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Re: WL1 (IP) at Penrith Down Siding?
- Subject: Re: WL1 (IP) at Penrith Down Siding?
- From: "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 20:46:25 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <3ae7e106.0@bn.ar.com.au> <3AEAED41.CA4F195C@ozemail.com.au> <zyHG6.1384$VM5.47972@ozemail.com.au> <3AED7F0B.6B26D461@ozemail.com.au>
- Xref: news1.unite.net.au aus.rail:36368
"David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:3AED7F0B.6B26D461@ozemail.com.au...
| Chris Downs wrote:
|
| > I now have a little more on this incident from a most reliable source.
| >
| > Apparently WL1's load was 811.7 tonnes with a single NR. However WL1's
| > running times are set for 800 tonnes so some obnoxious train controller
| > decided that since it was overload for its running times (albeit full
load for
| > an NR on the mountains is 900 tonnes) it couldn't run till after the
peak
| > and/or till a second loco was obtained.
|
| That's almost as funny as the 4200 tonne coal train that arrived at
Hurstville
| with four 86s last week.
I bet a few arses got kicked there.