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A counter thought would be that the market just isn't that big these days to be manipulated like that. Personally with the continuing increases in pricing I can barely afford one of my desired models these days. Buying one of each variant just ain't happening. I also think that the wait for maroon Hawksworth's has outlived that mantra.

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This will go on to be one of life's great mysteries. My WR hydraulic collection is crying out for these and a full brake in BR blue wouldn't go amiss either. It looks like history will repeat itself with the Thompsons. Thanks Farish for the Ex-LMS Parcels Van in BR Blue livery (Weathered) if nothing else.

Something I didn't think I'd get to see again. Genesee & Wyoming Australia have reinstated two of their GM class locos. GM37 is 50 years old and GM43 49 years old. After over a year in external storage, yesterday they were given a shakedown on an Adelaide to Port Pirie empty grain train, photographed at Two Wells and Mallala.

A few shots of the quad Bulldog move featured in the video a couple of posts above. Southern Shorthaul Railroad were contracted to move 90 redundant hoppers previously used on Leigh Creek coal traffic from Port Augusta, South Australia 1400km east to Lithgow in New South Wales. Thankfully the weather was a bit more benign in SA. Departing the power station loop. The power station had been the ultimate destination for the Leigh Creek coal since the 1950s, but was shutdown in May this year. Southern Shorthaul's GM10/GM27 at Port Augusta prior to departure. Passing redundant grain silos at Caltowie in the Mid North of SA.

Streamliners, or Bulldogs, have been a bit in the news Down Under of late.... Star of Streamliners 2016, built in 1952 and still operational, former Victorian Railways B61 sits on the turntable at Goulburn, New South Wales - October 2016. The very first Australian Bulldog built in 1951, partially restored former Commonwealth Railways (CR) GM1 also at Goulburn - October 2016 64 year old former CR GM10 is still operational and sees occasional use with current owner Southern Shorthaul Railroad. Seen at Port Augusta just over a week ago, part of an all Bulldog consist hauling a wagon transfer from South Australia to New South Wales.

A train of containerised mineral sands heading for Port Adelaide is seen passing through typical farming country in the Mid North of South Australia near Crystal Brook - October 2016.

The QUBE train from Harefield normally goes through here around 1700hrs most days and it was in fact a picture of a QUBE grain at the same spot in beautiful evening light taken a few weeks ago that prompted me to go there. A week after taking this shot I saw two PN freights in the area around midday although I was in the wrong position at the time. With a bit of forward planning and train tracking software there is usually something t be seen.

No train unfortunately...........Melbourne to Sydney mainline near Jindalee, New South Wales

There's always one

But no option in the poll for Hawksworth full brake in maroon. Someone better tell Bachmann I ain't buying nuthin' else til that shows

A loaded Aurizon operated coal train near Sandy Hollow on the Ulan line in New South Wales - October 2016

No not really. Do tell.

EL57 is a 3000hp GE-powered unit built in Australia in 1991 by A Goninan originally for service with Australian National. It was sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (CFCLA) in 1998 and repainted in the company's colours the following year - seen here fresh out of the paint booth at Islington Workshops (Adelaide) CFCLA have a number of 'heritage' units in their lease fleet including former Victorian Railways Clyde built 1800hp EMD S311 seen at the Canberra Railway Museum in March 2015.

I saw all 98 class 33s in service. What's a rubbing plate?

This list suggests there are 9 GC and 4 GB Garratts extant at Yangon and Thazi, but doesn't give any real indication how recent the information is so there is no real way of knowing if they are still there or have been scrapped? http://www.steamlocomotive.info/country.cfm?which=myanmar There was a mini steam revival in Myanmar in the 1990s and steam was still seen operating on a (limited) regular basis well into the noughties BUT it did not include the Garratts. I've had a quick look through the reports on this page (lots of links) http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/asiaeast.htm#Myanmar so far I have found no mention of any of the Garratts remaining, hence my doubts about the info in the first link.

Excellent catch - from what I know and what I can gather via Wiki this is one of 23 A1A-A1A trucked FCA-3s built for Pakistan Railways in 1951 and 1953. Rebuilt and re-powered as a Co-Co in 1977.

Built for the War Department by Beyer Peacock in 1944, this metre gauge Burma Railways 2-8-2+2-8-2 GC class Garratt was photographed dumped at Thazi Jct shed on 24 February 1979. GM22 was built by Clyde Engineering for the Commonwealth Railways in 1962, which later became Australian National. Seen at Islington Works, South Australia on 16 November 1998 it had been freshly painted in the colours of shortlived niche private operator Great Northern Great Northern Rail Services. It is now owned by Southern Shorthaul Railroad with whom it still gets an occasional run.

A class 105 on the Harwich branch service at Manningtree - 16 October 1977

China 1988 - At Longchuan on the single track main line to Jilin it's 0806hrs on 9 April 1988. SL620 with a slow Changchun to Jilin passenger train has been looped to allow the progress of SL664 on the morning fast passenger from Jilin.

Are we talking about the 3 year old CADs here that were said to be a work in progress at the time?

A couple of views from March 1989

A class 108/104 hybrid on a Buxton to Manchester service at Chapel-en-le-Frith in January 1989 Class 108s on a Carlisle to Leeds service depart Garsdale on 4 March 1989

West Ealing in February and March 1989