Re: X45...

["Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

X45 is alive and well, and running on SG bogies once again, is back in NSW
once more hauling logs to Woolongong, resplendent in its new Freight
Australia Livery.

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Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
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Jim McDermott <caffeine@free.net.nz> wrote in message
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> Hi there...
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> Can anyone tell me if X45 (I think it was named 'Edgar H Brownbill') is
> still running, or has it been withdrawn by now ?
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> I used to live and work in Sydney from 1981-1991, but returned to NZ late
> 1991.  I saw X45 arriving on the Spirit Of Progress at Sydney Terminal one
> morning, and took several photos of it (but only God knows where the
photos
> are now!) and recalled the nameplate on the side of the cab, and was
invited
> to look at the inside of the cab also, by the crew, which I did.
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> My curiosity got the better of me just recently, and I'd like to know if
> anyone knows who Edgar H Brownbill actually was.  Was he a Victorian
notable
> in Government, or perhaps some big name associated with Victorian Railways
> management in the past, or even a locomotive engineer ??  Some answers
would
> be much appreciated, thanks  :)
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> Regards...
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> Jim McDermott
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