Strung out and green

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John Ashworth
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Strung out and green

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Nathan wrote:Notorious Mitchell street curve is taken at a sedate pace, as the 14 coach
luxury Rovos Rail train winds down the last few kilometers to home, at
Capital Park. The solitary 19D doing the work is their last operational
locomotive of that class. The class 25NC are mostly used
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Dylan Knott
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14 coaches on what gradient? I thought this exceeded max load for a 19D?
Chris Janisch
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All downhill really from Centurion, but there are no load rules really- have seen the dolly on 20 when other power was down!
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