Coal train at Gatton 2

I am taking a brief break from working on the 'Timeless scene series' to work on some images of everyday operations on the Western Line through the Lockyer Valley. With QR's profitable freight and coal business being sold off by Premier Anna Bligh to fund her government's building schemes, I decided that I better start recording today's operations before privatization changes the system and ruins it.

Here we see a pair of 2300 class diesels haul a consist of loaded coal hoppers through Gatton station, passing a track machine in the process.

Savor it now railfans, for as soon as it is fully privatized the network will be overworked, understaffed and falling into disrepair thanks to Premier (Captain) Bligh's Government.