9016-9035-9004 working a solid train of new hoppers built for coal miner Xstrata westbound to load as the early morning autumn sun burns the dew off the valley.
9020-9005-9007 work an empty westbound coal train through the farmland of the Bylong valley as traffic moves again after a derailment east of Singleton.
RL306-RL304 stabled at Muswellbrook as coal traffic resumes this ore train and also one other are stabled in loops awaiting crews after a derailment stranded them on the wrong side.
9215-9210-9208 work a loaded coal train east bound through Bylong as the sun sets on a summers day.The farmer is pleased with the recent plentiful summer rain.