faulcon1 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 (edited) Within the past few months The National Film and Sound Archive have re-released A Steam Train Passes but in 4K. Yes it's the same 1974 film as before but now the resolution is more clear and crisp. Where the narrator in the sepia footage says "proud product of Australian engineers and artisans", he should have said "proud product of Australian and American engineers and artisans". For the one piece frame was cast in America and the streamlining is an adaptation of the New York Haven and Hartford Railroad I 5 4-6-4. Americans love 3801 for no I 5 made it into preservation and if you look at a photo of an I 5 you can see the similarities in the cowling along the top of the boiler complete with the two vents at the front and the bullet nose. It too had side valances along the running plate. Also where the narrator says "in these great workshops in Eveleigh Sydney" well it wasn't Eveleigh railway workshops in Sydney but Clyde Engineering Workshops in the western Sydney suburb of Granville. It was Clyde Engineering that built the first five 38 class 3801-3805 for in the shot were the boiler is being lowered onto the chassis frame there's supporting structure for the cowling along the top of the boiler. The railways had quite a time of getting the first five 38 class built as Clyde Engineering was also doing work for WW2 at the same time and the 38's were often put onto the back burner so to speak. The railways sent rail workers to help speed up the construction of the first five 38 class. Clyde Engineering was well versed in railway locomotive construction having built the preceding 36 class locomotives. Edited April 5 by faulcon1 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 01/11/2022 at 09:49, DavidB-AU said: The NSU class were tested on standard gauge before being shipped to Australia, but never ran on standard gauge here. Most bogie exchange, including locomotives, was between broad and standard gauge. However the SAR 830 class ran on all 3 gauges! Peterborough Roundhouse in South Australia is unique in that the turntable has narrow, standard and broad gauge rails on it's turntable deck. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) Here's 5917 climbing Cowan Bank unassisted in about April 2022. Whoever took the film did it with a mobile phone held vertically so it's a portrait video. There were five tunnels on Cowan Bank all named Boronia one to five. But since the doubling of the line many years ago only four tunnels are in use. At about 4.12 we can clearly see the abandoned No.5 tunnel and then the tunnels are four, three, two and one with two and one being the longest. Whoever took the video kept filming throughout the entire accent without a break and that includes all four tunnels. Unlike 3642 or 3801, 5917 loses it's feet on the grade. For those who don't know 5917 was built by Baldwin locomotive works USA in 1952 and was one of twenty locos and arrived as an oil burner. She's are light weight 2-8-2 weighing 151 tons with a boiler pressure of 200 psi and a tractive effort of 35,000lbs. Water capacity is 5,500 gallons and oil was 2,400 gallons. Between 1962-66 all but three of the class were converted to burn coal and she has a coal capacity of 11 tons. 5917 entered service in March 1953 and was withdrawn in August 1972 having travelled just over 800,000km in her twenty year railway service life. Edited January 13, 2023 by faulcon1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 The high sun in summer here in much of Australia is a curse and makes good photography very difficult between 1000hrs to 1600hrs, but sometimes "you just gotta do what you gotta do!" With Encounter Bay and the town of Victor Harbor as a backdrop, Steamranger's heritage Alco DL500B 958 heads the last 'Cockle Train' of the day back to Goolwa on 7 January 2023. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Mentioned in another topic. The Zig Zag Railway restarting after more than a decade. It was about to reopen when hit by a bushfire in 2013, then another in 2019. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/zig-zag-to-reopen-blue-mountains-tourism-attraction-reaccredited/101986254 https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/historic-zig-zag-railway-on-cusp-reopening-before-winter-20230216-p5cl3v.html In the second article you can still see the fire damage after 4 years. The 2019 fire was so hot the soil is basically dead and there has been little or no regrowth. The federal government has funded much of the reconstruction as the 2013 fire was started by an army live firing exercise on a total fire ban day. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Yesterday saw the first QR Heritage operation since 2019. AC16 221A made an unannounced test run from Ipswich to Grandchester and return. Many of the usual contacts "in the know" didn't know about this until it left Ipswich. There was another test run today. QR hinted on social media there would be announcement "soon" about their plans. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 Well the big announcement is the AC16 is going to Southern Downs Steam Railway for part of the year. Departing Ipswich on Monday at 0900, Toowoomba 1400-1500, arriving Warwick at 1600. It will be hauled by DH45 from Toowoomba to Warwick as the steam crew are not route qualified. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 The transfer of the AC16 to Warwick on Monday. It ended up being piloted by diesel on both legs due to the fire danger. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 A driver training run of the AC16 from Warwick to Clifton. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted March 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) Mr & Mrs @Barry O are with us for a few days at the end of their Australasian holiday, so today we went off to the Thirlmere Festival of Steam, on a scorching autumn day. Thirlmere is the home of the NSW Rail Museum and this weekend there were half-a dozen locos in steam, running not only on the usual Thirlmere/Buxton trains but also to Picton and back. We had booked for one of the latter, topped and tailed by 3642 at the downhill end and 3801 at the uphill end. Our seats were in the leading coach on the return trip so there was lots of noise and lots of smuts. On its final trip R766 joined 3801 so they double-headed the train back up the hill from Picton to Thirlmere. Here are some pictures of what we saw, all taken at Thirlmere, which I think are self-explanatory. The Garratt, 6029, was in light steam having been rostered on yesterday's trains, while the final loco on the Buxton service was 3526, which I couldn't get a decent shot of. A grand day out! Edited March 19, 2023 by St Enodoc 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 Fire destroys workshop at Tasmania's Don River heritage railway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/fire-workshop-tasmania-don-river-heritage-railway/102183238 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Garratt 6029 leaving the sidings at Maitland for a mainline run 30.4.23. Mike Wiltshire 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 The Great Train Race from Steamfest. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 An outstanding weekend. Just seen myself on one of your videos. I was surprised by the volume of freight traffic compared to Brisbane. Seeing old and new, side by side was a real bonus. Mike Wiltshire 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2023 Great news from the Zig Zag Railway: https://www.facebook.com/ZigZagRailway/ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted June 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 10, 2023 A nice bit of film! Was the A Class's smokebox door not very tight?! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 The third carriage behind the steam locos looks to be a bit of an odd shape. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 10/06/2023 at 19:13, Fishoutofwater said: The third carriage behind the steam locos looks to be a bit of an odd shape. It's leaning over a bit, probably a suspension issue. Quite a worry as the wide W cars are right on the limit of the loading gauge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted June 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2023 8 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: It's leaning over a bit, probably a suspension issue. Quite a worry as the wide W cars are right on the limit of the loading gauge. I came across this other video of them, when they were actually working the shuttles. The coaches seem to have sorted themselves to now! Although the train is made up differently, but still three coaches with 'round' as opposed to clerestory roofs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se3ZS1fSVq8&t=11s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2023 On 10/06/2023 at 10:13, Fishoutofwater said: The third carriage behind the steam locos looks to be a bit of an odd shape. 9 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: It's leaning over a bit, probably a suspension issue. Quite a worry as the wide W cars are right on the limit of the loading gauge. The second coach seems to be leaning the other way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishoutofwater Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: The second coach seems to be leaning the other way. maybe they are ying & yang 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Preserved A62 has been returned to service, seen here on a test run with V/Line's reactivated A66 which returned to revenue service a year ago in the classic 1980s livery. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 There aren't many sights more impressive than double headed R class at speed. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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