Re: Fisherman Islands (QLD) freight line.

[aervol@bit.net.au (Roy Wilke)]

Stuart,

'Fraid my mind was on other things as I turned the corner into Stanley
Street on that day. All I can say for sure was that the loco had a cab
at each end, was painted blue, was running on the SG line and had a
big four-digit number starting with "8" painted on the side.

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 05:37:47 GMT, mpp_editor@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>In article <366e82c9.12897488@news.bit.net.au>,
>  aervol@bit.net.au (Roy Wilke) wrote:
>> I was held up at the Stanley Street level crossing last week by an
>> 80-class coasting light engine down the Norman Park-Coorparoo grade. I
>> assume it had hauled a train to the port earlier in the day.

>> Roy

>Say what, an 80 class in Brsibane ? highly unlikely. If there is an 80 class
>up there, it has sure snuck by a lot of people in the know. Although I find
>it unlikely. It possibly was an 82 or an 81 class unit. Please provide more
>details please, possibly a number, because those numbers are easy to see from
>a distance.

>The only 80 class I know of in Brisbane is 8002, still located at the back of
>Acacia Ridge, awaiting scraping.
>Stuart Ellis