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Last Light

            MAN001 and MAN002 drag their loaded flour train up the long, winding grade between Blayney and Newbridge. The lights of Blayney can be seen in the background.

SSR have recently taken over the Manildra Group contract from Pacific National, with haulage to switch from PN owned assets to locos and wagons supplied by Manildra.

This would be the first revenue run of the new MAN Class - a GT46C-ACe Gen II locomotive imported from Muncie, Indiana.

Despite departing Manildra at lunch-time, the train experienced severe delays in Orange, as well as teething problems with one locomotive climbing the grade out of Blayney resulting in a bogie of traction motors being cut out. As a result, the train (which was right on the tonnage for the two engines) really struggled up the grade.

Thankfully there was a hint of colour still in the sky when they finally got to me!

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Athol (show map)

Taken on: October 31, 2024

Tags:

MAN001

Manildra Group

Southern Shorthaul RailRoad

Athol

Blayney

Sunset

Dusk « less

Sets appears in: • GT46C-ACe Gen II (Manildra Group) - 2024 • Twenty24 more » • Trains at Dusk • The Main West • Trains After Dark « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/4.0, 1/50 sec, 24mm, ISO 8000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	8000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 18.0 (Windows)
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