In his article M V Tronson takes as an example, the differences a locomotive engineman experiences between working trains from the rural city of Goulburn on the Southern Highlands of New South Wales to the coastal metropolis of Wollongong at the Port Kembla Roundhouse.
Goulburn crew 'train running' consisted of almost exclusive barracks working. This meant an engineman needed to have, in his Gladstone bag, vegetables and meat for at least one full meal, possibly two, along with sandwiches for two full eight to twelve hour shifts.
A Goulburn-based engineman drove trains to Junee and Albury in the south; Sydney in the north; Port Kembla on the south coast; up to the snowfields at Cooma, passing throuogh the national capital, Canberra, and finally to the rural district of Crookwell.
M V Tronson noted that on each of these journeys the locomotive crew was required to take an eight hour break in 'barracks' before returning to Goulburn with another train. Twenty-four to thirty hours away from home was the normal routine.
One could not find a more opposite situation at the Port Kembla Roundhouse. There was possibly one barracks trip per fortnight, working a heavily laden train carrying steel product to Goulburn where another crew would take over. All other train workings were local trips.
Port Kembla crews worked trains hauling product from the steelworks to Sydney and then with empty wagons on return runs, an eight to nine hour return trip. The working to Nowra on the south coast was hauling milk trains or laden wagons of blue metal. Much of the mountain line involved 'change over' trips to Moss Vale. One train to Moss Vale, where another train was waiting, the crews would change trains and work the opposite train back.
Transferring from Goulburn to Port Kembla resulted in a totally different life-style and environment. A Port Kembla engineman had much more time with the family. M V Tronson recounts the numerous other differences which, in his case, assisted in his development in numerous areas of his life such as his church and sporting activities, which had remarkable future consequences.
Footplate Padre M V Tronson follows this idea of 'transfer' to that of transferring one's allegiance to Jesus Christ and the astonishing reorientation of one's life directions by quoting 1 Peter 2 verse 9, "May you proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.".
In his own situation he said, "I transferred the spiritual authority in my life from darkness through my humbling repentance, to light by accepting into my life the Lordship of Christ for his death upon the Cross for me."
Moreover, this is a direct reflection on what is occurring at the Beijing Olympics with the RT2008BM (Right Track 2008 Beijing Mission). As this mission team along with the 1,500 other ministry people in Beijing, greets Olympic family members along with Beijing residents, the one goal upon their hearts is to see them 'transfer their allegiance' to Jesus Christ.
Dr Sam Mings leading the RT2008BM team said, "All eyes are on the upcoming Sunday 17 August 'Evening with the Stars' hosted by Carl Lewis in Beijing where Christian Olympians have been invited to participate in the 'Parade of the Olympians' prior to the 2.30pm evangelistic rally."