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Re: NR 75 - The Ghan
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Date: 
Mon, 1 Aug 2005 23:42:29 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Timothy Gould wrote:

Very nice work, Tim! Maybe I will try to build this for our next M>ltc layout! But then I’d have to come up with rolling stock too...

   Since I know nothing much about Australian trains (having developed the train habit during my stay in the UK) I couldn’t really tell you much about the motive power or anything.

It is usually headed by NR74 - the NR class are GE powered, and the 3 repainted in Ghan livery (74, 75 and 109) are 3000kw (4020HP). Here is a pic of NR74 pulling “The Ghan”: http://www.railpage.com.au/modules.php?set_albumName=The_Ghan&id=NR74_AN3_5AD8_Livingstone_3Jun05&name=gallery&include=view_photo.php

HTH

ROSCO



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(...) Thanks. The rolling stock is really easy. I've got some half designed but all you have to do is replace a strip of grey in the Santa Fe carriages with a strip of orange. A little fiddle here and there and you've got a decent Ghan carriage. (...) (19 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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  NR 75 - The Ghan
 
Dear all, Just finished off a project I've been working on for a while. Was going to wait until I finished the instructions but time just slipped away. So, I present here, NR 75 - The Ghan This train, for those who don't know, runs on the newest (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)  

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