NTOF Vegetable Oil Tanker

A freshly painted NTOF, complete with oil spillage. Graham Baker

These 45,460 litre tankers were converted from other liquid tankers to move vegetable oil. The vegetable oil comes from ‘North-West Vegetable Oil’ at West Narrabri and is taken to the ‘Cargill’ plant on Kooragang Island, Newcastle.

Builders: FreightCorp converted them in the mid 1990’s.

Running Numbers: 12 tankers were converted and are numbered 1280-86, 90, 92, 94, 97 and 98.

Length: 14.7m Tare: 22.6t Capacity: 53.4t (45,460lts) Gross: 76t Equiv Length:

Bogies: Various types, commonly XCG, XCF and XCL.

Coding:

- They have only ever been coded NTOF.

Colour Scheme:

- They are painted FreightCorp blue all over with a large ‘Cargill’ and ‘FreightCorp’ logos attached. Handrails, handbrakes are white and bogies are grey.

Similar Vehicles: Before the NTOF was introduced; the oil was moved in a dedicated rake of NTAF tankers.

Period of Service: Mid 1990’s to current.

Operation:

They are only used to move vegetable oil from Narrabri to Kooragang Island as pickup traffic when required.

Modelling:

- Not specifically available as a kit, but could be modified from general tank wagon parts from AM Models and Stephen Johnson Models.

- Decals for the NTOF are available from Bakers SRM.

NTOF 1282S in Enfield Yd, 28/2/03. Graham Baker

A pair of NTOF’s as they appear today. Werris Creek Yd, 26/6/05. Josh Beveridge