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    How many different classes of locomotives were fitted with slow speed control to operate MGR trains in Brtain?

    Question #99916. Asked by jonsmith1963. (Oct 04 08 7:58 AM)


    Baloo55th

    		I make it 11 (or 10 if you lump the 47s together). 20, 26/0, 33/2, 37, 47/0, 47/3, 50, 58, 60, 66 and 67. Not all of every class was fitted with the control.
    http://www.c58lg.co.uk/html/mgr_haa_history.html
    For the benefit of people in general, MGR = Merry Go Round, and refers to a system of looped delivery of coal to power stations. The trains drop their cargo on the move and head out again round a sort of circular track.. Obviously, very slow moving is needed at times in this process. See more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry-go-round_train

    Oct 04 08, 9:53 AM

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