Re: Sydney Airport line

["Ben Staples" <98711576@feline.hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU>]

Those two 48's are part of a push to operate ballast and work trains for RSA
with RSA loco's. Poor FreightCorp is set to lose all that business.

Ben Staples

Matthew Geier <matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
7egt7s$g37$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au">news:7egt7s$g37$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au...
> Spotted yesterday, mid after noon - 2 RSA scrubber 48 class (one bearing
DEMC
> lettering) sitting on the flyovers. (On what will be the up line from
> the airport.)
>
>  2 tracks disappeared into the tunnel portal. As I went past I could see
> lots of flashing lights down the tunnel.
>
>  A co-worker reports seeing some sort of sleeper train near or running
into
> the tunnel the day before.
>
>  It looks as if the SMD-80 tracklaying machine is in use underground, a
> sleeper train and 2 48 class wouldnt be needed to service manual track
> laying.
>  I assume the smoke fans are already installed and working at Green Square
> to provide the air flow needed to operate an entire fleet of diesel
powered
> equipment in a tunnel that will ultimatly only see electric trains.
>