DavidB-AU Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 16,500 hp, 101 wagons. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 16,500 hp, 101 wagons. Cheers David From what I can work out all 5 were never fired up at the same time on either the loaded or empty journeys The fifth unit was along as insurance and to balance fuel usage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 An interesting day in Brisbane today. Last night at about 21.30, NGR722 damaged about 1200m of overhead between the west end of Roma Street and Central. It cane to a stop still half in the tunnel at Central with the overhead arcing onto the roof. Passengers were stranded on the train for nearly an hour before it was safe to exit. As a result, all trains were suspended between Bowen Hills and South Brisbane. This morning the train had still not been moved. All Beenleigh and Gold Coast trains were running via the Tennyson loop, with Gold Coast trains stopping additionally at Moorooka. Cleveland trains were also running "express" from Roma Street to Buranda via Tennyson, but were actually stopping at Yeerongpilly. Plus all freight which would normally go via South Brisbane was also sent via Tennyson. This made for a very busy day around Sherwood. Here is some footage I took out the window, first on a Gold Coast to Brisbane train and then on a Brisbane to Cleveland train. Excuse the dirty window and shaky phone. Rather than wait and go via the scenic route a third time I bailed out at Buranda and got a bus back to Altandi. The disabled NGR was eventually hauled dead (by diesels) out of Central early afternoon. In addition to all this, a pair of diesels was running to Holmview tutoring drivers for the resumption of cattle trains. Cheers David 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Was out and about in Sydney over the last few days and travelled a little around the suburbs on Sydney Trains......... A trip on the Sydney Trains backwater which is the Clyde to Carlingford line sees an ageing S-set waiting to depart Clyde for Carlingford. The line is likely to be converted at some stage in the future to light rail and the last of the S-sets are in the process of replacement. Four-car S122 comes of the single line at Rosehill with a Carlingford working\ Two S-sets approach Clyde with a Leppington to Sydney working The classic V-sets still provide a number of longer distance interurban, or intercity, services such as V40 on a Sydney to Katoomba service passing Clyde A Sydney bound A-set passes Concord West Edited October 24, 2018 by bingley hall 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 For 20 years the Victorian C class were synonymous with freight operations on the Melbourne to Adelaide interstate corridor. Made redundant in 1997 they were placed in storage for several years before being picked up by a private operator, and most of the class of 10 were refurbished and upgraded. While there have been occasional appearances on their old stomping ground, most noticeably of un-refurbished C501, these appearances were sporadic and usually limited to single units. So n one of the most amazing motive power comebacks, after a twenty year absence from the corridor in any significant numbers four were lashed up last week to haul a train carrying feed grain from Tailem Bend in South Australia to drought affected areas of New South Wales - 30 October 2018. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Some movements of bulk sugar in Queensland. Cheers David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullsteamer Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/05/runaway-bhp-train-derailed-no-driver-port-hedland-western-australia “It is not known how fast the train was travelling at the time of derailment although if the statement is accurate it would have been travelling close to 200km per hour.” I’d like to see that! Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I finished up my job with the Public Transport Authority of WA this week. As a parting gift to myself, I called in a favour and was able to get a cab pass, so had the best seat in the house for my penultimate ride to work. Cheers Scott 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 The fully automated (driverless) Sydney Metro North West opened a couple of weeks ago - I managed a quick ride on it last week...... Sydney saw the opening of the A$ 8.3bn Sydney Metro North West rail link between Tallawong and Chatswood on 26 May, with around 140,000 people experiencing free travel for the day on the new service. Much of the newly constructed 23km rail line between Tallawong and Epping is underground with 15.5km in twin tunnels between Bella Vista and Epping, and 4.4km on a continuous elevated viaduct between Kellyville and Rouse Hill. At Epping the new line has been extended to include the former Sydney Trains 13km Epping to Chatswood rail line which has been converted for driverless metro operations. This is the first automated passenger operation in Australia to use driverless trains, and the thirteen stations on the line are also the first in Australia to be equipped with platform screen doors. Epping station Tallawong station Macquarie University station 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 This video is a gem. A CPH railmotor on the old abattoirs line in western Sydney. You can still ride this line today as it forms part of the Sydney Olympic Line. This video was done before the H&S zealots outlawed having fun. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Here's another video Gem done by the same man of the old Ropes Creek line in western Sydney. It was closed in favour of housing estates and roads.....naturally. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Queen's first electric train EMU01 will make its last revenue run this weekend. QR have taken the unusual step of advertising which services it will operate on Saturday, then on Sunday it will make special runs to Ferny Grove and Darra (re-enacting the first run on 4 September 1979) then a special run to the Gold Coast and return. Anybody can travel on these at the regular fare. https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/aboutus/mediacentre/farewelling-queenslands-first-electric-train EMU01 will be retained as an operational unit by QR Heritage. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Only slightly off topic, Australia's "gunzel in chief", former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, has passed away at the age of 73. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-22/tim-fischer-dies-from-leukaemia/10448110 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Some EMD ear candy. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Some interesting proposed/notional extensions to Sydney Metro. The current extent is the M1 from Chatswood to Tallawong, with the extension to Bankstown due to be completed in 2024. I would imagine that M2 would have some sort of limited stop service to connect the two airports with Central and Parramatta. Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Some EMD 567 ear candy. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 The new Sydney light rail line between Circular Quay and Randwick opens on 14 December. The ceremonial first service is at 11.00. Free travel for the opening weekend. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/sydney-light-rail-open-date-announced-by-nsw-government/11768150 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/travel-times-on-sydney-s-new-light-rail-line-so-slow-20191215-p53k3h.html Was in the city a couple of weeks ago during the week while they were doing trials. Saw four near misses down George Street where people head down intently looking at their phones walked straight into the path of an oncoming train... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinedusk Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 22/06/2019 at 22:21, faulcon1 said: This video is a gem. A CPH railmotor on the old abattoirs line in western Sydney. You can still ride this line today as it forms part of the Sydney Olympic Line. This video was done before the H&S zealots outlawed having fun. No such thing as "H&S Zealots". There are dead and injured people; and insurance companies. You can thank those two groups for WHS reforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinedusk Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Great stuff here, thanks. Someone, somewhere, mentioned the Bethungra Loop. I'm not sure that I can get photos of it in 1:1 scale, but I can in 1:160 scale. I just need to wait for the Old School House cafe to open. I wasn't aware of Bethungra's real history until recently. It's a place where a kid I went to school with in Sydney in 1973, was born; and my sister met her first husband at the Shirley. The Shirley is still there and remains as the last of the nine hotels that used to be in a town that once had a population of around 3000. Even by today's standards, it was a big town. The Shirley is no longer a licenced hotel and is facing a dim future. They were all there to build the main southern line, north and south, from Bethungra. There is no station platform there any more, although a there is a station building that is now a residence. Further to the south (12km) on the Olympic Highway to Junee, is the little town of Illabo. Some where in between, there are plans to branch the main southern line northwards and on all the way to Toowoomba in Queensland as the inland rail project. Meanwhile.. I was at the crossing at Cootamundra West today as the 'Elvis Train' went through on its way to Parkes for the annual Elvis thang. No, I didnt get any happy snaps :/ Edited January 9, 2020 by Vinedusk 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinedusk Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I couldn't get inside before I left, but will try next time I'm there. There's an N-scale model of the Bethungra Loop at the tea house. The last of nine pubs that serviced the town during main South line construction. Junee Station built 1883. This building was the management centre. It is now occupied by ARTC. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) The Great Southern heading out of Brisbane today. This is a new weekly seasonal land cruise from Adelaide to Brisbane, using (mostly) the spare Ghan set not used during the wet season. Edited January 20, 2020 by DavidB-AU 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Awesome vertical curves! Are those old water columns trackside in the first scene? Cheers Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 9 hours ago, jukebox said: Are those old water columns trackside in the first scene? Yes, long since disconnected but still in place after 50+ years. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Another video of the Great Southern with bonus XPT. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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