Re: National Rail 4 wheel hopper
Roderick Smith (rodsmith@werple.mira.net.au)
29 Jun 1997 13:02:08 GMT
The wagon is used by Barclay Mowlem, and was in use in Dandenong Rd
tram-track relaying in May (June 97 RNV p33). The running gear is
antique: wooden headstocks, a hook for a three-link coupler, spoked
wheels, no airbrake. My guess is that the hopper (which is metal) is
new, built on an underframe retrieved from coal haulage. The vehicle has
buffers, but I can't recall if they were dumb ones.
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Regards,
Roderick Smith
(Rail News Victoria editor)