Bathurst Trainspotting

07/09/2026

On Monday the 7th of September 2026, RailFirsts new kids on the block CF4436 and CF4437 sit idle in the Georges Plains Loop with SRS’s Sevice 1893 from Enfield to Australian Food & Fibre’s Warren/Auscott with a rake of empty containers mainly consisting of a nice fresh block of blue MAERSK 40ft containers.

Pics by Josh

15/07/2026

Golden hour QUBE

UGL GE C44aci’s QL020,CF4422 and QL013 idle away in Georges plains loop with Qube Holdings’ empty grain service 9863 from Port Kembla. The train has halted here to wait for the Dubbo XPT to clear the section between Newbridge and Georges plains

15-07-2026

07/07/2026

Righto who kicked the rock when they went back in their Time Machine??

All jokes aside, on July 7th 2026, Pacific National EMD units 8227,8137,8177 and 8222 lead Manildra flour service 8938 through Perthville as they head for Bomaderry.

While SSR is shutdown by ONRSR (Office of National Rail Saftey Regulator) due to previous infringements, Manildra group contacted Pacific National and Aurizon to help out and keep trains rolling to their plant in Bomaderry, resulting in PN doing a “Hook and Pull” solution as their crews aren’t qualified for the new locomotives and Wagons that Manildra own.

Pacific National will help run the Western Flour and grain services while Aurizon will do the Northern trains.

📸 by Josh

05/07/2026

05/07/2026

On the afternoon of July 5th 2026, Pacific National’s 42 year old EMD JT26C-2SS in the form of 8143 makes light work of 8895 empty NDRF railset transfer from Bathurst to Parkes.

📸’s by Josh

26/06/2026

On the chilly afternoon of June 26th 2026, QUBE logistics empty Grain train 9869 crawls into the 1660m long Georges plains loop just south of Bathurst to wait for the eastbound WT28 XPT service from Dubbo to Sydney.

At the head of this empty grain is EMD GT46ACE Gen 2 locomotive QE004 as well as two UGL GE C44aci’s numbered QL014 and QL015.

Taken by Josh

13/06/2026

The June long weekend Bathurst steam weekend

Thought we better chuck up all our pictures from this excellent weekend of chasing 3526 around the countryside for 3 huge days and the westher couldn’t have been more fantastic!

And we also had some great company along the way with Alistaire, Zach and Tim from A -To- Z Photography, Cooper from C.C Rail Images and Duck from TheBritfromOZ, as well as Channel Collaborator Nic

All Pics by Josh

11/05/2026

Thought we better jump on the Candy XPT bandwagon

XP2009 along with XP2006 thunder through Perthville with WT28 from Dubbo to Sydney

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📸 by Josh

09/05/2026

On Saturday the 9th of May 2026, SSR EMD units C506,C505,4908,BRM002 and C502 roar upgrade towards Raglan with Grainforce Logistics/Manildra mills combined train 8178 from Kelso to Port Botany

08/05/2026

On the morning of May 5th 2026, UGL GE C44ACI hired engines in the form of CF4412 (Black Caviar) and CF4411 (Revenue) glide along the “Up Main” at east Maitland with empty Bluescope steel train 2BW7 from Acacia Ridge to Port Kembla.

📸’s by Josh