Re: 48s (and almost an 80) to Dumaresq

[roy marshall <marsh@zip.com.au>]

Is this a regular working or just conditional? The RD unhelpfully 
failed to publish timetables for anything west of Maitland.

Cheers Roy

David Bromage wrote:

> 4891-4880 just ran out to Dumaresq with 9xNGUX, and are currenly returning
> to Werris Creek with 9 empties. There will be a layover at Armidale for a
> crew change, the current crew having been on duty since 7am. It will
> probably cross NP23 at Walcha Road.
> 
> According to the driver, today's phosphate train was to have been hauled
> by an 80 due to a shortage of 48s at Werris Creek. However, (unfortunately!)
> one was repaired overnight in time for today's train, so we got the usual
> pair of 48s.
> 
> Cheers
> David