Re: 422's

["Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>]

Oh, to hear a few 44s again!!!
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Cheers,
Darren Yates
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peter kilburn wrote in message <01be00c1$ae86a3a0$0100007f@default>...
>42220 and 42203 led 8627-8647-8628 d/a + 15 loaded ballast wagons through
>Waterfall at around 1100 this morning,on arrival at Waterfall the train was
>put into the UP refuge, as it came to a stand, it was given the road, ( if
>they would have a go ) to follow MC74,
>The two 422's literaly roared up the hill out of Waterfall, they ran
>straight through Sutherland and on to Enfield. On arrival at Enfield the
>ballast wagons where dropped in one of the arrival roads, the 422's then
>positioned the 86's in the electric storage siding.
>About now things started to get interesting, 4401 whistled out of Delec,
>PL1 with 48103 in tow, passed by on the Down main, 8920 (grain from the
>west) arrived behind 8169-8128 to attach 8125 for the trip to Port Kembla,
>8005-8015 on trip train T106 where leaving the yard bound for Port Botany,
>9821 was leaving the yard to go West behind 8140-8105 And on the scanner
>Sydney yard was calling 3830,
>Decided on the 80's and Cooks River, the train beat me to Cooks River staff
>hut by the proverbial country mile, (no thanks to Sydney traffic) On hand
>at Cooks River was Austrac's 4836 shutdown, X45 shunting various sidings,
>to make up a train of 7 wagons and 12 containers for the run to Melbourne
>(departed 1715), 8039-48108 T107 shunting FCL , A quick trip to Botany
>found 8015-8005 waiting to depart light engine back to Enfield, 8011
>shunting the wharves, NR28-8121-NR43 at the head of SB3
>Back to Cooks River, NR32-NR25 led a very long PS6 into No1 siding, 8021
>was working as T109 and 8124 was generally in the way, By now the sun was
>getting low, I had forgotten to go to work, might as well go to the pub,
>and watch the sun go down
>                                         Pete Kilburn