NPCF 12059 CEMENT HOPPER Aluminium NSWGR Casula Hobbies Model Railways single wagon RTR

 THE BEST OF THE NSWGR CEMENT HOPPERS IN SERVIES FROM 1972.

Thank you to  Rob O’Regan for information and photos. 

PCC Crushed Limestone Hopper NPSF 3491 with ‘CSR Vinyl Flooring ’signage.                                                                                    Rob O’Regan photo

 This vehicle was built by Tulloch on behalf of CSR who used this wagon to carry pulverized limestone from Berrima to their Rhodes processing plant. The limestone was used in the production of vinyl flooring and other chemical products. The design was later used for the PCX cement hopper for the NSW railways.

Builders: Tulloch Ltd of Rhodes built the tanker in 1972 .

Length: 14.12m                        Tare:    18t                   Capacity:          56t                   Gross: 74t                    Equivalent Length: 2.3

Bogies: Archbar, 2CF, XCH

Coding: -                     Originally coded PCC.-                     Recoded NPSF in 1979.

Colour Scheme:

-                     Wagon was originally unpainted aluminum with black lettering.

-                     FreightCorp painted the wagon into their livery of a white body, blue underframe, black bogies, FC logo and a standard white codeboard.

Period of Service: 1972 – 1999.  Similar Vehicles: PCX Cement hopper Operation:

            CSR used the wagon to convey pulverized limestone from Berrima to Rhodes. The wagon was used in conjunction with CSR’s leased PTW 4-wheel tankers in this role as well.

Modelling:   A collection of detail photos are available on Keiran Ryan’s ARDP CD2.

NPSF 3491 stored in Clyde Yd in FreightCorp livery during 2005.                                                                                           Ben Noakes

The other side of NPSF 3491B in Clyde Yd.                                                                                                    Josh Beveridge