|
An up "jet" descends Ingliston bank on Oct. 31 1981. By this time B's on "jets" were quite uncommon although this was a typical "lash-up" on "jets" from the late 50's to late 70's.
Ingliston bank (between Ballan and Bacchus Marsh) had a fearsome reputation with VR enginemen. In reality it was only a 1:50 downgrade, the problem was the speeds allowed down the grade. NSW had worse mainline grades. In the late 80's a ballast train got into trouble down the bank and freight speeds were reduced to where they should have been years before. |
feel free to email me with any corrections or comments
page created