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r707
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Joined: Jan 29, 2004
Last Visited: Nov 21, 2008
Location: Riding on the back of a freight in a Teacup ZMF
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:28 pm
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C505 + T383 (p/p) on SG ballast at derailment site at Winton
VL31 on 17:10 Ex Seymour
7020 + 7009 on 17:33 Seymour
N468 + FN set (set with BTN254) on the evening up Shep
N4xx + VN12 on the 18:13 Albury
Confucius Say man who fart in church sits in his own pew
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NR77
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Last Visited: Nov 20, 2008
Location: Sitting on an NR somewhere......
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:04 pm
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N470 with FN3 on the morning Swan Hill at Gisborne with 2 V/locities heading towards Melbourne.
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NR77
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Last Visited: Nov 20, 2008
Location: Sitting on an NR somewhere......
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:31 pm
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Some sightings from today:
N462 and FN11 on the morning Swan Hill at Sunbury
NR85? with 2 DL's at Tottenham Yard (1 AN DL, 1 NR DL)
THe El Zorro SG grain at Sth Kensington with no locos
J103 at Sth Kensington
T386 and a Y class at Dynon
G524 on the Apex Quarry at Nth Melbourne
VL41 at Southern Cross
An SG goods at Footscray with an NR leading (sounded like NR86 possibly?)
And finally at the PN Locomotive Provisioning Centre there was a BL, 2 Vanilla NR's and 3 DL's (1 PN, 1 AN, 1 NR)
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r707
Assistant Commissioner
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Last Visited: Nov 21, 2008
Location: Riding on the back of a freight in a Teacup ZMF
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:25 pm
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VL07+VL28 on 12:30 up Marshall (One door on VL07 door sports some nice rust on it  )
N457+VLH32 on numerous Geelong Footy specials, including 11:35(?) up South Geelong (perhaps started from Marshall?), 13:00ish down Marshall, 14:24 up Marshall, 16:00 down Marshall
7015 stabled at Geelong Loco
R707+T413 p/p on 707ops members trip. Arrived in Geelong PL3 on the up at 11:02, before switching the locos and servicing the R. Departed on time at 13:00.
Unknown 3VL stabled in SSS Railmotor depot.
VL35+VL13+VL19 on 15:41 Ballarat, the latter 2 sets departing with a total of 0 pax on them.
7003+7022 on 16:33 Seymour, in lieu of the normal VLocity
Confucius Say man who fart in church sits in his own pew
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wolfpac
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Apr 19, 2004
Last Visited: Nov 22, 2008
Location: "Melton"-SSS Line...
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:32 pm
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Unknown QRN Yellow and Black G class, and 2 CL? heading north through Albion around 5:30pm, 9-Aug-08.
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NR109
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Mar 28, 2006
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Location: Next to an NR
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:41 pm
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| wolfpac wrote: | Unknown QRN Yellow and Black G class, and 2 CL? heading north through Albion around 5:30pm, 9-Aug-08.
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This would have been 7MB7 G534(QRN)/CLF1/CLF7
Cheers, Michael
No loco in Australia works like an NR does!!
Last edited by NR109 on Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:22 pm; edited 1 time in total
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wolfpac
Chief Commissioner
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Location: "Melton"-SSS Line...
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:47 am
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| NR109 wrote: | | wolfpac wrote: | Unknown QRN Yellow and Black G class, and 2 CL? heading north through Albion around 5:30pm, 9-Aug-08.
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This would have been 7MB7 G534(QRN)/CLF1/CLP9
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Cool, thanks for that, it was bugging me what locos were on it, since I couldn't really stop on the top of the Western Hwy overpass and take photos...  
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cookie930
Chief Train Controller
Joined: Sep 09, 2007
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Location: Spencer Street Stration (Not SCS)
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:14 am
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R707 noted with WCR carragies just went over the Moonee Ponds Creek viaduct ex Melbourne. Anyone know where its going?
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S301
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Location: South West Victorian Coast
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:13 am
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[quote] Cookie930 wrote: R707 noted with WCR carragies just went over the Moonee Ponds Creek viaduct ex Melbourne. Anyone know where its going?
R707 is going to Seymour as part of a driver training run, it was spoken about in the R707 and T413 to Marshall thread.
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r707
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Location: Riding on the back of a freight in a Teacup ZMF
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:32 pm
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R707 + 707ops cars to Seymour through Heathcote Jn 10:45
VL04 on 13:10 Melbourne ex Seymour, sighted 5 mins late at Donnybrook at 14:00
7017 on 13:53 Seymour, 1 minute early at Donnybrook at 14:23
VL23 on 14:30 Melbourne ex Seymour, on time at Donnybrook at 15:15
No sign of R707 + cars returning (due through Donnybrook at 14:33). It either ran over an hour early, or over an hour late.
Confucius Say man who fart in church sits in his own pew
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Xiphias
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Location: Hawthorn, Vic
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:07 pm
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VL41+VL31 5-car VL set departing 20min late 17:15 down Echuca [8027] at Southern Cross.
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thelastname
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Joined: Feb 10, 2006
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Location: Townsville
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NR77
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
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Location: Sitting on an NR somewhere......
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:51 pm
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All sightings from me tonight at Sunbury:
N473 on the Bairnsdale Empty Cars
VL40 on the first afternoon flagship service
2 Vl's on the second flagship
Of note the push pull P's hadn't arrived by 18:30 and the 3rd flagship service had gone through.
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J-C
Chief Commissioner
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Location: Victoria
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:05 pm
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| NR77 wrote: | All sightings from me tonight at Sunbury:
N473 on the Bairnsdale Empty Cars
VL40 on the first afternoon flagship service
2 Vl's on the second flagship
Of note the push pull P's hadn't arrived by 18:30 and the 3rd flagship service had gone through. |
ummm there is only one flagship and i'm guessing VL40 was running that, which is the 1653 service.
Formally known as HHHHH
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fast01
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Sep 01, 2004
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Location: Reloading
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:02 pm
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| NR77 wrote: | | Of note the push pull P's hadn't arrived by 18:30 and the 3rd flagship service had gone through. |
They were 22 late going through Nth Melbourne due to a Loco Failure at Spencer.
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