Re: QR wagon at NRC Melb

[GOODWIN ALCO <alco@planet.net.au>]

Neill wrote:
> 
> gOn 18 May 1998, David Bromage wrote:
> 
> > Rod Young (berlina@bigpond.com) wrote:
> > >                    saw that blue/grey hopper on a up NR Goods, as it
> > >flashed past me ! QLD stuff really stands out on the wider metals.
> >
> > I'm sure this isn't new, although not done very often. Weren't QLXs run to
> > Melbourne in the 1980s?
> 
> From what i have read the QLX and QGX were never ever used in bogie
> exchange, it would be interesting to hear overwise.
> 
>  I vaguely recall reading about a QR wagon which
> > somehow turned up at Newport Workshops on bg transfer bogies.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
> >
> >
> 
> "Never let someone stuff something up for you, when you can stuff it just
> as well yourself"
> 
> Neill

I heard while chasing the Easter Alco trip to Brisbane that a QR coal
hopper was on the SG at Acacia Ridge for evaluation by the NRC for
possible use in any upcoming coal contract. Many will become obsolete
with all the new wagons being built.
		
Brad Peadon