Any ideas how much would be coming out of Murryville?  I am told the entire area has a bumper crop and as such there is a lot of haulage to do.  

On the SA side of the border it seems with the volumes those roads are going to get a beating since rail is not being used.

The roads will be a wreck but also the costs of moving the grain in the Loxton area will be more expensive for road than for rail.

Does Deniliquin have a grain lodading/receival area and siding?

Since that article was published (9th November) there has been strong winds including mini-tornadoes around Mildura and Merbein which put the crops flat on the ground for a lot of farmers.  They can't harvest that grain and some will have nothing at all to harvest. I guess that wipes a few thousand tonnes off the Midlura area's tally.  It won't affect Tocumwal as it is too far east and missed the storms.

We got some strong winds out of town here(enough to blow me off the back of a classic truck as I was tying some camping gear on to take the truck to a weekend show) but the crops are still standing.

I saw a report that says over 450 farms around the Mildura storm area will not be able to harvest a crop at all with other farms having a severe loss of crops and they won't have full knowledge until all the insurance assessments are complete.  It is estimate this will drop the harvest by several million tonnes.  This will reduce the number of grain trains in the area

Will Pacific National be handling all of the BG grain?

Last time there was a bumper year, El Zorro were still around hauling grain, and the extra grain lead to some interesting motive power combinations.

If Pac Nat go it alone this time is there any likelyhood they will re-activate any of their stored older locomotives?

I saw a report that says over 450 farms around the Mildura storm area will not be able to harvest a crop at all with other farms having a severe loss of crops and they won't have full knowledge until all the insurance assessments are complete.  It is estimate this will drop the harvest by several million tonnes.  This will reduce the number of grain trains in the area

Thanks for your report from Tocumwal.  Can we ask what the pathing issues would be and where in the network?

Is Dookie still in use for grain receival and if so why has Graincorp not been able to run a train to clear from that location?

For a start there's just one Train Working Order between Tocumwal and Shepparton.

I went to the grower meeting at Tocumwal and after the meeting we were given a tour of the works completed. The new spur is impressive and Graincorp even had the foresight to use gauge convertible concrete sleepers in the upgrade. There is also a second weighbridge and other outloading upgrades planned in future for the sight. One grower made the comment that its great that you can now load the train in about 3 hours but why is the train still here? The response was because of pathing limitations etc. The wise old cocky said you've just brought the site up to scratch now the government must bring the lines into the 21st century. Completely agreed.

IDK Bingley - I think this is the opposite case.  Graincorp are investing around their network in faster loading facilities.  In NSW, TfNSW is investing in better track infrastructure.  Vic in this area is not.  In the Eyre it sounds like the government invested but the loader did not.
Also, Graincorp run their own trains and use PN trains too - both of which would love to get better utilisation of their fleets to lower the fixed costs of operation.