Re: Transfer of X35 &S317 from Newport workshops to seymour

[petan@ion.com.au (petan@ion.com.au)]

Hi Craig,

My date about the mention of the South Dynon accident came from the
Railmac publication / Australian Fleetbooks #1 V/Line Locomotives
published 1992. The S class is on P.14.


Thanks for the correction to my post. I will update my files.

Cheers
Peter Cokley

On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:38:50 +1100, Craig Haber
<albatross@harnessnet.com.au> wrote:

>G'day,
>
>John Regan wrote:
>
>> What happened to X35 to give it extensive Damage and what was the notorious
>> history of S317, can anyone advise?
>
>Checking out "The A7 Era", page 148/49 shows S317 after colliding head on with
>X33 in 1967.  It was very badly damaged and extensively rebuilt.  Then on
>17/6/82 the crew were killed when it collided with the rear of the disabled
>"Spirit Of Progress" at Barnawartha.  Again it was very badly damaged, and
>didn't return until 1985.
>
>Regards,
>Craig.
>--
>Craig Haber
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