Re: Surveyers at McInytyre!

["Stephen Devenish" <JohnnyR@bigpond.com>]

Well actually guys they are setting out the new siding for Australian
National Transport (I think thats the order of the names) who have the
contract to haul grain from Dimboola to Globex down on the docks.  Don't get
too excited though, the siding is only two tracks for the existing siding to
stable locomotives in the old factory land there.

Nothing too grand.  One thing to note, this was the only section of Standard
gauge track that wasn't leased by FA or ARTC (one that slipped through there
fingers now they have lost a whole loop to the emeny (FA vs. ANT)

Cheers


Stephen Devenish


Rod Young wrote in message <391d47b9$0$31528@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
>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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