Re: Hawkesbury River

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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:23:53 +1000, Richard Jary
<jary@terrigal.net.au> wrote:

>Very strange this morning, we left Gosford at 0659 as usual, got held up
>by something approaching Hawkesbury River, with red & yellow signals.
>After Hawkesbury they switched us to the other (down) line to go up the
>hill. Just before Cowan we overtook two 48 class with one flat wagon and
>then returned to the up line.
>
>Strange, and what were 2 48s doing with a single flatwagon at that time
>of the morning, and why couldn't they keep up with that (un)load?
>

Seems like a shunt for the Wondabyne Quarry Siding.  It has a zig-zag
connection trailing from the down line.

Pete.