Re: 4703 on the Botany Line

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EL51 came into Sydney in the shafts on MS7 last Friday 7/4/00 as EL63(blue, nose ahead)+EL61(green, 2 end leading)+EL51(green 2 end leading).

On the south Danny
emd567@hinet.net.au

----- Original Message -----

From: Christopher J Jones

To: ausloco

Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:44 PM

Subject: 4703 on the Botany Line

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       An interesting afternoon at Cooks River and Botany

Arrival at Cooks at 4.10 pm :

    New Yard

EL58/62 in James' Siding with a loaded train facing Enfield

NR104/10 on a train from Botany in the Runaround

NR99 nose facing Botany LE in the Master Siding

    Yard

4486

4814

EL61/63/51 (sorry, didn't note which way they were facing) - when did EL51 return, and which way did it come ?

8148

    At 4.20 pm 4716/4703 raced through towards Botany (A ends together)

Catching up with them at Botany at 5 pm they had run around their train and then had a crew change - with the driver commenting to his relief driver

" I've left you with a nice pretty green one ! "

After the change the 47's proceeded to push back its half loaded train towards Port Botany. All the while 8161 shunted 1 grain wagon into Kelloggs and 8216 sat at the top of F frame ready to leave on a train of flats.

    By 5.10 pm 4703/4716 had shunted their train into CTAL, then it was home time for me.

    Is this the first working on the Botany Line by 4703 and possibly its first task since being in Sydney ?

    Hope you enjoy - I sure did, Chris

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