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Sightings 20-21 Dec 99

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Hello 'loco-ers,
       The last 24 hours have been interesting along the Metro goods line 
between Sydenham and Canterbury. The railfanning commuter has had a good 
opportunity to watch some trains go by. 
Monday 20/12 saw a lone 4716, running long-end leading tear past the 
Cityrail service I was on between Wardell Road Junction and Hurlstone 
Park station around 6 p.m.
This morning saw a pair of 81's (817?/8126) running light onto the Botany 
Line through Marrickville station at around 8:20 a.m. This evening at 
Wardell Road Junction/Dulwich hill station 8033/8039 came through with a 
44 wagon trip train. Of interest was the lone wheat hopper marshalled 
behind the locomotives. It was marked 'Port Botany-Griffith Rice Traffic 
Only' (or words to that effect). The rest of the train was heavily loaded 
with containers. 
      Another place that is good for train watching around the XPT 
service centre at Sydenham. Between 7.20 and 7.30 a.m. daily, the empty 
XPT set from the Up night service and the set making up the Down day 
Melbourne services cross at Sydenham station, running on platforms 1+2. 
Very impressive with lots of smoke too. Sydenham in the age of steam 
traction does not bear thinking about.... In the evening, the XPT centre 
is busy catering to the needs of arriving and departing XPT sets. It is 
not uncommon to see the XPT set from the Up Grafton train and the Up 
Moree/Armidale Xplorer set side-by-side in the fuelling roads around 6 
p.m.
   I hope this is of interest.

Scott


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