Austrac and EL's

["Peter Kilburn" <juneejct@mpx.com.au>]

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Evening All

A few bits and pieces,

Q, does anybody know  the time last quad EL's ran, l/e or running,
Q, does anybody know when EL's last ran in NSW ,
Q, does the running of 7MS7 , with EL's 51 & 58, operated by Great
Northern crews from Melbourne straight through to Junee count as a
first,
                            Serious answers greatly appreciated,

A posting the other night mentioned that FV were to take over the
crewing of SM 7 ex Albury on Tuesday morning,!!!!!!!
        Seems a tad unlikely , when the GNR crew, who are to run the
train are in town doing a refresher course,  Maybe somebody at FV has
jumped the gun, yes they want to evaluate the engines, but, without a
crew accredited to operate the loco's, or being prepared to pay for a
pilot driver, ?????????

EL 57 may be attached to MS 7 later in the week, the plan is to replace
one of the loco's on the train every week, so one week there may be 2
green EL's the next a Blue and a green, this is only tentative as the
availability of some of the units could be restricted because of ongoing
computer upgrading and the possibility of their being required else
where, but, a minimum of three will be available to run the MS - SM
services for the short time at least,

4514 which ran from Albury the other day, seems to be in better
condition than originally thought, the problem bearing only becoming
warm, that is after quick running through the sections from Wagga to
Junee,


Yours,
           Pete Kilburn, Junee,

You are younger today than you will ever be again
                           Make the most of it.


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