Thursday, November 17, 2011

An unusually small coal train

                                   Hi all
                                     8215 hauling 3 coal hoppers NHWH
                                     91451G/91452P/91453B
                                       through Hexham on 16/11/11
                                   An interesting view of the draw bar on 91453B
Was this train trialing something?
If someone knows why this train was so short could
you let me know as I'm a little curious
mat

3 comments:

  1. They may have been taken off a train due to a mechanical failure until they could be repaired and now they have been repaired, are now being taken back to Kooragang or Port

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  2. It looks like the drawbar on the trailing hopper (91453) failed- you can see it dangling in the photo

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  3. This was a movent of 3 wagons of a 4 pack of NHWH set being transferred to Branxton for repairs and interior respray. the 4th wagon of the 4 had to be transferred as a separate movement. The drawbar between the 3rd and 4th hopper had broken.

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