Re: Coal over the Blue Mountains

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

    I was in NSW back in 1997 and when I visited the Lithgow area I photographed a
coal train being hauled into the yards by triple 81 class diesels and then quad 86's
took over for the run through the blue mountains.

David & Julie Donald wrote:

> Not an easy question to answer.
> There are still three coal mines in the Lithgow area  / Western Coalfields which
> transport coal by rail, being Baal Bone (the biggest of the three), Clarence
> (newly re-opened), and Charbon.  Whilst the WTT indicates a number of
> conditional coal paths, there are really only four or five regular services
> daily, primarily two or three to Baal bone, and one each to Clarence and
> Charbon, with others as required.  Most trains are 31 wagons in length (and that
> means 3100 tonnes gross), though one of the Baal Bones can be increased to 42
> (4200 tonnes).  They operate to Inner Harbour, near Wollongong / Port Kembla.
> Motive power can vary between quad 86's, to triple 86's, to triple diesels,
> depending on load and destination.  Times can vary a little.
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> David Donald
> Springwood, NSW
>
> dsjmd@hermes.net.au



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