Re: West Coast Rail train in trouble

[Craig Haber <albatross@harnessnet.com.au>]

Frank Jones wrote:
> On Tuesday 13/1/98 last, a down WCR train (all blue cars, empty) was
> noted in a siding on the down side of Newport at about 7.10pm. The loco
> (S300?) was detached and my train (6.25 up Geelong) passed a couple of
> light locos near Newport South (an A and possibly a T or P).
> 
> Did anyone get to hear the details of this incident - a loco failure
> perhaps??

S300 failed, and was replaced by an A class loco (78 I think).
The cars were empty because there's some rule in place whereby a loaded
passenger train without loco cannot be left standing at a platform, or
in a siding or something similar.

Cheers,
Craig.
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