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Re: Coal over the Blue Mountains

Subject: Re: Coal over the Blue Mountains
From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:34:03 +1000
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Does Freight Corp still use the 85 class locos for anything?

John MacCallum wrote:

> The trains you are seeing are seeing are either coming from Clarence,
> Baal Bone or Charbon. They will normally be either
> 33 or 42 wagon trains.
> Motive Power is usually either 2 or 3 Electric or Diesel Engines
> of the 86, 81 or 82 classes.
> The wagons are NHFF Hoppers with a capacity of 75 tonnes giving
> a gross mass of 100 tonnes each. They use mostly Westinghouse
> Relay braking equipment and some Davies an Metcalfe relay brakes
> and are supplied with Main  Reservoir air from the Locomotives
> for supply of the Supplementary Reservoirs.
>
> --
>
> Pope
>
> Alias   John MacCallum



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