Darryl Bond
Roundabout.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the cleanish DF in front here, as rustbucket DXC 5460 took 937 down the previous day.
For some reason they turn the lead loco on the back to back pair at Invercargill and then put it on the front for the return journey. Who knows why they bother doing all this shuffling and turning since the locos are back to back going down and there is no obvious reason that both locos need to be cab leading on 920. Such are the mysteries of running a railway.
Narrowly missed that truck appearing out of nowhere and getting in the way.
13 June 2020, Train 920 , 7092-5460, Shag Point, SIMT-NZ
Oh, and I drove off from here without my cellphone, but came back a few hours later and found it in the grass. Phew.
Roundabout.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the cleanish DF in front here, as rustbucket DXC 5460 took 937 down the previous day.
For some reason they turn the lead loco on the back to back pair at Invercargill and then put it on the front for the return journey. Who knows why they bother doing all this shuffling and turning since the locos are back to back going down and there is no obvious reason that both locos need to be cab leading on 920. Such are the mysteries of running a railway.
Narrowly missed that truck appearing out of nowhere and getting in the way.
13 June 2020, Train 920 , 7092-5460, Shag Point, SIMT-NZ
Oh, and I drove off from here without my cellphone, but came back a few hours later and found it in the grass. Phew.