Re: Inaugural IP locos / Inaugural Sydney-Perth Freight

["John Armstrong" <johnarm@eisa.net.au>]

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The caption on the side of the 3 421's was "Rail links the nations coast
from East to West". This was also on the 3 46's that replaced the 421's at
Canterbury. I still have slides of the signs and the train, both with 421's
and 46's.

John Armstrong


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Blayney" <rblayney@hotmail.com>
To: <ausloco@listbot.com>
Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2000 10:40
Subject: Re: Inaugural IP locos / Inaugural Sydney-Perth Freight


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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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