dvdlcs Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Thank you both for your advice and implied support. Unfortunately I am the shy retiring type which means if someone gives me grief I tend to take the easy option and move along. Still in two minds whether to visit what have become my usual haunts this weekend. Suspect I won't know until the days themselves. Weather forecast looks OK though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hello. Pleased to report that I returned, with a little trepidation, to my weekend haunts and didn't have any problems after all. Hopefully a one-off occurrence, perhaps unfortunate that it happened in two different locations over the course of the same weekend. Have now returned to taking so-so pictures of WA freight. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Vintage bulldogs on modern freight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtSm126QdAI Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 645 ear candy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uurNyYuR3qw Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) The venerable GM class are hanging in there. The iron ore contract that will release more modern power has about another four weeks to go and GWA seem happy to work the GMs until they have a failure. There are still three active examples based in Adelaide and on Easter Saturday two ventured out onto the Loxton branch line. GM43_dipper.jpg GM43.jpg Loxton_1.jpg CLF6_edited-1.jpg The last image shows the train on the main line near Callington after an additional unit had been attached for the grades through the Adelaide Hills. Time has run out for these workhorses. Several of the GWA class locos made redundant from the iron ore contract have arrived in Adelaide and this has resulted in the remaining GM class locos being stored. One remains in use at Whyalla as a shunter. Edited June 13, 2015 by bingley hall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 CFCLA is selling off a large number of locos. http://www.locomotives-for-sale.com/rolling-stock/ 3 x C 6 x T 13 x EL 12 x GL 12 x VL Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 CFCLA is selling off a large number of locos. http://www.locomotives-for-sale.com/rolling-stock/ 3 x C 6 x T 13 x EL 12 x GL 12 x VL Cheers David The 'for sale' figures given on the web site are incorrect. While obviously everything is for sale at a price, at this stage only 12 units are up for sale. Many of the others are still in use with clients. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 The Sydney Variotrams are up for sale too. https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/?event=public.rft.show&RFTUUID=556C7F0F-DEA2-4DE0-F9567BBA6F5AD55B Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Well, something different to end the week.While I do not currently have a picture of it, Southern Shorthaul Railroad S317 has been rolled out of Lithgow State Mine Railway today in a VERY different livery to the norm.It is essentially the old AN passenger scheme as used on the CLPs, but in place of the Green on the hood section, it is Black. The SSR logos (in roundels) replace the AN logos, and standard SSR numbering font used for the numbers on the sides. The Silver remains, with a thin Yellow stripe running front to back on the base of the body, inter-spaced with Black, and an all-Yellow pilot. Photos copyright Nathan Carter. I apologize for the quality, but they are off of a phone: Edited July 10, 2015 by 69843 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Freshly repainted S317 in action. Cheers David 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Great video David, Good to see the old S class getting some use. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Not a modern locomotive but still going strong after 46 years, 48127 on a load trial after overhaul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0deD5RRU40 Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Sadly the end of an era with the last Pinnaroo grain train running a couple of weeks ago. Murray Mallee grain will now be transported by road. Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Vintage bulldogs leading the Canberra scrap steel train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJ5LQsPKg8 Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Asciano board agrees to $8.9b offer from Brookfieldhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-18/brookfield-infrastructure-lobs-nine-billion-asciano-bid/6704920Asciano is the parent of Pacific National. Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is the parent of Brookfield Rail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Qube consortium makes $9b takeover offer for AscianoBrookfield Infrastructure's $9 billion takeover bid for Asciano has been formally challenged, with a Qube-led consortium making a binding offer valuing the ports and rail group at $9.08 per share.http://www.smh.com.au/business/qube-consortium-makes-rival-9b-takeover-offer-for-asciano-20160127-gmflef.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 An Aurizon coal train on the torturous Ardglen Bank. 8,300hp up front and 13,000hp banking. Cheers David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 7, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2016 Interesting to see the bankers drop off just as they reach the level crossing, at the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Interesting to see the bankers drop off just as they reach the level crossing, at the end. Until a few years ago they had to couple up and connect the brake hose. There was a lineside light at the summit to help the crew uncouple. AIUI they now put a U bolt across the top of coupler on the lead bank engine that prevents the locking pin dropping. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 13, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 13, 2016 The disaster that is V/Line & the Vlocity trains continues. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vline-crisis-tracks-on-365b-regional-rail-link-to-be-torn-up-this-weekend-20160212-gmsude.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Asciano board accepts Qube takeover bidAsciano's board has recommended investors accept a $9.05 billion takeover bid from the Qube consortium and will pay Brookfield Infrastructure a $88 million break fee after the Canadian group missed the deadline for making matching or superior offer for the ports and rail group.http://www.smh.com.au/business/asciano-board-accepts-qube-takeover-bid-as-brookfield-doesnt-counteroffer-20160215-gmuymw.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 The first of the new NGR 700 series EMUs being hauled from the Port of Brisbane to the new maintenance facility at Wulkuraka today. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 A little heads up for anyone in Eastern NSW-the Crawfords train from Sandgate to Cooks River is set to have the C class' haul it for the last time on Friday (26/2), with the new PHC Class to take over on Monday (29/2). The PHCs are C44ACi locomotives, and I believe the last two to be sold (as opposed to built). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 One of the Great South Pacific Express sleeping cars has been sighted being taken by road to the Port of Brisbane. 20 of the 21 GSPE cars have been in highly secure storage at Ipswich for more than a decade and are reportedly being taken to Peru. (Belmond, which owns the GSPE cars, also operates PeruRail which runs from Cusco to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca.) Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have to ask - where is the 21st GSPE car if the remainder are in secure storage at Ipswich? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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