29 May 2010

Wagon Testing

A bit more travel last week! I spent Saturday north of Newcastle assisting with some wagon testing. Here are a few photos from the day.


CHAY 7042 being loaded at Duralie.


CHAY 7042 coming through the unloading shed at Stratford.


42305 on the lead of the Interail coal train. The wagons behind are QHBF hoppers.


42103 under the loading bin at Duralie

A PN coal train headed by 2 x 82s and probably 54 100t hoppers comes through the loading bin at Stratford. To the right is the unloading shed - both are on the same balloon loop.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 1, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    HI THERE,I AM ALEX, A RAILFAN,

    WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU COULD YOU POST SOME PQYY well wagons?

    regards,

    Alex.

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  2. UnknownJune 2, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    Why does Stratford have both a loading bin and an uploading shed? I figure you would have one or the other, not both!

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  3. WagonfreakJune 2, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    G'day Marcus,

    Stratford would make a cool model - Both loaded and empty trains arriving and departing.

    Stratford was built in 1995? as a coal loader, which loaded coal for export at Newcastle. Onsite, they wash and screen the coal for the export market. In 2002 the same company opened Duralie as a mine, but they did not have the wash and screen facilities, so they send it to Stratford to be processed, before it gets sent for export.

    Cheers

    Chris

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