International Railroad Discussion > Some recent Aussie action.......

Hello TO readers,

Find attached some images of recent action on the main south line in New South Wales. Here goes:

Photo A - train no. 9L07 departing Goulburn with 4807 & 4814 on 21/11/2010

Photo B - train no. 1813 at Coolalie with 8037, 602 & RL301 on 5/12/2010

Photo C - train no. 5NY3 at Cullerin with NR71 & NR61 on 16/12/2010

More to follow.

Cheers

GM43

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Following on........

Photo D - train no. 9395 at Oolong with VL356 & G535 on 16/12/2010

Photo E - train no. 8114 at Binalong with RL304 & RL303 on 27/12/2010

Photo F - train no. 2M32 at Towrang with 4204 & FL220 on 15/1/2011

A few more shots to come.

GM43.

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Following on from the previous 2 posts are:

Photo G - train no. 9897 with EL60, EL54 & G532 near Fish River on 16/1/2011

Photo H - train no. 3N23N with locos 4716, T363, T381 & 4701 on the Wagga viaduct on 17/1/2011

Photo I - train no. 8114 with 8037 & 8044 at Jindalee on 17/1/2011

Cheers

GM43

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Quite the eclectic roster of power down under. Very impressive. Please send more. Also, I hope OZ survives the flooding and cyclone. You're in my thoughts and prayers.

Bob Callahan
Monticello, IN

Last couple of shots:

Photo J - train no. 3M40 with GM10 & S317 on the Wagga viaduct on 18/1/2011

Photo K - train no. 4BM7 with LDP004 & CLP9 near Cullerin on 27/1/2011.

I hope everyone enjoys viewing these shots.

Cheers

GM43.

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Great set of shots. I particularly like the Jindalee pic.The structure on the left of the pic is a stream gauging station.I was in a team of 3 who built that back in the mid 70's.It is built adjacent to the old ROW in that pasture.That old grade must have been quite the challenge for early steam power on this line.
The shots of the Wagga viaduct are about a mile from my house.
Regards,Daryl Kay.

So where does that passenger train run? It's clearly not the IP. I wasn't aware there were any passenger trains left in NSW other than the XPTs to Melbourne and Canberra. Glad to see there is still another what looks to be proper passenger train running.

All those pix are great. Thanks for posting them. It's gratifying to see so many familiar faces (though some in different paint schemes) from those I observed during my three years (2001-2004) at Freight Australia in Melbourne. I enjoyed Oz very much.

Cheers,

aussiehinz

Good show mate!!

Mr. Slides®

www.mr-slides.com

Beautiful photos of some very interesting subjects! What do the letters (RL, NR, VL, G, FL, EL, T, GM, S, LDP, CLP) in front of several of the locomotive numbers mean? Also, what are the first cars in the trains pulled by #4204 and #4716 used for?

Great photos and much appreciated. Thanks!

Cheers,
Jack

lynnpowell Wrote:
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> Beautiful photos of some very interesting
> subjects! What do the letters (RL, NR, VL, G, FL,
> EL, T, GM, S, LDP, CLP) in front of several of the
> locomotive numbers mean? Also, what are the first
> cars in the trains pulled by #4204 and #4716 used
> for?


Letters refer to locomotive class. Ballast wagons.

Mr. Slides®

www.mr-slides.com

Great collection of shots. Photo C is my personal favorite. Love the variety of schemes in Australia. Thanks for posting and hope to see more.

pummer Wrote:
Love the variety of schemes in
> Australia.


It's like Texas weather: wait 15 minutes, and it'll change. Just in the past few months, there's the new Xterra locomotives; new QRNational, Freightliner, RailPower, and Greentrains paint schemes, a 40 class restored in beautiful blue paint, revived Mk.1 48 class coming back to life as boosters for GrainCorp, Red Terror redux on 44 Class owned by IRA, and G class and C class now wearing Southern Shorthaul paint. Can a repaint of El Zorro G class be too far away? It's never-changing. And that's mostly just in New South Wales. Unlike how it seems here in North America.

jackpot Wrote:
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> It's like Texas weather: wait 15 minutes, and
> it'll change. Just in the past few months, there's
> the new Xterra locomotives; new QRNational,
> Freightliner, RailPower, and Greentrains paint
> schemes, a 40 class restored in beautiful blue
> paint, revived Mk.1 48 class coming back to life
> as boosters for GrainCorp, Red Terror redux on 44
> Class owned by IRA, and G class and C class now
> wearing Southern Shorthaul paint. Can a repaint of
> El Zorro G class be too far away? It's
> never-changing. And that's mostly just in New
> South Wales. Unlike how it seems here in North
> America.

And this is why trip 29 to OZ is scheduled for April 28th/June 16th! Throw in the Pilbara and you have the makings of another great trip.

Mr. Slides®

www..mr-slides.com

mrslides Wrote:
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>
> And this is why trip 29 to OZ is scheduled for
> April 28th/June 16th! Throw in the Pilbara and
> you have the makings of another great trip.
>
> Mr. Slides®
>
> www..mr-slides.com


Envious! But I'll get mine early next year (I'm not as flexible as your teachers!). And the reliable Mr. Chuck will again be accompanying us.

Retired from education 7 years....can't let work get in the way of a good Ozzie trip! you would have loved the last trip to NZ with Sir Charles. We never got out of the car for days on end account of the cloudy weather. Things change so fast that if you do not hit the train scene there every 6 months you end up missing something. It is so crazy. Don't like a paint scheme....just wait a few months. The best show of U.S. railroading is in Australia--the iron ore roads in the Pilbara.

mrslides Wrote:
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> Retired from education 7 years....can't let work
> get in the way of a good Ozzie trip! you would
> have loved the last trip to NZ with Sir Charles.
> We never got out of the car for days on end
> account of the cloudy weather. Things change so
> fast that if you do not hit the train scene there
> every 6 months you end up missing something. It
> is so crazy. Don't like a paint scheme....just
> wait a few months. The best show of U.S.
> railroading is in Australia--the iron ore roads in
> the Pilbara.

Cloudy? I'm guessing Graham wasn't along--he shows up and the clouds part and the sun shines and birds sing and trains start running.

jackpot Wrote:
> Cloudy? I'm guessing Graham wasn't along--he shows
> up and the clouds part and the sun shines and
> birds sing and trains start running.


Not that trip. Even the power of Kaptain Krunch could not part the clouds. These 2 were as close to a cloudy shot that we got.....we just do not do it. We laughed about all the "great" shots we missed.

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Photos F and J get my vote. Who designs the rest of this stuff?

Barry