Re: Special from Sydney to Canberra to get AB91on Nov 25

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Anthony wrote:
>
> > L0L...You mean there *Actually* going to come and get that dam thing
> > at last, after all the years, its been sitting in the museum up here.
> >
> > Oh well, out with the pick-axes again (to dig out the flangeways, so
> > it can be moved out of the No.1 road).
> > Wonder if the Garrat still moves, (it's parked in front of AB91).
> >
> > Sounds Like a great trip though.
> >
> >  Just 1 though, how they going to move it past 'Joppa Junction', since
> > it *is* a wooden body carriage, as far as I know they can't be run on
> > the main south???
>
> It can run if it is not a trailing vehicle.
> If it is a trailing vehicle, it cannot convey passengers.  It may have to
run as
> a block train.
>
Exactly. I would have thaught the fact the car is un-registered and would
therefore require a ROVA MECH to allow the vehicle to travel would have been
a more serious problem, especially since the car hasn't yet been inspected
by any one. The garratt will still move BTW.

Dave Malcolm

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