Western Coal Trains

Headed West on Thursday to get the Westlander and a few coal trains, and I was pretty sure some repainted 2300s wee now working on the coal.

In about 3 hours of running around, I managed to get 2 coal trains. The photos are below.


2347/2310 lead and empty through Helidon


2361/2359 lead a loaded away from Granchester, heading towards Rosewood.


I have always noticed the hoppers carry subtle code variations. Below are three examples. If anyone knows why they are different, I would love to know.


VAKQ

VAHQ (Former grain hopper with AWB sticker)

VAJQ

Enjoy