Re: Hex wheat train

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<349DB80B.41617308@ozemail.com.au>...
> Chris Stratton wrote:
> 
> > A hex headed wheat train came down the hill into Unanderra about 7pm
> > Saturday 20/12. It consisted of 81/81/48/48/48/48. Does anyone know if
> > these are regular workings and where they come from?
> 
> It would be a wheat train from the south west branch lines, headed by
quad 48s due to the
> axle load restricitions on the branches.  The two 81s would have been put
on at Moss Vale
> to provide dynamic brakes coming down the hill into Unanderra.
> 
> --
Why work the 48s right through? In the past they would have been replaced
by 81s at Junee or Temora depending on where the train came from. Does
Freightcorp have a shortage of 81s?
Regards,
-- 
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au