Queens Birthday Weekend.

[David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>]

RTM Tour to Victoria.

Sat 12 June.
Empty cars Seymour dep 0700 Albury arr 1000.     x 8312 Riggs Creek.
GM36 & T378. Load: Yarra, 2 Sleepers, Carey, 2 Sleepers, Werribee, Indi,

Ovens, BS1, Avoca, Melville.
Albury dep 1050, Seymour arr 1347  x 8305 Wodonga.
Seymour dep 1410, Tocumwal arr 1704 x 8324 Shepparton.   J515.
Tocumwal dep 1800, Toolamba arr 2050, dep 2110, Echuca arr 2304.

Sun 13 June.
Echuca dep 0345, Moulamein arr 0720.  Y133.
Moulamein dep 0800, Echuca arr 1134   Y133
Echuca dep 1510, Deniliquin arr 1630, dep 2100, Bendigo arr 0041.   T320

& T357.

Mon 14 June.
Bendigo dep 0130, Piangil arr 0515, dep 0700, Bendigo arr 1100.    T320
& T357.
Bendigo dep 1350, Echuca arr
1535.                                                T320 & T357.
Echuca dep 1600, Seymour arr 1905.  J515.
Seymour dep 1930, SSS arr 2105, dep 2239 via Underground, Seymour arr
0040.   GM36.

Tue 15 June.
Seymour dep 0120, Oaklands arr 0700, dep 0720, Benalla arr 1019.
J515.
Benalla dep 1040, Albury arr 1235.    GM36 & T378.
Albury dep 1315, Wodonga arr 1325, dep 1645, Seymour arr 2017.    GM36 &

T378.

J515 returns to Seymour LE at 1050 ex Benalla.
GM36 & T378 dep Sey 0705, Benalla arr 0836. x 8312 Riggs Creek.

One interesting point is that on Tue the special stops at Bowser Loop
for 5 minutes a/c Departmental purposes. Well Bowser Loop does not
exist, at least not in safeworking terms. It probably means Bowser Block

Point and it would be following 8305 down pass.

SRHC Shuttles at Echuca.
Sat 12 June.
Seymour dep 1300, Echuca arr 1600.   T320, T357, Y133, 7 cars, Mitta
Mitta, Inman. (9 vehicles)

Sun 13 June
Push-pull shuttles to Strathallan and return. (18' journey out and 18'
journey back)
Echuca dep 0800, 1000, 1200, 1400. and return from Strathallan at 0900,
1100, 1300, 1500.
Load to be sitting cars only with J515 leading ex Echuca and T378 on the

rear.

Mon 14 June.
Push-pull shuttles to Barnes and return.
Echuca dep 0800, 1000, 1200 and return from Barnes at 0900, 1100, 1300.
Load is same as above and J515 leads to Barnes.
Same 18' journey each way with 42' at Barnes.
Empty cars dep Echuca 1820, Seymour arr 2122. Load T320, T357, Y133,
Inman, Mitta Mitta, 7 sitting cars.

Note: There are two down spl trains between Seymour and Toolamba on Sat
afternoon (1300 and 1410), two spls between Toolamba and Echuca on Sat
12 June and two spls on the up to Seymour on Mon 14 June. Unfortunately
some not in daylight hours.

The only hitch in the above is that T378 arrives back at Seymour at 1347

on Sat 13 June and then appears in Echuca to run the shuttles on the
Sunday. The ety cars have gone before the spl from Albury arr in
Seymour. The T must run attached to Echuca with the J. The same sort of
thing applies in reverse on the Monday except that the could return to
Seymour on the empty cars, along with the other 2 T's and the Y as it is

not required in Seymour until 0705 Tue morning for the LE move to
Benalla.

If you have the time, there could be a lot of good photo opportunities
as six SRHC locos will be in action over the long weekend.

Happy photographing.

David.