About a month ago I went on a 3801 Limited trip to Robertson. A
great day's trip, but it left me with some questions...
Why don't they get a better hose at Picton? It took a long time
to refill the tank with what appeared to be a garden hose.
We had 3830, and (I think) 9 carriages on our train. When we arrived
at Robertson, we passed 3801 (with about four carriages) going the
other way (on the Cockatoo Run). After lunch, 3801 steamed back into
Robertson (having been to Moss Vale), running tender first.
It was then attached to the back of our train, and we ran down the
long mountain with 3801 in the middle of the train.
Why did they do this? Surely it wasn't just so I could look out the
window and see a steam loco either way I looked?
And why did the 48 class diesel join (the back of) our train at Waterfall -
which seemed to be *after* the steepest part of the trip.
Why did we travel so fast? We kept catching up to whatever was in front
of us and having to wait at red signals. I slower but steadier trip would
have been less frustrating. Is it because the crew like going fast?
And out of interest, where (in Sydney) can they turn steam locos? We
seemed to take some fairly circuitous routes to keep the loco at the
front and pointing the right way (I presume running a steam loco around
the city circle is out of the question, and the only turntable I know of
is at Lithgow).
Thanks
Richie
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