Re: G 520 and C's on the move

Bob (gioia@fastlink.com.au)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:28:11 +1000

Krel wrote:

> G 520 was third unit behind G 529+G 536 on 9692 at Mcintyre at 1730 on
> Wed 22/4. Not sure if it was running or being hauled.
>
> C 506+C 504 left Junee on 5NP2 at 1805 on Thr 23/4 and arrived in Melb
> at 0250 the next day en route to storage in Adelaide. They were due to
> leave Melb on 5NP2 at 0940 Fri.
>
> Cheers
>
> Krel
>
> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:06:45 +0000, roy marshall <marsh@zip.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >Tezza wrote
> >>
> >> G520 may be back on the road now. One up, one down.
> >
> >G520 went south on the wheat train that occasionally runs through to
> >Victoria (V-Line hoppers) on Tuesday morning.It was attached behind an
> >82 at Cootamundra.
> >
> >Best wishes Roy Marshall

I hear that G520 went back to be "sorted out" or better still finished off properly. There were numerous small problems with
it and as the project was 18 months and several hundred thousand dollars over budget it was literally thrown out of Chullora
as soon as it was driveable.
Cheers
Bob