Forrestfield Photo

I took these photo of Forrestfield with the help of my friend which is an ARHS WA member..

Being a former employee of Westrail, he told me a bit of history and rules regarding of Forrestfield Marshaling Yard. He said that it is the only place in Perth to have a turntable for standard gauge trains. It was once a busy yard. But nowaday, its activites were cut by half, when the narrow gauge part of marshalling yard was closed in late 1990s. Although it still has some narrow gauge lines for maintenance purpose, as there is a big locomotive factory in the marshalling yard.

The yard was once jointly owned by Westrail and Australian National Railway. Nowaday it's owned by Australia Western Railway (AWR), although some passenger train can be seen maintained here.

I went there first at night, with him, and it was very quiet. It was almost like a ghost town! All of the night shots were taken during that time.

Then all of daytime shots were taken on Sunday afterward. It was nice! If you wished to know how does the photo looked like, then browse around!

	CLF 5 sit idle in front of EDI plant in Forrestfield in one afternoon. CLF used to be a CL class loco. And the loco is actually an Australianized EMD F45, which was redesigned by Clyde engineering, and equipped with 'bulldog nose' commonly found in EMD E or F-class loco. And one thing for sure, this loco is smaller than F45!
	Me standing in front of CLF 5. Cool, isn't it?
	Nose view of CLF 5, with Prospector railcar in EDI shed in the background.
	A Q-class locomotive sit idle in front of P-class locomotive. Just for reminder, Q is a GM loco, whereas the P is GE.
	A closer look of P-class loco with (probably) a DA-class loco behind. The point in front of me is where the 1067mm and 1435mm separated. Both of the locos are narrow gauge locos.
	A Q-class loco with EDI plant and two rolling stock in front of it. This loco was built in the factory in front of it! The overhead panel of Q-class cabin is partially visible.
	Me standing in front a huge woodchip carriage. You may think, how could a 1067mm rolling stock so large like this? The secret is: the rolling stock's size is actually similar with a medium-sized passenger car.
	ALF-class loco resting in Forrestfield loco siding with Q-class loco behind. A Prospector railcar can be seen in the background.
	A wider view of ALF and Q-class loco.
	Nose view of Q-class loco, with three L-class loco in the background.
	A back view of ALF-class loco. But wait! Who stole the driving cab??? The ALF-class (or previously AL-class), used to have two cabs. But when it was modified, back in 1990s, it was decided to blanked-off the B-cab, to save money and weight, and as twin cab is unecessary for long distance journey.
	A closer look of, rather dirty, L-class loco. This loco is Australianized SD40 loco. The most obvious difference with their American sister is that L-class loco has an angled front window.
	A Q-class loco resting between duties. A 'Prospector' railcar can be seen in the distance. The person on the right hand of the photo is my friend who took me there.
	Now you can see all of the locos! Q-class is leading, followed by ALF behind it, and L-class further. The reason behing the use of Genesee and Wyoming livery on Q-class, is that because the owner company (AWR) is owned by Genesee and Wyoming of USA.