Re: NSW WL1 Indian Pacific 21/9

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>]

Today, Monday 25/09, WL-1 again ran to Redfern on the Up Main.  With a
scheduled 14:57 departure, this squeezes it between the 14:54 and 15:00
Olympic Park trains neatly.  The Up Olympic Park due Sydney 15:08 dropped
about 1 minute waiting near Illawarra Jctn.  WL-1 had two NRs and 17
vehicles including the leading motorail vehicle.

This seems to be the quickest way to get a long diesel-hauled train out of a
busy Olympics tram terminus.

Incidentally, I haven't seen much of the usual August / September "double
consist" IP. Has the five-ring circus decreased Adelaide / Sydney rail
travel?

Rgds

Bill

David Johnson wrote in message <39CE9A76.AB9A9ABE@ozemail.com.au>...
>Erk wrote:
>
>> On Thursday 21/9, I was at Redfern just in time to see WL1 Indian Pacific
>> behind NR111/59 at Redfern on the up main (platform 1) then cross to the
>> down main at the country end. Is this a normal move for the IP and do any
>> other trains use it?
>
>This movement has been permitted since about 2 weeks before the tilt train
>trials of C8.  The up main has 2 way running up to Redfern.   I don't know
of
>any other trains that would need to use it.  Some would go as far as the
tilt
>track.
>David Johnson