Re: SA's biggest passenger train

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

Craig Haber wrote:
 
 Hi folks,
 
 The rosters which I issued for the move show as follows:
 
 Tuesday 30/5 - EL56 light engine, Adelaide - Tailem Bend
 Attach Murraylander cars HRGC119, BRB86, BRF90, BA147, BA148, BA150,
BA151
 
 EL56 and above empty cars Tailem Bend - Adelaide.
 At Adelaide, attach GSR cars BJ7, BJ5, BJ10, BG368, BG370, BG373, AG369
and ASR loco
 GM44.
 
 Wednesday 31/5, EL56+GM44 (EL leading at all times, GM offline) hauling
all the above
 rolling stock empty Adelaide-Port Pirie, pick up pax, form pass Port
Pirie-Adelaide,
 return to Port Pirie, then empty cars Port Pirie - Adelaide.
 At Adelaide, detach GSR cars and GM44.
 
 Thursday 1/6, EL56 hauling Murraylander cars empty to Tailem Bend,
returning light to
 Dry Creek.
 
 It is believed to have been the largest movement of passengers in SA
since WWII, or
 possibly ever (but pretty hard to determine for sure).
 
 Cheers,
 Craig.
 --
Was GM44 offline only on the EC movements? 
If so, why was it attached?
I would have thought that an EL would have been able to handle the
consist alone since 
the line is relatively flat.

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John McCallum, member Melbourne PC User Group,
email <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>