Howdy folks!
One major drawback of years of neglecting to catalogue over 300,000 photos is that I'm now playing catch-up. While I've managed to organize thousands of images on this blog across various themes, there are still countless others sitting around waiting for their moment.
To tackle this backlog, I'm embarking on a mission to sort through and categorize a substantial number of these photos in the coming months. Expect to see posts dedicated to locomotives, carriages, infrastructure, trams, and buses, catering to those with even a passing interest in these subjects.
Prepare for the approaching tsunami of photographs from the 80s till today.
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2823 passes over the Babinda Creek trestle in Far North Queensland.
Operational with Aurizon.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GL107 GL111 GL108 with a down light engine headed to Goulburn. Legendary railfan Jamie Fisher is up front.
Rebuilt from 442 class ALCo units and all still with Rail First Asset Management.
Photo: Brad Peadon
9212 leads a loaded coal train towards Kooragang Island.
Photo: Brad Peadon
CF4404 'Americain' shunting the steelworks exchange sidings at Cringila.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
6029 CF4401 6028 with an up coal to Kooragang Island passing Sandgate station.
The former Sandgate Cemetery branch used to run to the right back around where the big trees are.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Above and below
Aurizon 6011 and 6006 shunt the Cringila exchange sidings at the Port Kembla steelworks.
Photos: Brad Peadon
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Brand new 5007 at the Goninan plant on the day of the official handover of the 5000 class..
Photo: Brad Peadon
5012 / 5011 passing Branxton with an up Mt Arthur coal.
Photo: Brad Peadon
5035 passing over the Hunter River and to Kooragang Island.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GWU007 doing the same as above..
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR46 heading north with the former 'Great South Pacific Express' to Brisbane.
Cowan Bank.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR64 AN4 NR104 roll down into Wingello with Melbourne bound 4BM4.
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN012 at Greta.
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN012 XRN023 XRN001 with an up Ulan coal passing through Branxton.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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5002 5011 pass the rather iconic burnt out house at Pitnacree (John Hourigan) Bridge, East Maitland.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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GL112 GL109 shunting the CTAL terminal at Port Botany.
Rebuilt from 442 class ALCo units and all still with Rail First Asset Management.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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2826 and 2824 passing through Stuart in Queensland.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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2844 passing through Bohle (Townsville, Queensland) with a nickle train.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR97 watches the far more interesting D44 as she returns from a CRM shunt.
Port Kembla North (South Yard)
Photo: Brad Peadon
4701 with a short rake of flats from Port Botany.
Gelco on the Botany line in Sydney.
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN019 XRN007 XRN001 empty coal to Ulan passing through the beautiful Branxton station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
2609 undergoing work at the workshops in Redbank (Brisbane, Australia).
The class were withdrawn during 2011 and 2012, all being exported to South Africa. As of 2020 it was leased to 'Trans-Zambesi Rolling Stock Solutions'
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR19 'Maitland' at the Cooks River Staff Hut in Sydney.
Photo: Brad Peadon
9212 9305 TT120 crossing the Hunter River to Kooragang Island with yet another load of coal for shipping.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR121 (ex NR3) and NR54 pass Lake Knockout as they roll into Port Augusta with MP5. We would chase it as far as Hesso.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR92 NR23 DL43 on PM5 stopping at Tailem Bend to dump the DL before racking off forth to Melbourne.
Photo: Brad Peadon
44209 44211 NR1 passing through Warabrook during trials of the brand new class leader.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GWU009 - Branxton
Photo: Brad Peadon
GL107 and Linx G516 approaching Botany yard with containers for the port.
The GL is a rebuilt ALCo 442 class, while the G class originated in Victoria and today is owned by Swift Transport.
Photo: Brad Peadon
CF4401 in the ghastly Aurizon yellow that passes for a livery nowadays.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GWU011 in a far more acceptable livery :-)
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR10 NR104 slowly make their way through Ocean View before negotiating the Illawarra Escarpment down to Port Kembla.
Photo: Brad Peadon
EL54 sitting on the Patricks siding at Port Botany.
Photo: Brad Peadon
A good livery comparison with EL54 above, EL62 is seen at Leightonfield (Sydney) in her original Australian National green and gold.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Western Australia built NR65 'Horsham' sitting in the Broadmeadow Goninan plant at Newcastle.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR101 'Crystal Brook - Redhill' at Cooks River.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GL112 T383 GM10 departing Botany yard.
Should you care, that T class is in the 'Rail Technical Services' livery which, I think, was only worn on two locomotives.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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Inc some views around Newcastle.
Coming soon.
