Re: [Hijack: SA] Was: Re: WL1 (IP) at Penrith Down Siding?

["Graeme Cleak" <gcleak@optusnet.com.au>]

Peter Homann <"peter.homann"@@prr.org.au> wrote in message
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> David Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Chris Downs wrote:
> >
> But not nearly as annoying as the 830 class stuck on the front of 520
> some years ago. I think the train was about 40t overweight for a 520 to
> climb the Adelaide hills, so a not very clean 830 was added. But instead
> of removing it, it stayed all the way to Tailem Bend. Oh, it could have
> been detached at Murray Bridge, but then it had to run *ahead* of the
> special trains, and there wasn't enough time. Argh. Spoilt many a
> person's photo that day. :-(
> If you're wondering when I'm talking about, it was the last visit of an
> R class to Adelaide before standardisation. Someone able to supply dates
> etc?
>
> --
> Peter Homann
> Steam Fireman, Pichi Richi Railway
> Administrator: http://www.prr.org.au
> Editor: "Pichi Richi Patter".
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Yep, this was on Sun 30.10.94.  846 & 520 left Keswick at 09 03, load 6/281.
ran as d/header to T.Bend.

Graeme Cleak