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

[keithm@commslab.gov.au (Dave Malcolm)]

In article <01bf47c1$5aba9220$241f083d@default> "Bradley Torr" <btorr@bigpond.nospam.com> writes:
>From: "Bradley Torr" <btorr@bigpond.nospam.com>
>Subject: Re: A considerate loco driver! And some Illawarra line questions....
>Date: 16 Dec 1999 12:29:04 GMT


>Dave Proctor <daproc@spambait.umpires.com> wrote in article
><83aiao$5om$1@news1.mpx.com.au>...

>> Then they [Manildra wagons] were grain (or flour) wagons.

>They carry flour in open containers? Ack.......

They are a covered hopper type wagon

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

>What's the proper terminology for a standard container wagon then? Flatbed?

Container wagons.

Dave Malcolm

>Regards,
>Bradley.