Re: R711's adventures today

["James C" <noemail@emailsux.com>]

What??? you were on the train as well????
I was travelling in carriage 2 (the one right next to Scots carriage)

I also took the same bus as the scots all the way to Warnambool,
Scots entertained the bus passenger by sanng songs all the way to
Warrnambool....no one was complainting,......except R711 fans.....

Cheers
James





HXP1 <hxp1@dingoblue.gunzel.net.au> wrote in message
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> R711 successfully put a piston thru the cylinder cover this morning's down
> Warrnambool pass.  This in turn destroyed a significant portion of the
valve
> gear.  The R is currently cast aside at Colac.
>
> Oh well, at least I went to Warrnambool by Class 'R' *once* this year...
>
> While we are on defective R classes, what happened to R761 last weekend?
>
> (You'd think they'd see the light and use powerful modern diesel electric
> locomotives...) |-)
>
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