Re: Great Southern Pacific Express to Melbourne via mountains

[Rita and Kevin Lawrence <KREL4203@NETCONNECT.COM.AU>]

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24/12 dep Brisbane 1350DST
25/12 arr Sydney 1133 dep 1330; Eveleigh (via Bankstown) arr 1435
26/12 Eveleigh dep 1303; Sydney 1315-1530; Penrith 1638; Katoomba 1815;
Lithgow 1920; Bathurst 2058; OEFJ 2251; 
27/12 Parkes 0047-0200; Cootamundra 0618; (whats left of)Junee 0738-0743;
Albury 1006-1330; Melb arr 1810 (plat 2). Shunt to carsheds with RTS J class
dep Melb 1910.
30/12 Shunt from carsheds with RTS J class arr plat 2 before 1030.
Melb dep 1332; Albury 1820-1830; Junee 2154; Cootamundra 2257; CTW 2301-2355
31/12 Parkes 0529-0534; OEFJ 0812; Bathurst 0936; Lithgow 1120; Mt Vic
1150-1410d; Leura 1434-1440u; Penrith 1555; Sydney 1704.
1/1 Sydney 0305; Hornsby 0403; Gosford 0459; BMD 0621; Singleton 0810-1528;
Telarah 1635-1928;
2/1 Brisbane arr 1300.

consist should be 2 x NR (one dead - JIC) and 18 cars.
>>
>>    * The Great South Pacific Express departs Sydney Central on Sunday 26.12
>>at 15.30 to operate via the Mountains and Coota. to Melbourne. It departs
>>Melbourne on 30.12.99 at 13.32 to return to Sydney again via the West.
>>Arrival in Sydney on Friday 31.12 is at 17.04. After seeing in the new year,
>>the train departs at 03.05 for the Hunter Valley and Brisbane.
>>
>This could make for an interesting afternoon on the mountains as I
>assum the Ghan will be running in its usual path a couple of hours
>earlier. I'd be interested to know whether anybody can confirm Greg's
>information or can further details to what he wrote.
>
>Peter Nash
>
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Cheers

Kevin Lawrence


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