Rod,
The carriages & loco returned to Sydney on 392 up goods ex Goulburn at 1515hrs?
The carriages carried school children from Goulburn to Wingello,then train ran as a goods train to Sydney.
I saw it at Cambbelltown in Aug 1968<3807> with Carriage attached at 0230hrs.
Jeff
--- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@...> wrote:
>
> The loco on my Thurs.30.5.68 ride was 3825, as suspected. The mainline
> carriages may have been because of complex interworking with the Canberra
> portion of Cooma Mail, and the slow and infrequent all-day train between
> Sydney and Canberra.
>
> Roderick B Smith
> Rail News Victoria Editor
>
> "John Shields" <john.shields1@> wrote:
> What I wouldn't give to be able to take this shot again in 2010...The train
> left Sydney at 1.10am and took about six hours to cover the 130 miles to
> Goulburn...
>
> Liam:
> ...I would give anything to even see a scene such as this one...
>
> I posted:
> ...I rode the 1.10 on Wed.29.5.68 night (ie Thurs.30.5 morning). The
> passenger portion was MCE819-EHO628. I suspect that the loco was 3825.
>