Thanks for your patience as its been three months since my last post.  This year has been exceptionally busy with family, work, and a heap of other commitments in the community.  

While my posting this year has been a bit slow (as has my photography), this Blog continues to be an enjoyable past-time for me and obviously for many of you.  

Looking at the stats, it is a pretty amazing journey:

• Blog started in 2010!
• Over 1200 posts
• 700,000 page views

Anyway, to celebrate another year and of course Christmas, I thought I would post this rare tank container that I captured in November.  

I haven't seen a red one of these before.  This is a Specialty Trailer Leasing Inc tank marked as JBKU 238534-3.  It is a Helium carrier, and may be this colour for BOC Limited.

 I'll endeavour to post more over this holiday period.

Have a safe and relaxing Christmas.

Enjoy!

Fletcher Diversion

Shot a diverted Fletcher / SSR service on the south a few weeks ago.

The usual triple FIE locos leading a healthy sized train.  FIE004 is due to debut in October as an additional loco the the Dubbo to Sydney freight task.

While a lot of the freight is frozen lamb, some of the meat is chilled to -1c, so needs constant power to maintain the right temp.  To do this, a generator in a container is used to supply power.  Here is GEN002 powering a couple of 22R1 reefers on wagon FRAY 04.

GEN002, a converted 22G1 container with a genset mounted inside.

Isn't this adorable?  Cosco Shipping marked 22R1 reefer.

Former Hanjin 22G1 box, now owned by Triton and marked as TLLU.

Enjoy!

 

Toll Shipping Reefers TSHR

A few updates on Toll Shipper 40+ foot reefers:

New reefers have started appearing with year 22 prefixes.  Photoed below are TSHR 2205 and 2206.  Interestingly they carry no Toll markings and also have a neat reflective rectangle around the perimeter.  The first box in the series is 2200, and I have seen 2208.

This was a neat catch; 5 x TSHR reefers on the same 5-pack.  Quite a selection of ages and brandings.

Noted in recent months is that Toll and Toll Shipping logos are being painted out.  These cover a number of series including the 13, 14, and 15 year series.  Some are better than others.  

To complete the story, the 21 year prefix containers are SCF leased units remarked from SCFU 821 series reefer into the Toll series of 21xx.  Obviously these don't carry Toll logos either. 

Anyone know why Toll logos are being painted out?

 

More Kitchens on the Run

Always interesting when Kitchens on the Run (https://korhire.com.au/) containers turn up on trains.  

Enjoy

BOX-42L  (Left hand kitchen unit)

BOX-JH014C (Joining Hub)

BOX-PC069R (Right Preparation & Coolroom)

 

Legend Tanks

 A whole stack of Legend marked tanks (some owned and some leased) turn up on a Melbourne to Sydney service last week.  Here they are.

Branchline Ballast

Jagged this classic the morning after returning from a long holiday.  

Here are 3 x SSR 49 class on a ballast job returning back to Chullora, coming through Tahmoor.

Enjoy!

 

New Toy - Drone Photo

Took the new toy out for a fly today.  It is a DJI Mini 3 Pro.  

Train service is NY3.

Enjoy!

Rare SCFU Curtain Sider

Despite being 8 years old, I have never seen this SCF 48ft curtain sider.

This unit is SCFU 814149-7 and has a orange curtain and has the (what would have been new) large logo.

Enjoy!

Old Blue forty-footers

Some old brand and old logo blue 40ft shipping containers

An old CMA CGM logo, something like 15-20 years old.

Two Italia containers, which is part of Evergreen and started getting these logos from 2006.

The same Lloyd Triestino box is doing the rounds on the east coast.  This would be pre-2006 before the Italia name was being used, but is still in the post 1993 Evergreen style.

Enjoy!

 

NTFS tarp on K&S Flatrack

Not something you would normally see...  

An NTFS tarp on a K&S Flatrack with a load of Wesbeam timber.

Neat tarp!

 

EL51 Rail Frist Repaint

Love the new Rail First livery on the EL class.  EL51 here on an SCT MB9 job last week.

Enjoy!

 

Qube Steel Wagons

A bit of a collection of steel wagons from the Qube services running for Bluescope.

New Rail First Australian built CQPY 1824.

Beam wagon SKBY 23.

Plate wagon SKPY 27 carrying a single long beam.

'Long' plate wagon SKLY 1

One of hundred of SQSY wagon number 283, fitted with new QJAU coil containers.

Enjoy!

 

SCT Container Repaints

Appears that SCT have purchased and painted a heap of former Unit48 general purpose 48ft containers.

The Unit48 containers were previously blue with the SCT units now being repainted in a bright silver livery and coded SCTL which is the same code as applied to the original SCT boxes that are of the same design.  

An original SCTL box, this one being 004336-4, and is of the same design as the PVDU containers.

Fresh repaint SCTL 480079-0.  You can see a blue PVDU box on the left.

PVDU 480036-2 in the original livery.  Some of these boxes have also been remarked for Booth.

Another repaint, being 480076-4.

Enjoy!

Something Different - Graffiti

An undeniable aspect of railways is graffiti, and lately there have been some pretty colourful and artistic pieces going up.  Here is a small selection of PN well wagons and SCT boxcars.  

Enjoy!