Saturday, July 30, 2011

headboard!!

R 707 getting ready for the weekend’s event, before the midnight crew give it a scrub – John Green
Former west coast railway passenger carriage ACZ 255 in grey primer undergoing repaint by 707 Operations Inc  - John Green
Former West Coast Railways Carriage ACZ 255 being prepared for initial Undercoating, prior to  final bodywork and repainting, the former tangerine and VR blue liveries appear in patches beneath the WCR livery – John Green

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

NGPF, NGPF, NGXH


29/05/2011
NGXH 37333-X
Carrington Yards
NGXH's 37333-X, 37332-W, 37331-N in AWB blue livery, NGXH's 37133-X, 37132-R & 37131-W stabled in the yards
Brad Coulter
NGPF 36041-X
Varley Engineering's Storage Yard Carrington
Goninan built NGPF wagon stored without bogies on the ground between 2 other unidentified NGPF's. This hopper most likely 1 of the hoppers involved in the Whittingham derailment and is stored pending repairs.
Brad Coulter
NGPF 36076-X
Varley Engineering's Storage Yard Carrington
This NGPF also stored minus bogies on the ground next to an NGDX, these 2 hoppers are stored at right angles to the other stored wagons on the site.
Brad Coulter

RCOF, RKHF, RKHF


29/05/2011
RCOF 20867-R
Stabled Morandoo Yards
The "C" on the target plate had been painted over.
This 1 of 14 BDY/NODY wagons rebuilt for coil wire traffic in 1991/92 period, these are slowly being replaced by containers loaded on RQRY/PRRY wagons.
Brad Coulter
RKHF 20583-R
Stabled Morandoo Yards
This wagon having 1 black & 1 yellow bogie
Brad Coulter
RKHF 20605-B
Stabled Morandoo Yards
This one of the more recent refurb'd variations of this code, painted in the PN blue livery, and as per the RCOF's these also were originally BDY/NODY types
Brad Coulter

PRRY, RQRY, RQRY


29/05/2011
PRRY 5021-M
Morandoo Yards
Originally ordered by FCL the PRRY's have only been used by PacNat, originally only used in container transport, they are becoming increasingly common on steel trains, transporting coil wire 40ft containers. This having the load of "CS21" abiet being empty.
Brad Coulter
RQRY 01008-X
Morandoo Yards
Loaded with empty coil wire 40ft container "CS01", this container was the prototype and is the only 1 painted grey, all others are blue. 
Brad Coulter
RQRY 01013-R
Morandoo Yards
Loaded with empty coil wire 40ft container "CS19" 
Brad Coulter

RKAX, RKCX, ROCY

29/05/2011
RKAX 2-T
Stabled Morandoo Yards
Brad Coulter
RKCX 347

Stabled Morandoo Yards
The green tarp has in faded black lettering Pacific National
Brad Coulter
ROCY 34790-S
Stabled Morandoo Yards
A wagon that is getting rarer to see around this area
Brad Coulter