Pacific National RHKY stone hopper

At Carrington today (25/4/15) there was a rake of RHKY stone hoppers F.O.B.
(fresh off the boat). They will be used for the Boral Peppertree service

RHKY 00672H

RHKY 00671V

A pic of the A end of the RHKY

A pic of the B end of the RHKY

The inside of the RHKY

The codeboard

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

5000 gallon water tank Lithgow

Located on the State Mine branch line at Lithgow is this little 5000 gallon water tank

An overview of the tank

The ladder on the side of the tank

Showing what's left of the depth indicator 

A shot of the footings of the tank

Showing the underside of the tank

A close up of the top of the ladder

A side shot of the water column   

Another shot of the water column 

G513/G514 and 4910 just about to pass the tank coming from the State Mine

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

Don River Railway pt2

This is part 2 of my trip to Don River Railway.

The Don River Railway signal box

A248 open wagon

TGR railcar DP22

Gaurds van DB12

The 1907 Riley railcar

The tiny V2 shunter

A side shot showing the plain yellow scheme on V2

The 12,750 litre OT2 tanker

X4 and Y6 showing the contrast of two Tasmanian liveries   

Rear shot of English built X4 in AN livery 

Rear shot of the Tasmanian built Y6 in tiger stripe scheme 

M4 had the duties of running the Coles Bay shuttle run

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes