Re: Life after death

[Notagunzel <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

Sam Eades wrote:
> 
> No, the Lakeside - Wright section was relayed in the late 1980s or early
> 1990s, quite a while before the rest of the Gembrook section was
> relayed. It was useful for storing trains on busy days or when there was
> a charter after 3 road was drastically shortened. There is a new siding
> on the down side of Lakeside for storing such trains.

This siding is hysterically critically important, as it is the only REAL
surviving piece of GENUINE pre PBPS/ETRB track left on the entire
railway.  Anyway, my secret spies report that No. 1 Platform is now an
ex platform, all trains are now using Platform 2.  This means when
Gembrook trains run through Lakeside trains, the Lakeside train has to
shunt and redock, just like a real railway :o)

The reason for the wanton destruction of innocent platforms is the new
No. 1 Road is down where the old platform was, and the new No. 1
Platform will go where the current No. 1 Road is, creating an island
platform.

Also, they are down to 2 tea kettles at the moment, having to use a
proper green diesel hydraulic locomotive everyday for one roster.  One
NA has no wheels, and the 2nd had the impertinence to break some stays.

BC (& secret spies)