Denni Rice Train

Unfortauntely it has been a very slow Blogging month for me.  Work and travel have taken priority with extenisve travel in NSW and Victoria.  My last blog was in Muswellbrook and this one is from Elmore (north of Bendigo) last Friday morning.   

A very nice VR lash up heading north to Denni. 

A CFCLA CQRX. 

 A GWA AQPY

A GWA AFGF.

Enjoy

Muswellbrook Happenings

Some photos from Muswellbrook earlier this week. 

A Whitehaven train with all three WHs.

A QRN job led by 5033. 

A CH parked in an unconnected siding at Muswellbrook station. 

The original Bradken 120t coal hopper - non ECP brake. 

Brand new Xstrata PHEH 4-packs stored at Muswellbrook.  These are the most recent built Bradken 120t type coal hopper - full ECP braking. 

Xstrata have taken delivery of some 2-packs also - coded PHWH.  Note that they are the same design as the Whitehaven 2-packs. 

An original PHWH on the WHitehaven train. 

QR QHBH - this one was built by QR RACS - note the colour and height of the logo. 

QR QHBH - this one was built by UGL Taree - note the colour and height of the logo. 

Enjoy!

QR Goonyella System Photos

A few photos from 16/10/2011 on the Goonyella System.  The first three are at Ballook, the 'cloudy' shot is at Jilalan, and the last two are near Coppabella.  Enjoy!

Photos Around Bluff QLD

Below are some various photos from around the Bluff (QLD) area on the Blackwater Coal System, taken on 16/10/2011.

Operations consisted of 100 wagon trains with 3500 electrics, 4000 deisels, or 3700/3800 electrics.

Enjoy!

Blackwater System Photos 16/10/2011

Some photos from the Rockhampton area on the Blackwater Coal System.  The photos are taken around the Westward, Gracemere, and Rocklands area.

These are the sunniest shots I managed in QLD.  Enjoy!

PNQ Coal Fleet

A few photos of the various hoppers in the PNQ coal fleet. 

PNQ exclusively run ECP braking, where as QR are still operating pnuamatic braking coal trains.

All the photos were taken around the Auckland Point area at Gladstone.   

The original PNQ coal hopper design - NHAH from Bradken. 

The prototype NHCH 2-pack from FreightCar Americaa in a consortium with EDI. 

New NHGH hoppers built by CSR Yangtze.  The highest numbered pair was a rake in the 200 series. 

Just over the road is a stack of NHGHs ready to be put on rail.

Enjoy!

PN 83 Class Chassis

Sighted at Goondiwindi QLD earlier this week was the chassis for a Downer EDI built PN 83 class loco.

The frames are build in Port Augusta SA and trucked to Maryborough QLD for completion.

Completed 8329 was photoed at the workshop last week.   

Enjoy!

QR Wagons around Gladstone

Unfortunately the weather was pretty foul, but still managed a few record shots of QR wagons around Gladstone.

 A narrow gauge Aligned bogie.  Never knew QR had these!

 QZS 32413 at Auckland Point.  No idea what this wagon does but presume it is infrastructure related.

 New VCCS 55924.

 New VCCS 55886

 Weighbridge wagon VSAS 51056.

Weighbridge wagon ITVO 32960. 

Enjoy!

First of a bunch from QLD

Over the next few weeks I'll be posting some QLD shots taken over a 4 day period between 15 and 19 October.  With a mate, we covered about 4000km in 5 days, and travelled as far north as Bowen, as far west as Emerald, and covered as much of the four QLD coal networks as possible - plus a little bit of cane.

Day 1 was travelling from the Sunshine Coast to Rockhampton.

Recently built 4160 (and 4159) sit at Rocky depot.  They had gone in the morning (up to Pring on the Newlands Coal Network). 

Stored 3900 class at Gladstone.   

Brand new 8329 at EI Maryborough facility.  Also in the shed was new QRN loco 4165. 

Passenger set 243 at EDI also.

Enjoy