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Raichase
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:03 pm
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| Somebody in the WWW wrote: | Not sure exactly when they run though  |
Of a weekday, T182 runs from Sandown to Botany just after the curfew lifts (around 9am?). A return trip train returns to Sandown from Botany around lunch time, usually behind one or more EL/GL's. This shunts and forms an evening service to Narrabri (or perhaps Blayney?).
Of an afternoon, when a fuel train is due to run, I think a fuel service leaves around 2-4pm, to Clyde to shunt before forming the Canberra/Tamworth/whatever fuel train. I've seen this a couple of times, but with no regular pattern. Hopefully someone else can share more info.
Certainly not many freights though! After peak curfew, the return of T182 (T183?) returns, but it'd be dark by then...
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Damien
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Joined: May 15, 2005
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Location: Penrith South, NSW
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:25 pm
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| Raichase wrote: | | Somebody in the WWW wrote: | | Not sure exactly when they run though |
Of a weekday, T182 runs from Sandown to Botany just after the curfew lifts (around 9am?). A return trip train returns to Sandown from Botany around lunch time, usually behind one or more EL/GL's. This shunts and forms an evening service to Narrabri (or perhaps Blayney?).
Of an afternoon, when a fuel train is due to run, I think a fuel service leaves around 2-4pm, to Clyde to shunt before forming the Canberra/Tamworth/whatever fuel train. I've seen this a couple of times, but with no regular pattern. Hopefully someone else can share more info.
Certainly not many freights though! After peak curfew, the return of T182 (T183?) returns, but it'd be dark by then... |
T181 goes out to Sandown at about 0400.
Oil train is T194, D193, D194 (they run the wagons out then bring the locos back) Depends on the day but the Oil train can be 8194 (west) 5194 (north) or 2194 (south).
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:52 pm
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To answer my own question about "is it gone", it certainly is, as I spotted it at Bombo on an up Kiama to Dapto shuttle recently:
(Damn sun on the wrong side!)
An interesting contrast scenery-wise to the Carlo. I'm glad that the graffiti that was on the front of it at Dapto in May, and still on it when running Carlingford shuttles in June/July, has finally been cleaned off 
" The trains at Pennant Hills run roughly every half hour. Nobody in their right mind uses a service that shoddy. That so many do just proves how many dumb and/or desperate people there are in Sydney." - MrPC
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Nathan1987
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:05 pm
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Its been back for a while
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1979
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Location: Your Not Getting It That Easy
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:13 pm
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Its Been back for about 2 weeks. It was in MMC on the 4/8.
Do Do Do Attention Passengers, the 9:17 Empty Train via the Eastern Subburbs and Illawarra line will now depart from platform 4. Please make your way to platform 4.
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Fred3801
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Location: Inner West, Sydney
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:48 pm
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| Fred3801 wrote: | | Been meaning to check out that part of Bombo. I wonder how it would go when the northbound ARG trip comes along. |
A bit like this?
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The sun moved to the right side after L3 passed, but I don't like that kind of high sun lighting. The days are getting longer (yay!) and the sun is getting higher in the middle of the day as time goes on.
| Fred3801 wrote: | | At least you didn't take a shot of a train THEN realized the sun crossed the tracks in the 20 minutes you were there |
I'm always on the lookout for where the sun is - for example, at Bombo it crossed the tracks in the time between when I got off the train and walked to the beach. Always a bummer when it does so and there's nowhere to cross the tracks within easy reach.
In the case of your shot at Menangle, you would have only had to walk 5 metres to the right
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Raichase
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:49 pm
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Ah yes, we went after 9182.
After arriving at Nowra late due to traffic (doh!), we saw it was already leaving. Grabbed a couple of shots at the Jaspers Brush, before racing it to Berry to get it waiting at the home signal, and again at the platform as the staff exchange was carried out.
We lost it coming through Kiama, and as they had to be held to cross a down passenger, we gave up on it and went after some food.
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aamslfc
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:07 pm
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L3 has gone but they've replaced it with what appears to be L12 (with Flemington blue plates).
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nazarail
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:27 am
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Indeed they have, was there last night L 12 same config M-T-M
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edison
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:07 pm
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An L set, made up of M-T-M, has a better power/weight ratio, obviously. Could this be an operating advantage on the Carlo grades/curves?
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nazarail
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:19 pm
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overall it whould be but also it is much better than a 2 car set. ie 2 of everything rather than one on a normal 2 car set.
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TE2815
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:08 pm
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| TE2815 wrote: | | TE2815 wrote: | | dan_rail wrote: | | I have a feeling that that notice is wrong. Should it be saying the 27th of July rather than June? Considering it is a change for WYD... |
Exactly what I was hinting at  . |
More a case of either will end on Friday 25th July or will remain after they see if it is sufficent capacity or not.  |
| nazarail wrote: | | Indeed they have, was there last night L 12 same config M-T-M |
| edison wrote: | | An L set, made up of M-T-M, has a better power/weight ratio, obviously. Could this be an operating advantage on the Carlo grades/curves? |
I guess the final option was the final result, they just made up a new set of 3 cars.
Now who said it was only for WYD  , just got to read between the running lines  sorry 'bout that.
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aamslfc
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:07 pm
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| TE2815 wrote: | I guess the final option was the final result, they just made up a new set of 3 cars.
Now who said it was only for WYD , just got to read between the running lines. |
Maybe not after all, because yesterday it was back to a 4S
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sandown
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:01 am
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| aamslfc wrote: | | TE2815 wrote: | I guess the final option was the final result, they just made up a new set of 3 cars.
Now who said it was only for WYD , just got to read between the running lines. |
Maybe not after all, because yesterday it was back to a 4S |
Today L12 was running to Carlingford.
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