Independent Rail of Australia

Independent Rail of Australia

Independent Rail of Australia is an accredited railway freight operator in New South Wales, Australia. [cite web
url=http://www.transportregulator.nsw.gov.au/operator_list.html
title=NSW Accredited Operators
work=Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator
publisher=www.transportregulator.nsw.gov.au
accessdate=2008-06-30] Originally known as Lachlan Valley Rail Freight (LVRF), the company changed names in 2007 and is based in Minto in Sydney's southwest.cite web
url=http://locopage.railpage.org.au/private.html#LVRF
title=Other Privately Operated Locomotives
publisher=locopage.railpage.org.au
accessdate=2008-06-30]

The Independent Rail owned fleet initially included ex SRA 47 class diesels, with most being leased from other operators and preservation groups. Leased locomotives included the 44 class from the Lachlan Valley Railway,

Since then the company has imported 16 second hand MZ III class diesels from Danish operator Danske Statsbaner, the locomotives originally built by NOHAB under licence from General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel. They have been modified for Australian use and repainted in a silver livery. The total fleet now numbers 23 diesel electric locomotives and approximately 200 container flat wagons with automatic twist locks; and has been carrying out gas supplementation trials on its diesel locomotives for the past two years.cite web
url=http://www.ara.net.au/member/full.php
work=Members
title=Australasian Railway Assoociation Inc
publisher=www.ara.net.au
accessdate=2008-06-30]

Independent Rail provides services to Tamworth, Narrabri, Newcastle, Blayney, Cootamundra, Harefield, Minto and the Port Botany rail freight terminals. It also operates a number of RailCorp and Australian Rail Track Corporation spoil and infrastructure trains.cite web
url=http://raichase.livejournal.com/37317.html
title=Major Players of NSW Railways
work=The Gunzel Diaries
publisher=raichase.livejournal.com
accessdate=2008-06-30]

The company's use of heavily graffiti'd older locomotives has seen them nicknamed 'dodgy brothers' by local railfans. [cite web
url=http://www.slawek.com/news/article/aus.rail/222003
title=Re: ARG & Safeworking
work= aus.rail
publisher=www.slawek.com
accessdate=2008-06-30] [cite web
url=http://www.railpage.com.au/f-p818798.htm
title=LVRF NOHABs (was: LVRF New Locos?)
work=Railpage Australia Forums
publisher=www.railpage.com.au
accessdate=2008-06-30]

References

External links

* [http://www.mistrail.com/ir/index.htm Official site]
* Photos: [http://brians-pics.fotopic.net/c1318209.html Independent Rail Australia MZ Class]
* Photos: [http://community.fotopic.net/search/simple.php?tab=P&txt=LVRF Independent Rail and LVRF trains, by various photographers]


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