A molasses train passing a station which i forget the name of [ 12. February 2003, 08:36: Message edited by: UNION_PACIFIC_STEVE ]
2 more, hope you enjoy the first one is a ballast train running through sherwood, the second is a coal train at yeronga Thanks
Cool, I love the mix of influences in Aussie railroading, with the infrastructure looking very British and the American influence showing on the freight diesels...very cool. Nice pics.
Awesome pics Steve! Are those diesels made by GM (or a subsidiary therof)? ANd, judging by the ballast hoppers, it looks like "tagging" of freight cars isn't just an American phenomenom. As was said earlier, keep them pics comin'! It's good to get a dose of foreign railroading now & then!
Good to see your photos Steve, please post some more. What sort of horsepower are those diesels? I know they are only 3' 6" gauge, but I guess they are still quite powerful.
Hmm, I wonder why the tracks looked strange. Still, great action. How extensive is the 3'6" system in Australia?
QR rail map hopefully that works, it should show a map of queenslands rail system. I believe theres also 3'6 gauge in western australia. my photos are all of the same class of loco, the 2300 class, built by Clyde, Clyde builds GM locos here, the only different one is the picture of the light engines, which are 2100 class i believe. you can tell because the nose is shorter, theres a walkway infront of it. the 2300 class is rated at about 2250hp graffitied railcars are common here, most cars in a coal train have been "tagged" but ive seen a few that have big murals that are kind of nice painted on them, i will try and get a photo of one. im also trying to get photos of other classes of loco, but they never seem to come along when i have my camera
A couple of isolated bits of trackage up north. I assume there was a link between Croydon and Forsayth at one time?
Actually i think the normanton - croydon line has always been isolated, but im not 100% sure, it was originally built to transport gold, but the gold ran out. Nowdays theres a tourist operation there called the gulflander. I cant seem to find a picture of the train that operates this line, but its odd looking.
Thanks Steve. It just looks on the map that it would have been a continuous line, but I guess the gap is several miles/kilometers!
the normanton to croydon line is something like 140km long ive head somewhere. The line was intended to connect at forsayth but was never completed, due to the gold running out.
Way cool, Steve! Show us more! Neat subject! I was thinking that it was narrow gauge, or there was one extremely large human in the engineer's seat.
thanks guys i have an undeveloped roll of film here, i might get that done next pay. in about a fortnight. it has pictures of the passenger trains that run around here, and a container train hauled by an electric loco if im not mistaken.
