Qube Box (QUBU)

Not currently a common sight, but quite possibly becoming more common, this 9'6" Qube QUBU 509646-9 box was headed to Melbourne on PN's BM4 service.  Yesterday a pair of similar boxes were sighted heading to Perth on 7MP5.

About 12 months old, this box still looks in good shape.

Enjoy!

Hanjin Box

After Hanjin was declared bankrupt just under 12 months ago, a lot of the Hanjin boxes have been sold off with logos painted out and codes changed.  

Snapped on 11/01/18 running from Melbourne to Brisbane is this 'pristine' Hanjin 45G1 box HJCU 199628-0.  

Hanjin boxes were a common sight on Australian port shuttles in the 1980s right through to the present era.  

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Endeavour 2802/2852

Set 02 has been hanging around the Highlands lately so I grabbed a shot on the first sunny morning we have had in a while.

You can see the yellow starting to peel off above the windscreen already.  Probably due to the tough wash program they put them through.  

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CMA CGM Shipping Containers - 45G1

A few CGM CMA containers turned up on BM4 the other day.  I suspect these are paper containers running on he east coast, and I recall were usually on the now defunct Aurizon services.  

Below are a few varieties of the CMA CGM 45G1 type containers.

With the new loco (unveiled in mid-2017) CMAU 728229-8 is a CMA owned container with eco features.

Showing the recently replaced loco, CMAU 590526-2 is another CMA owned container.

The Seaco text and the SEGU code is a give away that this is a leaved container painted in CMA CGM colours.  This is SEGU 522009-6.

A new lease Textainer container with the new logo.  This is TGBU 528096-0.  

While not painted in CMA CGM blue, this brown lease box carry a small CMA CGM logo on the bottom right corner.  DRYU 969260-1 is a SeaCube (former Carlisle) owned box.

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Short Spoil Service

In mid-December, SRS ran a short spoil train from Sydney to Picton, via Moss Vale.  The locos were 4702 and 4701 on 12 spoil open wagons.

4702/4701 heading south through Aylmerton, running to Moss Vale to turn on the triangle.

A little over an hour later, the train returned on the Up.

Yellow NDCF 250x.

Orange NDCF 2098.

Brown NDCH 2092.

Brown (form BDX) NDCH 2526.

NDMX 1801.

NDMX 1803

NDMX 1804.

NDMX 1806.

NDMX 1807.

NDMX 1809.

NDMX 1819.

NDNF 2536.

Enjoy!

What will 2018 hold?

As 2017 comes to a close, the big change in east coast intermodal is the departure of Aurizon and the increasing services operated by SCT.

Below are some photos on a north bound SCT service just before Christmas.  The services are getting longer and heavier, and a lot of containers perviously hauled on Aurizon services are now on the SCT service.  

A leased Aurizon QQCY loaded with a perfect set of SCFU 40ft side door containers from Wodonga to Brisbane.  

Transformer loads are becoming more frequent.  This load was on PQDY 62.

20ft boxes are not common on SCT services, however a PQIY was loaded with a set of four.  

A rebranded SeaRoad Seacell container on the 5-pack.

A Woolies WWTD 722309-5 reefer.

A leased SCFU 46'6 reefer with a fresh side logo.  This one is 814046-4.

A bit of a classic getting around, this SCF reefer is SCFU 814067-5.

Enjoy!

K&S Loads on new Caru SLZU Flatracks

Seems that K&S are supplementing their existing fleet of KT and KHS flatracks.  

Over the last couple of days, brand new Caru SLZU 42P3 type flatrack have been appearing carrying Orrcon steel from Brisbane.  

The three below are SLZU  140122, 140123 and 140165.

Enjoy!

ABC Transport

My first sighting on an ABC Transport marked container today.

This is an SCF reefer, SCFU 810086.

ENjoy!

K&S Traffic back on PN

Sighted on today's BM4 service were two K&S flatracks loaded with Orrcon steel products.

These freight was previously contracted to Aurizon.

A KT flatrack on an RQGY wagon.

A KHS flatrack on the end platform of a 5-pack.

Enjoy!

Army Trailer

A bit of an unusual load on a Linfox flat rack last week.  Looks to be a 'big' small trailer belonging to the defence force.

Enjoy!