[Ausloco] Orange, 25/5

[Peter Donaghy <PeterDo@als.com.au>]

Good foggy morning, all.  

Yesterday evening (Thu 25/5), train 8972 rolled into Orange from
Manildra at 2105, bone 8248 leading box 8146 (both #1 cab leading) with
21 MGFH Manildra hoppers in tow.  They paused for two minutes at East
Fork for a crew change, as intending Indian Pacific passengers looked
on.  The 81 sounded magnificent in the fog as they accelerated away (I
never thought I'd say that about modern units - how I miss the Cs!).

Just over half an hour later, WL1 IP made a very quick stop at East Fork
to collect the passengers, then at 2141, blasted its way through the
mist, fog-horn blaring.  NR16 / motorail with 4 cars / 17 (?) carriages
(not definite - visibility was down to 10 metres or less in places!),
451 metres long and 826 tonnes.

Regards,

Peter Donaghy
Manager, Orange laboratory
ALS CHEMEX
ph. (02) 6363 1722
fax (02) 6363 1189
e-mail: peterdo@als.com.au


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