Re: Echuca sightings

["alan holding" <charters@river.net.au>]

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Peter,
Can't confirm or deny a 'flat' on G527.  It worked 9083/9084 into and out of
Echuca again (unidentified X class attached as usual) last night.
See Ya   AH
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Donaghy <PeterDo@als.com.au>
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list' <Ausloco@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: RE: Echuca sightings


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>Alan,
>
>does G527 still have that bad flat wheel on the no. 2 end bogie? It was
>a shocker a few months ago when I was in Melb (THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
>along the Geelong line - I thought an R class was on the way). I would
>hope they've fixed it by now.
>
>Peter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: alan holding [mailto:charters@river.net.au]
>Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2000 11:46 AM
>To: Ausloco
>Subject: Re: Echuca sightings
>
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>Last nights' 9083 ex Melb arr Echuca OK @1910 hrs with G527 (again) +
>X32. Load was 29 container flats - first 26 had two empty 20 foot
>containers (for export bagged rice) each wagon (standard loading
>arrangements) - 27th wagon had one 20 footer and the last two wagons
>were devoid of containers. The first twenty one container flats stayed @
>Echuca rice mill and the last eight proceeded to Deniliquin behind X32
>at around 2020 hrs. X32 returned to Echuca L/E before midnight as usual
>to stow and work todays Moulamein and Deni goods. Got the pattern? You
>should all have it off pat by now!
>9084, the return working to Melb. got away OK @ 2010 hrs with G527 +
>X33. Good load - 13 vhgx hoppers behind the locos and approx.. 16 or 17
>loaded container flats (standard two 20'containers of bagged export rice
>per wagon) brought up the rear.
>I understand that rice is FV's third biggest revenue earner. (Sorry, not
>strictly loco-based)
>See Ya AH
>
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