Re: Query re sighting at Cheltenham (NSW)

[Tim Arnot <timarnot@fastlink.com.au>]

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Eddie Oliver wrote:
> 
> Aus loco discussion mailing list
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> At 1030 Sunday 9/1/00 an up train passed Cheltenham (NSW) with 81 + 48 +
> 48 and a medium length string (maybe 15?) of old-style wheat hoppers. I
> do not know whether they were loaded.
> 
> This seems a rather strange train on the short north (and it was far too
> big a train to be likely to be an extension of a North Strathfield
> shunting trip, although such trains do sometimes run to Hornsby to run
> round).
> 
> Theories please re likely origin and destination?
> 
I have seen a  number ofsimilar style trains at Gosford over the past
monthsat various times. One had a red 80 and a  (blue) 48 for power.

I'd suggest (Guess) that they come from the Werris Creek area,
destination Sydney area
(also a guess)

Tim
-- 
Timothy Arnot

e-mail to timarnot@fastlink.com.au


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