Re: [NSW] Double 86 class on freight

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

1) I have seen them occasionally, always going east. Not so common in the
past 6-8 months.

2) Oil I guess. But why, and where from, I don't know...

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Paul Jones

"Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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?
>
>
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