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First ARG DD2300 Class emerges |
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Written by Dean Stalker
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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ARG DD2356 is shown at Greenfield on the way into Perth (Photo: Don Copley)
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Over the last few months a number of 2100 class shells were sent from Redbank Workshops to Port Lincoln Workshops for a project destined to see the units operating on ARG tracks in Western Australia.
At first details were not known as to what the upgrades were to be, however as photos of DD2356 emerged it seems the following work has been done:
- Modified Maxi-cab that is different to the general QRNational one with the removal of the front door, the two windscreens are now symmetrical. An additional door has been placed on the rear of the cabs.
- A toilet has been added at the B end of the locomotive
- New high-vis white handrails have been added to the gangways, extra ladder access has been provided behind the cab.
- Power plant wise it is not known whether they have introduced a re-conditioned 16-645E3 spec engine or have gone for a turbo-charged 12-645E3 spec engine.
- It is not known whether the locomotive management systems have been upgraded to ZTR or not.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 October 2007 )
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