Re: BL on Overland last Friday (11/6)

[David<mercury@nospam.netcon.net.au>]

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:21:32 GMT, krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:52:01 GMT, David<mercury@nospam.netcon.net.au>
>wrote:
>
>>Saw the overland crossing the North Melbourne flyover just after 8am
>>on Friday headed by a steel link BL.  Does anyone know if this was a
>>transfer movement or had an NR failed ?  Given that the BL was on SG
>>bogies I would assume a transfer from Dry Creek.  For the record the
>>overland was up to 11 cars, 8 of which were passenger carrying, plus a
>>car carrier.  Probably to do with the long weekend.
>>
>The Overland is normally hauled by either BL27 or BL33. Both are
>painted in the SteelLink livery.
>Nr's are used occaisionally, usually on Thursdays or when a BL fails.
>Bl's are normal on this train.
>
>
>Cheers
>
>Krel
Whups, that's ignorance for you.  I don't see the overland that often;
last I heard it was NRs all the time.  Thanks for the update.  
David A. | Woodend, Victoria, Australia - Remove spamblock to reply