Re: BHP Proper Bay

[ben_scaro@my-deja.com]

Hi

Oh, I don't know, I like the scenery out that way too.  What is
happening to the rail, Nic ?

Cheers

Ben

> >
> > An Update.
> >
> > The removalists are about 16km out from Coffins Bay.
> >
> > They are removing working back to Proper Bay.
> >
> > AS I understand it, rollingstock is to be scrapped insitu, although
> > there has been some talk of the sand wagons being modified for use
on
> > the NAR project (I have not been able to confirm this, and based on
> > other reliable sources in Lincoln, the wagons are "stuffed")
> >
> > They are configured for rotary dump Discharge.
> >
> > As noted earlier, some of the old CR hoppers have been set aside for
> > preservation
> >
> >
> > Vale Coffins
> >
> >
> > A sad end to a fantastic stretch of railway
> >
> >
> > Nic
> >
> I rode in these wagons (yes you read right I rode IN them) on a RTA
tour in
> about 1988 and those wagons were in excellent shape due to the fact
that
> they had never run many miles.
>
> I don't know that I'd call it a "fantastic stretch of railway" but it
> certainly was remote and obscure! Glad I have my shots!
>
> Mark
>
>


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