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8043 was re Echuca happenings

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Without getting too far off topic you got the 80 class engine and boat story a bit wrong. The engine from 8001 was sold to the Royal Australian Navy (not too sure about the fishing boat bit) and 8002 was scrapped on site at Accacia Ridge and components resold to Silverton. The clever Freightcorp would love to think they stop other operators like Silverton from buying anything but there is always a way of buying indirectly. The same can be said about the sale of 4847,4857 and 8043. Freightcorp were proud of the fact they sold them for scrap and were shocked to find they were resold.
Bob

kak 015 wrote:

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Evening all,
MS7 ran thru Bargo on the up last night (mon 3rd) @ 2350 as EL62/EL52 with
short train with only about 6 containers.
Bigdan advises that no SM7 is to run tonight (tues 4th), but 3MS7 is due
thru on the up tomorrow morning.
It will be interesting to see what motive power is on tomorrow morning's
train as 1873 & 4836 were both shut down @ Cooks River on New Years eve and
they have not run thru on the down as far as we know.
Could be that it will be solo 4814 or perhaps one or two other EL's which
could make tomorrow night's 4SM7 very interesting if it runs.
Does anybody know if 3MS7 is ex Melbourne of Junee?

In regards to Silverton using parts from 8002 to restore 8043 to service, I
was told several months ago from a Freightcorp source that the engine from
8002 had been sold to go into a fishing boat in Qld.
Also, 8043 has a bit of a lean to one side something like the tower of Pisa,
as a result of a derailment out west several years ago and Freight Rail at
the time deemed it too costly to attempt to straighten the unit out for a
possible return to service. Maybe Silverton don't think it will be that
hard. Could be an interesting one to watch.

Will keep an eye open for MS7 in the morning & post details.

regards Ivar
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