Re: Main western line victoria action

["Mark" <mra1968@iaa.com.au>]

thanks for reply, where does the cressy line meet up with the western line?
its a shame for many years as a child i saw heaps of freight through
ballarat etc
ta mate
Mark Bau <markbau@altavista.com> wrote in message
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> > From: "Mark" <mra1968@iaa.com.au>
> > Organization: an Asia Online client - http://www.asiaonline.net/
> > Newsgroups: aus.rail
> > Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 00:44:53 +1000
> > Subject: Main western line victoria action
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> > Where have all the big diesel freights gone, living in the country west
of
> > vic i remeber years ago the big C,S,B,G,X,T etc diesels climbing
islington
> > bank etc.
> > all we get now is passenger action etc.
> > anyone know of reason or is freight on this line non existent now.
> > mark.
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> All Adelaide trains now go via Cressy on the recently converted Standard
> Gauge line. The only freight you might see on Ingliston bank now would be
> local Ballarat freight and Mildura line freight and I'm not even sure
about
> that.
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> Mark
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