Re: GM1,602 & Anniversary IP

[Scott Martin <semartin@idx.com.au>]

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Aus.loco'ers,
In connection with the 30th Anniversary IP, I wonder if a 'correct' 1970 
motive power roster could be raised from active or preserved class 
representatives ?.  From my copy of William A. Bayley's "Standard Gauge 
Railway Across Australia", which chronicled in part the inaugural 
journey, the motive power used included 2 x 46 class (Sydney-Lithgow), 
42106/421?? (poss. Lithgow/Broken Hill), 604/603 (Broken Hill-Port 
Pirie), CL1 (Port Pirie-Kalgoorlie ?), and L260/L? (Kalgoorlie-Perth). 
  For a slight diversion from matters engineering and mechanical, Bayley 
also includes a Toast inspired by the gauge unification. Some may think 
it amusing, others pompous, others again prophetic. It reads:

"WE TOAST
The gleaming silver strand that links the Indian-Pacific and makes 
Australia one.
We in the dim and distant future see:
    The silver link that brings earth-bound speed, comfort and commerce 
to link the Timor with the Southern Sea;
    And yet another trans-Australia band to link the Timor with the 
Tasman".


People of Sydney, keep taking your medication;
Our Olympic visitors must suspect nothing.


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