Re: Rail in Tas

["Barry" <one@microsoft.com>]

David Bromage wrote in message <69d2aj$19m$2@gruvel.une.edu.au>...

>They may not be operating locos. I have seen similar workings between
>Toowoomba and Warwick in Queensland where one or two two branch line
>trains are effectively hauled dead behind a train working further west.
>Typically 2400-1720 up the front with 14xx, 15xx or 17xx locos in the
>middle (dead). The last time I saw such a working the first section was
>mostly QLX louvre vans and oil tanks (I assume for Goondawindi) and the
>second section was 6-8 flats containers (for Wallangarra?). On one
>occasion there was a third section, mostly of 4 wheel ballast hoppers. In
>all there were 6 locos, although only the two at the front were powering.
>
>Cheers
>David

This is done to spread the load on bridges. When I lived a Helidon in the
1980's it was very common for QR to send branchline locos up to Toowwomba
dead in the middle of a train. On QR they use the term "vehicle" rather than
"dead attached" or "dead"


Barry Campbell