Re: Inaugural IP locos / Inaugural Sydney-Perth Freight

["Rob Blayney" <rblayney@hotmail.com>]

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On a slightly different tack, while reading Neville Pollard's "The Story of 
the Sydenham to Botany Railway" I came across a photo of the locos on the 
first Sydney-Perth Through Freight service. They were 
42102(#1)/42105(#1)/42107(#1). The caption with the photo reads :

"42102, 42105 and 42107 prepare to leave Cooks River with the inaugural 
Sydney-Perth Through Freight service on Monday 12th January 1970. Due to a 
union dispute in South Australia the train was routed through Melbourne 
necessitating a bogie exchange." Photo by KT Groves.

The photo shows the 3 locos with the head board "BY RAIL across AUSTRALIA" 
on the front, and a distinguished looking gentleman in a dark suit and 
banded hat standing by the buffers. Off to the side stand a group of well 
wishers and a cameraman. Barely visible because of the angle of the shot, 
painted on the side of 42102 are some words "....? from? EAST to? WEST"

Was anyone there?

Best regards,

Rob

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