Re: Yeeeehaaaa Express

["Stevens" <stevens@csis.net.au>]

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Gday,
The times for the Hillbilly Express are as follows;
 Friday 21-1-00 Dep Thirlmere1720 Picton arr 1740 deps as SL91 Empty Cars at
1810 Bargo 1830 Mittagong 1901 Moss Vale 1912 Big Dan's Place
1922Bundanoon1923 Wingello1937Medway Jct1945 Goulburn2010 Attach Canberra's
cars now a passenger train Dep2110 Joopa Jct2115Yass Jct2227 Galong 2309
Harden2329 Demondrille 2336 Coota 0010 to 0050 (Fuel all Engines) Junee 0136
to 0140 Wagga 0206Cross 2PW4 at Henty 0245 to 0255 into Gerogery for ST1
andSM5 0319 to 0406 Albury 0428 to 0450 thence as tabled by ARTC arr Spencer
St at 0925 Dep 1150 Albury 1605 to1620Water cars Culcairn 1644 Wagga1744 to
1746 Junee 1818 to 1822 X Crews Coota 1915 to 2015 Fueling Engines again
Hardon 2100 Yass Jct 2206 Goulburn 2335 to 0120 water cars Moss Vale 0220 to
0221 Picton 0313to0320 X Crews Campbelltown 0343 to0344 Farfield 0404
Granville 0410 Flemo. Goods Jct 0417 now runs as NL93 Nth STathfield Jct
0431 Hornsby0453 to0454 Hawksbury River 0516 Gosford0537 Fassifern0623 Bmd
0643 Maitland0712 Singleton 0751 Musselbrook0840 to0940 Murrundi 1045
Quirrindi 1137 to1149 Cross NP24 WErris Ck 1208 to1215 Tamworth1312
Kootingal1348 dep 1425 West Tamworth 1450 Stable
Sunday 30-1-00 Dep West Tamworth 1135 Werris Ck 1220 to1340 Refreshment
stop. Murrundi 1458 Muswellbrook 1620to1624  Singleton1717 Maitland1753 Bmd
1828 to1835  Awaba 1904 to 1911 cross N184 Wyong 1945 Gosford 2005 Hornsby
2052 to 2053 Nth Strathfield 2123Chullora Jct2142 Sefton Park Jct 2148
Liverpool2203 Campbelltown 2225 Picton 2253 to 2300 Moss Vale 0005 to 0020
cross 2261 Big Dan is going to have some company from 0032 to 0047 as the
train waits for line clear, Meday Jct0112 Goulburn 0135 to0215 Yass Jct 0338
Coota 0520 to o555 Junee 0640 to 0644 Wagga 0713 Albury 0835 to 0850 arr at
Spencer ST at 1355 dep at1500 Monday31-1=00 as MT cars Albury 2010 to2030
Wagga 2153  Junnee 2226 to 2230 Coota 2320 to0020 Fuel Harden 0108 Yass 0217
Goulburn 0345 to 0430 detach Canberra's cars to be forwarded on by1239 Goods
Exeter0523 MossVale0531 Picton 0622 then to Thirlmere as SL99 dep Picton at
0645 arr Thirlmere at 0710.
According to the STN the Engines are 44211, 4201 and 4490  Original
Message -----
From: kak 015 <kak015@hotmail.com>
To: <ausloco@listbot.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: Yeeeehaaaa Express


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> Yeeehaaa, all,
> Have heard a whisper that the RTM (Rusty Train Museum?) are running a
> charter trip from Melbourne to Tamworth for the Aust Country Music
Festival.
> As far as I am aware, the empty cars leave Picton around 1800 friday 21/1
> and arrive in Mexico City during the morning of sat 22/1 for a quick
> turnaround & head back north about 1.5 to 2 hours later.
> The train is due thru Picton during the early hours of sunday 23/1 and
runs
> via Flemington to the main northern line with arrival at Tamworth mid
> afternoon.
> The train stables in the vicinity for around a week before setting sail
for
> points south on the following week-end. From memory it sets down its
> passengers at Spencer St on the evening of Sunday 30/1. The empty cars are
> then returned to Thirlmere during the morning of monday 31st Jan
> (unfortunately my first day back at work!)
> Motive power is suggested to be 4490/4201/44211 but could change prior to
> departure.
> Once again, the "mexicans" will have the advantage of the most daylight
> running the train will be doing, apart from the main north in NSW.
> There is another subscriber who has more accurate times etc, this may
prompt
> him to post same.
> Can't half tell I am a one-eyed country music lovin' train chasing New
South
> Welshman,eh???
> Yeeehaaa for now, bootscooter.
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