Re: Some FV news.

[Don Allitt <nahgfa@zeta.org.au>]

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AFAIK The timber supplier could not guarantee logs (mainly due to bad weather)
so Austrac are not carrying any logs at the moment,courtesy P.K.
Don.

Bob wrote:

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>
> Darren,
>          there is a story kicking around that FV is to take over the log
> trains that were being run by Austrac. Have you heard anything about this?
> Cheers
> Bob
>
> ----------
> > From: Darren Wood. <darrenw@alphalink.com.au>
> > To: Ausloco. <Ausloco@listbot.com>
> > Subject: Some FV news.
> > Date: Friday, 1 October 1999 21:30
> >
> > Aus loco discussion mailing list
> >
> > X 52 which suffered engine problems earlier this year and was stored for
> > a few months has entered the workshops for repairs. This may be the next
> > and probably final 3rd series X class to have DOO modifications.
> >
> > X 49 has been sent to Ballarat for a repaint into FV green livery and is
> > expected out of the workshops in about 2 weeks.
> >
> > X 33 was slightly damaged at Appleton dock on Tuesday the 28th of Sept
> > when a few containers stored in a stack along side the Appleton Dock
> > loop blew down and hit the locomotive as it arrived light loco to run
> > 9083 goods. Damage was only minor. Later in the day whilst taking out a
> > loco to North Dynon yard, I also noted that several containers in the
> > NRC Dynon yard had blown around the place aswell! The wind didn't seem
> > that stong on my way to work!!!
> >
> > DOO unit G 541 has had a union ban placed on it, not allowing it to run
> > in DOO mode as its loco logger/countdown feature has not been re-fitted
> > after reps.
> >
> > Standard gauge unit X 38 has been returned to FV from hire to Austrac.
> > It was serviced at Dynon early on Monday morning, 27.09.1999 and has
> > since had no work.
> >
> > This weekend, there will be works trains operating at all hours of the
> > day and night to Oakleigh for track repairs at Hughesdale station. This
> > will also include a few Melbourne yard to Boral (Deer Park West) ballast
> > trains running.
> >
> > A few changes in the T class fleet.... T 400 and T 392 have both been
> > brought out of storage and are now running all around the place. T 388
> > suffered multiple traction motor failures whilst running the night
> > Eastern goods a few weeks back and has been placed into storage.
> >
> > A memo to all staff from the manager of Freight Victoria states that
> > they have just been awarded 2 new major contracts. These being a
> > contract to haul grain traffic from/to the new grain receival point
> > being constructed at Appleton Dock. This will see FV crews once again
> > working into southern New South Wales and South Australia for grain
> > haulage.
> > The other contract is for the haulage of log traffic from Morwell and
> > Warragul to Geelong, where the logs are chipped and shipped to Japan for
> > processing into paper. The memo also states that log traffic is also
> > expected to come from the North Eastern region, mostly Wodonga. On a
> > rest job up there a few weeks ago I noted several log wagons stabled at
> > the coal sidings.
> >
> > In regard to a comment made about the National Rail C lass locos
> > 'needing' a run on the main line to clear injectors, this is not
> > correct. As a driver increases the throttle notch setting, electrical
> > circuits relay this message to the engines governor. The engines
> > governor controls the amount of fuel being fed into the diesel engine by
> > the injectors, which results in an increased engine speed, or power
> > output. The most likely reason for a mainline run is to clear carbon
> > build-ups in the exhaust.
> >
> >
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