Re: Surveyers at McInytyre!

[Greg Triplett <triplett@hotkey.net.au>]

Hi Rod,

Are you sure it's not Jet A1 rather than Avgas ?

Regards

Greg Triplett



Rod Young wrote:
> 
> This week Private surveyors were checking McIntyre loop UP end. Would not
> tell us what for, but after showing one over the engine, he let slip that a
> Locomotive Fuelling Point is to be built there very soon...interesting thing
> was he was not working for Freight Australia. Doubt if it would be GNRS,
> they would be more likely to set up in the old ConTrans Yard.
> Austrac are committed to their 2 km Yards at Somerton.
> Could it be ATN [Tasrail] who rumours have operating trains in Victoria?
> or could it be Freight Rail?
> Either way V/Line managed a pipeline through here that supplies aviation gas
> to Tanks at Somerton.
> This line is a multi use system where you divide the different fuels by
> placing a plug [moveable] to separate the different grades, in the line, so
> you can send Avgas, super and diesel one after the other.
> 
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