Re: R711 to Bendigo

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

I was a passenger: R711-3xBK-BRS-ACZ-RMS-PCP.
The leading BK was 711; the date was 7.11; we intended to set up a toast at
7.11 pm.

At Bendigo, the loco was named 'Spirit of Bendigo'.
The schedule in each direction was quite slack: no real opportunity to
exploit the enhanced power.
The down train reached the top of Macedon Bank at 50 km/h.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article 
>     I chased the train from Sunbury to Woodend. The train arrived at
> Sunbury 11 minutes early and was 33 minutes early by the time it passed
> through Woodend at 1153. The load appeared to be the same as what
> appeared on the timetable at Yuri Sos' web site (3xBK, BRS, BZ, RMS,
> Power Van) but I could be wrong about this. The power van looked like
> one of the PCP's. There should be photos of it on my web site soon and I
> will let you know when I have them.