05 July 2011
04 July 2011
30 June 2011
Ettamogah Rail Hub PQAW Wagons
Below are a few photos of the first rebuilt PQAW for Ettamogah Rail Hub - These were taken in October 2010 at SSR Bendigo Workshops (on my IPhone since my Camera battery was flat!)
The wagons are former VQAW type, and have undergone extensive rebuilding, as well as repainting into corportate colours.
The bogies are Bradken 'Road Master' with V/LINE casting marks. These are the bogies originally supplied under these wagons.
To date, nine 3-packs have been refurbished and are stored at Ettamogah. More are stored at Bendigo Workshops. I don't believe they are currently accredited to operate on ARTC track.
The PQAW wagons have retained their original VQAW/RQUY numbers.
Enjoy!
29 June 2011
MB7 - 28 June
Running a few hours late, and with some SCT vans upfront, I had to go for a shot.
LDP 001 and 009
ABSYs on the train were 4476, 2456 and 2445.
PBGYs on the train were 0154, 0144, 0083
Recent aquisition from China, PQRY 1008 (5-pack skel).
The Slurry Rat!
Former VLine container, now Sadleirs RCS 2132
A Direct Logistics container.
Enjoy
28 June 2011
PS6 - 3 June 2011
Just catching up on some photos from earlier this month. Here is a Friday PS6 job, with the no common, 5 loco lash up.
Quin NRs, including an IP and NR103.
Bitutainers on RRKY 4302.
RLSY 18747 with a missing logo panel. Note the former PN blue underneath!
RQCY 61 with a BOC gas tanktainer.
A rather unqiue container!
Finally, an original TOLL 48ft container. These date back to early NRC days.
Enjoy
27 June 2011
26 June 2011
A Study of VR Rail Tractors (RT)
Below are various photos of VR Rail Tractors (RT) taken on 16 and 17 June 2011.
Seen in 2 days were no less than 15 RTs. The majority stored at Bendigo.
SSR - LT4 (Formerly RT54) Shunter at SSR Workshops Gladstone St
SSR - LT50 (Formerly RT50) Shunter at SSR Workshops Gladstone St
SSR - RT37 Stored at SSR Workshops Murphy St
PN - RT 14, 38, 5, 35, 42, 47, 45, 6, 49, 27 - Stored at SSR Workshop Murphy St
PN - RT31 - Stables at Glencore/Graincorp Siding Deniliquin
Glencore/Graincorp - RT46 - Stabled at Deniliquin with RT31.
RT 14
RT31 - Deniliquin
RT35 - complete with Vline logos.
SSR owned RT37
The original wagon builders plate on RT37 - dating to 1904. The other side had the RT builders plate of the late 1950s.
RT42
RT47 - One of three orange RTs sighted (others being RT35 anf RT37)
LT50 inside SSR workshops.
Unique Aresco build RT46 at Deniliquin. I believe this unit was at Morwell and painted yellow for a long time. It must have gone to Deniliquin and got painted in the early 1990s. Anyone with more info on the unit would be great.
LT4 (former RT54) which was owned by the Port Authority at Portland. I believe this unit was also built by Aresco, It spent years at Echuca as the shunt unit before ending up with SSR at Bendigo.
The control inside the cab of LT4. The engraved panel at the back contains details such as siding lengths in Portland Yard, and the capabilites of the unit in VHGF and GY wagons.
Enjoy!
24 June 2011
Day 3 - Echuca Odd Bods
Some more bits and pieces from Echuca. I don't have much of an interest in 4 wheel stock, but I'm sure someone does.
A bit of an unusual shot - these 12 hoppers are stored in the freight siding, which is about to become a car park. As a kid, I remember an orange RT parked under the canopy. I'll find the photo one day.
Enjoy
Day 3 - Stored Vans at Echuca
Some photos of the stored VLRX vans at Echuca. Roughly have the fleet of VLRX vans are stored here and the other half in Geelong.
VLRX 15 with modern doors.
VLRX 11 with orginal doors.
VLRX 952 in a darker shade of FA green and small logos.
Also stored was VLCX 624.
Below is a list of the VLRX wagons noted at Echuca.
VLRX00001V
VLRX00003Q
VLRX00006U
VLRX00007G
VLRX00009B
VLRX00010U
VLRX00011G
VLRX00013B
VLRX00014K
VLRX00015T
VLRX00019J
VLRX00020F
VLRX00022A
VLRX00023J
VLRX00025E
VLRX00830A
VLRX00875X
VLRX00886C
VLRX00904T
VLRX00914E
VLRX00944F
VLRX00952S
VLRX00986J
VLRX01019P
VLRX01040E
Enjoy!
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