Re: 7OO Class on up Patricks.

[Stuart Turnbull <stuartt@netspace.net.au>]

Krel wrote:
> 
> 
> >>>Can anyone tell me when the last 700 was in Melb?
> >>
> >>Well I thought that green box I saw back in late March looked too
> >>short to be a BL and had grills in the side where BLs don't, but
> >>others here knew better at the time ...
> >>
> >Further to that, it was in or near the NR steel sidings at about the
> >same place the C was stored for a long time last year.  I wondered at
> >the time if it was here for evaluation as a shunting loco.
> >
> I would be surprised if it was a 700. NR do not own them so why would
> one be in NRs Steel Yard. The only locos that have been evaluated for
> a DOO shunt loco are/were 81 and C class. ASR own the 700s, if one was
> in Melbourne it would most likely be at Appleton Dock or maybe South
> Dynon Loco or North Dynon Yard.
> 
> I am not saying that it wasn't a 700, but I would be surprised.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Krel
> 
> Just another eccentric crank.700s in Melbourne that I have seen over the past year or so have been

CLF1-706-703 on MA4 Toll 30.1.98
CLP17-705-CLP12 on MA3 Patrick on 6.2.98
CLP12-703-706 on AM3 Patrick on 27.2.98

Stuart Turnbull