RE: Alice Springs, 1-2/3

[Peter Donaghy <PeterDo@als.com.au>]

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That makes two of us, Danny.  I had hopes of huge trains, like the Perth
traffic, and heaps of ANs, ALFs and CLF/CLPs.  Derek has asked me if I
was interested in writing a "snapshot"-type article for Digest, which I
was planning to do, anyway, but it may turn into a full feature once I
get started.  The plan is to cover several aspects, including
train-working, yard layout, brief history and a vision of the future.
I'll begin work on this in the next day or so.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: emd567 [mailto:emd567@hinet.net.au]
Sent: Thursday, 2 March 2000 11:52 AM
To: Aus loco discussion mailing list
Subject: Re: Alice Springs, 1-2/3


Aus loco discussion mailing list

Afternoon Peter,
Your reports from "The Alice" will be greatly missed.
I did not know anything about rail activity in NT before your reports
starting coming.
Thanks,    On the south Danny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donaghy" <PeterDo@als.com.au>
To: "'Ausloco'" <Ausloco@listbot.com>; "'Derek Rogers'"
<dekrogers@bigpond.com>; "'Rod Smith'" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>; "'Mark
Carter'" <rail2000@adelaide.on.net>; "Stephen Donaghy (E-mail)"
<sdonaghy@colonial.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: Alice Springs, 1-2/3


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> 3AL7N sneaked in without me hearing it yesterday evening: by the time
I
> paid attention to the scanner, I realised they were already shunting
(or
> just arriving in the yard?).  I raced down trackside just after 1900,
to
> see NR109 on the head of a double-stacked 5-well set / single-stacked
> 5-well set / flat / 2 x 5-packs / 2-pack / 2 flats / 3-pack / 5-pack
> with centre well / 2 flats = 35 wagons.  I feel it hadn't long arrived
> as the first move is generally to split the train to clear an access
> road crossing the yard: this was still to be done when I arrived.  Any
> other shunting (Mereenie tanks, motorails, LPG tanks) usually follows
> this.
>
> As is the norm, NR109 would have headed 5LA6N south this morning.
DL39
> has slept in yet again.  Two more freight arrivals, one departure,
plus
> tomorrow's Ghan to see before I head back home to my poor little cat
> (but who's counting?).  Yay!
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Donaghy
> Relieving Manager, Alice Springs
> ph. 08 8952 6020
> fax 08 8952 6028
>
>
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