This surely must be one of the daftest names for a railway engine.
What A Daft Name For A Railway Engine
I’m sure Colchester Power Signalbox is a worthy signal box, but to name an engine after it, is akin to calling one of your children something like BMW 5-Series.
May 6, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Names, Trains
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What this blog will eventually be about I do not know.
But it will be about how I’m coping with the loss of my wife and son to cancer in recent years and how I manage with being a coeliac and recovering from a stroke. It will be about travel, sport, engineering, food, art, computers, large projects and London, that are some of the passions that fill my life.
And hopefully, it will get rid of the lonely times, from which I still suffer.
Why Anonymous? That’s how you feel at times.
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BO3 . . . a 3 wheel Power Bogie . . . New Size & New Very Efficient Power Unit.
Old Trains and OZ Tilt Trains are 2 wheel Bogies.
There are two types of Power Cars built in Oz.
BO3-BO3 & Very Heavy Duty BO3-BO3-BO3 called BO-BO-BO’s
Comment by Steam Lover | May 7, 2013 |
It’s a Canadian built Class 66. There are loads of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_66
They’re rather noisy and vibrate a lot. one driver told me, they’re awful to drive a long way, but they are reliable.
Comment by AnonW | May 7, 2013 |
Agree . . . the Oz Locos were US / Canadian Design used for Power Cars for Iron Ore Trains : 4 Locos pulling train consist of 3 kms long. 2 Locos up front & 2 Locos in middle. There are Tests being conducted in Perth WA . . . removing Drivers, and Driven Remotely from Perth 2000 miles away from Ore Train.
Comment by Steam Lover | May 8, 2013 |
We don’t have anything like that size of train. Coal and aggregate are most of the bulk materials carried, but many of the long freight trains are intermodal ones carrying containers to and from the ports. Typically a train is up to 30 boxes pulled by one Class 66 or an electric engine.
Comment by AnonW | May 8, 2013 |