Re: SCT to Perth, questions

[Tell <just@hate.spammers.com>]

Yes, who owns what in these heady days of "national
competition".!  Cook was always a refueling spot in
CR/ANR/AN days, and Tarcoola had/has re-fuelling.

Wink-wink nod-nod, AN ran the Ghan out of fuel once and
the Alice Springs fitters with 44 gal drums in the back
of a 4 wheel drive had to do a bit of bush bashing and
hand pump fuel and then bleed them to get them into the
Alice.  NRC have stuffed up as well with one of their
NR class hauled goods one night, but a handy ex-AN DL
class parked in the Alice went down and hauled the lot
into town with those turbo chargers howling.  :)

....Tell



>mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly) wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:53:24 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David
> Bromage) wrote:
> 
> >On a related note, some of the Gs have been fitted with auxiliary fuel
> >hoses. Is there a standard fitting or will each railway adopt their own?
> >I think QR is the only other operator with auxiliary fuel hoses on some
> >locos.
> >
> >Cheers
> >David
> 
> On the same topic , why is it necessary to do this , ie carry enuf
> fuel to go all the way.?
> A G should be able to get from Pt Augusta to Kalgoorlie on a full
> tank,so its only a matter of filling up at Pt Augusta and Kalgoorlie.
> Gs have 9600 litre tanks 
> Even if ASR wouldnt let you , which is likely , then why not simply
> contract with shell or BP or whoever to simply provide a road tanker
> to drive up next to the locos and fill them up.
> Countrylink used to do this for years with the XPT at Spencer St.
> Where do NRC refuel their NRs?
> Are there still fuel pumps at Cook,and who owns them?
> 
> MD
>