S313 and T345 in revenue service today

[Yuri <steam5me@dingoblue.net.au>]

Craig wrote yesterday....

>Busy day on the south west tomorrow.....
>plans are as follows:
>Warrnambool passes - running as big trains acc. Seniors Week, S302+T369
>on 8207/32/37, B61+B76 on 8220/17/46
>
>Great Northern's 376+377 on a ballast no. 9212 ex-Camperdown at 1200,
>run to Winchelsea.
>
>R711 light engine ex MEL 1000, arr GEX 1100, to loco and turn, dep 1205
>TF to South Geelong (1210), wait cross 9137 (up Waurn Ponds), depart
>1240 (or as soon as the Ponderosa passes), TF to Winchelsea.  Attach to
>lead 9212.
>
>8217, 8232 and 9212 all cross at Winchelsea - so be at Winchelsea at 2pm
>and you will find _7_ locomotives, probably a record (and I challenge
>anyone to get all 7 in one photograph - stand at the up end, the ballast
>will be in no. 3 road (engines facing you), 8217 will be in no. 2 road
>(engines away from you), then 8232 will come into view behind 8217 as it
>enters the crossing)
>
>9212 departs Winchelsea after 8232 clears Sth Geelong (1430 or so), then
>discharges to South Geelong, arrive 1815, follow the 1825 up pass, hence
>dep GEX 1829, WRB 1917, arrive Totty Yard 2001.
>
>Note all the ballast trains so far have been late (as has 8232 due to
>the 100km/h running), so don't be surprised if it's around 30 mins late.

Just heard from CH....slight change of plans account B76 failure this
morning:

S302+S313  0849h down Warrnambool
                     1220   up
                     1800 down

B61+B76      0635 up ex Warrnambool
B61+T345    1235 down
                     1735 up

So at Winchelsea at about 1400 there will be the following seven locos:
S302 (WCR), S313(SRV) , B61(WCR), T345(flat top GNRS), T376(GNRS),
T377(GNRS) and of course the star of the show R2 711.

Yuri.