CTS
Coal Hopper
New CTS
36362 at Pt Waratah in 1978.
A curve-sided aluminum-bodied hopper fitted with 4 transverse doors. The main hopper body is 10960mm long and the hopper doors are arranged equally spaced along the length of the wagon. And have pneumatic power doors for unloading.
Builders:
- 300 built by Transfield during 1977-79 were numbered 36251-36550.
Length: 14200mm Width: 3020mm Height: 3660mm Tare: 19.2t Capacity: 56t Gross: 75.2t
Bogies: Straight Frame XCL Bogie Centres: 11120mm
Coding:
- Original coded CTS
- Recoded NHTF after 1979.
Modifications:
- 27 were converted to NPEF Clinker wagons during 1986/87.
- 150 were converted to NGVF Grain hoppers during 2001/02 (unlike the previous rebuild of the NHHF Coal hoppers to NGHF Grain hoppers the NHTF couldnt carry the T code as the NGTY was still carried by the WTY type Grain hoppers and V was apparently the next available letter thus becoming the NGVF)
Colour Scheme:
- As delivered, the hopper body was unpainted stainless steel with a 2-tone blue L7 logo. The ends and chassis was PTC Blue. Bogies were black
- In time they weathered to a heavy grime dark grey/black
- When Freight Rail was renamed Freight Corp, these logos were placed on some of the wagons
- With the sale of Freight Corp to Pacific National, PN have applied its own corporate logo to only a couple of the hoppers, most have only just had the old emblem painted out usually with black paint, but some with silver.
Operation:
- Originally (1977-1986) could found in any of the Coal haulage areas of NSW (Southern, Western & Hunter)
- From around 1992 most these hoppers found themselves transferred to the Hunter Region and used with the 48 class units to destinations such as Pelton & Branxton
- Although these hoppers usually were only seen behind branchline units in the Hunter, they have on occasions been used behind most types of NSWR locomotive at sometime in their lives (421, 422, 44, 442, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 73, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, 90)
Plan: NSWR Outline Drawing
The B
end of a CTS
and
.NHTF 36537L