Re: Opera in the Outback again

David Johnson (trainman@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 28 Jul 1997 11:15:42 -0700

Terry Burton wrote:

> 1988 was a Year not only for Australia but for AN.
> The heaviest Government Trains ever to run in Australia
> commenced when AN ran a 160 wagon coal train from
> Telford (Leigh Creek), partly due to the Opera Trains.

What was the tonnage? Freight Rail ran a train in December, 1995 with 4
90 class locos at 165 tonnes each, hauling 104 loaded NHRH wagons at 120
tonnes each and one empty NHRH wagon at 25 tonnes. This gives a tonage
of 13165 tonnes.

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