1550 down pass (#8027 Melb-Bgo m-th, #8029 Melb-SwHill Fri) from Melb to
Bendigo, and 2030 up goods (#9084) ex Bendigo Mon-Fri.
LE dep Newport 1450 arr Spencer St. 1517.
LE ex 9084 dep Sunshine 2345 arr Newport 0005.
R 707, 761, 766 will alternate on duties.
Proposed Dates are:-
Mon - Fri 12 - 16 May
Mon - Fri 19 - 23 May
Mon - Fri 26 - 30 May
Mon - Fri 2 - 6 June
All runs are R class attached in front of normal rostered diesels.
8027 and 8029 are authorised to run at 115 km/h. (AFAIK R class are 100
km/h on Bendigo line normally.)
Cross your fingers and hope that this one dosen't collapse in a mess like
last time.
Cheers Krel
Yuri J Sos, Melbourne/AUS <steam4me@enternet.com.au> wrote in article
<5l6dol$4k5$2@perki.connect.com.au>...
> It would appear that the R class training runs to Bendigo are on
> again, at least for today.
>
> The 1550 down Bendigo pass passed through Sunshine a few minutes
> ago with a triumphant long blast on the steam whistle through the
> Anderson Road crossing.
>
> I was consulting at the time, so couldn't see which one it was
> although one of my rail-oriented clients thought it had a higher
> pitched whistle than most R's (is that the case with R766?).
>
> I suppose we had all better watch the up Deniliquin goods for the
> return journey.
>
> Yuri Sos
> 1625h 12 May 1997
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