Pacific National Coal has unveiled a new train maintenance and provisioning facility in regional Queensland
August 30, 2012
Asciano’s coal haulage division Pacific National Coal has revealed
a new $180 million train maintenance and provisioning facility at Nebo in regional Queensland.
Pacific National announced the new facility, which will support coal haulage in the Goonyella, Blackwater and Newlands rail systems, at a joint launch with the Isaac Regional Council and 150 guests today.
According to Pacific National Queensland Operations General Manager Geoff Featherstone, the five-kilometre-long facility will ensure
Pacific National trains are reliable.
He says tasks at the facility will include the refuelling of trains, routine train inspections and wagon and locomotive maintenance work.
“Nebo is the first facility of its design in Australia and includes some of the most innovative design and maintenance techniques seen within the rail industry today,
with capacity to support up to 25 coal trains, with eight bays for locomotives and two main tracks for wagon maintenance,” Featherstone says.
As the fastest growing coal haulage operator in Queensland, Pacific National Coal currently transports export coal to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, the Port of Gladstone and Port of Abbot Point under contracts with customers including Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Macarthur Coal, Anglo American, Middlemount, and Bowen Central.
The design and construction of the facility was carried out under an alliance between Pacific National Coal and Abigroup Contractors, BG&E and QR National
The facilities have also been designed to interface with QR National’s rail network and a connection agreement has been negotiated with QR National to ensure the efficient integration of the facility with the existing network.