Re: Bad day at the 'Marsh

[Yuri J Sos <steam4me@enternet.com.au>]

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:47:02 +1000, "Stuart Thyer"
<s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote, and I selectively quote:

Minor points:

> full goods load

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?).

>being on an S curve at this point.

The train slipped *before*  the Armco and had come to a halt just
under the bridge.... the S curve starts about 100m up the hill (down
for DEL) from the bridge.

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?

       
Regards

Yuri
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