Re: ex AN 700 at Melbourne NR steel depot ?

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

David wrote:

> For a few days in the last week what I am sure was a 700 class in AN
> green livery was parked in the NR steel depot at about the same spot
> as the C was a few months ago.  Can anyone shed any light on what it
> was doing there ?  For evaluation as a shunting loco perhaps ?   I am
> assuming it was on SG.

Are you sure that this is a 700? National Rail use BL's, some of which
are still in the AN green livery, on steel traffic. They look a little
bit like the 700 class.

> Also noticed that the SCT trains at Dynon have been shunted by a
> decrepit looking V line T or H (can't tell which from the Kyneton
> Pass.) instead of the more usual yellow livered ex WA loco.  Who owns
> this btw - Great Northern ?   There is also an RT sporting the SCT
> logo living there these days.

The yellow loco is owned by SCT (AFAIK), although, as mentioned in
another thread, it also has VLF and "Rail Power" stickers on it.
As for the RT, I _assume_ it is 32RT, although the SCT logo may only have
been put on in the last couple of months.

John
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