Railway_Digest__February_2018
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News<br />
New South Wales<br />
Above: On Wednesday 25 October 2017, torrential rain overflows the gutters at Branxton station, in the Hunter Valley, and (to the far right)<br />
a lightning bolt streaks through the sky, as 8248, 8218 and 8109 power through the darkness with Pacific National Manildra flour train 5938<br />
from Gunnedah to Bomaderry. Kurtis Slomka<br />
Below: 5MB7 departs Cowan loop at a smart pace, with only 10 loaded containers and tankers behind LDP’s 009 and 002 on Friday afternoon<br />
22 December 2017. This was the last revenue service Aurizon was operating on their interstate Intermodal service from Brisbane to Melbourne.<br />
The same day a non-revenue movement arrived from Melbourne operating as 5MN7 worked by 6012/6042/42206/X54 hauling a large number<br />
of empty container flats. The 422 and the X were dropped off at Hexham and the rest of the train continued north to store the flats. Shane O’Neil<br />
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RAILWAY DIGEST
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