There were 62 sightings for this week; This is 36 sightings less than last week. Making a total of 4436 sightings for this year to date. On day 361 last year we had seen 3918 sightings, this is 518 sightings more than at the same time last year.

We saw 12 sighting on the Broad Gauge, which is 1 sighting less than last week. This total included 12 x PN Grain trains and 0 x Qube Grain train and 0 X SSR Grain train. Total B/G trains for this year are 249 (At the same time last year we had seen 115 x B/G trains, this is 134 more than last year.) Total B/G grain trains for this year are 161 (At the same time last year we had seen 25 grain train on the B/G) This is 136 sightings more that at the same time last year.

Photos: NR64-NR65-NR71 on 1MP2 Steel service Melbourne to Perth

We saw 50 sightings on the Standard Gauge, which is 35 sightings less than last week. This total included 9 x PN Grain trains, 1 x Qube Grain trains and 0 x SSR Grain and 0 x GWA grain trains. Total S/G trains for this year are 4187. (At the same time last year, we had seen 3803 S/G trains, this is 384 more than last year. Total S/G grain trains for this year are 1152. (At the same time last year, we had seen 694 grain trains on the S/G). This is 458 grain sightings more that at the same time last year.

Total grain trains for this year are 1313, this is 594 more than at the same time last year.

Regards, Graham Elliott.

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