell me more about the 45 class's new cab.
> Found one at Junee roundhouse last weekend. I wonder, with the
> new cab, will that make the 45's a usefull loco? - or was there
> other major problems with them. Hats off to Austrac for doing it.
> Then they will have far more locos to use.>
>
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