Re: Crane over tracks at NR Steel Terminal
Rita and Kevin Lawrence (KREL4203@NETCONNECT.COM.AU)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:21:10 +1000
At 10:22 13/08/98 +1000, you wrote:
>While driving to work this morning (Thu 13.8.98) I noticed that a
>large CONMOR mobile crane, being used to position beams for one of the
>City Link offramps at Footscray Road near the Moonee Ponds Creek has
>toppled over while fully extended and is lying on its side in the mud
>with its jib(the long thing!) draped over the railway bridge leading
>to NR's steel terminal in Melbourne.
>
>I'd guess with all the rain, the area around the creek would have been
>water logged. I doubt there'll be any trains running in/out of the
>Steel Terminal for the better part of the day.
>
Sounds like it fell on the South Lead (SG) and North Lead (BG). BG trains
to/from Westernport will probably not run. SG trains can arrive/depart the
MOT yard but cannot access the transfer gantry or BHP Melbourne sidings. NP2
should run but without the orange coil steel boxes and any empties ex Melb.
YN2 should run but without the 3 yellow scrap steel boxes and any loading
that was stored in the MST area. The Slab of the arriving PB4 (due around
1425) may be late getting under the hook which MAY delay 9555.
All the above is guesswork but how I would expect it to pan out depending on
when the crane is cleared from the track.
Cheers
Krel
- Kevin Lawrence (Krel)
"All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door."