A single CBH is in run 8 as it races under Karel Ave in Canning Vale with a half rake of loaded grain hoppers. These locomotives have quad turbocharged Cummins 3300hp QSK engines onboard.
One of Watco's 6 daily Forrestfield to Fremantle ILS trains passes the Aldi distribution center with another load of containers bound for export.
The two leased DR locomotives on hire to CBH work their train through the diamond crossover at Kwinana
VL 361 leads two CBHs as it works a Standard Gauge grai into Kwinana to unload. The VLs will be off hire soon so always good to get one om the front
WAMX 4184 (SD40-2) waits on a siding for the call to shuffle cars full of fine-grained sand for use in fracking oil wells.
Watco's "new kids on the block" were originally built in 1971/72 for the Western Australian Government Railways. They had a stint on the apple isle, before returning home in 2018. The... (more)
Watco Australia's two "newest" locomotives, DR1564 & DR1565 bring an empty grain train through Kenwick, in Perth's southern suburbs. Orginally built for the Western Australian Governmen... (more)
With one of Western Australia's largest grain crops on record, Watco has leased a standard gauge grain rake from the east coast along with 2 VL Class locomotives. An empty grain train snakes its ... (more)
The two Dallas Cowboys switchers waiting for the next assignment. Watco now has a transload operation going at KCS Dallas yard.
G 511 works a SG grain train into CBH kwinana. An unusual working due to CBH 119 being a failure the day before
DR 1565 and DR 1564 work their empty train through Hope Valley.
DR 1565 and DR 1564 work their train through Brigadoon on the approach to the Avon Valley
Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge trains pass at Kwinana as DR 1565 and DR 1564 shunt their train as S55 departs
VL 361 and VL 362 are on hire to CBH WA to assist with the Grain Harvest for 2018, seen here arriving at Kwinana