> Bob wrote in message <35210E3A.1D9D39B1@fastlink.com.au>...
> >8001 was one of the two 80s that were damaged at Acacia Ridge by NRC.
> >The other is 8002 and is still up there. They now say that it will be
> >scrapped on site as it is not possible to return it to Sydney by rail.
> >In fact the return of 8001 was a bit of a dodgey affair as it was towed
> >on the end of an NRC train. The SRA breakdown gang tell me that this is
> >not an acceptable practice for the SRA
>
> Not without someone manning the 26L.
>
> > however they had no say over NRC
> >and they way they went about recovering it. I also hear that the
> >souvenir hunters are having fun on 8002.
I forgot to mention that the trailing end had no auto coupler on it so had
the train failed in the section they would not have been able to couple to
the rear to assist. Like I said, a dodgey affair.
Bob