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Re: SLEEPING ON TRAINS (was re gunzel)
- Subject: Re: SLEEPING ON TRAINS (was re gunzel)
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:31:26 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
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- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
std wrote:
> I worked a loaded wheat train out of Goulburn one afternoon and after a long
> day at Goulburn RSL. I thought I'd shut my eyes for a few minutes, I wrote
> the time in the journal as we passed through the north Goulburn gates and
> the next thing I knew there was a thunderous crash and a blaze of lights !
>
> I ran to the vestibule because I thought we were in the dirt only to be
> confronted by the BrakeVan cleaner at Rozelle !
A loco inspector once told me a train arrived at Rozelle yard, and when they
banged on the side of the brake van, the guard looked out wiping his eyes and
asked where he was. They told him Rozelle, and his response was "Good, now I'm
qualified for another line".
--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/