Re: RSA & NRR to Brisbane

[mauried@commslab.gov.au (Maurie Daly)]

In article <c1Mq3.16$xO6.322212@news0.optus.net.au> "WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> writes:
>From: "WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@spambait.umpires.com>
>Subject: Re: RSA & NRR to Brisbane
>Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 01:32:56 GMT

>Graham Watkins wrote in message <01bee047$0e57fda0$948919cb@default>...
>>An RSA ballast train is scheduled to run from Casino to Brisbane (Acacia
>>Ridge) today (Saturday 7 August) and is planned to be hauled by two NRR 421
>>class. Will this be their first visit to Brisbane?

>The 421 class were regular visitors to the North Coast line when they were
>introduced, and were often seen on the Brisbane Limited Express.

>DaveP


Can you quote a year when this happened?
Prior to the creation of NRC when 81s started running on the Nth Coast Line
the Nth Coast Line was exclusively Alco locos, no GMS .
The Brisbane Limited Express was rostered always for 2 X 44S ,the Brisbane 
Express when it ran was either 1 X 44 or 2 X 44,the Grafton Mail was 1 X 
44 or 1 X 45 .
AFAIK the 421s were exclusively used on the Main Sth and to a 
lesser extent on the Western Line to Broken Hill when the IP started 
running.
It would have been rare to even get one to Broadmedow.

MD