Re: Authorised to run on Hillside Trains tracks

[John Cleverdon <johnc@cdi.com.au>]

Gareth Lumsden wrote:

> The new addenda for the Hillside WTT carries a large list of locos allowed
> to run on Hillside Tracks (even a large range of SG locos) - I'll repeat a
> select few that I found interesting here:  [with my comments in square
> brackets]  (It also lists Mass Rating and Axle Loads, but I won't copy
> those out)
>
> National Rail C class (stored)
> Aust Southern RR AN class (1 - 9, 11)  [are they owned or leased by NR]?

AFAIK, NR own them (this would also apply to the BL and DL classes, and the 81
class that they use).

> various 44        [!] [owners and numbers not specified, just "various"]

Perhaps the preserved ones?

> SRA 80 class            [all except 8009 and 8020, are they scrapped?]

Yes, both of them have been scrapped.

> Aust Southern RR GM class (42 43 46)  [others not authorised in victoria?]
> Great Northern [no class] (10, 12, 14, 22 and others (former GM class))
> Chicago Freight Car Leasing (Aust.) EL class  (Stored)
> SRA 442 class  [no numbers specified]

There are none left in service that I know of, about the only one likely to get
down here is RTM's.

> Silverton 442s class (1 - 6)
> Aust Southern RR 930 class (961 963)

963 is with Steamranger, so it would need a change of gauge first :-)

> T class:
>         ARHS Vic (T395)        [I thought 395 was with Steamrail?]

AFAIK, it *is* with Steamrail.

>         Great Southern Railway Society (T345)    [hey?, what about GNRS?]
>         [many more of course, i'm not going to repeat them...]
> [no owners specified] W class (241 244)  [who owns & where are they?]
> SRA 49 class [no numbers specified]

As for the 442 class.

> V/Line Freight RTL class (1) (remark: Road Transferable Locomotive)
>
> Gareth.

John
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