Re: Capricornian story

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

Opps; sorry but I should have mentioned that the electric loco only
went as far as Gladstone. The route south had to wait for the mid 1989
route electrification.

Happy new year

Peter Cokley


On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:51:57 GMT, petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)
wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:49:44 +1100, Matthew Nolan <mnolan@uq.net.au>
>wrote:
>
>>thalystgv@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Can anyone provide me some brief information about "Capricornian"
>>> 
>>> which was the only long distance train(>500 km) in Australia
>>> completely haul by electric loco.
>>> 
>>> James
>>> 
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>>The Capricornian replaced the Rockhamptom Mail. It entered service on
>>Sunday 8th November, 1970. Initially it departed Roma St at 7:30pm five
>>nights per week and arrived in Rocky at 9:50am the next day. It was
>>initially hauled by 1460/1502/1550 locos. I'm afraid I have no
>>information on it being hauled by Electric Loco. However, it is doubtful
>>this occured for too long as the Spirit of Capricorn ICE train came into
>>service at about the same time that the line between Rocky and Brisbane
>>was electrified.
>>
>>Cheers
>
>
>ARHS QLD's Sunshine Express mag  [Nov 88 P.219] has the date in
>service for the first 35 /36 electric loco group as 4/11/86.Some
>people might remember the now gone mag called "Rail Australia". The
>Jan/Feb 1989 issue P.34 has a photo of 3607 hauling the Capricornian
>out of Rocky 8 April 1987. The Jan/Feb 1988 issue of that mag has a
>photo P.56 of 3614 hauling the "Midlander" west from Rocky.
>
>Happy new year
>Peter Cokley