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echboi
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Joined: Mar 11, 2008
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Location: sitting in a v/locity NOT travelling at 160 kmh
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hotdogpants1
Train Controller
Joined: Apr 02, 2007
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Location: Wandering along the South Gippsland Railway
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 5:21 pm
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| echboi wrote: | saw B80 at bendigo this morning. painted in CFCLA colours. The last WCR loco has been repainted. so long murraylander, we will miss you   |
Oh, thats sad.
I wish I got a picture of it in the Murrylander livery.... 
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NR77
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: Sitting on an NR somewhere......
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:50 pm
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| hotdogpants1 wrote: | | echboi wrote: | | saw B80 at bendigo this morning. painted in CFCLA colours. The last WCR loco has been repainted. so long murraylander, we will miss you |
Oh, thats sad.
I wish I got a picture of it in the Murrylander livery.... |
I wish I'd seen it in Murraylander!!!
Ah well let's hope I can catch it on it's way to Melbourne!!!
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TheRev
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Jan 30, 2004
Last Visited: Nov 21, 2008
Location: On the phone.
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ashbeer
Assistant Commissioner
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:05 pm
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Who's going to be using it? El Zorro? And any word is it staying on broad gauge?
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Flatop
Chief Train Controller
Joined: Jan 07, 2006
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: Some where in a Cab
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:34 pm
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I have a few photos of it as Murraylander.Looking forward to getting it as CFCLA.
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TheRev
Chief Commissioner
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Location: On the phone.
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:57 pm
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| ashbeer wrote: | | Who's going to be using it? El Zorro? And any word is it staying on broad gauge? |
That is something you'll have to ask CFCLA and El Zorro.
A bus is a glorified toaster on wheels.
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M636C
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Aug 18, 2005
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:44 am
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The last time I was in Tailem Bend, the Murraylander was still there in shiny yellow with red lining. It hasn't gone anywhere (quite literally).
A locomotive painted for the train, but almost never used, has been repainted, but they have (somewhat bravely, in Yes Minister terms) taken two 900 class to restore as motive power.
B80 wasn't "the Murraylander", it was a CFCLA locomotive that was painted yellow once.
M636C
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VRfan
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Joined: Jan 13, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: In front of my computer :-p
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:50 am
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B80 was overhauled and painted in "The Murraylander" livery by WCR, not CFCLA. I'm not sure if it was ever used on the train. It was then hired out on the standard gauge to various operators and at some point recieved West Coast Railway lettering covering "The Murraylander" logo on the sides.
CFCLA purchased B80 along with the rest of WCR's operational bulldog fleet (with the exception of S302) in 2004 and moved them to Bendigo in January 2005.
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Junior
Rodgie Dodgie
Joined: May 27, 2006
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: Allansford
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:13 pm
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I know B80 once came to melbourne with a yellow pass train. B65 and another WCR train met it in melbourne and ran a train to bendigo. From memory it had something to do with people trying to find work or vice a versa.
Drink Red wine by the BOTTLE its good for you and grow hairs on your chest. Beer is nearly as good. Rogie. Rogie.
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M636C
Chief Commissioner
Joined: Aug 18, 2005
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:00 pm
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It is difficult to know who owns what locomotive, and who is leasing them and from whom. Quite early in CFCLA's history, they indicated how many locomotives they owned and it was many more than were in their colours.
While WCR and Great Northern certainly owned some of their locomotives, particularly in the early days, I think some locomotives in these companies' colours were owned by CFCLA before the two organisations failed financially.
I think CFCLA owned most of the Bluebird railcars and may still own them.
I have no idea when they first owned B80.
M636C
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DalyWaters
Deputy Commissioner
Joined: Oct 31, 2006
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:13 pm
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I think you will find that West Coast Railway owned their locos right to the end.
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VBAndy
Chief Commissioner
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:55 pm
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Indeed they did DalyWaters
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Henry
Deputy Commissioner
Joined: Apr 23, 2004
Last Visited: Nov 22, 2008
Location: Farewelling the Last Broad Gauge Train to Albury.
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:03 pm
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sorry it isn't the best
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mjja
Sir Nigel Gresley
Joined: Jan 13, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 17, 2008
Location: Mount Waverley, Melbourne
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:47 pm
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Not another unique livery changed to same old CFCLA?
Don't get me wrong, I think CFCLA are a Good Thing for the Australian rail industry, but it's just a shame we have to lose all these different liveries. I remember the first time I saw B80, it was from a car along Dynon Road. "Hey, B80's in Melbourne!" I won't be able to do that with a CFCLA liveried loco.
Happy Gunzelling and remember, "Go by rail!"
Michael Angelico
President, Smart Passengers Inc
(My opinions are my own unless specifically stated.)
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