Re: Interesting VLP stuff

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On 24 May 1999 11:14:44 GMT, Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au>
wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>It was interesting two note two things today out and about in Melbourne.
>
>Firstly, the 4:23 down Melton ex. Spencer Street was a single FSH set with 
>two P class locos (P11, P17) in push/pull config. Isn't this a bit of an 
>overkill? I've only ever seen 6 car and 8 car sets in push/pull config with 
>two locos. Anyone know why this was the case?
>
>Secondly, a loco allocated to Frieght Victoria was (P22) was seen at 
>Spencer Street platform 8 at about 7:15pm on another 6 car push/pull set. 
>With this, why couldn't they have allocated one of the P's from the 4 car 
>to that set and not need to 'borrow' a loco from FV? Running around at 
>Melton wouldn't have been a problem, in fact i saw an N class running 
>around an FLH with what appeared to be a tighter schedule not much later, 
>about an hour.
>
It seems that most Melton trains are either Sprinters (mostly 2 cars)
or push/pull P class on H sets. It would appear that there are two 7
car and one 4 car H sets on this working. 

Cheers

Krel

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