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coit
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Joined: Jan 25, 2006
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Location: Weston,NSW
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:01 pm
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Here at Weston on the SMR,I just heard a different train horn and raced out the front to see two,what looked like victorian T class in CFCLA colours, pulling a shortish rake of bogie flats,each having two open-topped containers full of coal.
There also was, I think, one hopper wagon in the consist.
Does anyone know the story about this?
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ShepMo
Junior Train Controller
Joined: Jul 09, 2007
Last Visited: Nov 11, 2008
Location: Somewhere in the Hunter
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:20 pm
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Testing for a new Austar/Pelton run apparently
Go hard or Go home boys
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jumboman44211
Train Controller
Joined: Mar 18, 2007
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: Depot No. 20
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:50 pm
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Be on your front verandah tomorrow and Thursday well !!
I'm all in favour of progress; it's change I don't like.
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mikado5910
Junior Train Controller
Joined: Jul 30, 2003
Last Visited: Nov 23, 2008
Location: Kurri Kurri NSW
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:27 pm
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Any times, Jumboman? I'm off work on Thursday and might have the opportunity to get out with the camera.
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Syd3642
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Location: Sydney
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:31 pm
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Very interesting 
Thanks for the sighting mate 
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Raichase
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Joined: Oct 24, 2005
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:52 pm
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From what I hear, South Spur Rail Services (SSRS) have a contract to haul containerised coal out of the loader at Pelton. Currently using a pair of CFCLA T class, but the eventual plan is to use 48 class, possibly displaced from western work by other locomotives?
Interestingly, a number of the containerised coal containers have the Queensland Rail (QR) logo on them. Don't know who owns the container flats, they look standard (nothing like those blue ex-open wagon ones that SSRS has a fleet of).
Hope that helps! If anyone can correct me, please do so.
I think they are aiming for one return service a day, eventually getting it up to two - if both services are to be done with the same rake or two rakes, it's yet to be seen. Certainly in January, Pac Nat had two rakes working their Pelton trains.
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HMC1989
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:17 pm
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Went up there last week to catch the T's but was a week early.
Will try and get back up there to catch them.
Cheers
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Raichase
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Location: Sydneys Northern Beaches, NSW.
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:27 pm
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| HMC1989 wrote: | Went up there last week to catch the T's but was a week early.
Will try and get back up there to catch them.
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Yes, I went up on the "first day of operation" officially, and got there too late, apparently. Was talking to an "interesting fellow"* who was f'ing saying that the f'ing things hat already f'ing left the f'ing branch and the f'ing other rake run by f'ing PacNat had already f'ing returned and headed towards the f'ing mine.
Was a little disappointed, to say the least.
*For want of a better term... 42209 will agree with me 
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chase42211
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Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:13 am
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The T's are sitting at East Greta Jct 08.00 waiting for a PN job to come off the branch. Also loading at Pelton is the second PN train.
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davo_1620
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:26 am
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The Ts are only going to be on there until the end of the month, before they should be replaced by some Austrac 48s.
So take your photos now.
Rumour has it that the service will also run on Saturday and Sundays, starting from this weekend.
Um...stay tuned.....
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Shed_Rat
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:13 am
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Sighted at Kurri level crossing 7:25 this morining on a down MT train, T385 + T? & 15 container flats.
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jumboman44211
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:03 pm
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At Berro.....on th BI-DI
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gw0071
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:08 pm
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Excellent.
Any idea whether this operation will continue over the weekend and into next week?
Photo opportunities...
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Mainnorthern
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:30 pm
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Damn I went to work too late today as I keep looking at the crossing at Kurri and would of passed there 10 minutes later. Oh well theres the weekend
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steamman2
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:12 am
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Any details of this movement guys would be appriated as i am planing a trip with a mate .Will it run everyday or only a couple of days and any times ? if possible same with the pn trains would be appriated
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