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Re: The Overland 23rd May 1999
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Michael.
Neil Waller played poultry voodoo in <3747F082.452C5735@iweb.net.au> and
kindly spat out amongst the pins and chicken bones:
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>Expect the Adelaide - Melbourne OVerland late into
>Melbourne. It ran at a good speed through Unley Park
>at 19:23 but came to a halt about 1 km further on just before the Grange
>Road crossing and the Mitcham station a minute or so later.
><p>The train was quite a good length for the Overland and the consist
><included
>a container flat trailing the motor rail vehicle presumably because of
>the motor vehicle loading out of Melbourne. This latter
>vehicle stood accross the Angas Road Hawthorn Crossing.
><p>The Overland had not moved by 20:00, the loco apparently having come
>to grief.
><p>It was not until 21:00 or so that other trains began to move on the
>line so presumably the Overland had been taken to Belair (pushed?
>any NR people out there who know?).
><p>It made quite a change for the little group of train watchers who
><gather
>at Mitcham station on Sunday evenings to watch the procession of trains.
><p>Cheers
><br>Neil Waller
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