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Re: Countrylink 422s
Bob wrote:
> I hear that 42203 and 42220 are soon to be transfered to Countrylink and
> will be based at the XPT centre Sydenham. Also I believe that they will
> be airconditioned and repainted into Countrylink blue.
Countrylink weren't initially interested in associating themselves with these
services. That is why the carriages were painted tuscan. I very much doubt
they would paint the locos blue with the carriages still brown.
> Will this then mean that 422s will operate on the Broken
> Hill pass?
Hope not. Those extra thousand horses really make the train fast.
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David Johnson
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