C in Wagga

[kahnn@tpgi.com.au (SJG)]

on 22/9 i witnessed a perculiar event at the Wagga Wagga rail yard. A
number of carriages carrying coils of steel were there basically all
day with a heavy crane. However, nothing much seemed to be happening
(i.e they were not unloading or loading new coils). 8172 was the
shunter.

The train stayed till after 5:00pm where a freight train from Albury
headed by an unidentifiable C class picked up the train and moved it
Junee way, with 8172 on the end of the train still running (but not
helping push the train).

If anyone has more detailed info about what happened or the story
behind this it would be much appreciated.
Stefan.