Re: Freight Victoria..POWER??

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

Maurie Daly wrote:

> <snip>
>
> The Cs are NRCs , having been bought from Vline for around $100K each .
> What isnt clear about the NRC shareholders agreement is that NRC should have
> got some Gs from Vline , similar to the 81s they got from SRA.
> This hasnt happened though.
> The Ls have been used in Victoria before , around 1972 or abouts , for
> evaluation purposes.
> Internally , and engine wise , they are fairly similar to the Cs , but with a
> differant body and differant cab layout.
>
> Ive often wondered whether a rebuild of the S class with the 710G3 engine
> would be worthwhile, its certainly physically possible .
> You would then get something akin to a CLP in a S class body with a more
> modern engine and control electronics.
>
> ON a similat vein to this , how many Westrail Ks are still in service , are
> and are any available on the 2nd hand market.?

All existing K's/KA's (7 locos), except K206 have been sold to SCT for shunting
use in Perth and Avon Yard (Northam). A couple
were also supposed to have come here to Melbourne, but I have not seen them.
K206 is in storage in Perth.
AFAIK, some are still to be returned to service.

It must be pointed out though that they are slightly older than the L's; and as
well, being built by EE, are not compatible with
the GM/GE locos.

John
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