Re: Upfield closure comments

Chris Gordon (cmgord@ecr.mu.oz.au.#)
Mon, 05 May 1997 09:04:50 +1000

Do they have an assigned engine to move surban trains (To Bengio or
Ballarat or now with the Upfield Line Closed at the Freeway). I mean
the couplings aren't they same between the engines and the Comeng
Train.

On the side on the Comeng trains up near the driver they have all the
connections and a converter for the couplings (look on the oppisite side
to the driver under the train at the corner). Maybe they use this?

Chris Gordon

Roderick Smith wrote:
>
> Changeovers are rostered for Wednesday evenings. A light loco runs via
> Albion to Broadmeadows and collects one or two sets. It then continues
> to Somerton, runs round, heads to Upfield, and arrives via the new loop
> siding to drop the sets. Those to be collected will be at the platform.
> The loco then takes them to Broadmeadows via Somerton.
> The new sidings are at the northern end of the station: one loop siding,
> and one stub siding.
>