Re: One morning at Merri...

[Tony Gatt <baulko@tig.com.au>]

Jennifer Richmond wrote:

> 8:50 am Thursday, Merri Station. I'm waiting for the 8:54 up spark. I
> see a headlight coming around the corner and think "Oh good, it's
> early". But then I think "but why does my spark only have one headlight,
> in the centre? Come to think of it, why does it have an orange front,
> with a big V/ painted on it and a hooded cab? And for that matter, why
> does the horn sound like a T class?". As it approached, I saw that it
> was a T and a P class hauling a dead Comeng set.
> I have never seen this movement on the Epping line before. I assume it
> was coming from the Epping Maintenance Depot. How often does this happen
> and why would they use a T and a P, both powering I might add.

As often as necesary one would assume. Depending on what was wrong with the
set, and depending on its final destination, they may have needed both the
T&P to get it there..

> While
> standing on the same platform, moments before, I saw an empty cars right
> up the bum of a regular down.

The empty car movements to Epping are quite regular.
Epping has the facilities to stable 15 6 car sets, and also has the
maintanence depot.
Of a night they used to run 12 car empties for balancing.

>
>
> Sam

--
Thanks, Tony.

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