Re: Non -Stop to Albury sat 22/11/97

Yuri J Sos (steam4me@enternet.com.au)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:14:41 GMT

dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) wrote:

>They let 241CS out???? It's been idle for so long I didn't know it was
>still allowed 115km/h. I assume it's there only for aesthetic purposes.
>
>I wonder if it will work the old SoP way. Both locos were cab leading
>rather than back to back. The lead unit was taken off at Wodonga as the
>run around at Albury wasn't long enough for two locos.

On the return journey, S313+GM36(both forwards), then S302 backwards,
then S300 forwards.

Looked great, sounded absolutely magic as we waited at 1917 on the up
side of Broadford towards the quarry..... could hear them coming from
the down side of Broady. Evening sunlight perfect!

The train itself was a bit of a dog's breakfast colour wise: yellow
PTC test car, 3 blue and gold, VLine orange, WCR blue/white,
"heritage" brown. But I'm still glad to have seen it run.

Congratulations to the people who put it together.

Regards

Yuri