Re: [NSW] A few things I saw today (Thursday)

[craigd@lios.apana.org.au (C. Dewick)]

Ben <sporologist@yahoo.com> writes:

>At Epping station at about 5pm, a two car V set pulled in to platform
>two. The dva said the train was going to Beecroft, Pennant Hills,
>Hornsby, then I think it was all stations to Woy Woy, or perhaps Wyong.
>It was strange enough to see a two car set, but stopping at Pennant
>Hills and Beecroft?? What's going on?

It's a regular thing. I think it goes to Gosford.

>When I got off the train at Croydon, a diesel loco went past on the up
>main. It was pulling two passenger carriages, the rear of which had a
>clear door with a big floor to roof window either side of it. Some sort
>of viewing area at the rear of the train. It passed by pretty quickly,
>so I didn't get much of a look at it. The carriages were similar to
>those on the Indian Pacific, but shorter. What was I looking at?

The perway inspection train with 'AK' coded observation cars, made out of a
few redundant stainless steel passenger cars. They were converted to
supplement the existing older wooden-body AH and AK series cars which are
probably now out of use or used very little.

The car numbers have been maintained, so with a little cross-referencing you
could work out what sort of car(s) they were before the conversion.

Regards,

Craig.
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