Talk:80 Class/@comment-110.146.137.77-20170320022459

Having worked on the 80 class I can tell you they were a horror loco. They suffered so many mechanical faults. Oil and fuel leaks were always a problem on the 80's. The air conditioners would leak water over the control stands and when one fault was fixed another would appear. They suffered electrical shorts and blown turbo superchagers much more than other diesel classes. They were more suited to hauling passenger trains than slogging it out on freight trains. They were a bad loco from start to finish so at least that was one area in which they were consistent.