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Re: Trains to Newcastle.



David Johnson wrote:

> Keith Malcolm wrote:
>
> > 3801 would have gone under 2 hours in '66, except for some spark,
> from what I
> > heard.
>
> I think it was a Maitland two-car diesel at Hamilton that stuffed them
> up.
>

I heard that a signalman hadn't read his STN's closely enough and didn't
realise the speed attempt was on, and so didn't hold the pass at
hamilton and let 3801 work through.

Dennis Rittson