#railroad #train #railway I have spent a considerable amount of time on these machines and thought I should bring this to you. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the Cane Railways.
Its not a bad Job. If you can live with earning around $50,000 over a period of 6 months, and don't expect them to offer you a full time position either.
That was an incredible video kyle, ive dreamed of being a train driver since 3 ive always considered if the wilmar cane trains might be for me But ive never been lucky as im worried they dont want me because i dont have experience with them
Put in for the cane railways mate. A position as a Driver Assistant is an entry level position and you will be trained up to RSU it takes at least 3 seasons to become an RSU operator. I enjoy it greatly, but, there will be those days. Keep your chin up, do your job safely and you'll be fine
Cool to see a bit of what goes on on the cane railways, a lot similar and a lot different to what we do with the coalies, mind you, id pay money to have automated couplers.
Great Video mate. I do have one enquiry though, If someone was to perhaps '' volunteer '' and shadow a driver for experience would this be allowed at the cane railways? Or would you know when your next intake could be? Thanks
If you are suggesting cab rides, you've gotta be good friends with drivers. Locomotive Drivers Assistant positions are advertised around April/May. These are entry level positions and you will be trained up to drive these trains
@@railwayofthesouthwest A few years ago we have had a NSW bloke come up to do the job. A NZ resident retired last season so it is a possibility. The only thing that could happen is your application isn't successful. Do put in for a few mills and try your luck!
Cool video. What is the length of the network, you said you went 80 odd km from the mill on this job. Is the cane harvested all year round, if not what do you do in the off times? Hi from NZ, Anthony
Oh man, I should have thought about that. My test audience know a little too much about my job! The longest run is roughly 116km out to Dalbeg with the total network track being close to 240km. Invicta processes just under four million tonnes of sugar cane from June to the end of November or Early December. I wasn't able to get a video heading into the mill, but, a full rake of 200 bins gets consumed by the mill in an hour! I am currently volunteering at the Southern Downs Steam Railway in South East Queensland and have made enough money to do a bit of travelling
Hey annyer262, the couplers used on the couplers are called Willison Automatic Couplers, they have been manufactured locally at Bradken and are now purchased from China. Interesting to see other railways use the same style of couplers!
Amazing video, I'm currently a loco driver up in the herbert region, and your lines are much flatter and in better shape than ours up here😅 Our top speed is only 25kmph on our mainline up here and half of our mainline is only suitable for 24-26 tonne locos, our 40 tonne locos can only do so much, mainly out bambaroo way.
I was thinking of coming up that way this season, playing with some Baldwins instead of 40 tonners every day. The flat terrain and repetition is boring me. Not only that if something happens on the main at Giru you can forget about cane supply! There really isn't a challenge except for Barratta Creek, and if you head out on an overtime shift to Millaroo. However, I will be heading to Plane Creek this year. Doin something different 😁 Did they sort out the RSU on Brissie and Clem.? Giru has been a pain in the arse
Yeah they ended up fixing the clemac and brisbane RSU issues but I hate the new RSU boxes, I prefer the catron over them any day, the new boxes vigilance alarms are horrific and you cant hear them, nearly every shift the Leichardt and Brisbane alarms go off at least once.
