Rodgie Dodgie! Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Team_Ninja on 28-Jun-09. Waypoint GA1510

Henry St, Launceston, Tasmania

Tas Rail freight train.

Logging for the Cacheopoly Game.

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I must admit I took these photos over a year ago.

Could not rememeber the cache name though.

But I was waiting at the long gone Hoppers Crossing Station Crossing.

Often see a 'Rodgie Dodgie' passing here.

TFTC

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Spotted this afternoon was run 4190 from Newcastle to Port Botany, Sydney. This photo taken at Asquith in the north of Sydney. I haven't spotted engines from these operators before. Hauling the load of containers were Crawfords Freightlines PHC001, Railfirst EL64, and Crawfords Freightlines PHC002. Seems to be a daily service at least during the week when tracking things online. Thanks Team_Ninja for the cache.

S41 04.070 E145 56.350 WIVENHOE TASMANIA

I ws on my way to get caches along the north west coast when I saw this freight train. I drove on ahead to a suitable vantage point to get the appropriate photos.

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Was riding my bike and doing a series of caches in Southern Tasmania recently when I heard a train coming. Dumped the bike and walked through the 10 metres of bush to take the required photo for this cache. Was a bit hard to juggle the GPS and the tablet but did manage to get a photo with me and the freight train. Unfortunately the engine was well and truly past by the time I got organised.
S42 44.220 E147 112.925.
Thanks.

Having stopped here to find the cache View of River View, GC1Z4ED, I’d signed and returned it when Muggle Hubby noticed this very long freight train coming towards us, across the bridge.
I’ve no idea how long it was as I stopped counting to take the photo, but it was the longest freight train we can remember seeing in Australia.
Thanks for the Locationless Team_Ninja

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Below a rail-bridge at Gosford (NSW), engine CM-3307 sits motionless at the front of a lot of rolling stock.

The train line can be noisy sometimes, but that's more than made up for by the long and interesting trains I get to see, plus it's my main mode of transportation to work.

Going for a bicycle ride from Gosford to Woy Woy (NSW) a loooooong freight train went by. Note that I am quite safe, standing behind the rail-property fence. This particular bicycle path for a large section runs between the rail line, road, and Brisbane Water, so it's quite scenic, especially if you don't mind the occasional train. One the way back another freight train went past when I was almost in the exact same spot as before, although this latter train was all coal-carts (?) that would have looked identical if not for the graffiti.

TFTC! Toot toot!

While looking for a cache (GC3988X) a freight train thundered past.

This freight train almost gate crashed a wedding. As we were setting up a freight train went by so took a video and this photo is a screen shot taken from the video. The train was heading to Brighton as all freight trains arrive and leave from Brighton now. No freight leaves or arrives in Hobart anymore. TFTL

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Taken from the car when stopped at lights.

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I had to wait for this train to go by at a Kellerberrin crossing.

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As part of the Brisbane Open House scheme last month the Brisbane Port participated and conducted bus tours of site. While we were there we saw many trains coming and going.
Thanks Team Ninja.

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Going back through some old photos I discovered these photos of a stationary goods train at Deloraine. We had been caching in the Whychwood doing the series of 6 caches that had recently been set there. As we were making our way back to the carpark we found this train, took the photos but then forgot to log the find! TFTC

I was down caching around port adelaide and had just driven across the bridge when this goods train was coming towards me. TFTC

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Spotted this one whizzing by while caching inSouth Island of NZ recently

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never mind being held up by a train.

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riokun

Seen in NZ recently

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Held up by this one recently

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The Southern Line connects Melbourne & Brisbane for freight & is used by passenger services. As I was returning from a walk I heard a train approaching & witnessed this freight train being hauled by four 93 Class locos. It is passing over a bridge which crosses the Wingecarribee River in Burradoo.

Many of the wagons were flat cars used to haul continuous lengths of rail - the rail bends which is pretty amazing. This freight train was of a similar size to the coal trains I have seen in Queensland.

As to how close one can get - you can stand next to the bridge & walk under it if you like.

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Spotted this train while caching in the Katherine area recently ...

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Late logging-just found it on the computer.
No time for a gps
On the outskirts of Darwin

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Going right above the town in Kaikoura, NZ.

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I was visiting friends in the Hunter last year, and walked back from Branxton to their place in North Rothbury. As I passed over the train tracks, the hugest train I think I have ever seen, approached and went under the bridge. I just stood and watched it go and go and go. I took the photo, as I wondered if there was a locationless, but when I trawled through them all, I didn't see it. Tonight, I was looking for another and found it! Hooray - thanks for the cache.

My photographer was too slow for the gps but we got the train.

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No gps as the man mowing the verge was bearing down on me at rather a fast rate.

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Spotted while on a caching trip from Darwin to Katherine .... It flashed past us!

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Snapped this train while on route from the Pan PAcific Peace Park in Redbank - A great day out caching in this area

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I snapped this photo recently while I was stopped at a level crossing waiting for this long train to pass.

Thanks for the cache Team_Ninja!

I cross this railway crossing twice a day, and have done for the last two years. Why is it on the one morning that I am running really late that for work that I arrive at the crossing just as a freight train is passing through?

Lately we have been in Toowoomba a lot but now the reasons for all those visits has but sadly come to a conclusion. Toowoomba Qld is on top of the Great Dividing Range and the main Brisbane to Charleville rail line passes thru this fine city. Most rail traffic these days are coal trains and goods trains but there are still two passenger services ech way per week. Just happened to come upon this train of coal wagons and caught it on the loop with the engines and the back of the train. TFTC

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A long container freight train at Picton station (NSW) on it's way to Sydney probably from Melbourne.

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I was in Moss Vale looking for one of those new trig types - CORS so after finding what I referred to as a Scientific Looking Object I wandered down to a park near Moss Vale Railway Station & noticed two goods trains. They seemed unremarkable until I noticed a particular diesel. I suppose diesels never die, they just get recycled. What an ignominious end.

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I was driing along Mort Street in Toowoomba Qld when I spied this Coal Train of Empty wagons heading West out of Toowoomba. It had come from Brisbane and I thought was goping out west for another load of coa. I got in front of the train and waited patiently at a crossing in a safwe position and then I notice the train was about 100m away on another line. The line the train was on is the line that goes into the Willowburn rilway yards ahee trains are staged and parked. It used to be called the Lco Workshops in my Dads day. I drove to the Quarters Yard and managed to capture the third Diesel and the first wagon as it proceeded into the marshalling yards. There were about 7 made up sections of wagons parked in the roads. TFTC

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Freight train passing through Caulfield station, on its way to BHP Steel.

Every now and then a freight train passes below my office window, presumably heading down to BHP's Westernport plant. Today I decided would be an ideal time to claim this locationless as a find. Photo attached, and if you look very closely, you can see the reflection of my GPSr in the window. Cheers!

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Here is a train that runs down one of the major streets of Rockhampton, Qld each day. The traffic has to stop for the train, of course if you want to cross the line traveling se to ne. This is a QR National Goods train.

Tricky in Tassie to get a picture of a goods train.
The wharf area is where TasRail operate but its like fort knocks.
I snuck in as close as i could get via the Cenotaph
If my picture isn't sufficient then Im happy to delete my log
Thanks for the cache Team_Ninja

This goods train was spotted near these co ords in Brisbane while we were hunting GC Quarts2.... happy to have another smiley to tick off the list

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This triple headrer freight train came along while I was waiting for my train at Bellambi station near Wollongong. Most likely headed for Port Kembla as it was a grain carrying freight.

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A freight train approaching Robertson Heritage Railway Station. The wagons were all empty requiring only one diesel despite the line rising 2000 feet since leaving Unanderra.

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Driving along Bridge Street in Toowoomba Qld on my way home today and got stopped in a line of traffic at the railway boom gates. Could see the wagons of a Coal train on the distant line on the the large loop that goes through the middle of Toowoomba from the west before the line loops back to head North then east on the eastern journey to Brisbane. No engines in sight yet so waited then took the photo.

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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs on a run to the beach, and we were held up at a railway crossing when the WanderingMrs took a wrong turn onto Mason Road in the industrial area of Kwinana.

Within a minute this grain train came chuffing through on the Kwinana Beach Railway, bound for the Cooperative Bulk Handling depot. When I was preparing the first photo for this cache I noticed I'd also captured a piece of rainbow, allowing me to also claim a find of GA1358 The Rainbow By Everlasting. When I was preparing the second photo for this cache I noticed I'd also captured a pair of yellow signs, allowing me to also claim a find of GA3344 Yellow Crossing Signs by corunnaroad. As a bonus I was also able to claim a find of GA2233 Railway Crossings by rogerw3.



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Was travelling home after a couple of days caching the East Coast of Tasmania. This goods mover passed by me on the Tea Tree Road, Tea Tree, Tasmania.
Compared to the mainland, they move very slowly over here as we have a narrower rail guage.
But by Tassie standards, this loco was rather long. Didn't count the carriages but a lot for this little state.
TFTC and cheers OldSaint.

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Spotted this one just outside of Ararat in Victoria. Didn't seem to be anywhere though....but no doubt it will.

Thanks for the locationless.

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WanderingAus wandered by, exploring around Esperance with the WanderingMrs and our three oldest grandchildren, accompanied by our son, his wife, and our two youngest grandchildren.

We were returning to the caravan park when we were held up for quite a while by this goods train on the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Railway as it crossed Pink Lake Road. The red car in the second photo is stopped at the railway crossing.



There was some disagreement about the number of ore wagons in the train, Mikayla counted 501, Axcel 504 and Ethan 494. It's likely that there were 500 wagons.

I'm also getting very good at capturing myself in the photos.

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Found One!
Well I was trying to find a locationless cache for my 900th so I was looking for a disused railway station in Two Wells - turns out they don't have a railway station so I headed off to Mallala. Then just out of Two Wells I see a freight train heading towards Mallala...
He was going along at about 90km/h and I was going at 100km/h. By the time he got to Mallala I had passed him and had time to jump out and take a photo as he came into Mallala...
Thanks for the adventure and my 900th find!

In New Zealand looking for the last carriage.

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Another in NZ but at last an engine in it.

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Another last carriage.

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Thought I was meant to get the last carriage.

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In Victoria.

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Quadruple header at speed thru the station. With 4x 82 class diesel taking 43 empty coal hoppers back to the western coal field for filling up before returning to Port Kembla. I was on the platform waiting for a Lithgow train.

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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 122 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after 11 weeks in Darwin and a couple of weeks meandering across and down through Queensland then slowly down the Kidman Way to Griffith. The WanderingMrs had determined through the wonders of the Information Superhighway that there was line dancing a couple of nights in Griffith, so we checked in to the caravan park for six nights.

After that we continued on down the Kidman Way, with a stop at Jerilderie for lunch, then carried on to Finley where we booked in to the caravan park for two nights.

After a nice lunch at the RSL Club I left the WanderingMrs there while I hunted down GC2X111 A Little Bit Of History In Finley, then I went back to pick her up. After a bit of time in Finlay we took a drive to Tocumwal, where I spotted this goods train pulling out of Tocumwal on the Strathmerton-Tocumwal Railway.



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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 120 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after 11 weeks in Darwin and a couple of weeks meandering across and down through Queensland we continued on down the Kidman Way to Griffith. The WanderingMrs had determined through the wonders of the Information Superhighway that there was line dancing the night before in Griffith, as well as a few nights later, so we checked in to the caravan park for at least four nights.

I was hoping to make my 4,200th find while in Griffith, so after a detour to Leeton to pick up a couple to get me to 4,199 I chose GC1H25F Dom's Dilemma by Aggysaunt for the big milestone. After lunch at the club I left the WanderingMrs there and headed up the hill for the hunt. After an interesting walk and successful hunt I returned to pick up the WanderingMrs from the club and we headed back to the caravan park.

As we approached the main street out of town I spotted a goods train getting up to speed, and thought I might be held up by it when I got to the caravan park, but it was travelling too slowly and I had plenty of time to park the geoPajero and walk over to the fence to take a photo of another goods train passing by on the Yanco-Griffith Railway, heading out of Griffith.



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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 115 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after 11 weeks in Darwin and a couple of weeks meandering across and down through Queensland and New South Wales we spent a night in Lake Cargelligo, because the WanderingMrs had determined through the wonders of the Information Superhighway that there was line dancing that night in Lake Cargelligo, before continuing on to Griffith where there was line dancing the following night.

We had just finished setting up the caravan in the caravan park in Griffith when I heard the familiar rumble, and walked over to the fence to take a photo of this goods train passing by on the Yanco-Griffith Railway, heading out of Griffith.



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In Townsville I often get stopped at this level crossing opposite the Ross Island Hotel. Trains to and from the port go through here and the traffic just has to wait.
I somehow missed the loco going past in the rush to get my camera out.
As I noted before I have hundreds of such photos over the years (much better than this) but without a GPSr.

WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 102 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, wandering around Longreach, and after hunting down GC29HYC On The Road to Fame by xr400sim I crossed the road to take a photo of this goods train in the Longreach Goods Yard.



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WanderingAus wandered by with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) on day 99 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading East from Mount Isa, stopped for lunch at Cloncurry's Mary Kathleen Park, then continued on towards Longreach. As we turned off the Flinders Highway onto the Landsborough Highway I spotted a goods train on the Great Northern Railway crossing the highway ahead. I pulled the camera out to take a shot of it and of the Railway Crossing, and the batteries dropped out into my lap. By the time I got them back in and fired up the camera the train was disappearing into the distance, but I managed to get a shot between the door frame of the geoPajero and the head of the WanderingMrs.



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Mr y's T's father was a train driver with the TGR in Tasmania so when we saw this goods train moving slowly in the marshalling yards at Katherine NT preparing to head north to Darwin we had to take the photo from the overpass over the railway line.

Stationary goods train at Clarence, NSW -- in the Blue Mountains.

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 6 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading north from Port Hedland, when we were held up at a railway crossing where the Great Northern Highway crosses the iron ore railway from the Mount
Whaleback Mine at Newman. We hadn't even stopped when the WanderingMrs took the first two shots of the iron ore train approaching from the right, then she took a shot towards the left. To finish it off I grabbed the camera for a final shot of the loco and wagons heading off to the port.



The road train ahead of us was an empty set of three iron ore trailers, which we followed until it turned off onto the Marble Bar Road. There was another identical road train ahead of it, also held up by the rail train.

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I never even clicked on this locationless before now. Had no idea what it was from the title. Now I know... I've got hundreds of such photos but none with the GPS of course. That will change.

WanderingAus wandered by, out for a Sunday drive, and about 3 Km after passing through Brunswick Junction spotted this goods train heading south. My best guess is that it was carrying alumina from the Worsley Alumina Refinery to the port in Bunbury.



I was about to take a third shot, on the bend and closer to the loco, when the camera beeped it's "flattus batteryus" message.

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WanderingAus wandered by, after hunting down GC2N3Y1 Bries Waroona Wander - Waroona Dam by Allys Angels and aiming for a run over the hills to Kojonup, and spotted this goods train heading north through Brunswick Junction.



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This photo taken from the Park Street Bridge over the Main Western Train Line looking towards Katoomba station. This train returns mostly empty container back to Sydney. This train is stopped at Katoomba station waiting for a Cityrail passenger train to arrive from Sydney and then return to Sydney before it is given a clear road.

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I have been meaning to get this shot for a long time, this is a daily cement train from Sydney going west. This spot is just before the Lithgow yard. I would assume that most of these shipment end up at the local collieries.

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A freight train waiting its turn at Bomaderry railway station. There was a passenger motor-rail ready to leave & another freight train that was shunting its wagons. There are four freight trains per day, averaging 25 wagons & they all serve the one enterprise - Manildra Starches. A family owned company that produces starches, glucose & is Australia's largest ethanol distiller.

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This photo was taken at Bomen Business Park on the outskirts of Wagga. It was a quick pull up of the vehicle and rest the GPS and camera on the roof of the car to get it as it went past. Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (saleyards). The suburb is also home to Wagga Wagga's secondary (and original) railway station on the Great Southern Line, when the line waited for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River.

WanderingAus wandered by, taking three of the grandkids for a run around the southwest, when we were held up at a railway crossing where the Southwest Highway crosses the South Western Railway Harvey-Brunswick, on the outskirts of Wokalup. It was a couple of minutes before this goods train heading south finally appeared from behind us.



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Saw this train on the way to Logan

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At the Buranda Rwy Stn trying to find GA "Hanging Gardens of Buranda" when I heard a certain noise and whipped around to see a goods train going through the station. Ran up the ramp and tried to photograph GPSr + train through the railings. So glad to get this cache at last - any other time I've seen a goods train I've been too late to get a photo. sorry photo is on other computer so will upload later tonight.

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Spotted this empty coal train on the down track on its way back toward Lithgow to load up at one of the mines. This is just past Springwood station, NSW.

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I was just walking along the bridge just before Lithgow station when this freight train went past on the UP line toward Sydney.
Mostly empty containers by the rattling sound!

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 165 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading West towards home, when I spotted this goods train heading south on the Port Augusta to Adelaide Railway about 7 Km north of Port Germein. I took a few shots before it completely passed me by.



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Found while on holidays in QLD

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Lead diesels of coal train at Gladstone. Could not myself in a safe position to get any of the wagons in and have all the Diesels in the photo. gladstone has many coal trains coming into the port fromthe North and South on a daily basis and no doubt there will eventually be several logs for this area.

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The Darling downs used to be well known for grain crops and cattle and sheep. Just recently coal has been found west of Dalby all the way out to Miles and of course natural gas has also been found and is being developed. there is a coal load out facility at Macilster where this train was seen and there is another Coal mine further west closer to Chinchilla. The Coal from here is taken by train to the port at Brisbane but that might change in the future when and if the Melbourne to Darwin railway line is opened. The link to be built is from Wandoan to Taroom and then to Banana and then to the port of Gladstone. Of course the existing line will also need to be upgraded.

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Standing on Exeter Station in the Southern Highlands of NSW when the bells at the pedestrian crossing started to sound & a very long freight train roared past. Was transporting a wide variety of freight.

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Coal train going thru in Mt Victoria station while I waiting for the Lithgow train.
Triple Header Pacific National 8208+DL38+DL44 consist of 44 coal hoppers (each 15m) that would make an overall length of about 700m!
We call these trains Robbies (Coltrane)

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 101 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading from Bathurst to Sydney, when I spotted this goods train travelling through Medlow Bath.



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WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, having morning tea in a park at Blackwater, when I spotted this full coal train heading east either to Gladstone for export or to ???? for use in the power station.



As I waited once more for the "engines in the middle" an empty coal train went past heading west, so I took a few more shots. You can see the wagons of the empty train through the gaps of the full train, and between the third and fourth wagons you can see a glimpse of one of the empty trains locos (at the top arrow). In the bottom half of this image you can see the last wagon of the full train (at the lower left arrow) and the locos of the empty train (at the lower right arrow).



As the full train cleared my field of view the "engines in the middle" of the empty coal train finally appeared and I got the shot I'd been waiting for (for about three weeks, since arriving in "Coal Country" aka the Bowen Basin).



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WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading towards Blackwater on the Capricorn Highway, when I spotted this empty coal train coming towards us about 3 Km west of Blackwater. The camera was in my hand ready, so I managed to get a head-on shot. I was hoping for a shot of the "engines in the middle", but surprisingly this one only had the two pulling locos.



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found this goods train on the way to a cache.

Not the normal place you'd see a goods train going past. Not on a highway, not at a rail crossing, but right in the middle of a picturesque Adelaide Hills village. Mrs Wibble grew up in the area and the railway line winds its way through the Adelaide hills. When long goods trains go through, they produce such a squealing noise that you can hear them coming from miles away. Mrs Wibble's high school classes were interrupted at least once a day as the train went past - even though it was a few hundred metres from the school, as it was so loud that teaching was sometimes impossible! This train was going past as we pulled up in Aldgate this morning, squeals and all.

WanderingAus wandered by on day 75 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading out from the caravan park along Farrelly's Lane South Mackay for a day exploring to the north of Mackay, when I spotted this goods train crossing the railway crossing ahead of us. We just got close enough for a good photo before the train left the frame.



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WanderingAus wandered by on day 71 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, exploring south of Mackay, when I spotted this loaded coal train heading towards Hay Point Coal Terminal. The train was passing under Ironsides Road which leads to Grasstree Beach, so I grabbed a shot of it ahead of me, then as we passed over it on the bridge grabbed another shot off to the left.



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WanderingAus wandered by on day 66 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, returning from Collinsville to Bowen along the Bowen Developmental Road, when I spotted this loaded coal train heading northeast towards Bowen or possibly Abbot Point. The camera was already in hand "just in case" so I grabbed a shot with 15 wagons and the 4 engines in frame.



The train had slowed for some unknown reason (we were still 30 CroKs southwest of Bowen) so 15 seconds later I got a shot of just the four locos (and part of the car and hand of the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO)).



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WanderingAus wandered by on day 63 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, heading from Ayr to Bowen along the Bruce Highway, when I spotted this coal train heading south near Merinda. There was no chance to get a photo then, but I was travelling faster than the train and about 5 Km further along I spotted a side-track and railway crossing, so I pulled off the highway and was just in time to grab a couple of shots, then we were on our way again.



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This crossing isn't far from home, and I love those still nights when you can hear the Rodgie Dodgie in the distance. But it's also the bane of my morning and evening travel to and from work - being held up almost every day in peak traffic is highly annoying.

It was a relatively short train today. Picture has been taken with my iPhone which is my main GPSr, hence it's not in the pic.

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 59 of our annual 'Climatic Refugee' trip, returning to Ayr along the Bruce Highway after exploring to the south, when I spotted an actual goods train (not a cain train) heading towards this railway crossing at Mirrigan Road. I just had time for the camera to fire up for a shot before we passed the crossing AND the engine.



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I was so excited to get this one! After a visit to Homebush Bay, I arrived at Rhodes railway station to find a goods train parked at the platform, waiting for a signal to go into the city. omg, omg, omg!!!! I had my "can take a picture" spare mobile phone in my bag and I frantically dug around for it only to have ANOTHER goods train arrive going in the other direction! The first one headed off but the second one was nice and long so it was still travelling past me as I got the phone going and proceeded to look through the back of the phone to try to get a photo.

Everything looked black but it turns out that's the camera lens at the back and you look at the front of the phone! So I have a few photos of not much at all but luckily I also have 5 photos of bits of the train! The gps didn't make it into the photo as I was having quite enough trouble working one bit of technology at a time!

Eventually the train finished going by and the gps was on and ready to go so I marked a waypoint and sat down to wait for my train. You won't believe this but yet ANOTHER goods train started to go through just as my train arrived and I thought I might get another photo that had the gps in it but there wasn't time. I did manage to leave my umbrella behind on the platform seat but luckily I kept all the gadgets with me so I still had all the required proof to log this cache.
How rare is that eh??? 3 goods trains within 10 minutes at a suburban station! Or maybe every Tuesday at 12:50pm these trains go by - I wonder?

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 49 of our annual 'Climatic Refugee' trip, turning off Captain Cook Highway onto Mossman-Mount Molloy Road heading towards the Atherton Tableland, when a cane train crossed our path and caused us to wait.



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While at the cemetary visiting old friends I was shocked to see the longest train I have ever seen drive past. I could not refuse taking the photo

I couldnt believe my luck when we pulled up to take photos of a railway crossing and this went past, I sat there watching for a while til it clicked that I wanted a photo of it....hubby just laughed at me.

WanderingAus wandered by on day 35 of our annual 'Climatic Refugee' trip, heading into Townsville from the caravan park, when a goods train came rumbling along near Garland Road, Deeragun.



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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 26 of our annual 'Climatic Refugee' trip, heading into Townsville from the caravan park, when a goods train came rumbling along, also heading Southward towards the city. I quickly grabbed the camera, and took a couple of photos.



My poor old Magellan Explorist 500 gpsr is seriously displaying it's ailments, the bottom elastic band is to hold the split casing together, and the top elastic band is to keep the electric contacts together so that the battery gets charged. Sadly it's not long for this world after long and faithful service, I had already decided to bid on a new Magellan Explorist GC gpsr the next day, it claims to be "the only gpsr specially designed for geocaching". I hope it lives up to that, because the Magellan Triton series is "the most un-geocache ready gpsr ever produced". The auction on EBay closed the next night, and I won, so now I wait in anticipation.

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Keith

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Passing at Spring Bluff Qld

WanderingAus wandered by about 9 PM on a Saturday night, and had just placed Waypoint 2 of my new cache GC26YF5 WanAus 176 - Mundijong Meander, when a goods train came rumbling along, heading Northward towards Perth. I quickly finished that waypoint, then grabbed the camera, fired up the flash, and took a couple of photos. With the gpsr in the photo only the gpsr and the side lights of the train were visible, but I was able to get one of just the train which showed the wagons, just before it disappeared into the night. I made a composite photo to comply with the cache requirements.



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Keith

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On the way to Canberra, Sudden the train come so I stopped and took some photos. Love count the cargo.... hanks.

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The little red tags love trains and we regularly spot (and chase) the freight train that leaves Hobart around lunch time every week day.
A friend who just happens to know one of the train drivers mentioned to him about our train chasing expeditions and his reply was "is that that crazy woman in the red car!" .... :O
We arent about to give it up so I better get a new car
Thanks for the cache.