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Returning to Toowoomba from a branch-line excursion to the Darling Downs townships of Pittsworth and Brookstead, 1738 and its train of preserved wooden-bodied passenger carriages rejoins the main-line at the junction point Wyreema.
While 3801 operated steam excursions out of Tamworth, support unit GM 4908 took the opportunity to run a rare loco-hauled passenger special to Armidale..now end of the line for a branch that once ran through to the Queensland border at Wallan-garra.
Short stop at the isolated "New England" rural station at Walcha Road, for the crew to discuss with control the cross with the northbound scheduled passenger "Explorer" at Kootingal.
4908 stands on the loop road while the scheduled Countrylink passenger "Explorer" (Sydney - Werris Creek - Tamworth - Armidale) runs through the Kootingal platform.
4908 and carriages glint away in the setting sun at Kootingal, whilst easing forward onto the main..then setting back into the platform to pick up their passengers.
Branch-Line GM unit 4908, long hood leading, powers its short passenger special out of Kootingal, NW New South Wales...into the setting sun, bound for Tamworth.
Going-away shot marks the end of an afternoon spent with this rare-mileage loco-hauled branch-line operation, heading for a dusk arrival at the city of Tamworth.
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