Re: Best times/locations NE Vic

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

In article <377F9EAA.3033F194@eastwood.apana.org.au> Mick Stock <mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au> writes:
>Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 03:49:30 +1000
>From: Mick Stock <mzs@eastwood.apana.org.au>
>Subject: Best times/locations NE Vic

>Hi,

>    Can someone suggest the best location(s) in N.E. Vic for a bit
>of train spotting?  At this stage, I'm looking at maybe Tuesday and/or
>Wed arvo/evening, maybe even Thursday, with a slight chance of Friday
>during the day. I'm especially interested in the Wangaratta to Albury
>area (possibly further north in the general direction of Canberra).

>    Also, are there any unusual workings in the above area during the
>next few days?

>Thanks in advance....

>Mick.


Albury isnt a bad place although most activity is a night so you dont get to 
see a lot .
Trains start arriving from around 16-00 from Melb to Sydney and from around 
21-00 Sydney to Melb.
Theres not a lot of activity during the day , only the VLP broad guage pass 
trains.
If you go further north then you get to see wheat trains coming off the Temora
branch at Cootamundra.
These do run during the day , but only weekdays.
There is neglible traffic to Canberra these days ,3 explorers per day in each 
direction and the oil train ,which returns empty around 1300 most weekdays 
and Saturday.

If you want to see trains crawling up steep grades then the Cullerin range 
north of Gunning is a good spot,lots of continuous curving 1:75 grades.

cheers
MD