Re: South Australia

[Gareth Lumsden <s9763278@minyos.its.rmit.edu.au>]

On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Chris Brownbill wrote:

> Neil Waller wrote:
> 
> > I haven't seen GM44 painted.   I have a limited opportunity to see ASR
> > trains (or ASR hauled trains) living south of Adelaide.   There is the
> > Patricks and grain trains.   The Patricks is usually CLP/CLF or ALF with
> > GM helpers, and the grain can be anything.
> > 
> > But they run either in the dead of night or during weekdays.   So I
> > don't see them.
> > 
> 
> Crikey, if they're running 6-headed GMs over the hills you wouldn't need to see
> them - you could HEAR them from the other side of town!
> 

6 GM's must sound pretty loud.  The peace-shattering roaring noise from a
GM-CLF combo was pretty impressive last time I was there.

Thanks to everyone who replied *sensibly* to this post, I am considering a
quick trip (from Melb) in a few weeks.

However, it is very unfortunate and sad that this ng is always subject to
useless ramblings, perhaps it should be renamed aus.rail.junk, this ng
used to be a very good resource once upon a time.  :-(

Gareth.

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