Re: Ausrail exhibition & GSPE

Yuri J Sos (steam4me@enternet.com.au)
Fri, 07 Nov 1997 04:28:40 GMT

Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote:

>G'day,
>Approaching Spencer St on the 17:00 pass ex-Geelong, I saw:

>J104-GSPE cars-NR55 heading for the flyover - this NR is in Trailerail
>colours - it appeared to be orange in all the same places as the
>standard livery, with a green (not as dark as AN green) where the NR
>grey is normally.

Yes, I saw NR55 arrive with the GSPE cars....a little like a string of
cans tied to a Mack truck (size disparity NOT carriage quality
disparaging). As you say, NR55 is a bright green on the body, the NR
double diamond is still there in the same place, and the board
attached to the handrails at the "B" end says "Trailerail" and (I
think) "Bi Modal Transport".

The train looked swish yesterday with B74 on the point.

Regards

Yuri