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Yes, Andy, I think Michael is trying to create a new GALE posting. The other one which seems to get dragged up now and then is getting rather large, although I would expect Michael to make that posting the largest one on this forum, now that Michael has put over a thousand postings of his ownAndy wrote: Not again Michael
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By the way it might of been wind in Auckland today from the reports on the tv3 news tonight.
Perhaps Michael needs to spend some time of the south coast of south island when gale force southerly winds with driving rain and hail, are lashing the coast line and temperature barley above zero... then we would all have a laugh.
Perhaps Michael needs to spend some time of the south coast of south island when gale force southerly winds with driving rain and hail, are lashing the coast line and temperature barley above zero... then we would all have a laugh.
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Obviously not a hog (Dg, Di, English Electric Df) or even a Dj, although the Dj was reduced to only having a Notch 9 strength in their later years, notch 10 only good for cancelling the vigilance, if you had your left hand on the throttleMichael wrote:The Gale tonight sounds like a freight train in notch 8 with a full train
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The old Da's used to have a good sound,Lying in bed hearing them in the distance and perhaps the wind is the sound of a wagon bouncing on the sleepers
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:Obviously not a hog (Dg, Di, English Electric Df) or even a Dj, although the Dj was reduced to only having a Notch 9 strength in their later years, notch 10 only good for cancelling the vigilance, if you had your left hand on the throttleMichael wrote:The Gale tonight sounds like a freight train in notch 8 with a full train
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Coming down from Springfield to Rolleston used to be quite pleasant in winter time in the cab of a Dj. The heat from the grids on the LA's side would keep a crew quite warm with a thousand tonne weight pushing against the combined dynamic brake effort of a Dj/Dg combination on the downward drift of a trainload of coal/timber/cement from the West Coast.Michael wrote:Your weather is in Dynamic Brake mode with both engine and train brake swung far forwardNZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:....as soon as you take your hand off the throttle of that Da
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...a bit diffrent in summer tho'
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