Re: Salisbury Comeng QR

["Cassino" <cassino@powerup.com.au>]

This siding mentioned in this post is used by NR to shunt about 3 times per
week.  The train gets there about 3:00- 5:00 am on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.  I believe it is used to deliver steel to the rolling mill.  In a
previous life it was used to deliver starch in grain type wagons.  Someone
from NR Brisbane should be able to give more details.  The siding used to be
limited to 42's and 80's but has recently - last year sometime I think -
been upgraded to accomodate 81's and NR's.

>From time to time, there is an entry in the Locomotives and Traffic section
in Railway Digest about this siding - Ref Pg 39, Feb 99 Issue under North
Coast and QLD Standard Gauge.

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Craig Mackie     alias     cassino
Email:- cassino@powerup.com.au
NSW North Coast HO Modeller
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Barry Campbell wrote in message
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>PETer and susAN wrote in message <37187255.6589495@news.ion.com.au>...
>>Hi,
>>Between Salisbury and Rocklea QLD is the branch into the WW11
>>Commonwealth Siding that once served Comeng and English Electric.
>>These were used for delivery of locomotives and rolling stock which
>>was delivered to many states of Australia and NZ
>>
>>There were both QR and NSW tracks.
>>
>>An inspection this afternoon revealed the QR tracks have been removed
>>from the factory side of Beaudesert Rd. In fact the concrete road
>>gutter has been laid over the area that the tracks  were laid.
>>
>>The NSW tracks looked ok. Recently the grass was cut. There was a pile
>>of wood that looked like new sleepers.
>
>I should have reported this earlier which would have given some balance
>between reports of trams in woop woop and other such southerner stuff.
>
>The track leading to this siding on the narrow gauge has a timber baulk and
>stop sign on it before it leaves the railway reserve. From what I can see
>the std gauge is still intact. There is a colour light signal pertaining to
>one or both of these sidings under the road overpass. Does anyone know if
it
>is still operational?
>
>
>Barry Campbell
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