Re: Will 3801 run to Darwin?

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"Arthur Marsh" <mars0177@flinders.edu.au> wrote in message
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> I'm still waiting to see a SG steam locomotive hauled train travel between
> Melbourne and Adelaide.
>
> Were there any SG steam trips through SA between the opening of the
Whyalla
> line in 1972 hauled by 3801 and 3642 and the visit of the Flying Scotsman
in
> 1988? I don't remember any other SG steam trips since the Commonwealth
> Railways withdrew their SG steam locos, but then again I'm not old enough
to
> remember the Ellen Street station in Port Pirie.
>
5917 went as far as Peterborough in October 1976.
Regards,
Chris Stratton.