Re: WA locos in Sydney

[bevanwall@ozemail.com.au (Bevan Wall)]

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:48:36 +1000, Roy Marshall <marsh@zip.com.au>
wrote:

>Bevan Wall wrote:
>
>Snip...
>
>> The train was easy to keep up with all the
>> way to Picton - definately ran at 80 kmh
>
>Which way did you go? couldn't have been through Moss Vale and Bowral!
>Today (Wed) - following the GM on PB4 - we left it at Exeter and went
>across to the freeway. Sitting on 120kmh all the way to Picton we just
>beat it to Picton tunnel. PB4 was virtually a section behind SN44 all
>the way - not bad for an 80kmh runner!!
>
>Cheers Roy

When I said it was easy to keep up with I, meant for the entire
distance from Fish River to Picton. I too left it at Exeter, went on
the freeway to Picton and got there about 5 minutes before it. Further
to your comment about the WA locos not powering, perhaps whoever it
was riding in the cabs of these locos had something to do with the
locos occasionally coming on line? In one of the scenes I recorded I
can see strong exhaust plumes coming from the locos!