LOOKING BACK - 14 November, 1970

["Peter J. Sweetten" <aeropics@tig.com.au>]

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Association of Railway Enthusiasts Tour to Beechworth
Saturday 14 November 1970
R707 33BW, 70BW, 66BW, 62BW, 15BCPL, 33BE, Yarra 7/255 tons
All rollingstock in VR ownership
Departed Flinders Street 06:55
Passed T413 on up Seymour pass. Beveridge 07:55
Passed S313 Up "Southern Aurora" between Kilmore East and Broadford 08:43
Passed S301 Up "Spirit of Progress" between mileposts 57 and 58 08:58
Passed B73 on Up Numurkah pass. Seymour yard 09:04
Arrived Locksley 09:35 crossed S305 on #8 Up Albury Express
X39 on Up S/G Freight passed Locksley 09:37
Departed Locksley 09:45
X44 on Down "Intercapital Daylight" passed Special between Benalla and
Winton 11:21
Passed S317 on Up S/G Freight at Glenrowan 11:30
Arrived Wangaratta 11:46, locos changed to K184
Seen in Wangaratta Yard T404 and Y158
Departed 12:00, Bowser 12:08
Arrived Beechworth 14:05, departed 16:07
Arrived Wangaratta 17:37, changed to R707 (had run L.E. to Wodonga for
turning)
X44 Up Intercapital Daylight passed Wangaratta 17:55
Departed Wangaratta 18:02,  covered 24 miles to Benalla in 28 mins,
including climb over the Warby Range at Glenrowan on 3 miles of 1 in 75
gradient
Passed S301 on Down S/G Freight between Winton and Benalla 18:23
Arrived Seymour 19:37, engine requirements (coal and water) plus pax
refresh.
X31 on Down S/G Freight passed Seymour 20:25
X39 on Down "Spirit of Progress" passed Seymour 20:31 (ran through the down
Freight at Seymour Loop).
Departed Seymour 20:48
Arrived Spencer Street 22:16

Ah, those were the days on steam tours in northeast Victoria!

Peter J. Sweetten
Craigieburn, Victoria
E-mail: aeropics@tig.com.au
ICQ # 9637565
View my Rail Images Australia website at:
 http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aeropics/rail.htm


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