Re: [NSW] Double 86 class on freight

["Paul Jones" <jonesclan@free.net.au>]

Where exactly is the clarrence loop??


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Paul Jones

"John MacCallum" <johnmac@lisp.com.au> wrote in message
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> Anita Lukaszyk wrote:
> >
> > I saw 2 86's on an East Bound freight through Blacktown yesterday
> > (sometime between 15:30 and 17:30)...
> >
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1) Is it common for 86's to run on "normal" freight trains? I've only
> > seen them on Coal trains.
> > 2) There were a few cylindrical containers, similar to cement
> > containers, but much smaller and made of a brown metal with a ladder
> > hanging off the side. Does anybody know what they are used for?
> >
> > --
> > Anita Lukaszyk
> > neety@ozemail.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety
>
> Nothing that happens with 86 class engines is normal these days.
> CSC at Parramatta (what replaced CMPC) will change engines around
> to suit at will.
>
> They have been using 86's on the Dubbo speedfreight (1837)
> sometimes and they have also been using them on the Blayney jobs
> from time to time.
>
> Apparently the overhead is going to removed from Clarence Loop so the
> only time you will be likely to see 86's on Coal trains will be on
> Baal Bone or Charbon coalies. Even this is not very likely due to
> through crewing of Port Kembla and Lithgow crews because they will
> normally have 4 by 81 or 82 class and 4200 tonnes on these trains.
>
> Anita I can't say for sure what you saw unless you give vehicle
> codes. Could have been some ex DOT tank wagons that they have been
> doing up at Bathurst Workshops lately. Sorry I don't know what they are
> going to be used for.
>
>
> Pope
>
> Alias John MacCallum