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Re: Great Northern buys GMs?
- To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
- Subject: Re: Great Northern buys GMs?
- From: desktop@pipeline.com.au (Frank Jones)
- Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 13:28:47 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Desktop Dynamics
- References: <358BA207.9E315D1C@fastlink.com.au> <01bd9c53$7e8f96c0$2a12868b@cyrix-mmx-200>
On 20 Jun 98 13:56:57 GMT, "Hate Spam!" <Spam@ruined.net > wrote:
>
>Bob <gioia@fastlink.com.au> wrote in article
><358BA207.9E315D1C@fastlink.com.au>...
>> Can anyone confirm that Great Northern have bought several ex Australian
>> National GM class that were not sold to ASR? If this is true what work
>> could GN find for such units in Victoria?
>> Bob
>>
> Great Northern recently hauled ballast trains on the Ringwood Line with
>multiple T class Locos!
Yes, on the RTA Vite Vite tour on 30/5/98 Paul Moore informed us that
they were getting 12 (IIRC) GMs. Their possible use on ballast trains
was mentioned. One of the earlier series GMs is included.
Frank Jones
President RTA.