Re: Ghan to Melbourne

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On 19 Nov 98 05:44:16 GMT, "Lachlan Smith" <lsmith@senet.com.au>
wrote:

>When it arrived in Adelaide on Wednesday, it was being pulled by both
>aboriginal-liveried locomotives, NR30 NR52. NR30 was uncoupled after
>refuelling, and left behind. Just before departure, NR92, which I think had
>just arrived on the Overland, was coupled to the front of the consist.
>
NR52 had a digitair problem. The loco was not reading the SBU (aka
ETM). As there was not enough time to effect a repair and GSR wanted
52 to lead into Melbourne NR92 was added from Adelaide to Contrans
siding Melbourne. NR 52 then hauled the train from there into Spencer
Street (about 3 km).

Cheers

Krel



>Lachlan 
>
>Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in article
><01be12fd$3ab1a8a0$2d2e11cb@rodsmith>...
>| AFAIK Ghan left Adelaide 80 min late on Wed.18.11 morning.  I was at
>| Melbourne Spencer St to see it arrive: NR52 (aboriginal livery) hauled a
>| 15-car passenger set plus AMRZ motorail wagon, and arrived at pfm 1 at
>| 22.19.  There had been two NRs ex Adelaide.  The train had passed Newport
>| at 21.35, then had detached the leading NR (92)  [at the Goninan depot?].
>| 
>| The departure was at 23.18:
>| NR77-AQMZ-AMPZ-HM-BG-CDF-AFC-2xBRJ-AR-ARJ-ARM-DF-AFC-2xARL-ER-HGM (17
>| vehicles).
>| -- 
>| Regards
>| Roderick Smith
>| Rail News Victoria Editor
>| 
>| 
>| 

All's well that ends.