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Re: Vic - Diesel/electric ??
- Subject: Re: Vic - Diesel/electric ??
- From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 22:22:06 +1100
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Victorian Railfan Web Site - http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/
- References: <U6Ln6.6668$v5.24940@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:32805
John Elliott wrote:
>
> Saw a "Great Southern" diesel pulling a Connex 3 set through Flinders
> station
> today about 10:15hrs. Sure haven't seen that before.
If the diesel was painted red then the name is actually "Great
Northern", which is short for "Great Northern Rail". GNR have been
around for a number of years and they generally operate track
maintenence trains or rolling stock transfers.
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