Re: Never seen steam

["Peter Knife" <pijik@knifecutt.fam.aust.com>]

John,

Sorry to disappoint on this one, but I recall reading that T class 4-8-0s
worked ballast trains on the new line while it was under construction, and
possibly shortly after. Ts were finally withdrawn from Thevenard some time
after the direct line opened.

Cheers
Peter

denjo02@cai.com wrote in article <6n6ku7$8m9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
> <6mu0p6$os6$2@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
> > Interesting discussion on uk.railway about some new lines (e.g.
Heathrow
> > Express) seeing a steam loco for the first time. How many lines are
there
> > in Australia which have never seen a steam locomotive? Off the top of
my
> > head.....
> 
> What about the direct line from Penong Junction to Kevin, on the far west
> coast of South Australia's Port Lincoln Division.  AFAIK the direct line
was
> opened some years after the demise of steam on the division.  Maybe a fan
> trip ... but they are few and far between over there.
> 
> Cheers...John Dennis
> Home of the Dutton Bay Tramway
> http://www.acslink.net.au/~jdennis/dbt.html
> 
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