Bill, At least steam (and ancient Diesels) can still run on tracks that were around when they were officially in service, if only the BVL was one of them. The...
Drove past Acacia Ridge today, G516 undergoing what seemed like noise level tests. Several wallahs around watching. One guy who looked like a track worker...
Neill, Is often done as part of troubleshooting and testing. Unusual for it to be seen being done with Interail locos, more common with PN ones. Cannot be ...
hi all, In less than 15 minutes I spotted these four trains at Tennyson/Moolabin today. 0935hrs Down Coalie with 2350 & 23?? crossing Up empty coalie #9D50...
Thanks Ben. First time I've seen this done. They took soundings about 20 metres either side and a few metres directly in front of the loco. The only other time...
Hi Bob, I noticed a short rake of coal wagons in Clapham this arvo. They had shiny edges around the top edge. Maybe the same train? I think the shiny tops are...
The the VJQ (soon to be or already VAJQ) wagons had these top-sill mods completed at Pring (by RACS staff from Rocky IIRC) in late 2008 when these wagons were...
Trains have been running now for the second day on the GNR. Sunday, trains started and two freights ran west (up) from Hughenden, the first was 9M56, a...
Neill, Arrived for backshift shunt tonight (2200 - 0600 or 2100 - 0500 REAL TIME) and found that G516 was lit up like a Xmas tree in the rail crane area (west ...
Hi all As far as I know, no trains ran on the Jetty Branch over the weekend, the first movement was on Monday morning with 2413D (one of the Jetty shunters)...
A number of similar wagons have been sitting in the Redbank workshops yard for weeks now. Are they awaiting some conversion of sorts? Cheers Roscoe ...
Conversion from VJQ class to VAJQ class - basically entails fitting KDD triggers as used on West Moreton trains. The KDD triggers as used up here were removed...
Thanks Steve Cheers Roscoe ________________________________ From: Steven Allan <vra_fan@...> To: qrig@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 3 February, 2009...
I believe ( I didn't see it myself however one driver said an oldie with the front walkway was here ) 2111 made it to Cloncurry and was there for maybe a day...
... 03/02/09 13.15 2804 928? 34 empty GN Ex Cobarra - first train of the day on the Jetty Branch, and with the 2800 off last nights 9255. Daresay 2111D will be...
Hi All Sighted today at 2.20pm and again at 4.40pm today at the Burpengary weighbridge. 2169F on one of Mr MacLeese's low loaders. Robert This e-mail and any...
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Hi all Possibly for the first time since the 2150s took over the nickel ore trains, all three sets have 2800s again, 2804, 2812 and 2838. There's been a...
Not Pring - we're about to get some 2250s. I can think of at least 1 of the nickel 2150s that is at Redbank for repairs. Haven't really been paying that much...
... Of ... noise ... like a ... for ... locations. Not much use putting the loco to work where the locals will complain first tiem they sit one outside their...
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G'day all, 1730 + 13 QLX/QLDP/refrigerated units + 6 empty PZCUY at Russel Street level crossing, 1820. Josh [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi all, Sighted at Tennyson today 0910hrs 1762D & 1763D with #7F09 in Tennyson yard picking up some flats for the Ridge. 0915hrs 2304 & 2349 up MT grain ...
As the coal slows more loco's may get released from coal duties. With the flooding, the 2800's are most probably sitting idle so they might have found their...
Hi all, saw 2335 & 2338 with down coalie at Yerongpilly about 9AM today. And also 2480 at Graceville on #3907 about 10:50AM Here's a short movie of it. ...
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