Heading west for fertiliser.
Aurizon 4000 class diesel locomotives 4013 and 4011 displaying long outdated Queensland Railways livery and logos head an empty phosphate train east of Moselle on the Mt. Isa line in North Queensland. I will have more to say about these liveries in the next few photos - (Aurizon hasn't even updated the old QR logos with temporary Aurizon ones despite being in their ownership for many years) which is cheapskate and reprehensible in my view. Phosphate is mined at Phosphate Hill, a branch off the line to Mt. Isa to its south - Sulphuric Acid is also hauled direct to Mt. Isa in block trains of tank wagons for use in the mining/smelting process.
Heading west for fertiliser.
Aurizon 4000 class diesel locomotives 4013 and 4011 displaying long outdated Queensland Railways livery and logos head an empty phosphate train east of Moselle on the Mt. Isa line in North Queensland. I will have more to say about these liveries in the next few photos - (Aurizon hasn't even updated the old QR logos with temporary Aurizon ones despite being in their ownership for many years) which is cheapskate and reprehensible in my view. Phosphate is mined at Phosphate Hill, a branch off the line to Mt. Isa to its south - Sulphuric Acid is also hauled direct to Mt. Isa in block trains of tank wagons for use in the mining/smelting process.