The Indian on MB4

A few shots of NR18 and various wagons and containers on MB4 on Wednesday 23/3.

NR18 leading MB4 about to pass under Remembrance Drive, and over the Bargo River.

Normally loaded with car-tainers, RRYY 4 is loaded with some general freight and reefers.

VQCY 531 with a bulk Linfox box.

RQEYs are slowing turning back up on Intermodal again.  There is RQEY 1957.  It is shown below at Exeter earlier that morning.

RQCY 1004 wit a very old ITEL box on the back.

Another ITEL box on RQBY 15039.

Enjoy!

New Toll Reefers TSHR 1500 Series

Some new Toll TSHR reefers have turned up in March (2016).  The series delivered last year were 1501-1540 with some carrying the Salamanca Fresh logo. 

TSHR 1541, the class leader of the new batch.  Other new ones sighted with the TOLL logo include 1545, 1552, 1553 and 1554.

At least one of the new boxes has been given the Salamanca Fresh logo.   TSHR 1562 looks to have a slightly larger logo than the previous batch.

TSHR 1561 is getting around without any logos currently.  I'd expect this to get the Salamanca logos also.

Enjoy!

Unusual Containers

A few unusual containers from the last few weeks.

Britz moving and storage container.

Ex Royal Wolf Budget Self Pack container BSPC.

A Royal Wolf RWPU with a side access door installed.

A Titan Arctic Store TITU container.

Cryeng iso CRY 000340 carrying Carbon Dioxide UN 2187 for Air Liquide.   Cryeng manufacture and lease iso tanks, including some BOCU tanks.  Interestingly the container code doesn't have four letters as per most containers. 

Toll reefer 4CB468.  This looks to be a repainted old reefer as the newer ones in a similar livery are in a much higher number series.  This one has a very dark TOLL logo.

A CRT 30ft box with some serious side damage.

A former QR National 40ft Seacell now owned by Western Containers WPWU 400429.

A different SCF logo on a standard 40ft box.  This box is SCFU 412096.

Enjoy!

CFCLA wagons return to Aurizon

Leased CQGY and CQMY wagons have returned back onto BM7/MB7 Aurizon services.

A clean LDP008 leading 006 at Aylmerton.

CQGY 509.  The middle container is carrying molten sulphur for Devco.

CQGY 531 with a CRT container and a Royal Wolf side door.

CQMY 3012 with a load including a CARU box.

Not a CFCLA wagon, but a favourite, QQLY 1003.

QQMY 22021 loaded with some Sodium Cyanide tanks in the middle.

Enjoy!

SCFU 807040

SCFU 807040 has been repainted in the last month, and now sports a small SCF orange logo in the top right hand corner.  The old yellow and black SCF logo was last seen on display around Christmas 2015.  The reefer is a regular on the Melbourne to Brisbane corridor.

Enjoy!  

Sunny Saturday

A few trains around Aylmerton on Saturday, including a late pathed Qube 1311.

Enjoy!

Aurizon Combos

Two interesting combos in March on Aurizon's BM7.

Double blue LDPs leading X53.

Double pineapple 6020s leading 42202.

Enjoy!

MB4 Wagons

A few wagon and container photos from MB4 back on 17/2.

A piar of NRs sandwich a green G class on MB4.

QRRS built RQHY 7023 with a FCL container FJSV 429105.  All RQHY wagons have recently had work completed around the headstock and bolster area, as evident by the fresh paint.

RQHY 7024with a Sadleirs 48ft RCS 4823 container.

Breeze BRZC 10 on RQHY 7056.

Toll curtain sider 3NW968 on RQJW 21998.  Note the single new wheel under the far end.

BOC tanktainer OFSU 550233 with a load of Carbon Dioxide.  This single container is loaded on RRKY 2694 with aligned bogies and recently greased bearings (green caps).   

It has to be empty to be appreciated!  RRKY 4338 is believed to be the only skeletalised deck RM/RMX/RQKY/RRKY wagon around.  This modification was completed in 1990 by Australian National, and has been a regular on the east coast in recent times.    

With freshly repainted side, VQTY 563 carries Toll N4L460 curtain sider and a Cronos bulker container.

Enjoy!

A few 20s

A selection of 20ft boxes from the other morning.

BOC Limited tank BAPU 100008 22T4 tank with Ethylene.

The other side of a BAPU tank.  This one was 100020.

Linfox side door FSDU 9102007.

Shipping Container Rentals FUKU 380896.

A new Grace Removals box GRRU 230215.

Enjoy!

Gemco PQGY on PN Services

Over the last few days I have noticed 3 groups of 10 PQGY container wagons running on jumbo coil services from Port Kembla to Melbourne.  They are fitted with the DMC or DMJU coil containers.  These wagons were previously used on the IMX mineral traffic in South Australia.

The last time I saw one of these was back in 2010 when they were new.  Enjoy!