Re: WALO Conditions in the North West (NSW)

["Gavin Potter" <gavpot@ozemail.com.au>]

"Brian" <brm@global.net.au> wrote in message
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> Excuse my ignorance Gavin but if you can afford to just up and stop the
> services. What trains do you run up there?
> Even here in the West with similar hot conditions and not good track, we
> still run trains at reduced speed; because we either have traffics that
> can't be stopped due to flowons to other industries or to attain the
> turnaround to keep the limited rollingstock in full use raising revenue.
>
> Brian.
>

Brian,

It is the grain trains on the Branches to Weemelah, Merrywinebone and
Walgett. The majority of track is class 5 track. The trains on the lines to
Moree and Wee Waa are still running as timetabled.

As far as rollingstock, loco and crew utilisation it does create a nighmare.



> Gavin Potter <gavpot@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> AtC86.2092$FC1.82580@ozemail.com.au">news:AtC86.2092$FC1.82580@ozemail.com.au...
> > There are currently WALO conditions on all branch lines in the North
West
> of
> > NSW. This means that no trains will be running during daylight hours (or
> > there abouts) on any of the branches. Trains will depart around 2000
each
> > night after stowing for the day. With the hot conditions up here it we
> could
> > have these train patterns for a few days.
> >
> > --
> > Gavin Potter
> > e-mail: gavpot@ozemail.com.au
> > home page: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gavpot/
> >
> >
>
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