When diesel started to enter service they started replaced steam on Express Passengers first.NekoMaster wrote:I guess that sounds good, I'm more use to having diesels and electrics still having some usage suggestions, but as you said, most diesels are designed for mixed use, though I know a few are built for express stuff like passengers. I do believe though there are some diesels more geared towards freight like the 421 ClassBut I guess I'd be happy for now with steam engines having some suggestions so that I can have an idea what to use them for.
When I started on railways in 1970 .. steam was still being used on suburban passenger trains in the Newcastle area and on many heavy goods and coal trains.
The C38 steam locos where built in the early 1940s for Express Passenger trains, but in the 1960s they were seen double heading with a Beyer-Garrett on heavy goods.
I've seen pretty well all classes of diesels on passenger trains. I used to think when I first started on railways that the 45 class was a goods train loco until I seen one on the Newcastle Flyer Express Passenger train.
The 48, 47, 49 classes more designed for branch line working of both passenger and goods, but did see them on Newcastle Suburban passenger trains when steam finished in the mid 1970s.
The hardest part for me doing other State railways is getting the technical details of them .. there are some websites that has information on steam and diesels of other States, but difficult findings anything on their passenger coaches and freight vehicles.NekoMaster wrote:In other news, I wonder if there will ever be any Tasmanian stuff for the set.
Like to do passenger carriages of other States especially their Express services.
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