BB18¼ 1079 works hard to lift the train up the Great Dividing Range at Ballard on the South West Line

A crowd of rail enthusiasts stray onto the track at Helidon on the South-West Line while the crew water steam locomotive BB18¼ 1079

The fireman of BB18¼ 1079 checks the sand dome before climbing the Great Dividing Range into Toowoomba while the locomotive is watered at Helidon on the South West Line. The crowd of 'once off' ... (more)

QR 2347/2301 pass by the grain silos at Forrest Hill on the South-West Line with empty Coal Train #9D88

QR 2304/2310 passes through the fields at Gatton on the South-West Line with empty Coal Train #9Y08. The train seems to appear from the vanishing point.

QR 2306/2351 power toward the Great Dividing Range at Helidon on the South-West Line with Grain Train #6650

QR 2306/2351 pass through Grantham on the South-West Line with Grain Train #6650

QR 2352/2334 pass through the yard at Gowrie on the Western Line with empty coal train #9Y34 one cloudless afternoon

On a cloudless day in the Lockyer Valley, QR 2302/2364 pass through Gowrie on the Western Line with loaded Coal Train #9833

On our way back home to Brisbane, we hear on our scanner that Freight Train #6H24 is near, so speed to get a quick shot of it at Helidon on the Western Line, where the driver stopped on the mainli... (more)

The crew wait patiently on the footplate of QR 2366/2347 with empty Coal Train #9D76 at Willowburn on the Western Line

QR 2366/2347 pass an old water tank at Murphy's Creek on the Western Line with empty Coal Train #9D76

QR 2366/2347 hit a railway crossover at Lockyer on the Western Line as they lead empty Coal Train #9D76 up the mainline

Clyde/GM Locomotive 2357 leads The Westlander eastbound through Helidon (115km West of Brisbane) on its journey to Brisbane after decending the Great Dividing Range

Clyde/GM Locomotive 2357 leads The Westlander eastbound through Spring Bluff as the train decends the Great Dividing Range - Originally a QR Station, Spring Bluff now serves as a popluar tourist a... (more)