Re: Albury sightings

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 15:56:35 +1100, "Phillip Guppy" <guppyp@mpx.com.au>
wrote:

>     I was in Albury for a few days this week and below is a list of
>locomotives I sighted.
>
>X107 was parked in a bay beside the station platform. It is never used
>apparently because all those who could operate the locomotive have gone.
>
AIUI VLF are shunting Bunges mill saving FC the trouble of finding a
crew for the X. 

>48160 was shunting 38 NLDF* wagons waiting for them to be inspected before
>they were taken to Goulburn to have there bogies swapped for high-speed
>bogies. I was told that the wagons had been just sitting in the yard for
>three years with no work. It now seems that Freightcorp has a contract which
>requires the use of these wagons.

NLDF are now in service to/from CRT siding (Altona North). They were
used for the paper traffic (brown with Big yellow doors and no
checkerplate on the floor).

Cheers

Krel

Just another eccentric crank.