Phosphate Hill-bound sulphuric acid train 9T90 heads west between Charters Towers and Southern Cross with 52 OSZYB and OSZY GATX wagons behind 2601+4022.

Goninan-GE 2602 leads empty livestock train 6EN0, with 39 KLEX, KLEH, KOJX and PCYK wagons, into Charters Towers.

Lead concentrate train 9257, from Yurbi to Townsville Jetty, descends the Mingela Range behind 2806+2609.

Empty sulphuric acid train 9Y91 leaves Reid River with 2601+4022 leading 52 OSZYB and OSZY GATX tank wagons, leased to Western Mining Corporation to carry acid from Stuart (near Townsville) to Pho... (more)

Mt.Isa-bound empty zinc concentrate train 9M52 heads west from Charters Towers, with Goninan-GE locomotives 2817 and 2602 leading one GM and 49 GSZZ wagons.

Empty coal train 9S24, from Pring to McNaughton, passes the disused Collinsville cattle yards with 4018+4010 leading 75 eighty tonne wagons.

QR's fifty 2800 class Goninan-GE locomotives, fitted with 3000 horsepower 7FDL12 engines, power most of the freight trains on the Brisbane-Cairns and Townsville-Mt.Isa main lines.

The eastbound Inlander tops Plumtree bank, between Charters Towers and Townsville, behind 2145F, built by Clyde in 1973 as 2204 for Greenvale nickel ore traffic.

Train 6EN2, with 40 empty cattle wagons for Hughenden, Richmond and Julia Creek, leaves Sellheim behind 2192F. The 2,000 horsepower locomotive is powered by EMD's 16-645E engine.

Loaded coal train 9A19, from Newlands to Abbot Point, approaches Binbee with 4028+4033 leading 75 eighty tonne wagons.

Mt.Isa-Townsville freight train 6291 passes Thalanga behind 2111D. Built by Clyde in 1971, 2111D was the first Queensland Rail locomotive to be fitted with Locotrol command equipment.

Returning empty from Phosphate Hill to Stuart, sulphuric acid train 9Y91 crosses the Reid River bridge with Goninan-GE 2607 and Clyde-GM 4022 leading 52 GATX tank wagons.

West of Townsville, Mt.Isa-bound "Inlander" 3M34 crosses the Toonpan deviation.

Mt.Isa to Townsville freight train 6291 crosses the Reid River bridge behind Goninan-GE units 2605+2600.

On the Mt.Isa line, Goninan-GE 2607 and Clyde-GM 4022 power Phosphate Hill-bound sulphuric acid train 9T90 up Thalanga bank, near Homestead.