Austrans Repaint

Imagine my surprise when this 20+ year old Seacell turned up freshly painted in Austrans Livery!  The sun was only just coming up, hence the gnarly shadows.  

Here is AUSU 400423 repainted from lime green.

Here is a shot from about 15 years ago of 400425 in the original green.

Austrans have started to pump their branding with bright red trucks, new 2023 build containers, including new 40ft GPs, and 46'6 reefers.  Keep your eyes peeled.

Enjoy!

ARLS now LTCD - Lindsay Reefers

Recently in the news it was announced that Lindsay Transport has picked up a number of former Scott Refrigeration assets including rail containers.  

While it is likely many haven't been rebranded, a number of newer ARLS 46'6 reefers have been fully rebranded and recoded into the standard Lindsay system.

Captured earlier this week is former ARLS 415 (one of 100 built) now LTCD 4615 03.  This follows the standard reefer numbering system for Lindsay with 46 for the length, 15 for the year build (click the link to see a new photo from 2015 of an ARLS container) and 03 for the number in the series.

Interestingly, back dating the number series the the year 15 doesn't clash with their existing fleet as their first new purchase of 46 reefers was in 2018, so their first container was 461801.

Keep an eye out for fresh looking 4615 series reefer - No yellow posts!

Enjoy!

Local Drone Shots

A few more drone shots from around my local area in the Southern Highlands.  

Aurizon on a loaded coal train,

Late running MB4 with NR84 up front.

Empty stone train heading back to Marulan.

The tail end of a loaded coal train.  The TT wouldn't be a good candidate for a weathering job!

Enjoy!

 

Toll Tilt Bed - Plate Steel Container

While these have been around in QLD for a little while now, they never seem to venture south of the border.

Anyway, earlier in the week I saw about 4 go passed my place on an BM4 service and of course I didn't have the camera ready so planned to be prepared for the next day.  Anyway, stuffed that up and saw another go passed my place so hopped in the car and raced into town for a shot (that I only managed to get due to restricted speed as a signal had failed).

Anyway, got my first shot.  This is TILT 4002 from Brisbane to Melbourne.  These were made by Doric Engineering in Tassie for Toll Intermodal.

Enjoy!

 

New SCF 46'6 Reefer

Came across this new SCF reefer in February.  It is a 46'6 reefer SCFU 823025, so is brand spanking new.  

Based on sighting, this appears to be from a possible batch of 10, number 823021-823030.  Most have been running Melbourne-Perth but this one was headed Melbourne to Brisbane.

Enjoy!

 

Infrabuild - New Containers

Infrabuild have taken possession of over 400 new flatrack container for carrying steel products.  These light grey containers are turning up on Pacific National services all over the country, and running on both traditional Steelink services as well as common intermodal superfreighters.  These containers have seen a move away from more traditional steel wagon as well as the leased bulky shipping style flatracks.  These containers were supplied by CS Leasing.

20FT Flatrack 27P2 type.  These are IFRU 200000 series totalling 75 in the fleet.  Commonly seen carrying reobar from Melbourne and wrapped steel from Newcastle.

40FT Flatrack 47P2 type.  These are IFRU 400000 series totalling 250 in the fleet.  Commonly seen carrying reobar (and overlength reobar) from Melbourne and wrapped steel from Melbourne and Newcastle.

48FT Flatrack M7P2 type.  These are IFRU 480000 series totalling 10 in the fleet, so are a bit of a rare beast.  Commonly seen carrying longer wrapped steel from Melbourne.

20FT Half Heights 27U5 type.  These are IHHU 000000 series totalling 70 in the fleet.  Commonly seen carrying different sized rod in coil products from Newcastle.  Also operating in this traffic are the Toll painted and marked QRXL half heights which previously saw operation in QLD.  

In QLD I have seen Royal Wolf RWLU 350000 series half heights also but appears they may not have come across into the Infrabuild pool

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Lindsday Transport Trailer

A couple of years back Lindsay Transport reached out to use one of my Blog shots which showed a fresh set of 5 new reefers on a PN 5-pack.  They liked the shot as it had a second rail line in front of the train which emphasised that it was rail haulage.  

Anyway, after we struck a deal, they applied the photo to at least one trailer, and I'm not sure if there is more than one.  I have seen this trailer a couple of times now in my travels, and earlier this year snapped it at Enfield by itself.

Lindsday Transport continue to invest heavily in LTCD 46'6 reefers, with several hundred now in traffic.

Contact me in the comments section if you have a commercial requirement for any of my photos, or something specific.

Enjoy!

 

Ships in Hunter River

Sent the drone down the Hunter River last week for a few nice morning shots.  

Blue Cecil

Omisimam Island

Frontier Explorer

Enjoy

 

Drone Shots

Here is a selection of drone shots taken in the Southern Highlands NSW over the past 6 months.  Plenty of variety from the various operators.

Enjoy!