Re: Tocamwal and North

[David Corrie <dcorrie@vermont.starway.net.au>]

David Langley wrote:
> 
> Doug Mason wrote:
> 
> > Now I have heard this from several different people, and they all say that
> > Freight vic's main objective is to open up north of Tocamwal with broad
> > gauge. Also I have heard that the drivers at Shepparton may all get moved to
> > Tocamwal because now they run the trains from Melbourne to Tocamwal then
> > drive a car back to Shepparton.  Also 9354 (night goods ex Tocamwal) has been
> > retimtabled to leave Tocamwal about 7:30pm so no more crosses at Murchison
> > East, as Shepparton will only have one person working at a time. So what has
> > happened to all the new goods that Freight Vic reckoned they had to go by
> > rail.
> 
> The trains (were are lead to believe) will be super long and thus will not be
> able to cross each other at the present loops, what we have left that is. The
> Tocumwal trains will probably do as now and that is run in flights both ways but
> avoiding the pass cross, and the hope will be that the southbound will make the
> double line at Seymour before the northbounds arrive. And that the last
> northbound makes Shepparton before the pass is due out next morning. This past
> month has seen the second down Tocumwal in the yard at Seymour for the up pass
> and sometimes when even later in the yard for the down pass to proceed. The train
> that has been seen doing this has been just barely long enough to fit into
> Seymour yard and we haven't really shortened it by much, reduced the width yes
> but not shortened it.
> 
> David Langley.
> 
> >
> >
> > Doug.
> >
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This is what they did when the goods was from Shepparton. They even used 
the same crew and Loco to run the Pass. That made sense saved on one crew 
& loco.