SSR train 8102 rattles towards Lithgow just after sunrise with GM22 leading 44206 and S317.

Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia C502 works ARHS Canberra tour train 9L20 south through Millthorpe with 6029 at the rear.

Having opened the road for my coalie to depart Charbon colliery, I take a quick photo. Quad candy stripes scheme units will work the 3100 tonner coalie back home to Lithgow. The motive power of a ... (more)

Aussie National westbound galena ore train 4255 is ready to depart Broken Hill with three venerable beasts. DL500B 958 built 1965 and today preserved by Steamranger, GM42 A16C built 1967 today in ... (more)

A pair of Z class chortle along the scenic coastline heading to Burnie, Tasmania with train 46. No live penguins train watching that day, just the statues of them around the town.

Three dinky toys, a pair of 49 class spliced by a 48 class power away from Gresham signal box heading west with the saturday oily to Dubbo. The Orange crew who take charge out towards Orange will ... (more)

Barely a year old AN EL 62 awaits departure from Keswick with the Ghan. The EL class were the first units that I encountered which possess an electrically driven compressor.

E stands for Electric. When the ten Comeng 85 class units were introduced in 1979 there existed some confusion during darkness. The shape resembled the 80 class diesel unit. So, to prevent an elec... (more)

Dinky toy aussie alco 48112 requires a wheel-set traction motor change and is over the drop pit. A quiet spell inside the shed during back shift permits me to shoot at it. Today 48112 still exists... (more)

A pair of Aussie National green beasts await the next westbound interstater to work back west to Adelaide SA. GM12 originally Commonwealth Railways built in 1955 is now owned by Coote Industrial b... (more)

One of the then few remaining Robe M636 units in service, 9416 was built in 1973 and had the engine cooling modification in 1990. Sadly 9416 has gone to history.

A tripple header green machines ore job arrives into Parker Point yard at Dampier. The 60 class being trailed by two of the three C36-7 beasts then on the HI roster. Sadly today, not only the vene... (more)

A trio of EEs Z 2113 ZA 2116 and Z 2112 on northbound 642 at the scenic curve 56 kms north of Hobart.

A trio of HI green machines have whistled out of loco and are waiting to proceed towards Dampier. 3011 built 1968 and rebashed in 1984 with the Pilbara cab, 4038 a 1971 M636 and 6063 a 1982 SD50s.... (more)

As an XPT departs Sydney yard the AN units approach to attach to the Indian Pacific. The through running of AN CLP units between Adelaide SA and Sydney occurred for a couple of years. CLP 11 nee C... (more)