Re: NR in Penrith Yard

["Andrew" <atailby@mpx.com.au>]

yes this train was in gosford yard some days ago it is going from newcastle
to south aus to the bhp plant in wyhallia (sorryif spelling wrong) this
train is only allowed to go no faster than 30km/h here in nsw and yes it
does has a guards van to the back which adds as a crew car
andrew

nobody <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
>
>