Re: NR in Penrith Yard

["nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

I think I may have spotted the same thing from a distance on tuesday. An NR
was in Hornsby yard in a siding near the new loop. it had a train and what
appeared to be a guards van at the end.

Brendan

"Don Allitt" <nahgfa@zeta.org.au> wrote in message
387312D5.ECFD5193@zeta.org.au">news:387312D5.ECFD5193@zeta.org.au...
> Go back to railpage scroll down onto Ausloco archives and you will get all
the info
> times etc you want.
> Don.
>
> David & Julie Donald wrote:
>
> > NR71 (it appeared to be completely shut down) has been sitting in
Penrith Up
> > Yard all day on what appears to be a down/westbound special freight; I
saw it at
> > roughly 0710 this morning, and it hadn't moved at 1735.  The load is
quite
> > unusual in that the trtain seems to be the movement of three BHP molten
steel
> > ladles (suspect out-of-gauge) split by empty container wagons,
presumably as
> > match wagons, with AH811 on the rear - I believe that the AH is
FreightCorp's
> > "special trains" van (or however you want to describe it); there was no
ETM on
> > the rear of the train, nor did there appear to be any formal protection.
> >
> > Does anyone know what this is all about ??
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > David Donald
> > Springwood, NSW
> >
> > dsjmd@hermes.net.au
>