Re: WS2 National Rail train

["runaway" <whipfest@yahoo.com.au>]

"abp" <abp@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Nathan & Mel <nathan1@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Does any of you fellow Railfans know how often WS2 runs from Port Kembla
> to
> > Cooks River, I happened to be in Port Kembla North Yard yesterday and
> > witnessed DL.44/DL.41 on it , which departed around midday, is this a
> > regualar thing.
> >
> > Also at Sydney Terminal there 5 car Indian Pacific set consisting of
> > HGM/AOB/DF/ARM/SSA carriages, yesterday arvo they were at No.1 plat at
> > Sydney Terminal with  NR's 8117 up front, does anybody know where this
> train
> > was going?
> >
>
> It was supposed to be going to Gosford as a promotional for the train for
> travel agents.

The five cars arrived at the rear of Monday's IP, and were shunted into the
middle road between 7 and 8 platforms (by David Myall no doubt ).

The pissup, I mean promotional train departed for its Gosford round trip on
Wednesday. Apparently they had $1600 in food, and about twice that in grog.

The cars departed Sydney attached to Thursdays IP.

runaway.