Let''s get the history of line closures a bit more correct. From Joppa Junction, the (single) line goes tp Tarago, Bungendore and Queanbeyan. From Bungendore there was a branch to Captain''s Flat, for the mines. This branched closed in the "60"s. From Queanbeyan, there is a short branch to Canberra, originally owned by the Commonwealth, but taken over by NSW in the '70's. Back at Queanbeyan, the main line ran to south to Cooma and on to Bombala. The Cooma-Bombala section was closed in the late '60's/early 70's, after completion of the Snowy Scheme. The Queanbeyan-Cooma section was closed in the late 80's/early 90's, when the Numerella bridge was deemed unsafe, and it was decided not to replace it.
These Indigenous trains help open up the land for the Aboriginal peoples and others . I can’t believe they are not mentioned in the great works of Uncle Bruce Pascoe , Dark Emu …😮
Fantastic videos of the trains from all around Australia. Having checked out all of your other offerings, it is so sad that Queensland doesn't appear to have a railway system.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Queensland does indeed have a rail system, I have a few videos of my Christmas / New Years holiday from back in 2016 / 2017 that I do plan on uploading eventually.
That Indian Pacific livery was easily the best of the five we've had, even though my favourite is the "Desert Sands" one NR18 wore. The ones that came after seemed a bit uninspired.
IP mark 1s & makr 2s (NR18) had character which an iconic train such as the Indian Pacific deserves. Now it has nothing. it looks exactly like the Pacific National livery except for the logo. It's not eye catching anymore. The versions that have followed these 2 great liveries are such a disappointment. The livery doesn't promote the train anymore. The general public would be able to see a mark 1 or mark 2 livery hauling a freight service, and it would catch their eye and might make them interested in travelling. Now the general public wouldn't even look up as it's just PN Corporate colours. Yet, The Great Southern, only 4 years young, has an eye-catching livery!
Having lived in Aussie for some time the number of trains in NE Vic on the Sydney-Melbourne line was disappointing to say the least, it was rare to see a freight train. NZ does much better.
The majority of the traffic along the NE line is usually throughout the night. Being the main line that connects Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, the line does see a decent amount of traffic, which is increasing with QUBE & Aurizon running intermodal trains between the 3 cities.
These double stack freight trains travel very long distances, right? Why do some have crew and tank cars, some only tank, or only crew cars and others have neither? Nice race at 15:25 👍😅 Greetings from Germany to Down Under
Correct, they do go a fair distance, the crew cars are for relay working where the train crew rest between shifts. As far as I'm aware, relay working is not permitted within NSW? As for why some interstate trains have no crew cars in WA, I'm not sure. SCT utilises the inline fueling system, while PN fuel en route at locations such as Cook.
Fantastic video, very informative. Whilst I knew some information, there were bits I still learned new so well done. The pipeline was Charles Yelverton O’Conner’s dream project and when they turned it on, the water didn’t come out. All those years of work made him so depressed that he committed suicide. A couple of days after, the water came through. There are several pumping stations along the route so there was a delay in how long the water took to get to its destination. Sadly these MRL services don’t run through to Kwinana anymore. They now run through to Esperance and are mixed in with Aurizon AC, ACB, ACC class locomotives which are also C44ACis. NRs still occasionally appear too.
Thank you! Interesting info on Charles, i wasn't aware of. I did notice they weren't running to Kwinana anymore when I was doing my research this year. I did read somewhere recently that these trains will all be operated by Aurizon and no more PN locos to be seen. I'm not sure how true that is?
Theres a couple of different walking / bush tracks you can walk, which leads to a few different rocks / cliffs that over look the viaduct. This way I could easily see the drone and the viaduct without losing sight of the drone.
Interesting video. Nice to see XPTs with their full compliment of 7 carriages. I wonder what the driver was handing to that guy with the rucksack upon arrival at Wollongong 0:20 Unfortunately drivers aren't quite as friendly in the UK, well not in Southern England anyway.
