dvdlcs Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 The immediate destination is Fremantle, then on to South Africa. Cheers David Thank you for that. Are they being stockpiled there or going out in dribs and drabs? Might go out to Freo at the weekend and take a camera with me, if they are somewhere relatively visible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I think most are stored at Forrestfield and taken to Fremantle as often the ship's cranes can load them. The MV Fairlift is at NQ Berth 11 and due to depart for Durban at 11.00 on Saturday.CheersDavid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Apex Industrial are handling the disposal of this batch of Aurizon locos. The list of Aurizon items they had for sale is: - 4 x 421 class-Two of which are to be scrapped in Australia. One may stay out here, if not both of the other ones - 5 x 422 class-One of which is to be scrapped in Australia (42209) - 10 x CLF/CLP class, 1x ALF (ALZ) class - 2 x FAM sleeping cars. I will have to check what the others are I don't know if all are going to South Africa for rebuilding.-Most are, but a couple are staying out here, either for other purposes or to be scrapped. Some will be forwarded on to other areas though-the CLs and ALZ are to work on construction of a new Iron Ore railway in Cameroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 A variety of V/Line trains on the recently overhauled North Melbourne flyover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqjzAXGMWG8 Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Still clinging on, but only weeks to go. As the result of the downturn in iron ore prices, GWA have lost a major contract which will release 10 x 4300hp locos at the end of March, that will make these classic locos redundant. Seen yesterday 30 January 2015 working a loaded grain train from Gladstone to Outer Harbor in South Australia 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 An ironic little tale...... Just a few years ago in 2011, Arrium purchased the well advanced Peculiar Knob iron ore mine in South Australia from the Western Plains (WPG) mining group for approx A$346 million. The wagons were already on order and my understanding is that these are leased from a Chinese group under the arrangement already in place with WPG. Genesee & Wyoming Australia ordered 10 x 4300hp EMD-powered units to handle the traffic. The full rail service started early in 2013 and sees 3 rakes in fairly constant use. The ore is roaded from the mine to a balloon loop at Wirrida adjacent to the Darwin to Tarcoola rail line form where its railed to Whyalla for export from Arrium's own port facilities. In January, Arrium announced it would be mothballing the Peculiar Knob as a result of the dramatic drop in price for iron ore. At the time of writing the mine is still operating and the train still running, although they are expected to stop within a couple of months. Who knows what will happen to the wagons. The locos will probably be used to replace older power in the GWA fleet such as the GMs above. Unfortunately it is likely a number of drivers based at Port Augusta will be out of a job I was fortunate enough to spend a few days last week photographing these trains. ^ Empty 6915 approaches Port Augusta from Whyalla. The train will reverse at Port Augusta. ^ Loaded 9612 skirting Lake Hart - the trains use 3 locos, 2 at the front and a third DP unit at the rear. ^ 9612 again an hour or so later at Wirrappa ^ Loaded 9612 has reversed at Port Augusta and heads out to Whyalla ^ Loaded 9616 at Yorkeys Crossing near Port Augusta 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The first public train on Sydney's new South West Rail Link. Initially the service is a 4-car shuttle between Leppington and Liverpool. Cheers David 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Still clinging on, but only weeks to go. As the result of the downturn in iron ore prices, GWA have lost a major contract which will release 10 x 4300hp locos at the end of March, that will make these classic locos redundant. Seen yesterday 30 January 2015 working a loaded grain train from Gladstone to Outer Harbor in South Australia GM43_2_edited-1.jpgGM43_4.jpgGM43_3_edited-1.jpg Hi bingley hall, I will be in Adelaide early April and was hoping to see a few GMs and the 700 class, looks like I might be out of luck. It would have been nice to see a few still working. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good link David to Sydney's new South West Link. Atleast this line has real sized trains running on it, which can be used on the rest of the Sydney System. Unlike the North West Rail Link, Bradfield would be rolling in his grave knowing that the double deckers can not be used on this line... Bradfield was one with vision, unlike our State Government and Gladys Buggered-up-again. Cheers, Gary. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hi bingley hall, I will be in Adelaide early April and was hoping to see a few GMs and the 700 class, looks like I might be out of luck. It would have been nice to see a few still working. Cheers Peter. Yes you may have made your move just a tad late. There are only two 700s left in service and one of those is the regular Port Pirie shunter. Send me a message closer to your trip and I can probably provide an update on the situation. There should be a few CLF/CLPs around if no GMs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Hello. I went over to Forrestfield (eastern outskirts of Perth) this morning to see what, if anything, can be seen. Below are a few pictures that I have taken - I am more interested in rolling stock than locomotives - but there don't seem to be (m)any good vantage points. Would be interested to know if there are any other or better - legal - vantage points to take pictures of the stock at Forrestfield or Kewdale yards. Most of these pictures were taken facing the sun so please excuse any flare or glare. [Pictures to follow once I've uploaded them online. For some reason thought that I could embed them here, but obviously not. I know why too.] [Tried to embed pictures with the image tag but appeared not to work. URLs and descriptions will have to suffice.] https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/16423922729/ The end of the rakes. Grain hopper XT25802Q with woodchip hopper XO25334R behind. https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/16423924089/ Grain wagon XT25855P with XT25802Q to the left and an unidentified vehicle to the right. https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/16583767356/ An unidentified grain hopper with XT25855P to the left and AFRF1018Q to the right. https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/15989981473/ AFRF1018Q, which appears to be a pair of wagons. The unidentified grain wagon to the left. https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/15987567744/ Finally, AB1504 parked by one of the sheds. Edited February 22, 2015 by dvdlcs 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yes you may have made your move just a tad late. There are only two 700s left in service and one of those is the regular Port Pirie shunter. Send me a message closer to your trip and I can probably provide an update on the situation. There should be a few CLF/CLPs around if no GMs. Thanks for getting back to me I will message you nearer the time. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hello. Returned to Forrestfield, WA, and took some more pictures. Mainly freight that is stabled there, but there is a locomotive in todays set as well. Yesterday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/72157651083094432/ Today - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/72157650657294577/ And the link to the three albums, which includes last weeks visit - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/ Always willing to hear about any other - legal - vantage points around the Kewdale and Forrestfield yards, should anybody know of any - and be willing to share. All for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Hello. Another weekend, another bunch of pictures. Fremantle 07.03.2015 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/72157651217711952/- 58 pictures - no trains, but many containers! Included for those who appreciate the humble box :-) Forrestfield 08.03.2015 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/72157651217886332/- 95 pictures - count significantly boosted by the MRL ore train running past. Kewdale 08.03.2015 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets/72157651223819961/- 19 pictures - and there is a light engine in here as well. The majority of pictures are of freight stock - and the loads that they carry - as that is my principal interest. All of the albums so far - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets- for completeness. Please note that at the time of writing I haven't added descriptions or tags to all of the pictures. Hopefully manage to complete this during the week, before the camera emerges next weekend! All for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2015 Good link David to Sydney's new South West Link. Atleast this line has real sized trains running on it, which can be used on the rest of the Sydney System. Unlike the North West Rail Link, Bradfield would be rolling in his grave knowing that the double deckers can not be used on this line... Bradfield was one with vision, unlike our State Government and Gladys Buggered-up-again. Cheers, Gary. I'm not so sure about that Gary. An enormous amount of work has been put in over fairly recent years into assessing the operational vs costs etc advantages and disadvantages of going single deck or double deck for new vehicle orders for the Sydney network and I know it has been done with considerable care and a lot of thought about which way things should go into the calculations having seen some of the input and asked some very basic critical questions about various aspects of it as it was being done. Now I'm well aware - having used it daily during the peaks - of the load situation on such lines as the city loop in the centre of Sydney (I travelled regularly through Town Hall station in the morning peak) but there is far more to it than that and the work that was done has gone far deeper into matters than that. The results of course don't suit everyone but nor do the economics of the various link lines that have emerged on the network over the past decade, often against hard fought financial battles. So you might not like all that you see but as far as some of the lines are concerned I suspect you might be very lucky to actually be able to see them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) Freight returns to the Canberra line with a new weekly scrap metal train to Port Botany. It is operated by Espee Rail Services, the commercial subsidiary of the Australian Railway Historical Society ACT Division, using CFCLA equipment. The first train is seen here departing Queanbeyan last Friday, taken from a home made drone. CheersDavid Edited March 9, 2015 by DavidB-AU 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Vintage bulldogs over 50 years old still doing heavy haul. Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 SSR's newest beasts on a little wheat train. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Allegro Funds buys Great Southern RailPrivate equity firm Allegro Funds has acquired the company behindluxury train services The Ghan and The Indian Pacific trains fromBritish giant Serco, and is aiming to capitalise on the fallingAustralian dollar to help improve growth in passenger numbers forluxury travellers.http://www.smh.com.au/business/allegro-funds-buys-great-southern-rail-from-serco-20150330-1mb0rk.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 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. 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. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Pacific National's latest narrow gauge beasts, the 88 class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utATyCcSq4M Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Taken a few years ago, but a nice cab view of the Western line in Victoria. Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Hello.Hopefully this is not deemed off-topic, but does relate to recording the contemporary scene in Australia.I've been taking pictures of the railway in Western Australia for a couple of months and until this last weekend have had no real problems. Unfortunately I've had a couple of encounters this weekend - different days and places - with staff and private security wanting to know who I am (member of the public), what I'm doing (standing there with a camera: photographing the railway) and why (I'm interested in photographing the railway).I don't believe I'm doing anything wrong but have been left with the feeling that I am. I'm usually in the same place at the same time on the same day at the weekends, yet only now has it suddenly become a problem for some people. I'm standing on public land, well clear of both rail and road, and not causing an obstruction, as far as I know.I'm just wondering if other photographers / video recorders have encountered this questioning and what is the best way of dealing with it. For something that I was quite enthusiastic about I'm losing the will to carry on.Any thoughts or advice would be welcomed. Thank you.Dragging back to the original topic of the post, a link to my Flickr albums - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13771916@N07/sets- no masterpieces, I'm still learning, but if freight in Western Australia is of interest then there are some pictures here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 No you're not doing anything wrong. If you are in a public place (which will be defined in your state's Summary Offences Act or Criminal Code Act) and otherwise not committing a crime, they can't do anything about it. I have been challenged by a few jobsworths over the years, particularly after 9/11, but when asked to say what law/rule I was actually breaking they simply backed down. The only places in Australia it is specifically illegal to photograph without permission are defence installations. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullsteamer Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 As David says, you aren't in the wrong. Here are some links specific to Australian law you should find useful: http://www.4020.net/words/photorights.php http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/street-photographers-rights/ http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Photographers_Rights,_General_Privacy,_and_Copyright_in_Australia I've had similar experiences, and done the same thing as David, with the same results. If the person challenging you is still persistent, tell them that you'll contact the police yourself, and get them to come and sort the matter out. Based on my own experience they'll lose interest in harassing you very quickly. Nice photos, BTW! All the best, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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