Re: Bad day at the 'Marsh

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

The J had already made heavy going of the gently-undulating run from
Sunshine.

My estimate was 320-330 t for the load.

I didn't even get 30 km/h for the P on the climb: slightly below, dropping
to 22 km/h (I was timing on the kilometre posts).

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Yuri J Sos <steam4me@enternet.com.au> wrote in article 
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:47:02 +1000, "Stuart Thyer"
> Minor points:
> Load was 325 tonnes: according to SRV's book, J class is rated at 370
> tonnes for Ingliston Bank, so 10% under full goods load.  The 30
> second misting of ultra fine rain just before the J got there didn't
> help.
> The P couldn't get over 30km/h from the Armco to Bank Box Loop either
> (what's the load for a P up the Bank?).
> IIRC, one of the crew said that the J had struggled on the grades out
> of Seymour earlier in the day as well.
> The carriages couldn't be that much overweight, could they?