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Flat bit on the roof of the GM Class 59 diesel locos


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I don't know anything about the Class 59 diesels (GM seem not to have supplied any for the Austrian narrow gauge lines) so please can someone explain to me why there is a flat area on the roof as if they were going to be fitted with a pantograph? Was an electric version planned or built?


I am asking on behalf of a friend whose wife was p.a. to the ARC chairman at one time so they have the Lima model as a keepsake but are worried that they have lost the pantograph.


SOS!

 

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The 59's are diesels - no pantograph fitted. At one end there is a large grille over the radiator panels, the other end is a large exhaust silencer.

It is possible that the model is missing the exhaust moulding (I don't know if it's a seperate fitting on a Lima model), leaving a large flat space.

 

 

Here's a link to a roof shot of 59101

 

HTH,

Mick

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