Re: East/West ends [Was - Re: [Vic] Geelong Line CLOSED]

["Anamul" <Mul@bigpond.com>]

I was in the Cars Office when we did a move around the Reversing Loop.
I was told it was becuase of access to shore power at some outstations.
But then I don't always beleive what I am told! :))


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On 10-Oct-2000, "Samuel Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

Snippage

> > This is the reason you once saw a Sprinter going around the reversing
> > loop, because of an accident on the Newport line, and ARTC a sprinter was
> > sent to Sunshine, change ends, and off to Geelong.  (so it ended up the
> > wrong way around).
> > Alas I think you can't join the No.1 end of one sprinter to the No.1 end
> > of another sprinter (or maybe the cars office just doesn't want to).
> I have never heard of this, and I can't see why it would be a problem, but
> then again sprinters are turned so rarely that it could be possible... But
> why would it be that way? Surely you would want your rail fleet to be as
> versitile as possible....
>
> Sam