Re: NSW 4400 Class Engines

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Rod Gayford <rjaygee@smartchat.net.au> wrote in message
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> All trains are run for one reason, for whoever is paying for the trip
whether it
> be passenger or freight.

And your point is?

Enthusiast trips are run for enthusiasts. Enthusiasts like to take photos.
The majority of enthusiasts like to see a 44 class No.1 end leading. If it
operationally permissible, it should be done.

--
DaveProctor
thadocta AT dingoblue.net.au

> Cheers
> RJG
>
> Dave Proctor wrote:
>
> > Jack <bd107@tsn.cc> wrote in message
> > PU6Q3.252$Z_1.2054@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net">news:PU6Q3.252$Z_1.2054@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net...
> >
> > > In the fair dinkum department what difference does it make to the pple
in
> > > the train which way the unit is facing, it still pulls the same, still
> > > sounds the same etc...
> >
> > Does not look the same on the photos.
> >
> > > As far as excursions go, i dont work for them for the simple reason
that I
> > > didnt like working on the old locos... even Jumbos could be horrible
to
> > work
> > > on, particularly in the NO 2 End, the heat difference between NO1 and
NO2
> > > end was remarkable...
> >
> > A good point - you do not work them because you do not have to. Nobody
> > forces the drivers on railtours to work the train. They volunteer to do
it
> > (even though they get paid while doing so).
> >
> > I do not go on railtours, for the simple reason that they bore me to
tears.
> > But I can understand how people who *do* go on them could feel, when
> > something that affects the aesthetics of the train is allowed to do so,
> > particularly when it is so easy to change.
> >
> > DaveP
>