Re: XPT to Richmond - When?
Paul Turtle (pturtle@rta.nsw.gov.au)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 12:50:32 -0700
Chris Stratton wrote:
>
> David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
> <5q1im9$5ll$4@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
> > Peter Neve (nswsrca@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > >One for our panel of experts and advisors, please.
> > >
> > >In the mid to late 1980s, a charter XPT set ran through to Richmond.
> > >I don't recollect the facts or the date, but I had an idead it was a
> > >charter FROM Richmond to somehwere. I don't think the XPT returned
> > >to take the people back to Richmond after the forward journey.
> > >
> > >Can anyone out there advise the date and any other details, please!
> >
> > This will make a great addition to the XPT pages if anyone has details.
> >
> > Does anyone have details of XPTs running to other unusual locations? I
> > know an XPT ran the last train to Corowa. There was also a business or
> > legal charter to Melbourne a few months before the regular service
> > commenced.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
> >
>
> On looking into my database further I found two other occasions that I
> photographed.
>
> An XPT ran Sydney-Wollongong-Unanderra-Moss Vale-?? on 5/8/82, I don't know
> the reason for the run.
> An XPT took part in the Hurstville Great Train Festival and "raced" 3642
> from Central to Hurstville on 14/10/84.
About 1987(?), as part of the Hurstville Great Train Festival, they ran
an XPT to Cronulla and back (I've got a shot going through Kirrawee
somewhere). On the same weekend (I think) I caught the XPT from
Hurstville to Mortdale and return as they needed to move it from one
platform to another at Hurstville and announced a (short) free trip to
anyone who wanted to go. This might also count as the greatest number of
people to fit on one XPT at once as it was absolutely packed! I never
got any further than the vestibule!
Paul Turtle
(pturtle@ozemail.com.au)