There were 86 sightings for this week, which is 7 sightings less than last week. Making a total of 1697 sightings for this year to date. On day 155 last year we had seen 1811 sightings, this is 114 sightings less than at the same time last year

We saw 14 sightings on the Broad Gauge which is 2 sightings more than last week.  This total included 8 x PN Grain trains and 1 x SSR Grain trains. Total B/G trains for this year are 233 (At the same time last year we had seen 249 x B/G trains, this is 16 less than last year.) Total B/G grain trains for this year are 183 (At the same time last year we had seen 168 grain trains on the B/G) This is 15 sightings more than at the same time last year.

Photo: XR554+BL29+XR555 on 9149 PN down empty grain to Maryborough via Ballarat 4-6-2022

We saw 72 sightings on the Standard Gauge which is 9 sightings less than last week. This total included 8 x PN Grain trains, and 0 x SSR Grain trains. Total S/G trains for this year are 1464. (At the same time last year, we had seen 1562 S/G trains, this is 98 sightings less than last year. Total S/G grain trains for this year are 186. (At the same time last year, we had seen 195 grain trains on the S/G). This is 9 grain sightings less than at the same time last year.

Total grain trains for this year are 369, this is 6 more than at the same time last year.

Regards, Graham Elliott.

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Graham ELLiOTT

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