Saturday, April 25, 2015

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

Sunday, April 19, 2015

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




Monday, April 6, 2015

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