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"Bombala Revisited" Trip of June long weekend, 1982
During June 1982, 3102 headed an ARHS ACT Division train
south to Bombala. It was the second ARHS trip to Bombala with
"The Mouse" (see
3102-Bombala-81
), and hence it was
billed as "Bombala Revisited", a play on the TV series current at
the time called "Brideshead Revisited".
It was also the second last time a steam loco visited
Bombala (see
3102-Bombala-84
):
and I counted myself very fortunate to ride in the cab during the
late night trip into Bombala. It was blowing a gale, absolutely
freezing, but the sight of the headlight swathing through the
clear chill night air, the smell of smoke and steam oil, and the
somewhat erratic beat of the Mouse's exhaust was just body-numbing
and mind-blowing!