Steel freighter on the Melbourne to Sydney run

[Pete_W]

This is a Pacific National operated steel train heading north through the regional town of Cootamundra, about mid-way between Melbourne and Sydney.

Panasonic S5 and LUMIX S 24-105mm/F4
77mm, ƒ/11, 1/800s, ISO 1000

Pacific National steel train at Coota by Peter Watters, on Flickr

 

[cjf2]

Oz is going to be one big hole once all the natural resources have been dug up and shipped out by rail!

 

[Pete_W]

Oz is going to be one big hole once all the natural resources have been dug up and shipped out by rail!

Yep, they've been doing it for decades and they're still digging.

I watched some videos online recently of the trains operating to and from the iron ore mines over in Western Australia. The scale of those mines is incredible. And the trains are entirely driverless and huge, being 30,000 tons.

Here's an example: