Re: 86 class withdrawal

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Peter Neve (nswsrca@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
>Earlier, Cityrail abandoned the use of electric tracton between
>Lithgow and Bowenfels.
>
>I underastand that much of Broadmeadow yard overhead is to be
>decommissioned.

But will the wires be removed immediately? When the PTC withdrew the Ls
from the Gippsland line, there was a 5 year (?) moratorium on removing the
overhead. They ran 240 volts through the wires all that time to prevent
them being stolen.

Cheers
David