Re: The art of gunzelling

["James C." <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <8FFD147ABgunzelT333@203.164.20.149>,
  usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael) wrote:
> kennethrdate@bigpond.com (Kenneth R. Date) wrote in
> <7upV5.149282$e5.88156@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>:
>
> >Thanks Bevan, good to see real gunzelling isn't completely dead.
>
> Dead? Far from it! Why else would someone chase a train over about
500km
> (As done on Monday-Tuesday, chasing 9137/9138) (:
>
> While on this subject, what is the longest distance someone has ever
chased
> one train?
>
> As above, Chris G and I chased 9137/9138 from North Geelong to
Cowangie
> over monday and tuesday. For the duration, the train went through two
loco
> changes (Maryborough remove S310 and add G525 G526, Ouyen remove
X39), four
> crews (North Geelong - Maryborough, Maryborough - Donald, Donald -
Ouyen,
> Ouyen - Cowangie), and a one way trip totalling about 18 hours one
way.
> 9138 is the return trip, btw.
>
> M.

Does fly from Brisbane to Adelaide(I once lived in Brizzy) just to
ride/experience on the Ghan count? (And did absolutely nothing in NT,
return immediately)


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