Re: Where are the 86 class locos of late?

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>]

8630+86??+8609+8624 passed Kogarah on the up with an empty coal at 10:35 on
Mon. 6 September.  My first 86 class sighting for over three weeks.

Rgds

Bill
Chris Downs wrote in message ...
>Has anyone seen 86 class (electric locos) in the last few weeks?
>
>Of the four conditional coal services I often see through the Mountains on
>weekdays which are regularly electrically hauled, namely:
>Approx 0620 down through Faulconbridge;
>Approx 1130 down through Penrith
>Late am up through Penrith; &
>Approx 1755 up through Penrith;
>none have had 86s in the last few weeks.
>
>Triple 81s on 33 wagon trains and quad 81s on 42 hoppers seems to be the
>norm.
>
>Have the 86s met their demise or have I just been unlucky?
>
>Ta
>
>Chris
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