Trains cross at Mount Lofty: Adelaide Hills Rail Movements December 2018 Edition

Across the last month of 2018, the Adelaide Hills line came alive with rare movement including a Qube light Engine movement, BL33 returning to its home state of SA & a few GWA Grain Trains with G533.
Train details & timestamps:
00:35 - First up we have the Overland of 3MA8 which we all thought was one we wouldn't be seeing 2018. Here its seen at Murray Bridge crossing the Murray River with NR113 on the 4th of December 2018.
02:10 - For the first time in a while BL33 returns to South Australia on Pacific National Freight 5MA5. Locomotives NR61/AN4/BL33/G519 pass Belair Railway Station on the 5th of January 2018.
04:40 - A slightly late Pacific National Steel Train of 3XM4 climbs Warla Bank between Callington & Monarto South with NR75 on the 12th of December 2018.
06:00 - Qube light Engine 8037 (TN: D432) from Crystal Brook to Nhill has had a busy last couple of days running from Melbourne to Broken Hill & back conducting Driver Training for future Qube Grain Trains in South Australia. The light engine is seen crossing another at Mount Lofty Railway Station on the 13th of December 2018.
06:40 - SCT Logistics light engine SCT015 departs Mount Lofty after crossing D432. This engine was rushed from Tailem Bend to SCT Penfield for use on 5AP9 after being run out of 2PM9 earlier in the day.
07:20 - The first Tailem Bend Grain Train for the 2018/19 Harvest is seen at Yantaringa with GWA004/G533/GWU002 with 40 Hoppers full of Canola on Friday the 21st of December 2018.
09:20 - GWA Keith Grain Train is seen at Nairne & Mount Lofty (10:10) with FQ03/GWA009/CLP14/G533 on the 28th of December 2018.
12:20 - SCT Logistics Freight 5PM9 from Perth to Melbourne is seen powering though Upper Stuart with SCT011/LDP002 on Sunday the 30th of December 2018.
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[@neilschwerdt3493]

Merry Christmas to you from Neil schwerdt in west valley city Utah

[@stinchjack]

Would I be right in speculating the loading gauge on the trans-Australian railway is somewhere in-between that of Britain railways and that of American railways? (I realise there is no one consistent loading gauge across the entirety of these three systems, but I choose to simplify the question)

[@leonvanderlinde5580]

The one thing I noticed from your videos are that Australia has beautiful locomotives that are aestatically pleasing.

[@johnmoore8016]

Thansk for a very good video; every thing looked outstanding on wide screen

[@jimcrawford5039]

Great video!

[@charliepearson1174]

Great stuff

[@dapto234]

Can I ask for someone who doesn't know what is carried in the small yellow containers on the

[@rsmith_aus1371]

Great footage!

[@johnsergei]

That's quite a load for NR75. It must have been crawling up the grades? Remember this a DC not an AC motor locomotive.