Re: Freight Question

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

"Ben Staples" <BenKim@bigpond.com> writes:

>I live on the east coast, and work at Pennant Hills and have seen five pack
>double stack wagons passing by which are solid connections. I have seen a
>single double stack saddle wagon on a NR freight carrying a higher then ISO
>height container. I have never seen any double stack five pack articulated
>wagons, though the NR web site displays them.

 While the 5 pack wagons operate into Sydney, they are never double stacked,
even with the well wagons, a double stack would not clear the wire. Double
stacked wagons can come as far east as Parkes, where the top deck of containers
must be removed before the train heads east.