Southern Shorthaul Railroad Victorian standard gauge grain
Saturday 13 April 2024
In August 2017 Southern Shorthaul Railroad commenced operating grain trains on the standard gauge in Victoria.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad works trains
Saturday 13 April 2024
Since August 2019 Southern Shorthaul Railroad has been operating works trains on the Melbourne suburban rail network on behalf of Metro Trains Melbourne.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad Kensington grain
Saturday 13 April 2024
In November 2017 Southern Shorthaul Railroad commenced operating broad gauge grain trains to the Kensington mill in suburban Melbourne.
SCT Logistics - steel transfers
Saturday 13 April 2024
In 2021 SCT Logistics commenced transporting BlueScope Steel products on the East-West corridor, after winning a 10 year joint contract with Qube Logistics from Pacific National in 2020.
SCT Logistics - Dooen freight
Monday 8 April 2024
SCT Logistics commenced running their Melbourne-Dooen freight service in 2015, which unlike their other trains operates to the Port of Melbourne and only carries container wagons - it doesn't stop at their Altona depot and conveys no boxvans.
Pacific National Griffith freight
Friday 5 April 2024
Pacific National operates the standard gauge MC2/CM3 freight service from the Port of Melbourne to the NSW Riverina town of Griffith, with additional loading collected from Leeton and Bomen.
Pacific National standard gauge grain
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Grain is a major freight traffic in Victoria, with Pacific National running grain trains from Victorian silos on standard gauge to export export terminals at Melbourne, Geelong and Portland, as well as interstate to NSW.
Pacific National standard gauge Mildura freight
Friday 15 March 2024
The Mildura freight runs from Merbein (just north of the town) to Melbourne and return for Wakefield Transport. The train is made up of standard and refrigerated containers, and commenced running on standard gauge from mid-2018 folliowing the gauge conversion of the Mildura line.
Qube Logistics Moorebank to Melbourne freight
Thursday 14 March 2024
In November 2022 Qube Logistics commenced operating a intermodal service from Moorebank in Sydney to North Dynon in Melbourne.
Qube Logistics 'hospital' train to Altona
Thursday 14 March 2024
Qube Logistics operates an irregular 'hospital' train conveying standard gauge wagons to their maintenance facility in the former CRT yard at Altona North.
Wagons and containers
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Photos of various freight wagons - if I know what train they are on then the photos are sorted into albums by operator and service, otherwise they are in albums by wagon code. You can view the new wagon and container photos in the order they were uploaded at this page.
Geelong broad gauge freight
Sunday 10 March 2024
Miscellaneous Pacific National broad gauge freight around Geelong - there is stuff all these days
Pacific National Warrnambool freight
Sunday 10 March 2024
The Warrnambool freight carries containers between Melbourne and the Westvic depot in Warrnambool, usually running Monday through Friday. Operated by Pacific National, except for a period between April and October 2008 when El Zorro took over the contract. The train length is constrained by short crossing loops and often runs during the day on the down trip due to pathing issues beyond Geelong
Pacific National - Melbourne standard gauge freight
Sunday 10 March 2024
Pacific National standard gauge intermodal services from Adelaide and New South Wales meet at Melbourne, running via the western suburbs into the Melbourne Freight Terminal at South Dynon.
Pacific National Long Island steel train
Saturday 9 March 2024
Until 2020 Pacific National operated the Long Island steel train to the BlueScope Steel mill at Hastings, south of Frankston. The steel is transferred from broad to standard gauge trains at the Melbourne Freight Terminal at South Dynon. In 2015 this facility replaced the Melbourne Steel Terminal, just west of North Melbourne station.
Qube Logistics interstate steel trains
Friday 8 March 2024
In December 2021 Qube Logistics commenced transporting BlueScope Steel products along the east coast, after winning a 10 year joint contract with SCT Logistics from Pacific National in 2020.
SCT Logistics - Melbourne/Brisbane services
Wednesday 6 March 2024
SCT Logistics started their Melbourne-Brisbane service in 2010 with SCT vans attached to Aurizon BM7/MB7 services. They started operating their own services between Melbourne and Barnawartha (outside Wodonga) in 2016, these services being extended through to Brisbane in 2017.
South Dynon
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Located between Dynon and Footscray Roads, alongside Moonee Ponds Creek and the Maribyrnong River, the South Dynon precinct includes the Pacific National operated Melbourne Freight Terminal and Melbourne Operations Terminal
Qube shuttles at the Port of Melbourne
Sunday 3 March 2024
In November 2023 Qube Logistics started operating container shuttle trains between Swanson Dock West and Victoria Dock due to industrial action blocking access to the DP World container terminal.
Port of Melbourne
Sunday 3 March 2024
Trains and railway lines at Melbourne's Victoria, Appleton and Swanson Docks.
Pacific National Tocumwal freight
Sunday 3 March 2024
Pacific National (formerly Patrick PortLink) operate a container service between Appleton Dock in Melbourne and Tocumwal, loading also being attached / removed at Mooroopna (Shepparton).
North Dynon
Sunday 3 March 2024
Located between the main passenger lines at South Kensington and Dynon Roads, along with Moonee Ponds Creek and the Maribyrnong River, the North Dynon precinct includes the Agents Sidings and the P&O Trans Australia container terminal at 'T' gate.
Pacific National - Western standard gauge
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Out on the Western standard gauge, from beyond Gheringhap across the plains towards South Australia
Locomotives, light engines, and lashups
Sunday 11 February 2024
As the title suggests: Locomotives, Light Engines, and Lashups of various freight locos. There is a lot of smoking it up for the camera as well... ;-)
Pacific National broad gauge in Melbourne
Saturday 10 February 2024
Miscellaneous Pacific National broad gauge freight movements through Melbourne - there isn't much these days...
Pacific National - North East standard gauge freight
Friday 9 February 2024
Pacific National standard gauge intermodal freight services on the North East line from Melbourne towards the NSW border at Albury.
Qube Logistics Long Island steel train
Tuesday 30 January 2024
In January 2022 Qube Logistics commenced transporting BlueScope Steel products to the BlueScope Steel mill at Hastings, south of Frankston, after winning a 10 year joint contract from Pacific National in 2020. The steel is transferred from broad to standard gauge trains at the Melbourne Freight Terminal at South Dynon.
Pacific National broad gauge grain
Saturday 27 January 2024
Grain is a major freight traffic in Victoria, but drought has cut the level of traffic in recent years. Broad gauge trains operate to export terminals at Melbourne and Geelong.
V/Line trackwork and maintenance
Friday 26 January 2024
Trackwork on the V/Line network that stretches across Victoria
Qube Logistics Apex quarry train
Wednesday 10 January 2024
The Apex train carries gravel and other quarry products from Kilmore East on the North East line, to Westall in south-eastern Melbourne, Brooklyn in western Melbourne, and North Shore in Geelong. Originally operated by Freight Australia then Pacific National, in 2016 Qube Logistics won the contract.
Qube Logistics Ultima freight
Monday 8 January 2024
In June 2019 Qube Logistics commenced a new service conveying containerised hay from Ultima to the Port of Melbourne for export.
Pacific National diverted freight via Melbourne
Monday 8 January 2024
During disruptions to the usual Sydney-Perth freight route via Broken Hill, Pacific National have diverted these freight trains via Melbourne instead.
SCT Logistics - Melbourne/Perth services
Saturday 30 December 2023
SCT Logistics started their Melbourne-Perth rail service in 1995, with V/Line followed by Freight Australia providing hook and pull services until they acquired their own locomotives in 2007.
Qube Logistics Maryvale paper train
Wednesday 27 September 2023
Since June 2013 Qube Logistics has operated the Maryvale Paper train that runs from Melbourne to the Australian Paper factory at Maryvale, north of Morwell
SCT Logistics - Altona depot and light engine moves
Monday 7 August 2023
SCT Logistics got their start running east-west freight trains between Melbourne and Perth via Adelaide, running out of a depot at North Dynon. They now operate trains out of a much larger depot at Altona, running west to Perth as well as north to Brisbane.
Qube Logistics containerised cotton trains
Friday 4 August 2023
Qube Logistics operates containerised cotton trains from the Auscott Cotton processing plant at Nevertire in Northern NSW to Port Botany.
SCT Logistics - Sadleirs Logistics
Tuesday 1 August 2023
On 29 September 2021 SCT Logistics commenced providing rail services to Sadleirs Logistics.
Qube Logistics standard gauge grain
Tuesday 23 May 2023
Rail freight company Qube Logistics operates standard gauge grain trains across Victoria and New South Wales.
Track machines
Monday 9 January 2023
Pictures of ballast tampers, ballast plows, sleeper wagons, rail layers, overhead wiring trucks, rail grinders and other trackwork machinery and trains
Qube Logistics broad gauge cement train
Friday 11 November 2022
In September 2019 Qube Logistics started a new containerised cement service running on broad gauge between North Dynon and the Kimberly Clark siding at Dandenong South. The loaded cement containers are brought down from New South Wales by train to Victoria Dock.
Melbourne freight terminals
Friday 28 October 2022
Freight terminals in Melbourne include the Melbourne Steel Terminal, Creek Sidings, and the remains of Melbourne Yard west of Moonee Ponds Creek; as well as North and South Dynon on the western side. Further afield are SCT Laverton and CRT Altona, and Austrak Somerton
Qube Logistics standard gauge cement train
Thursday 27 October 2022
In April 2018 Qube Logistics started a new service conveying containerised cement between Sydney and Melbourne. The containers are loaded at a cement works in NSW and trucked to the Minto intermodal terminal Minto in Sydney, then railed to Victoria Dock in Melbourne, replacing the Berrima to Somerton cement train once operated by Pacific National.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad NSW grain trains
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Southern Shorthaul Railroad operates grain trains throughout New South Wales to both domestic customers and export terminals.
Qube Logistics Port Botany-Harefield freight
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Qube Logistics operates a train between Port Botany and Harefield in southern NSW conveying containerised paper products from the Visy paper mill at Tumut.
Pacific National - Main South freight
Wednesday 12 October 2022
Pacific National standard gauge intermodal freight services on the Main South line from Sydney towards the Victorian border at Albury.
Pacific National NSW grain trains
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Pacific National operates grain trains throughout New South Wales to both domestic customers and export terminals.
Pacific National ore trains
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Pacific National operates trains transporting containerised ore from mines across NSW to export terminals.
Pacific National Cripps Creek garbage train
Monday 10 October 2022
Since 2004 Pacific National runs garbage trains from Veolia's transfer stations at Clyde and Banksmeadow in metropolitan Sydney to the Cripps Creek intermodal terminal, outside Tarago in the Southern Highlands. From there the containerised rubbish is transferred to the Woodlawn Bioreactor, where the waste is placed in a former quarry to generate energy from landfill gas.
Pacific National limestone trains
Monday 10 October 2022
Pacifc National operates limestone trains from the quarry at South Marulan to Berrima and Maldon for the Boral cement works, Port Kembla for the BlueScope steelworks, and Moss Vale for Omya Australia.
Pacific National aggregate trains
Monday 10 October 2022
Pacifc National operates aggregate trains from quarries in the Southern Highlands at South Marulan and Lynwood to consumers around New South Wales.