Re: Medway train this afternoon

["emd567" <emd567@mitmania.net.au>]

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Morning all,
The limestone train would have been 5WQ3 and the wheatie, at a guess only,
could have been 9323 or 9325 or 9327. Sorry to be so vague but they can skip
no.s when there isn't a full wheat program running.
On the south Danny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stratton, Chris CP" <Stratton.Chris.CP@bhp.com.au>
To: "'Ausloco'" <ausloco@listbot.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 7:09 PM
Subject: Medway train this afternoon


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> After spotting DL49+DL47 pulling out of Port Kembla North with the
limestone train to Medway at 1605 I drove over to Unanderra to get a photo.
After waiting for a V set to head south it came crawling up the hill out of
Unanderra at 1620 and stopped at the signal just up the hill from the bridge
over the Princes Highway. After sitting for 5 minutes it attempted to depart
but, apart from lots of of loud GM noise, nothing happened. One of the crew
got out and went between the locos, then the other one got out as well. I
assume they were fixing the jumper cables as the train then successfully
departed, still working very hard to get moving. Those 40 year old BHP coal
hoppers must be quite heavy even when empty. I hadn't even got halfway back
to the car when I heard another train coming. This time it was 8136+8165?
with rake GT6 on an empty grain using the bi-di signalling and coming up the
hill on the up track. The 81s were going considerably faster than the DLs so
they probably w!
> on the race to get in front before the single track at Dombarton.
> Regards,
> Chris.
> ps If one of our regulars on the south could give me the train numbers I
would appreciate it.
>
> EOM
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