Western Junction, practically on the end of therunway at the Launceston Airport, is where train #31 branches off the Western onto the South Line for its journey to Boyer. The wall of fog makes an... (more)
An all English Electric combination of the paper train has become a rare occurance since the introduction of GMs, pictured here rounding the bend in close proximity to the big blue at the Penguin ... (more)
The Australian Paper Mill at Burnie used to be the most environmentally unfriendly factory in Australia. Today it is a shadow of its former self, but it still dominates the skyline at South Burni... (more)
4x DQ on train #31 is a fairly rare event, usually one of these locomotives is attatch to a ZR or D combination - seen here powering up just before the former location of Westbury station and yard... (more)
About half an hour after 43 passed through the same location, D2020 leads train 31 towards the Norske-Skog paper mill at Boyer.
The DQ class has an 1120kW GM-EMD 12-645E motor, making them much less powerful than the D class that DQ2005 is coupled to - seen here near Deloraine.
D2020 leads #31 over the old wooden trestle at Brighton, the D is by far the biggest class of loco to operate in Tasmania, and there is now talk of replacing old bridges with new ones better equip... (more)
In new livery ZR2101 powers to the top of Don Hill with train 1-31 before descending in to Devonport.
A late running "Paper Train" headed by DQ2003 has just left Burnie and is attacking the first part of its coastal hugging run to Devonport.
Ex. Maine Central GP7 573 on a tourist train.
