There were 69 sightings for this week, which is 5 sightings more than last week. Making a total of 2159 sightings for this year to date. On day 197 last year we had seen 2269 sightings, this is 110 sightings less than at the same time last year.

We saw 2 sightings on the Broad Gauge which is 2 sightings more than last week.  This total included 1 x PN Grain train and 0 x SSR Grain train. Total B/G trains for this year are 275 (At the same time last year we had seen 269 x B/G trains, this is 6 more than last year.) Total B/G grain trains for this year are 215 (At the same time last year we had seen 185 grain trains on the B/G) This is 30 sightings more than at the same time last year.

Photo: CSR014+CSR023+CSR021+CSR011+CSR022 on SCT 5PM9 Perth to Melbourne Intermodal service 3-7-2022

We saw 67 sightings on the Standard Gauge which is 3 sightings more than last week. This total included 0 x PN Grain train, and 0 x SSR Grain trains. Total S/G trains for this year are 1884. (At the same time last year, we had seen 2000 S/G trains, this is 116 sightings less than last year. Total S/G grain trains for this year are 201. (At the same time last year, we had seen 289 grain trains on the S/G). This is 88 grain sightings less than at the same time last year.

Total grain trains for this year are 416, this is 58 less than at the same time last year.

Regards, Graham Elliott

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Graham ELLiOTT