Re: [VIC][NSW] NSWRTM charter Melb - Tamworth

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

James Brook wrote:

> Michael Kurkowski wrote:
>
> > Firstly, re the failed/working locos. I believe that 4490 failed in NSW
> > somewhere and got dropped off the consist (hehehe - Alco). With a 42 and a
> > 442 together, it's very easy to think that the 42 is doing all the work
> > because it would drown out the sound of any other loco! Having chased a
> > train from Geelong to Ballarat just over a month ago, I can confirm, the
> > train having a G+G+S+X in the consist, all you could hear was the S doing
> > all the work, and the huge clouds of grey smoke to boot. It made me wonder
> > if the G's were doing any of the work at all :-)
>
> There were some other people photographing the train at Kilmore East and they
> knew one of the crew. When they rang his mobile to find out where the train
> was, he said they were passing Broadford with only 4201 powering. When it
> passed us at Kilmore East there was no smoke, heat haze or any other sign that
> the loco was actually working. When I photographed the Southern Aurora tour in
> November there was a heat haze and a little bit of smoke coming from the top
> of 44211 and 4490. It would seem a bit odd to only have 4201 powering over the
> great dividing range if there wasn't a problem with 44211. Although it could
> have all been a premature April fools joke! :-)

They may have been working the 42 class hard to blow some cobwebs out.  They may
also have been trying to conseerve fuel (as CountryLink do on WL33 with 2 X 422s)


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