> As any four year old will tell you (and mine just did), these locos
> are marshalled as a standard full set of nine units four pairs in
> parallel, one serial leading.
>
Two failed before departure!
Comet's "crankcase" engine protector popped out when it was started, and
was not allowed to go off the pit!
Dancer suffered from continual ground relays when placed in notch 2 and
was taken off at the last minute!
The load was suitably reduced
> Loco names are
>
> "Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
> Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,
> but do you recall
> the most famous loc of all....
> Rudolf the red nosed" R class.....
>
> Note these locos are all good gas producers as well <g!>
>
> Regards
>
> Yuri
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> Yuri J Sos
> Melbourne VIC AUS