NZZA 800

Description:

This 24 axle schnabel car is owned by Electricity Commission of New South Wales It was built by Cometto in Italy and being commissioned in 1982, at a cost of $2 million. The wagon was used for the transport of stators to two power stations then under construction, but has not been used for a number of years.

The car is currently displayed at the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum.

Specification:

Capacity	340 tons
Light Weight	260 tons
Load Limit	600 tons
Number of axles	24
Empty Car Length	36.932 meters
Maximum Loaded Length	48.932 meters
Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability	0.4 meters
Maximum Horizontal Load Shifting ability (either side of car center line)	0.38 meters

Photos:

The following photos were sent by Andrew Goon Pan, they were taken by a collegue.

These photos were not taken by Andrew, but were passed down to him from a collegue who knew he had an interest in building a model of this rollingstock.

The unloading took place at White Bay, Sydney Harbour

The train then worked it's way around past Rozelle yards and up the Blue Mountains to Lithgow where it was unloaded and transported by road to the power stations.

The photos show a 684,000 lb. stator being unloaded from a ship, and the being shipped to the Pieper Power Station in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.

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Videos of the car in action:

Moving empty in 2004 to to newcastle after it was sold to Dorrigo for eventual display at their museum
Car with cradle on a flat car

Equipment Diagrams:

The following diagram was created by Andrew Lee of the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum

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