This year as always the Railfest took place at the Rail Transport Museum in Bassendean. ARG (Proud supporters of Railfest) showed the newly built AC 4308 to the public. There was also the small stalls, buses, tours and static displays.

No Live Steam Loco's (S549) this year

Ng15 #123 on regular service operating in Whiteman Park on the Bennett Brook Railway. Bennett Brook Railways operates over two sections of track including the Bushland Loop and the Mussel Pool branch. There are two operating steam locomotives (BT1 & NG15 #123) which operate during the steam season on weekends and a large collection of diesel locos for the rest of the year.

For more info on the railway and there services visit Bennett Brook Railway at www.bbr.org.au or Whiteman Park at www.whitemanpark.com.au

During the weekend from 22nd (Friday Afternoon) to the 23rd, both myself and Pop traveled down to Pemberton at the Karri Valley Resort. On the Saturday we traveled into town and boarded the Pemberton tram to the Cascades and back, before heading back to Perth the following Day

Wet, Windy, Wild day at Fotte (Friends of Thomas the Tank Engine Day) Sept 08. Temperature freezing. But still a group crowd turned up, with about 900 people. The locos had there own problems with NG15 #123 blowing a super heater and Ashley blow a transmission hose.

Photos taken along the South West Mainline from Pinjarra to Picton

Fotte Day took place during May 2006, with two top tail trips to Mussel Pool, utilising Yellow Rose & Maylands ("little train") and BT1 (steam) and Planet. While Rosalie and Ashley working on separate trains around the Bushland loop.