Hi all



Looks like the GNR has reopened following last Friday's Homestead

derailment.



08.00 2833/2850 9T?? 51 empty VFMQ for Phosphate Hill - Jetty Branch



Might be a busy day around Townsville today.



Cheers

Arthur

Someone was wondering how QR loco's compare to standard gauge loco's.  Here are

some links to show how loco's similar to QR's Clyde's would compare to American

standard gauge loco's.  Latin American Logistics (ALL in Spanish ) run on

Brazil's metre gauge lines using G22's, similar to QR 2400's but on 4 axles, and

GT22's similar to QR 2300's and a tunnel motor design, up to a GT26CU-2, similar

to QR's 2100's but turbo'd so I presume pumping out 3000hp ( also a tunnel

design ) as well as a few older GE U models.  For cheap newer power, they have

imported secondhand US standard gauge loco's and unlike their counterparts in

the north who convert them to 8 axle metre gauge loco's, these blokes are simply

putting narrow gauge bogie's under them so must be running to 26 tonne axle

loading.  The loco's tower over the NG loco's as well as NG rollingstock.  I can

see possibilities for similar things here on certain lines if third parties

wanted to get into

  mineral hauling on the cheap.  Yes, they are wider but it doesn't seem an issue

either!



http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=37054



http://lbassetti.rrpicturearchives.net/modelList.aspx



GMS









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"  End of the long haul  "







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Wow.



Cheers

Arthur



In qrig@yahoogroups.com, G S <kenworth_10x6@...> wrote:

>

> Someone was wondering how QR loco's compare to standard gauge

loco's.  Here are some links to show how loco's similar to QR's

Clyde's would compare to American standard gauge loco's.  Latin

American Logistics (ALL in Spanish ) run on Brazil's metre gauge

lines using G22's, similar to QR 2400's but on 4 axles, and GT22's

similar to QR 2300's and a tunnel motor design, up to a GT26CU-2,

similar to QR's 2100's but turbo'd so I presume pumping out 3000hp (

also a tunnel design ) as well as a few older GE U models.  For cheap

newer power, they have imported secondhand US standard gauge loco's

and unlike their counterparts in the north who convert them to 8 axle

metre gauge loco's, these blokes are simply putting narrow gauge

bogie's under them so must be running to 26 tonne axle loading.  The

loco's tower over the NG loco's as well as NG rollingstock.  I can

see possibilities for similar things here on certain lines if third

parties wanted to get into

>  mineral hauling on the cheap.  Yes, they are wider but it doesn't

seem an issue either!

>

> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=37054

>

> http://lbassetti.rrpicturearchives.net/modelList.aspx

>

> GMS

>

>

>

>

> In memory of

>   Mervyn George Simpson

>     3/11/33 - 31/1/08

> "  End of the long haul  "

>

>

>

>       Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter

now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline

>

And of course the G12 is a near dead ringer for the 1400's.  It even has the

dynamic brake in the high hood which some of QR's had, although I can't remember

the numbers, or if they were 1400's or 1450's.  Pity most of most of QR's left

the country, in little pieces.



GMS





--- On Fri, 5/12/08, akshale <akshale@...> wrote:



> From: akshale <akshale@...>

> Subject: [qrig] Re: Comparisons

> To: qrig@yahoogroups.com

> Received: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 9:55 AM

> ---

> Wow.

>

> Cheers

> Arthur

>

> In qrig@yahoogroups.com, G S <kenworth_10x6@...>

> wrote:

> >

> > Someone was wondering how QR loco's compare to

> standard gauge

> loco's.  Here are some links to show how loco's

> similar to QR's

> Clyde's would compare to American standard gauge

> loco's.  Latin

> American Logistics (ALL in Spanish ) run on Brazil's

> metre gauge

> lines using G22's, similar to QR 2400's but on 4

> axles, and GT22's

> similar to QR 2300's and a tunnel motor design, up to a

> GT26CU-2,

> similar to QR's 2100's but turbo'd so I presume

> pumping out 3000hp (

> also a tunnel design ) as well as a few older GE U models.

> For cheap

> newer power, they have imported secondhand US standard

> gauge loco's

> and unlike their counterparts in the north who convert them

> to 8 axle

> metre gauge loco's, these blokes are simply putting

> narrow gauge

> bogie's under them so must be running to 26 tonne axle

> loading.  The

> loco's tower over the NG loco's as well as NG

> rollingstock.  I can

> see possibilities for similar things here on certain lines

> if third

> parties wanted to get into

> >  mineral hauling on the cheap.  Yes, they are wider

> but it doesn't

> seem an issue either!

> >

> >

> http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=37054

> >

> > http://lbassetti.rrpicturearchives.net/modelList.aspx

> >

> > GMS

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > In memory of

> >   Mervyn George Simpson

> >     3/11/33 - 31/1/08

> > "  End of the long haul  "

> >

> >

> >

> >       Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony

> Bravia TV. Enter

> now

> http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline

> >





       Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now

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---

No doubt about that, considering that NZ G12s (although they've been

rebuilt as G22s) are still the backbone of operations over there, it

seems QR's early G12s were scrapped way too soon - but I guess you

can't change history.



Cheers

Arthur





In qrig@yahoogroups.com, G S <kenworth_10x6@...> wrote:

>

> And of course the G12 is a near dead ringer for the 1400's.  It

even has the dynamic brake in the high hood which some of QR's had,

although I can't remember the numbers, or if they were 1400's or

1450's.  Pity most of most of QR's left the country, in little pieces.

>

> GMS

>

>

> --- On Fri, 5/12/08, akshale <akshale@...> wrote:

>

> > From: akshale <akshale@...>

> > Subject: [qrig] Re: Comparisons

> > To: qrig@yahoogroups.com

> > Received: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 9:55 AM

> > ---

> > Wow.

> >

> > Cheers

> > Arthur

> >

> >

Garner



The early Clyde's with the dynamic brake resistor bank pods were 1460 class.



Robert





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   ----- Original Message -----

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   To: qrig@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:28 AM

   Subject: Re: [qrig] Re: Comparisons





   And of course the G12 is a near dead ringer for the 1400's. It even has the

dynamic brake in the high hood which some of QR's had, although I can't remember

the numbers, or if they were 1400's or 1450's. Pity most of most of QR's left

the country, in little pieces.



   GMS



   --- On Fri, 5/12/08, akshale <akshale@...> wrote:



   > From: akshale <akshale@...>

   > Subject: [qrig] Re: Comparisons

   > To: qrig@yahoogroups.com

   > Received: Friday, 5 December, 2008, 9:55 AM

   > ---

   > Wow.

   >

   > Cheers

   > Arthur

   >

   > In qrig@yahoogroups.com, G S <kenworth_10x6@...>

   > wrote:

   > >

   > > Someone was wondering how QR loco's compare to

   > standard gauge

   > loco's. Here are some links to show how loco's

   > similar to QR's

   > Clyde's would compare to American standard gauge

   > loco's. Latin

   > American Logistics (ALL in Spanish ) run on Brazil's

   > metre gauge

   > lines using G22's, similar to QR 2400's but on 4

   > axles, and GT22's

   > similar to QR 2300's and a tunnel motor design, up to a

   > GT26CU-2,

   > similar to QR's 2100's but turbo'd so I presume

   > pumping out 3000hp (

   > also a tunnel design ) as well as a few older GE U models.

   > For cheap

   > newer power, they have imported secondhand US standard

   > gauge loco's

   > and unlike their counterparts in the north who convert them

   > to 8 axle

   > metre gauge loco's, these blokes are simply putting

   > narrow gauge

   > bogie's under them so must be running to 26 tonne axle

   > loading. The

   > loco's tower over the NG loco's as well as NG

   > rollingstock. I can

   > see possibilities for similar things here on certain lines

   > if third

   > parties wanted to get into

   > > mineral hauling on the cheap. Yes, they are wider

   > but it doesn't

   > seem an issue either!

   > >

   > >

   > http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=37054

   > >

   > > http://lbassetti.rrpicturearchives.net/modelList.aspx

   > >

   > > GMS

   > >

   > >

   > >

   > >

   > > In memory of

   > > Mervyn George Simpson

   > > 3/11/33 - 31/1/08

   > > " End of the long haul "

   > >

   > >

   > >

   > > Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony

   > Bravia TV. Enter

   > now

   > http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline

   > >



   Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now

http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline











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1470, 1471, 1498-1501 had dynamic brakes. 1501 was also the last G12C

QR purchased.



Cheers

Arthur





In qrig@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gill" <freeone@...> wrote:

>

> Garner

>

> The early Clyde's with the dynamic brake resistor bank pods were

1460 class.

>

> Robert

>

>

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