[Vic] Warrnambool Line Seniors Trains

[Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au>]

Loco combos will be
B61+B76 on 8237 Monday, 8220/17/46 Tuesday, 8207/32/37 Wednesday,
8220/17/46 Thursday.  Their cars are all blue.  Yes I'd like to see some
photo's of this one please!!

S302+T369 on 8207/32/37 Tuesday, 8220/17/46 Wednesday, 8207/32/37
Thursday.  One orange car in this consist (BRS225).  Okay, I wouldn't
mind seeing some photo's of this one too.

S311 should have been with S302, but alas it did some heavy duty
gardening (hit a 5 foot diameter gum tree across the track on the down
side of Colac on 8220 Saturday) and was sufficently damaged to be
totally disabled, then after 3/4 of the cowcatcher (what was left of it)

was removed, it was retrieved and hauled to Geelong on Saturday by X43
(which was at Colac running a rare Saturday morning goods), then to
Ballarat on 9137 Monday.  Consequences were 8220 terminated at Colac,
and 8207 (B61+S302) terminated at Geelong.  B61 light to Colac to rescue

and haul cars ex-8220 to Warrnambool, forming 8246.  8232 formed by B76
and the cars that should have formed 8246.  S302 ran 8207's empty cars
back to Melbourne and formed 8237, so everything was back on rotation
(carriage wise anyway) by Sunday.  And the ballast that was supposed to
run with GN T376+377 didn't, and is still at Camperdown.

Trains will be 8 pass vehicles plus van.

And today (Monday), R711-BK700-BK714-BS205 ran an empty car train
to/from Geelong, followed 8217 down, went back ahead of 8232.

Cheers,
Craig (here's hoping for no further late surprises)

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Craig Haber
albatross@harnessnet.com.au
http://www.harnessnet.com.au/ch/
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