Re: Another NR at Spencer St

Ron Howship (howshr@netlink.com.au)
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 11:19:24 GMT

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:38:35 -0700, Craig Haber
<albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote:

>G'day,
>
>Today in the motorail dock (at the west end of Platform 2) at 11:55, one
>could find NR82+BL32 (Green and Gold) standing quietly watching the
>pass'es depart. The NR was facing south.
>
>Any clues as to the reason behind the above??

Yes.
National Rail is currently running 3 or 4 trips to Spencer Street a
day, for crew training purposes.

The Loco's being used are simply "available" at the time. Usually they
run trains out that evening.

Regards
Ron.