Re: QR wagon at NRC Melb

["Ron Bennell" <ron.bennell@qr.com.au>]

> > 
> > gOn 18 May 1998, David Bromage wrote:
> > > 
> >  I vaguely recall reading about a QR wagon which
> > > somehow turned up at Newport Workshops on bg transfer bogies.
> > >
> 
> 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
> 
Rumour has it that an HWO went south to Newport many years ago for
examination/testing of loading ease, utilising its fully removable side
door stanchions; a feature not on available SG wagons of the time.
Ron Bennell