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Have been browsing through a few images from a trip to Far North Queensland a while ago. Funny how I invariably dismiss all my images on first viewing but given a little time manage to find a few I can live with :)
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Thursday Island is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately 39 kilometres north of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
7124, with 7113 and 7135 assisting, work a loaded Pacific National coal train north through Yukan.
Monday 18th July 2022
7118 and 7132, assisted by another 7100, approach Marmor with a loaded Pacific National coal train from the Blackwater system to Gladstone for export.
Sunday 17th July 2022
Outside a house in the main street of Maleny in SE Queensland.
My flickr doesn't seem to be so well this morning so I hope this uploads. We are readying my in-laws today for a move to aged care so I will catch up with my flickr friends tomorrow. I hope your Sunday, whenever it arrives is as bright and breezy as these beautiful flowers.
4028 and 4039 head for Townsville near Woodstock with loaded phosphate train 9281 from Phosphate Hill.
Wednesday 27th July 2022
This is the creek I in the previous shot of the Wandering Whistling Ducks on the way to Alva Beach near Ayr. It seemed more like a genuine billabong to me. You can see some of the ducks on the far bank on the left.
Haycock Island can be seen from the shores of Palm Cove. It's more commonly called Scout Hat Island as it looks just like that, an over-sized scout hat sitting in the water.
2410 heads away from Mamboo towards Alpha with the west bound Spirit of the Outback as PW57 from Brisbane to Longreach.
Wednesday 13th July 2022
The typically short 6391 crosses the Dawson River near Boolburra with 2335 in charge.
This is the twice-weekly container service from Longreach to Rockhampton, with it extending onto Winton once per fortnight.
15th July 2022
2830 and 2333D head through Yukan with loaded ballast train 0WB2 heading for the Collinsville to unload ballast the following morning.
18th July 2022
ORN003, ORN002 with ORN004 and ORN001 assisting, work hard over the hill at Balook with a loaded One Rail coal train from the Goonyella system to Dalrymple Bay
The ORN Class is a narrow gauge Progress Rail built EMD GT46C-ACe Gen III locomotive.
One Rail Australia operate two coal rakes in the Goonyella system, one with four ORN Class locomotives and the other with four older GWN Class locomotives, each with a spare to account for any failures or repairs.
Thursday 28th July 2022
3730, assisted by 3737 and 3712 head through Balook with loaded Aurizon coal train EJ01 to Hay Point.
Thursday 28th July 2022
Celebrating the record reign of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch in British history: 23,226 days. NOT!
It's actually an addition to my Erratics series - where I'm trying to pull together a selection of images of things that, perhaps, shouldn't be where there they are - for whatever reason; opinion, chance, accident, mistake, thoughtlessness, expedience, laziness... The photo is taken on 'Queens Road' in Sheffield and the queen has nothing to do with it.
WRA001 and WRA002 put the foot to the floor through Leslie with empty Watco grain 6H34 from the port at Fishermans Island to Thallon.
Sunday 10th July 2022
Having loaded cane in the fields near Sarina, ‘Victoria’ heads towards the Plane Creek Sugar Mill in Sarina, south of Mackay.
Thursday 28th July 2022
The northern end of Thornton Beach, one of the beautiful remote beaches of the Daintree region of Queensland, Australia.
After a brief pause, 2335 gets underway at Edungalba with the twice-weekly container service to Rockhampton from Longreach as 6391.
Once a month, this service extends onto Winton, as well as regularly stopping off at Barcaldine and Alpha to drop loading. This train operates loaded from Rockhampton to deliver supplies to various towns.
Friday 15th July 2022
Squeezing in during the last minutes of sunlight, PRL203, PRA001 and PRL205 depart Cloncurry with empty Zinc train 9M30 from Townsville.
Operating on behalf of Glencore by Qube Logistics, this traffic was previously operated by Aurizon and then Pacific National before moving to a more "in-house" operation using Qube's accreditation.
The PRL class are ex Queensland Rail 2250 class locomotives, exported to South Africa by Aurizon and returned to Australia in August 2021.
Sunday 24th July 2022
2846 and 4001, with 2200 in the middle acting as a “giant compressor” approach another level crossing on the Cloncurry Duchess Road, this one south of Maldon, as they head for Phosphate Hill with IPL combination train 9T76 from Townsville.
The phosphate wagons in the second half of the train require main reservoir pressure to keep the pneumatic equipment closed (doors/lids), resulting in a 2170 class locomotive in the middle to keep main res air flowing through the wagons. The front half sulphuric acid wagons do not have main res, making it impossible to transfer from the lead locomotives.
Friday 22nd July 2022