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Pacific National interstate steel trains

Until 2021 Pacific National carried raw materials and finished steel product to and from the BlueScope, Arrium and Onesteel plants at Port Kembla, NSW and Westernport, Victoria; with trains running Melbourne-Wollongong-Brisbane and Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth. Since 2022 the trains only transport steel for Liberty Steel Australia from their plant at Whyalla.

Less smoke - NR107 has an open engine room door

NR107 leads PN liveried NR36 westbound on MA5 with a mix of steel and container wagons

Wednesday 11 November 2009 7:37 PM
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NR107 leads PN liveried NR36 into North Shore on MA5 westbound

With a mix of steel and container wagons

Wednesday 11 November 2009 7:37 PM
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NR63 as the trailing unit

On XW4 steel train

Tuesday 20 October 2009 5:19 PM
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NR47, NR43 and NR63 on XW4 steel train at North Shore

Tuesday 20 October 2009 5:18 PM
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NR47 in the lead eastbound at North Shore

On XW4 steel train

Tuesday 20 October 2009 5:18 PM
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Back in open country again with NR79 in the lead

Monday 19 October 2009 2:27 PM
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Letting NR79, NR31 and NR27 back in front, after slowing for a township

Monday 19 October 2009 2:27 PM
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Changed from paddocks to scrub, as NR79, NR31 and NR27 lead a southbound steel train

Monday 19 October 2009 2:26 PM
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Still pacing the trio of NR79, NR31 and NR27 along the Olympic Way

Monday 19 October 2009 2:25 PM
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NR79 with pole lines in front and paddocks behind

Monday 19 October 2009 2:24 PM
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Pacing Indian Pacific liveried NR27

Monday 19 October 2009 2:23 PM
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Down end of the yard at Culcairn

Monday 19 October 2009 2:12 PM
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A bit of black smoke from the NRs

Monday 19 October 2009 2:12 PM
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NR79, NR31 and NR27 running through Culcairn on a southbound steel train

Monday 19 October 2009 2:12 PM
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Tilt sheet steel wagons at the tail end

Monday 19 October 2009 1:59 PM
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Looking south down the pole line

Monday 19 October 2009 1:58 PM
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Northing much at the down end of Henty, as NR79, NR31 and NR27 head through with a steel train

Monday 19 October 2009 1:58 PM
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Not much left of the yard or silos either, as NR79, NR31 and NR27 roll through Yerong Creek

Monday 19 October 2009 1:46 PM
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Just a CountryLink sign on the platform at Yerong Creek

Monday 19 October 2009 1:46 PM
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Coil steel wagons underneath The Rock

Monday 19 October 2009 1:35 PM
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NR79, NR31 and NR27 on the move again at The Rock

Monday 19 October 2009 1:34 PM
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The steel train departs on the main line after the cross, the XPT stops at the platform on the loop road

Monday 19 October 2009 1:34 PM
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Open top scrap steel containers on the train

Monday 19 October 2009 12:58 PM
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Headed towards Wagga and the Murrumbidgee

Monday 19 October 2009 12:58 PM
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