Re: [Ausloco] V/Line engines working in South Australia

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

G'day all,

Don't know what State you live in Ben, however, the "Catchpoint" archives
would be a good starting point to research this.
If you live in NSW, try ARHS archives in Redfern. If Vic or SA-based, then
contact The Editor of "Catchpoint" or refer to your/the respective State
Divisional archives of the ARHS.

See Ya   AH

---Original Message-----
From: ben scaro <bscaro@hotmail.com>
To: Ausloco@egroups.com <Ausloco@egroups.com>
Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:18 PM
Subject: [Ausloco] V/Line engines working in South Australia


>Hi
>
>I am trying to find instances of V/Line engines working in South Australia
>on branch lines in the 1980s.  It seems to have been fairly common to use
>these locos, which would have otherwise been sitting idle at Mile End or
Dry
>Creek, to run short trip trains in the Adelaide metro area.
>
>But there are only a few occasions documented where V/Line locos made it
out
>onto the branch lines north of Adelaide.  In 1989, an N class hauled a
short
>train of grain hoppers to test an outloader at the Roseworthy silos.  In
>1994, there was an instance of an X being used on the Barossa stone train.
>So it did happen, if only rarely.  I am not sure whether there was a system
>of charges that might have made it too expensive for AN to use V/Line units
>this way. But at least during the grain season, it might have been an
>attractive option.
>
>Does anyone remember any other instances of this occurring ?
>
>Cheers
>
>Ben
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