Running slightly late, DQ2003-DQ2007-DQ2005-D2020 cross the Blythe River. The D was taken off 32 after hitting a cow at Railton, and was hitching a ride to Burnie to help power train #31.

A slight wiggle to cross the river and the road at Avoca. Note the warning gantry for the log trucks, there used to be a wooden one until it got smashed to pieces by a truck at high speed. The f... (more)

About half an hour after 43 passed through the same location, D2020 leads train 31 towards the Norske-Skog paper mill at Boyer.

Switching on to the Derwent Valley line at Bridgewater Junction.

Train 35 sits at South Devonport waiting to cross train 46. The Cement Australia silos, Tasrail's biggest money spinner, can be seen in the background.

ZP2100-D2020-ZR2101 shunt at South Devonport. The afternoon sun shows off the angle of the wedge that is 2100's nose. 2100 & 2101 are one of a kind locomotives rebuilt from ZB Class locomotives ... (more)

43 departing Conara Junction, bound for Boyer.

The first (2001) and the last (2012) of the DQ Class to be delivered to Tasmania sit at Conara Junction with a short log train awaiting their departure.

ZA2115 & ZA2114 seen in the first rays of sunshine to gleam over the hills of the Fingal Valley, at about 6:20am. The Ben Lomond national park can be seen in the background.

After the late arrival of train 67, Y2151 shunts the awkwardly set out yard at Hobart.

The future of cement trains is secure... seen here entering Devonport yard. DV1 is an ex-TGR Y class with the motor stripped, here the driver can contol the DQ by remote control - this saves runn... (more)

The DQ class has an 1120kW GM-EMD 12-645E motor, making them much less powerful than the D class that DQ2005 is coupled to - seen here near Deloraine.

D2020 leads #31 over the old wooden trestle at Brighton, the D is by far the biggest class of loco to operate in Tasmania, and there is now talk of replacing old bridges with new ones better equip... (more)

The container yard at the old port of Hobart. Things were in full-swing today but the Tasmanian Rail Network is currently under threat of a shutdown without some serious funding from the governme... (more)

Z2110 & Z2113 depart Conara Junction with an unusually short train 43.