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Re: A considerate loco driver! And some Illawarra line questions....

Subject: Re: A considerate loco driver! And some Illawarra line questions....
From: "Dave Proctor" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 22:17:48 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Optus Internet
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Bradley Torr wrote in message <01bf47ad$302f8c40$241f083d@default>...
>While waiting for an up train at North Wollongong station this
>afternoon..... a FreightCorp loco 8157 hauling 5 coal wagons (Manildra
>Group)

Then they were grain (or flour) wagons.

> and 10 piggyback wagons (is this the right terminology for a wagon
>upon which containers are placed?)

No - a piggyback wagon is one on which the entire trailer on which the
container is carried is placed.

Dave

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