Re: Austrac and EL's

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

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Not the usual reply expected on ausloco i would think.
Don.

Darren Wood. wrote:

> Aus loco discussion mailing list
>
> > 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,
>
> Count as a first WHAT?
>
> >
> >                             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, ?????????
>
> FV have just signed a contract with Austrac to run the service from Albury to Melbourne and return, and traincrew rosters have been devised for this service. When I left on Friday night a crew were rostered to sign on Monday night and travel per pass to Wodonga, rest on
> return 0540 Tuesday morning on 9604 Austrac service. Its only a matter of 45 minutes with a SCID (Special class instructor driver) for each driver to learn a new loco...nothing major!!!!! No pilot driver required.....no ?????? required!!!!!!
>
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