Great new video from Kyle about operating trains on the two food gauge cane railways here in Queensland.
Yes really good. It's a much better operation than Moreton Mill (Nambour Qld) was, just the shadow on the ground from the cane wagons shows how straight and level the track is. If the readers in the U.S. hadn't noticed those sugar cane trains weighing 1000 tons only have brakes on the locomotive and that last car , the remote controlled one.
Sorry I think the first link I sent was wrong Here is my blog. https://trainsofqueensland.blogspot.com/
If you would like to know more about operations from a day to day point of view this facebook group is an excellent start. https://www.facebook.com/groups/424712467546410/
I always like your Mt Larcom photos. Thats where my great grandfather and family went to in 1910 when they migrated from Germany. ....... and yes he liked trains and lived right next to the rail line in Berlin. There was almost nothing in Mt Larcom in 1910, I think he would like all the trains there now.
Ok I'm going to need to spend some time in this thread reviewing everything I'm in Brissie and am attempting to model some QR locos and rolling stock from the 70s/80s when I was growing up in Acacia Ridge, in Nn3. I'm most of the way through a 2000 class rail motor at the moment, and plan on having a couple of DH class shunters, and at least one 2100 class diesel for freight hauling. It's only a small layout, but I'm trying to represent the freight running around at the time, and hopefully a representation of the Holden assembly plant as well.
You'll need some faulty DCC cards for those DH's ....... just to keep it authentic. For the non Australians reading, a DH is ......... short for Diesel Hydraulic. Although if someone calls you a D.H it could mean something else. These were a Caterpillar powered hydraulic drive shunting engines. In sub tropical Queensland they were not know for being nice to drive as the engine was on one side of the cab and and the radiator on the other and no air conditioning. Improved variants used in Tasmania (much much cooler climate) were quite successful hauling zinc concentrate trains. I'm trying to upload a photo but the page won't let me at the monent.
Hahaha I wasn't aware of that! To be honest my knowledge is all just surface... I just remember seeing these as a kid and thinking "cool", although I do recall riding the 2000 class rail motors! Courtesy of Wuiske Models' prototype photos, this is DH72: Also courtesy of Wuiskie Models, the 2000 class rail motor:
A heap of my mates worked for QR (does anyone actually "work" at QR ?) and I used to hear all about the less desirable jobs or types of locos. One guy dropped into my parents place on his way home , his shirt had black oil spots all over it and in his hair. The culprit was a English Electric running long hood on a suburban train. He assured me a girl on Sunshine station platform in a white dress was far less impressed than him !!
........ and the Tasmanian version before and after upgrade. Made in Queensland so I hope I'm not going too far off topic like I always do.
Cool, thanks for sharing! Off topic is always ok for me as long as it's a tangent and makes it's way back eventually
