Here are some consist for the North Coast Overnight Express once again some consists don't include the engine number, note the use of a PHV & KB mail vans.
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Here is some consists for the Brisbane Limited as with the GCM not all engines are shown, this is the pre Motorail era with most consists having a KLY, NLKY louvre van in the consist.
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The Gold Coast Motorail seems to be a popular train within this group so here is some consist's, unfortunately some don't have the loco numbers, this train was popular because of it's early arrival in Sydney & late departure of its opposing service also back then the roads were pretty ordinary you could have nearly 12 hours in Sydney without needing to stay overnight.
Greg Riddel
Train consist form 17-9–1988 has 6469 with 48123 & 48109 detach Raleigh NQIX 22128 NQSF 34862 NQIX 60280 (60 series NQIX are ex GLF GLX louvre van under frames) NQSF 34808 NQIX 14473 (of note NQSF container flats are lengthened ex livestock wagon under frames) all wagons are loaded with MT milk 🥛 vats.
Greg Riddel
consists for the North Coast Daylight Express
RFS
Road Friendly Suspension
Here Is a consist for 6223-D Grafton to Murwillumbah.
Greg Riddel.
7SBO - 7SB1 Goulburn to Acacia Ridge. (Darren Lee)
Grafton - Murwillumbah shunt / train sheet X2010. (Darren Lee)
Casino X2538L sheets for the 6,7th and 8th June .
Train register book pages from Tamrookum . (Darren Lee)
Middleton St Siding - Greg Riddel.
Perway Department Notes:
Here is a consist form for 6484M ballast train Casino to Kempsey 23.7.88 from the good old days when all the wagon doors where hand operated including the plough which the blade would be rotated forward edge leading towards the low rail of curves to keep the ballast even on both shoulders (nowadays the plough is fixed & cannot be rotated) aslo there is a brake certificate for this train & a snippet of the STN, unfortunately the form is printed on the old style fax paper & is quite faded, for those who are interested you should be able to click on the image & enlarge for easier reading, as it is so faded I've copied it on another form not quite the same as it is a X2010P V X2010 form but all the main details are the same.
Greg Riddel.
Special Train Notice 143:
Here is a snippet of STN 143:
Of interest is Train arrangements for Monday 1.8.88 6482M (maintenance) has one water gin Greenbank - Glenapp which will be used to fill up line side water tanks for the Perway gangs & 1 x NODY 20921 sleepers to be unloaded in the section Kaguru to Tamrookum (around 350 sleepers in a NODY) these will be unloaded by hand using sleeper hooks, the side doors will be opened & pinned back to the wagon.
Greg Riddel.
Train consist form showing WOAX 33120 to be detached at Herons Creek, ironically ordered by the Station Master, the station being no more.
Train consist form showing NTAF 4521 Caltex for Middleton Street siding dated 28-10-88, there is also a NTHF Gas Tanker & 2 x DOT Departmental Oil Tankers in the consist.
Train consist form for 6124 F stock special dated 20-5-88, examples of all four different types of rolling stock on this train are pictured below (sheep vans, 2 types of cattle wagons & container wagon (NQSF) with MC cattle containers. NQSF container wagons are ex livestock wagons with lengthened under-frames 124 wagons being converted at Cardiff workshops between 1975 & 1979. (Riddell)
National Rail History:
Here is a consist form for a 1490.81m test train 7SB7 with NR29 AK2283 AK2384 AK2382 NR4 NR50 49 vehicles including 6 five packs to Acacia Ridge.
11-07-98.
Greg Riddel.
80ft wagon notes continued:
Made in Australia 🇦🇺
Here is a consist form for 6285 with 44240 & 4403 on the 9-4-88,
Wagons 3 to 5 & 7 to 9 inclusive are 80ft wagons the NQMW were hired VQDW wagons from Victoria (30) & had the coding changed to NQMW in the 60050-60079 number range & bogies changed to 2CN at a date unknown ?
Greg Riddel.
Train consist form for 6450 including NOAF 28187 for Glenreagh Perway 25-03-88. (Greg Riddel)
Train consist form for 6450 with 4458 showing 6 wagons for Stroud Road of note is 1 wagon picked up @ Macksville & 1 from Kempsey stock yards. (Greg Riddel)
Kempsey yard container movements, MT containers in loaded out.
Circa 1991
(Greg Riddel)