Watco's latest contract is for BHP's Nickel West service from Kwinana to the Goldfields. Watco have hired locomotives from RailFirst/CFCLA, but also providing their own locomotives, causing some... (more)
Watco & Qube have joint ownership of Intermodal Link Services (ILS). With Watco picking up extra contracts in Western Australia, additional motive power is required. Qube have supplied an orphan... (more)
G511 & GML10 work an ILS intermodal shuttle train from Fremantle to Forrestfield yard. Watco operate this service in conjunction with Qube Logistics in a bid to remove trucks from the congested h... (more)
G511 leads a Watco ILS container service over the Swan River in Fremantle. This train is almost at its destination of North Quay.
The 1st shift Watco switcher crew is busy pulling loads from Track 45 within the Nine Dragons paper mill complex. In October 2019, Watco officially took over switching duties from Pan Am Railways ... (more)
After working the Pioneer Corp owned Michigan Southern Railroad, Grand Elk local 503 heads further south into Indiana, where it will work Alliance Sheets in Bristol, IN and then return back north ... (more)
Got a heads up from a friend that the WATCO/Pacific Sun GP35 that works Ventura Foods in Ontario CA was being worked on at the end of their lead. Drove out Saturday morning (May 9, 2020) in total ... (more)
Pecos Valley SW1500 #1528.
Pecos Valley SW9 #950.
Watco's 2188D trundles out of the Southern end of the Burdekin bridge on 8Z88 Partington to Mackay Harbour grain wagon transfer. 4/01/20
Watco QLD GL 26C-2's 2188D + 2195 works train 67G4 Mackay Harbour to Mt McLaren empty grain with 42 DGWY wagons, seen late this afternoon between Rosella & Balberra.