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Light rail line from Phoenix to Tempe.
In another year and a half Tucson will have its own light rail .. well the frist 4 miles...
We made a visit to Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, AZ over the weekend. Several bridges span the lake providing some interesting views through the arches. Jasper seemed to be into it (though it would have been better with a few toys along 😉)
G515, RL304 and 869 slowly ease over the Cooks River with 1213N freight from Port Botany.
This train is operated by P&O Trans Australia, normally from Port Botany to Narromine via Orange and Dubbo (typically running as train 1811N). Today the train is only operating as far as Goulburn (typically to drop off/pick up locomotives or wagons at the workshops), using the "old" 1813 path (P&O used to run a second train to the west, although this contract has been taken up by IRA at the time of writing).
Due to trackwork on the main south line, all freight is being diverted via Wollongong. This meant that 1213N departed Port Botany passed Marrickville Junction, reversed the train on the triangle at Chullora to return to Marrickville Junction to access the down Illawarra Lines. At Wollongong, the train will climb the steep grades to Robertson and Moss Vale before continuing on to Goulburn. To access Narromine, this train will run south to Cootamundra West before heading north to Parkes via Stockinbingal. What a trip!
G515 is no stranger to Parkes, as I last shot it approaching Goobang Junction with a loaded ore train.
I took this shot tonight from the Rural Avenue bridge facing west towards the Mill Avenue Bridge. You can see the Tempe railroad bridge, the Sky Harbor tower and the Phoenix skyline in the distance.
Veteran ALCo 4463 has seen better days, seen here passing through Tempe with T251 container trip train from Cooks River to Minto. Due to trackwork, this train is running in push-pull configuration with 4703 and 4461 on the rear.