All travel as per previous posts.
Monday 14/4
8207 had S300-BZ-BS-BRS-BZ-ACZ-PCP
BK711 in the pass yard - it hasn't moved since
OL due 8:40
S/Z set consist ACZ259-BS217-BS216-BZ268-BCZ258
noted a single 4WD 'Jeep' on a container flat in the SCT train
x up OL near Hoppers Crossing at 8:11
X32 on an up goods (or just shunting the down goods?) sitting at NOG 'A'
box at 8:40
GEX loco - A70, X39, H5, S301, S???, T400 and the usual handful of G's
8220 - B61
17:00 up - N loco - FN set (there has been no further use of double N
sets)
GEX loco - T392, G516+32, G512, Y110
Goods sitting behind Nth Melbournd had A??+H5+X32+S301 at 18:00. I
think it must've
been A70, sighted in the morning at the loco
Tuesday 15/4
8207 A81-BZ-BS-BRS-BZ-ACZ-PCP
S300 had failed at Corio on Monday night on 8246, hence the use of the A
class loco
x up NRC train with C+NR south of Lara at 8:40
X41 shunting in NOG yard
GEX loco - A60+X??, T388+408
17:00 up
GEX loco - T409, X46
Greaser at Macaulay sidings
WCR BS206 in pass yard.
Wed 16/4
8207 has S311
noted SRANSW wheat hoppers in the SCT terminal behind Sth Kensington
S/Z set had only ACZ-BS-BS-BCZ
GEX loco - S306+S307 (nose to tail, facing south), T398, A70
17:00 up
GEX loco - T408
Greaser at Macaulay
Unusual visitors lurking the pass yard were X46 and T379
Friday 18/4
XPT du 11:05 - it was suggested that coaches would form the Daylight
departure, with the
XPT returning empty cars. Did this happen?
8:01 - X39+T409+T408 on a down goods at Newport
x up NRC SF with a single green BL at North Shore (around 8:40)
GEX loco - G+A70 at the fuel point, G515+S307+S306
17:00 up
GEX loco T408
A70+T409+H4 on the up goods in NOG yd
R761 in steam at old SRV depot, with 107m and Elecrail Tait's also
present
Mon 21/4
OL due 8:20
A85+X33+B76 coupled together at the end of Platform 7 as we departed at
7:46...alas, they
didn't triple head 8207, it had B76 solo
T396 shunting Spotswood Sand Train at 8:00
A79+H4+T408 at Newport on GEX goods at 8:05
S/Z set was ACZ259-BS217-BS216-BZ268-BCZ251
GEX loco X48, 2S's and 2T's.
17:00 up
GEX loco T400 and G513
No other notes.....must've been fast asleep!
Tues 22/4
eventful trip on the 7:46!
Got away 4 late, HEP kept cutting in and out, then stopped at Corio (not
a scheduled stop) at
8:43 to let off an erring passenger....then driver went straight through
North Shore
(scheduled stop!). I alerted the Conductor as we sped through the
platform - relayed to
driver who braked hard, but had to keep going! Several irate passengers
(wanting the
Ballarat connection) alighted at North Geelong (and abused the
conductor) at 8:49, GEX
arrival finally at 8:55
GEX loco S307+S306 (with it's numberplates now missing - it can only be
identified by it's
single marker lights - S301 and 07 have dual markers, 07 also has it's
horns on the nose (a
much better look in my opinion!)
17:00 up
Greaser now in Nth Melbourne stabling sidings
X46 outbound on flyover at 18:00 with nose facing south (must've come
off a pass)
Wed 23/4
8207 S302-BZ-BS-BRS-BZ-ACZ-PCP
XPT due 8:10
Overland had arrived by 7:40 - now there's a rarity!
EM100 in SG motorail dock
A85+N??? at West Tower with a lengthy container train facing North at
7:52 (perhaps the
Maryvale train waiting to reverse?)
T400 under Dunon Rd
x up NRC train BL+BL at Corio at 8:44
GEX loco - S307, T390
17:00 up
GEX loco - T400, T390
parallel running with BL32+C501 on an up NRC train of containers plus
steel
Greaser again at Macaulay
P17 on the cement train at Arden St
Thurs 24/4
XPT arr 7:40
XL due 8:25
x up OL at Newport at 8:02 - Ghan car included in consist. Appeared to
have a decent
loading of perhaps 8 cars on - hard to count as it was obscured by
Newport Signal box
x up NRC SF with BL+NR87 at Lara at 8:32
GEX loco S306 and another S
17:00 up
GEX loco T408, T400
G+S+S on a wheatie at NOG 'C' box facing Maryborough at 17:05
Last day of Mechanical Interlocking for Newport, with new track panels
ready to be installed,
track simplification and resignalling over the Anzac day weekend.
Geelong trains to be
replaced by busses, WCR trains to be bus from Melboune to Geelong, with
train beyond as
per normal timetable.
Cheers,
Craig.
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