Re: THE GHAN

["Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au>]

< Tell > wrote in message <37641fbf.4266775@news.ozemail.com.au>...
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>Incidentally, one very old and dear friend of mine who
>began his life long driving career on the Commonwealth
>Railways when he started as a Fireman on the NM 4-8-0
>class before World War 2, was very upset when the media
>began too notice the old Ghan in the final 12 months
>with all sorts of stories about how long it could take
>to reach Alice Springs and other "horror" stories which
>were mostly fiction but portrayed as fact.
>
>He used to retaliated by saying, they like other
>Enginemen on the State Government systems, took their
>job very seriously and followed the working timetable
>and rule book without question.


Another oldie but goodie.... the NAR didn't operate to a timetable, it
operated to a calendar.

Does anyone know if the NJ class were equipped with special "creeper"
control to keep the speed down to the track speed limit?