Re: RSA & NRR to Brisbane

[petan@NOSPAMion.com.au (PETer and susAN)]

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 08:00:54 +1000, "tony bailey" <mercuryworldtvl@one.net.au> wrote:

>
>Maurie Daly wrote in message ...
>
>>Its certainly possible that 42s got to Brisbane but thats not what the
>>original post was about .
>>The 44s took over this line from when they were introduced in 1957,so at
>the
>>best there would have only been a period of 2 years when 42s could have
>been
>>used.
>>
>>MD
>
>
>In fact it was a 42 that got past South Brisbane by going through  the
>bugger stops and hanging over the road in a famous photograph!
>
>Tony Bailey
>
>
My photo of 4202 in relation to the 23/6/57 accident shows it jammed under the buffers. The loco did
not get past the buffers; only smashed them. The wood work past the buffers was still intact,
although slightly raised out of shape.

My photo from Railway Digest Jan 1984. 

Cheers
Peter Cokley
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