Re: C class's and Belarine Peninsula Railways (two qns)

[Eben Levy <ebenlevy@klever.net.au>]

David Bromage wrote:

> Reuben Farrelly (reubie@bigpond.com.AAA) wrote:
> > (1) Can anyone tell me about the Bellarine Peninsula Railways?  I saw
> > something of them when I was last at Queenscliff (Vic) a few weeks ago.
> > They don't seem to be talked about much - what sort of units do they have
> > and what do they do with them?
>
> They run 16km to Drysdale. Operational steam locos are V1209 (WAGR), M6
> (TGR), PB15.454 (QR), 6 (APC Fyansford) and Klondyke (from some sugar
> mill). Diesels are X3, X20, V8 and Va1, all ex-TGR.
>
> > (2) Why are the C class being scrapped when locos such as the Y, T and B
> > class still live on?
>
> No Cs have been scrapped. Most are stored at Junee. One (509?) is not
> trafficable and has been used as a source of spare parts.

C503 was my understanding.

>
>
> Cheers
> David



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