Canterbury Last night (21/1/00)

[Scott Martin <semartin@idx.com.au>]

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Last night (between 9 and 10 p.m.) was quite an interesting time to be 
around Canterbury, with late night freight action aplenty. At around 9.10 
p.m., 8026/8047 came by with a down trip working, the two Alco's echoing 
through the cutting under the rays of the full moon. 8026 looks in 
desperate need of a repaint, with white numbers faded badly and uneven 
blue paint. I was down at the Cook's River when a lengthy coal train went 
by, more audible by the squealing protest of the wheels than the 
locomotives. I came back to the line by 9.50 p.m. when a minute or so 
later, 4861/4851 wheezed by on the down as light engines. The sound of 
the 48/830 class is THE classic Alco exhaust beat for mine. Hope this 
interests

Scott


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