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Special freight 8491

Added: May 02, 2011

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Locomotive Details	Location/Date of Video
» State Rail Authority (more..) » DL500B (more..)	» Blayney NSW (more..) » Blayney NSW, Australia (more..) » November 18, 1995
Locomotive No./Train ID	Videographer
» 4490 (more..) » 8491 (more..)	» Steve Jeffs (more..) » Contact Steve Jeffs
Remarks: With the scrappers torch hovering to attack the SRA fleet of aussie alcos, a special freight was operated on the Central West with two locos being preserved by the RTM. 4490 DL500B and 4520 DL541.

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User Comments on this Video (3)

Posted by Iosif Dimitriou on May 3, 2011

Excellent sound !

Posted by Kent Nelson on May 3, 2011

Great video Steve. Thanks for sharing this classic. More please.

Posted by burblematic on November 2, 2012

I really liked the shooting angles on that "S" curve. The lead unit reminds me somewhat of a Alco PA Cab Locomotive with a "251" Engine rather then the troublesome earlier "244". I wisah that I knew more about Alco/Goodwin operations but, I did enjoy this historical clip

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