PASSENGER TRAIN IN ALICE YARD

Does anybody have a clue as to the purpose of the (very old style)
passenger train standing in alice yard on one of the back service
roads??? Have scoured the newspaper (a misnoma) and have looked on
the net. But it seem to be a mystery.

Any info appreciated, particularly when it is scheduled to depart.

CA

G'day all, the fueling shed in Alice Yard was only decommisioned in January
this year, with the through running to Darwin. The last time I used it was
on 8th of January to fuel FQ04, after we arrived back in Alice after being
accredited to work from Alice to Darwin, cheers....Jim



<T@aus> wrote in message news:gvalj0lrbjkp2d1fc07elkrepu5ck4mtvl@...
> continue_approach@m (Continue Approach)
> wrote:
>
> > Does anybody have a clue as to the purpose of the (very old style)
> > passenger train standing in alice yard on one of the back service
> > roads??? Have scoured the newspaper (a misnoma) and have looked on
> > the net. But it seem to be a mystery.
> >
> > Any info appreciated, particularly when it is scheduled to depart.
> >
>
>
> Nope dont know, but the "very old style" passenger
> train as you descibed it is the OZBACK EXPLORER (STATE
> MINE RAILWAY) and it is parked, partly under cover in
> the old Australian National service area adjacent to
> the Loco shed, Offices and re-fuelling facility, all
> long time out of service since AN died.
>
> Consist is as below:-
>
> LAN 2378
> NAM 2336
> NAM 2729
> OAP 2331
> OAS 2261
> OAH 2237
> OSH 2223
> OSS 2271
> ORS 2300
> OPV 2402
>
> I am sure our sharp NSW rail followers will expand.
>
> T.

T@aus wrote in message news:<d8p7k09d3m11dj9c1pjuj33a93iqdjmje7@>. ..
> "jim.gordon" <jimbo412@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> > G'day all, the fueling shed in Alice Yard was only decommisioned in January
> > this year, with the through running to Darwin. The last time I used it was
> > on 8th of January to fuel FQ04, after we arrived back in Alice after being
> > accredited to work from Alice to Darwin, cheers....Jim
> >
>
> My mistake for including the refueling facility, it was
> being used well after AN. NRC/PacNat were using it
> until this year, ASR never came into Alice Springs
> until the AS to DAR was opened, they terminated all of
> their construction trains at Roe Creek 19 Kms south of
> Alice Springs.
>
> PacNat and GSR are using a subbie with road tanker to
> top up locos and power cars on the Ghan, presumably ASR
> are doing the same.
>
> I guess in these days of private multiple operators,
> none of them are too keen to "share" refueling
> facilities for some very obvious reasons.
>
> T.

Not quite, the use of road tankers to fill locos directly is common
elsewhere ie Tasrail last I heard had be doing it for a while and not
just in rail industry. You now have small tanker trucks running around
large industrial and other work and construction sites filling loaders
and forklifts once a day to save site operations time and the
especially the big headache of owning and maintaining a fuel storage
tank farm which are highly prone to theft and dealing with the EPA.

Shane