Re: National Train identifiers

[David & Julie Donald <dsjmd@hermes.net.au>]

To add some confusion to this whole matter, remember that FreightCorp's Leigh
Creek coal service, on behalf of Flinders Power, seems to hold the FP
designation for both directions.  I was in the Hunter recently, and I heard
Control talking to what I think was 6HN1 - the only service that I cold think of
was the NRC coal traffic for Macquarie Power, with HN presumably meaning
"Hunter".  However, this could theoretically become confusing given that N also
refers to "Newcastle" / Morandoo / Port Waratah.
Whilst Q is being used by NRC for its BHP limestone service (Medway to Port
Kembla), I have also seen a document which suggests that Q also refers to
traffic from Sydney and Melbourne to North Qld destinations, though my knowledge
would suggest that no trains actually carry the designation - it simply seems to
be some sort of service identifier (as opposed to physical train number) for
shippers.

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Regards

David Donald
Springwood, NSW

dsjmd@hermes.net.au