Re: Ballast hoppers from US (was: Re: Freight wagons from China)

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

Mark Bau <markbau@altavista.com> wrote in message
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> > From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
> > Organization: Another Optus Customer
> > Newsgroups: aus.rail
> > Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:22:02 GMT
> > Subject: Ballast hoppers from US (was: Re: Freight wagons from China)
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> > Has been reported on ausloco that 100 ballast hoppers are currently on a
> > ship from the US to Adelaide to be used on Darwin construction trains.
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> > Cheers
> > David
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> I heard that they are to be used in construction trains on the Melb-Sydney
> VFT line!
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That is unlikely since the project hasn't been approved yet.

Dave Malcolm
> Mark
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