Re: inaugural ip locos

["m,hardacre" <hardacre@acay.com.au>]

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I've managed to get my hands on two photos taken on the Nullabor Plains of
the 'inaugural' IP.  The first loco (CL1) carries the head board stating
"Indian Pacific - Inaugural Sydney-Perth -  Direct Passenger Train Service."
Importantly, under a magnifying glass, the numbers of the two trailing GM's
can be identified as GM47+GM25 in that order.  GM47 can also be identified
as the 2nd unit by the dynamic braking fan on its No.2 end.

Regards,

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Gibbs <xdford@start.com.au>
To: hardacre@acay.com.au <hardacre@acay.com.au>
Cc: ausloco@listbot.com <ausloco@listbot.com>
Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 1:30
Subject: Re: inaugural ip locos


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>Hi there,
>
>It should be fairly easy to check the direction of CL1 and hence the
>Indian Pacific. If Pt Pirie platform is on the Drivers side of the
>loco, then it should be East Bound, Firemans side would be West Bound.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>
>Original message from: "m,hardacre" <hardacre@acay.com.au>
>>
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>>I had a check of Bayley's book and the two photos show the 421's
>coming off
>>at Broken Hill and two 600's dropping on. (Remembering at this period
>of
>>time, the SAR operated to Pt. Pirie from Broken Hill with the CR
>taking over
>>from there.  It was the days of operating isolation and neither
>systems
>>locomotives encroached on the others lines - except, of course, at
>the
>>hand-over points or when locos were being delivered).
>>
>>Bayley does have a photo of CL1 hauling the 'inaugural' IP sitting in
>Pt.
>>Pirie platform with the caption stating that it had just arrived from
>Port
>>Augusta.  He also has a photo on the front cover, again stating that
>it is
>>eastbound.  The headboard it carries, however, states "Indian-Pacific
>>Inaugural Sydney-Perth".  According to the ARHS SA Divn journal "The
>>Recorder", it would appear that this train is initial train to
>transfer the
>>IP carriages to Sydney.  If so, this train passed through Pt. Pirie
>on
>>Saturday 28th February 1970.
>>
>>Grahame Fergus posted that in the inaugural westbound IP ex Pt.
>Pirie, GM 47
>>would have to be the middle unit.  I intend to agree as it stands to
>reason
>>that GM25 (without it's MU connections on the No.1 end) would have
>real
>>difficulty being the middle unit.  "The Recorder", however, states
>that the
>>train departed Pt. Pirie as CL1+GM25+GM47.  I would suspect that it
>may be a
>>case of incorrect reporting over 30 years ago.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stratton, Chris CP <Stratton.Chris.CP@bhp.com.au>
>>To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list' <Ausloco@listbot.com>
>>Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 7:30
>>Subject: RE: Inaugural IP locos
>>
>>
>>>Aus loco discussion mailing list
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>>>Two photos in William A Bayley's book "Standard Gauge Triumph across
>>Australia" (or something like that) show 42106+421 coming off the
>train and
>>CL1 going on to the train. The captions say it is the inaugural IP so
>it is
>>probably the real IP, not the press train.
>>>Regards,
>>>Chris.
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Scott Martin [mailto:semartin@idx.com.au]
>>>Sent: Thursday, 16 March 2000 18:38
>>>To: Ausloco
>>>Subject: Inaugural IP locos
>>>
>>>
>>>Aus loco discussion mailing list
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>>>A big thank you to all who replied to my post on the first IP. A lot
>of
>>>good info was turned up, although I am still unsure as to which
>locos
>>>hauled the first and second divisions west of Lithgow to Broken
>Hill.
>>>Thanks again
>>>
>>>Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>EOM
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