Re: Inner West (Sydney) sightings 16/10/99

[Jonathan Lau <jonlau@ozemail.com.au>]

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Electric Loco's on Ballast trains are extremly rare (rare on any freight
trains these days!) but not unheard of.

I saw one Candy 86 Class hauling Ballast wagons late at night on the Up
North Shore line during the Main North shutdown back in 94/95.

Another sighting was Blue 8506 at Leura in Mid 1996 with a load of empty
ballast wagons heading down the mountains.

If only I had advanced warning of the double 86's......

Jon Lau

Scott Martin wrote:

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> Good question Eddie. I was as surprised as you were to see that lash-up.
> My theories are that A) Ballast train was prepositioned somewhere 'under
> the wires' and the 86's provided the linehaul to its destination
> B) RSA is using the 86's to haul its ballast workings in the metro area
> because they are more easily available than Freightcorp diesels.
> ANyway, it was not a case of mistake identity, there were definitely two
> 86 class. Any takers as to the answer....
>
> Scott
>
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