And of course the G12 is a near dead ringer for the 1400's. It even has the
dynamic brake in the high hood which some of QR's had, although I can't remember
the numbers, or if they were 1400's or 1450's. Pity most of most of QR's left
the country, in little pieces.

GMS


--- On Fri, 5/12/08, akshale <akshale@...> wrote:

> From: akshale <akshale@...>
> Subject: [qrig] Re: Comparisons
> To: qrig@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 9:55 AM
> ---
> Wow.
>
> Cheers
> Arthur
>
> In qrig@yahoogroups.com, G S <kenworth_10x6@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Someone was wondering how QR loco's compare to
> standard gauge
> loco's. Here are some links to show how loco's
> similar to QR's
> Clyde's would compare to American standard gauge
> loco's. Latin
> American Logistics (ALL in Spanish ) run on Brazil's
> metre gauge
> lines using G22's, similar to QR 2400's but on 4
> axles, and GT22's
> similar to QR 2300's and a tunnel motor design, up to a
> GT26CU-2,
> similar to QR's 2100's but turbo'd so I presume
> pumping out 3000hp (
> also a tunnel design ) as well as a few older GE U models.
> For cheap
> newer power, they have imported secondhand US standard
> gauge loco's
> and unlike their counterparts in the north who convert them
> to 8 axle
> metre gauge loco's, these blokes are simply putting
> narrow gauge
> bogie's under them so must be running to 26 tonne axle
> loading. The
> loco's tower over the NG loco's as well as NG
> rollingstock. I can
> see possibilities for similar things here on certain lines
> if third
> parties wanted to get into
> > mineral hauling on the cheap. Yes, they are wider
> but it doesn't
> seem an issue either!
> >
> >
> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=37054
> >
> > http://lbassetti.rrpicturearchives.net/modelList.aspx
> >
> > GMS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In memory of
> > Mervyn George Simpson
> > 3/11/33 - 31/1/08
> > " End of the long haul "
> >
> >
> >
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