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Re: Sugar wagons

To: ausrail@railpage.org.au
Subject: Re: Sugar wagons
From: robbie@alphalink.com.au (Robbie O'Regan)
Date: 15 Dec 1997 07:09:21 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Robbies Oz-Wide Wagon Register
References: <01bd0675$91c52a80$38471286@fpdwol_pc4210.itwol.bhp.com.au> <3492ACE6.7238@bigpond.com>

>Chris Stratton wrote:
>> 
>> Yesterday I saw an NR freight at Cringila and it had a couple of what
>> looked like grain wagons fitted with tank wagon hatches on top.

Rod Young then replied
>Yep! been around for about 15 years and we see them at Dynon over near
>South Kensington Station [Manildra?].

If they are the sugar hopper wagons the code is NGGF and the numbers
are in the group 35701 to 35783.
Built as WTY hoppers, recoded to NGTY during early 1980 or there-
abouts, recoded to NGGF starting 1989.

-- 
Regards, Robbie,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
"I must not drink copious amounts of beer before posting"

References:
- Grain/Tank wagons
  - From: "Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>
- Re: Grain/Tank wagons..no sugar wagons!
  - From: Rod Young <berlina@bigpond.com>

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