Re: [VIC] Coloured axleboxes on grain wagons.

["Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>]

> I have noticed other colours on the axleboxes of bogies on other grain
> wagons. Does anybody here know why they do this?
>
> --
> - James Brook -
Not just Grain hoppers but all Victorian Rolling stock, and some locomotives
too!
It has something to do with the replacing/maintenance of the bearings, the
colours symbolise a period in time which is an easy reminder for maintenance
staff to do their thing.
I first saw this in the SG yard at South Dynon years before NR I guess we
borrowed this idea from Freight Rail
Rod