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Re: Pendennis Castle

Subject: Re: Pendennis Castle
From: aprice@mail.dotcom.fr (Andrew Price)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:37:20 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: SWW
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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 18:41:06 +1000, "Trevor Edmonds"
<tedmonds@tmx.com.au> wrote:

>David Bromage wrote...
>
><<It was claimed that 4079 was the only loco to pilot 4472 during its entire
>visit.  Is this true?>>
>
>3642 also had a go when 4472 had a compressor problem. It was not common
>practice because 4472 has a rather light-weight front buffer. It was never
>meant to be in the shafts.
>
>Trevor

Please pardon an overseas reader for what is probably a silly
question, but was 4472 still equipped with vacuum brakes, and if so,
how was train braking achieved?

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