RMweb Gold Budgie Posted July 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2013 4 48 class alcos on the western mainline in New South Wales with one of the locos blowing smoke rings. Don't they have laws in Australia to prevent all those awful emissions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 1, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2013 Don't they have laws in Australia to prevent all those awful emissions? Australia is one of the biggest polluters per head of population in the world. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-15/report-says-australia-seventh-worst-polluter-on-earth/4012070 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Don't they have laws in Australia to prevent all those awful emissions? Just don't watch the following from a trip to the Hawkesbury...: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Alcos are well known for blowing more black smoke than many steam locos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38353234@N04/7219271812/ Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Just don't watch the following from a trip to the Hawkesbury...: A little bit of trivia. 4473 was unique among the 100 strong 44 class in that the head lights at the No.2 end (the flat end) were horizontal and not vertical like the other 99 members of the class. Unfortunately this is not shown in the video. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 A little bit of trivia. 4473 was unique among the 100 strong 44 class in that the head lights at the No.2 end (the flat end) were horizontal and not vertical like the other 99 members of the class. Unfortunately this is not shown in the video. Two historical photos of 4473 showing the No.2 end. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bs3BIrxdjR8/UEr27UW2t6I/AAAAAAAABFY/NWX9TcxoyO0/s1600/01+4473+-+Don+Jones.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AxURvMKIpJM/UEr3gZfdr7I/AAAAAAAABFg/07dI8FCVhq4/s1600/02+4473+-+Don+Jones.jpg Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 A little bit of trivia. 4473 was unique among the 100 strong 44 class in that the head lights at the No.2 end (the flat end) were horizontal and not vertical like the other 99 members of the class. Unfortunately this is not shown in the video. Shown here on April 19th this year at Loftus again on the AK cars: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I'm wondering if the headlights on the No.2 end were pinched off a 421 Class...?? 4473 (Mk II) entered service in Sept 1966 and withdrawn from service in 1994. It was restored in 2005 and now owned by the Lachlan Alco Locomotive Group. Another thing, the repainting in original livery was sponsored by Trainorama (Bob's Hobbies, formerly Tom's Hobbies in Sydney), the makers of those quality HO scale NSWGR models... hmmm. Cheers, Gary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 The newest loco in Queensland. http://www.flickr.com/photos/47626638@N02/9252629857 Cheers David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 That's..... different! Add a bit of maroon to it and it'd look like it was sponsored by the Brisbane Roar! Matt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Unusual locomotive, not all that good looking. A little 'shoe-box' looking... But atleast it ain't as ugly as those BR Class 70 (Ugly Betties)... Cheers, Gary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Apart from the livery it's the same as the QR 3800 class and PN 71 class. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRModeller Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Fair enough, just had quick google search as I've never actually seen a 3800 class before. Matt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Pacific National orders genset locomotivesNational Railway Equipment Company (NREC), United States, has won a contract to supply seven multi-engine N-ViroMotive locomotives to Pacific National, Australia, for shunting operations operation at the BlueScope steelworks at Port Kembla in New South Wales.http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/locomotives/pacific-national-orders-genset-locomotives.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Apart from the livery it's the same as the QR 3800 class and PN 71 class. Cheers David In the Flickr link from post #259 it looks like it is coupled to an identical loco, presumably the PN 71 variant mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 8000hp on the Veolia rubbish train from Sydney to Tarago. Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Nice video as always ! That looks like it was filmed outside the old police residence on the railway crossing... Cheers, Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 13,560hp on Cowan Bank with Black Caviar in the lead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOMN1a6Jx0 Cheers David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Something different from all the "little" coal trains, a "little" passenger train. The Indian Pacific running via Melbourne combined with the Overland. I believe this was recorded in April but only posted a few days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ4ckCVe7Qs And no that's not an optical illusion. Our main lines really are that steep! 1 in 50 is not unusual. Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted July 29, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2013 Were there really thirty cars behind the locos? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) And no that's not an optical illusion. Our main lines really are that steep! 1 in 50 is not unusual.I liked the 'whoop-de-do' half-way down the hill. The camera angle exaggerates the slope a bit, but you can see the line of coaches bend over the hummock. Were there really thirty cars behind the locos?I counted 32, not counting the two car carriers. Edited July 29, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) The newest loco in Queensland. Unusual locomotive, not all that good looking. A little 'shoe-box' looking...Shoe box is being charitable. It's a brick. "Pavement slab" conveys what I'm thinking but brick is the better relative dimensions. It looks like a 2x4 LEGO brick without the interesting bumps on top. Edited July 29, 2013 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Australia is one of the biggest polluters per head of population in the world. And also very high on the list of CO2 emissions per capita. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Even 32 cars is nothing special. A standard double length Indian Pacific is 36 cars during the wildflower season. The Ghan has been up to 45 cars. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted July 30, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2013 If you want to know why there are as many parted couplers and screwed journals (axle boxes) as there are on our railways take a look at that "little" bump as the train comes down grade! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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