Re: GSR's First Overland Arrives

Neil Waller (nwaller@denr.sa.gov.au)
Mon, 03 Nov 1997 08:42:35 +1030

Maurie Daly wrote:
>
> >NR77 arrived on the point of the Overland promptly at 8.00am today,
> >Sunday 2 Nov 1997 with a "Ghan" power car, 5 cars, and an Indian
> >Pacific bagge car.

> >Regards
>
> >Yuri
>
> You have to wonder about the economics of running a 5 car passenger train with
> a $3.5 million dollar 4000HP loco on the front.
> How long can this go on for, or are NR running this train at a loss?
> 5 cars with a power van & luggage van would weigh no more than 350 tonnes,
> equals about 11.5 HP/tonne, more than the XPT..
> Beats me
>
> cheers
> MD

It seems NR have the contract to shunt Keswick as well as the line haul.

There was an NR there were the DA usually was Saturday afternoon.

You have to wonder about shunting Keswick with a 4000 hp NR class rather
than a 1600 hp DA class too. It might make sense if it later becomes
the train engine for the Overland.

If there is no specific shunter how do GSR shunt the motorail at
Keswick?

Do they use the other end of the ramp?

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