Re: One morning at Merri...

["Michael Kurkowski" <mk@netstra.com.au>]

Well considering it was spotted on the Broadmeadows line about half an hour
later according to my sources (i heard the T before i managed to make it to
glenroy station to gunzel it :/) my guess was it wasnt dead and it was off
to Somerton for refurb ...

m.



Jennifer Richmond wrote in message <36E74F0E.743B7FD@melbpc.org.au>...
>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. While
>standing on the same platform, moments before, I saw an empty cars right
>up the bum of a regular down.
>
>Sam
>