Re: Queensland Mixed Trains

["John McCandless" <johnmc@topend.com.au>]

Notagunzel <notagunzel@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

Interesting.  AFAIK the van runs on every train.  Maybe there wasn't enought
traffic to
justify running a train?  Or more likely, they are running short of vans.  A
great number of
the TLV class vans were used to make the underframes of the GPSE coaches.
The running
number of each coach is it's TLV number.
Actually, I live in Cloncurry, but haven't been to Hughenden or Winton for
ages, so I can't
answer your question for sure.


>
> Also, is there a mixed to Monto?  I hear rumours, but others rekon it's
> long gone.
Alas no.  I rang the SM at Monto a while back, and he confirmed it's demise.

You can't get the vans, you know.......


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John McCandless
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn...
Cloncurry Qld Au