Re: Queensland Mixed Trains

["Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>]

Just back from Queensland, having done the pilgrimige on the Yaraka goods,
great fun.  I had a copy of the timetable for the Winton goods, which I
think I threw out, I'll check.  But....... it runs at night and the track is
pretty much flat, so probably not much to see or do.  The best thing would
be to ring the SM at Hughenden, he'll have the info you need.  I guess if
you haven't done the Yaraka, it would be the more entertaining run,
especially up over the Drummond ranges, fantastic.

My only regret is I didn't do the Forsayth mixed when I had the chance, the
railmotor was good, the mixed would have been brilliant.

Stuart Thyer
Photographer
University of Melbourne

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In article <jBZC3.93$Nk1.8433@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net>, "Notagunzel"
<notagunzel@bigfoot.com> wrote:


>I'm seeking any information on the Mixed Trains still running on QR.
>Emerald - Yaraka is probably the best known, regular pilgrimages from
>Victoria are made to worship the Mixed train.  But I'm particularly
>interested in Hughendon - Winton.  How often does it run without the van
>attached?  Has anyone been out there in the last couple of months?  The
>last Victorians I know of got out there and found a QR road motor car and
>driver waiting to take them, because for whatever reason the van wasn't
>attached.
>