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Downer/EMD built units SCT015/SCT008 head SCT Logistics' Parkes (NSW) to Perth (WA) transcontinental freight service 1GP1.
Seen climbing through Yorkeys Crossing not long after departing Port Augusta, South Australia, on Monday 24 April 2023.
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Sydney Opera House in the background.
SCT Logistics freight Perth to Melbourne freight 4PM9 takes the western leg of the triangle at Crystal Brook, South Australia, and heads toward Adelaide. The eastern leg visible to the right, leads to Broken Hill and other destinations in New South Wales - Friday 3 May 2025.
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After a signal failure and level crossing failure, 1281 to Tailem Bend lifts its train from the home signal at Altmans road Mt Barker Junction into the crossing loop with GWA007,CLP14,CLP8,CM3314,FQ01 on the morning of 20-7-24
SCT's PM9 setvice from Perth to Melbourne passes through Wolseley with locos SCT014,SCT015,CSR019 passing through the former Junction of the Mt Gambier line on 23-7-24.
The old line formation can be seen curving away behind the train
At the time, the two classes of Pacific National Queensland stand side by side at Pacific National's Stuart loco depot on the outskirts of Townsville with PN009 and 8319 stabled on 20-10-11
Built by EDI at Maryborough in Queensland, 13 of the narrow gauge PN class locos were built in 2004 and 2005. On 20-10-11, loco PN009 stands outside the Stuart loco facility on the outskirts of Townsville.
One of 52 of the EDI built 83 class locos, 8319 stands outside of Pacific National's Stuart loco facilities outside of Townsville on 20-10-11
A common sight in the Adelaide metropolitan area between Belair and Sailsbury is freight trains on the Standard gauge running parallel to Broad gauge suburban passenger services.
PN priority Intermodal service 7MP7 from South Dynon to Kewdale races downgrade through the disused Hawthorn station behind NR75/NR91/NR15 while railcars 3019/3006 attempt to overtake on an Adelaide bound Belair line service on Saturday the 23rd of July 2022. NR75 would be removed at the Adelaide Freight Terminal in order to work The Ghan to Darwin alongside NR18 next day.
© Dom Quartuccio 2022.
The Downer soil series is the New Jersey State Soil. In 1955, G. A. Quackenbush of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station was the first to use the name Downer to represent some yellowish, sandy and somewhat droughty soils of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. However, it was first established as a soil series in 1960 in Gloucester County, in the southern part of the State.
Downer soils are found in woodlands (forest) and many of the Garden State’s vegetables and crops are grown on Downer soil. Common tree species consist of mixed oaks of chestnut, blackjack, white, black, scarlet and post oaks, hickory, and scattered pines such as pitch pines, shortleaf pines, and Virginia pines. Blueberry and bracken fern provide the bush or shrub layer under the trees. These forests are home to white-tailed deer, opossum, mushrooms, lichens and much more. It is also important for putting “garden” in New Jersey’s nickname, the “Garden State.” About 40% of the soil is used for cultivation of high-value vegetable and fruit crops such as peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, apples, asparagus, and sweet potatoes. Hay, pasture, nursery stock and sod production when irrigated, are also grown on this soil. In addition, some of the soil has been used for sand mining and some towns are settled on Downer soil.
For more information about this and other State Soils, visit the Soil Science Society of America "Around the World-State Soils" website.
On Saturday 28/12/2024, 7AD1 (Aurizon intermodal) is seen on the approach to Two Wells (SA) with gwa007-v544 in charge. Nice if they could’ve had the one-off loco on the front.
On Saturday 21/12/2024, a late 4PM9 (SCT intermodal) is seen approaching Mallala road, Korunye (SA) with sct015-csr016 in charge. Curse the stupid crew member who decided to give a point blank toot, totally unnecessary. Anyone who thinks the cheap horns on the gt46caces sound good definitely is NOT fun at parties.
On Sunday 15/12/2024, a late 5PM9 (SCT intermodal) is seen approaching the former Bolivar road crossing in Salisbury North (Adelaide) with sct009-sct006-cf4431-csr012-csr015 in charge. The locos were rearranged at Tailem Bend after sct009 had issues, csr012 was removed at Dooen.
On Sunday 8/12/2024, 6DA2 (Aurizon intermodal) is seen approaching the former Bolivar road crossing in Salisbury North (Adelaide) with the bog-standard gwa010-CLF5 in charge. Just another day of boredom in this dismal state…
