The closing segments are excellent with the look back at the long load...makes us realise why this feat of engineering was constructed way back in 1940's.
Another fantastic video, love the cab rides, only had two cab rides:- (1) In a 45 or48 ? (same as a VR flat top T) Alco making up trains in the Albury yard when I was 14 years old (1965) for the day. (2) This year on Labour Day monday at SteamRail open day for about two hours in the cab of their A2 steamer. You guys do great work, good luck & stay safe.
Terrific video but unfortunately locked down in Melbourne, I can't travel on the XPT or any special train in NSW at present. I must have been on that spiral 100 plus times whether on 'Southern Aurora', 'Spirit of Porgress', 'Intercapital Daylight' with the famous Maureen in the buffet car south of Junee and even better if conductor John on board, 'Melbourne Express' or the tremendous 'South Mail', 'Riverina Express' or what was then NSW RTM or ARHS Canberra tour trains, some of the latter with heritage rollingstock where one could stand at the door with the half window down.
Excellent video could see some of the vantage points I have used and also noted the new rails to go in soon, last time I was there the rails near the crossing at 5:30 mark were badly worn you could see it from a fair safe distance from the rails.
4:04 - mind blowing.. That red line.. the bus bars must be massive! Brilliant footage, W class country! Speaking of, steam trams are the solution imo. Thanks again for uploading!
Not going to have bus bars is it? Insulated cables wired earth return would be my guess considering the environment. Perhaps I'm wrong but I don't think so.
kinda reminds me of out west but our western states are more barren and desert like. Also in the US trains have to use 2 longs, a short, and a long at crossings as if to scare someone off the crossing. That's even at the guarded crossings.
I was just thinking along the same lines, having seen many vids of US trains coming onto road crossings, that the Aussie trains don't blast their horns long enough to alert vehicle drivers of an oncoming train. Perhaps that is part of the reason we have so many rail crossing accidents here in Aus.
Varies, because there are government-owned suburban and intercity passenger rail operators (NSW TrainLink, Sydney Trains, TransPerth etc) and quite a few freight operators. Unemployment is high given COVID-19 so doubtful if any have vacancies.
Freemasons Lodge. Over decades more than twenty effing times I've applied and one day I was told by a driver and several other workers who revealed why and how to fix it. Anyhow I gave the Groucho Marx reply - I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. That as they say was that!
Awesome again! Drivers must have complete trust in the system. I would always be on edge on a single line thinking is there a loco coming from the opposite direction?
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I think you probably meant it is one directional as the trains running in the other direction do not use the spiral as it is down hill for them so no need for the spiral. Is that correct?.
WOW!!!! In 35 years of liking these engines I never knew that! 😲🤯All that despite many photos of them and seeing G516 brand new on the Southern Aurora in 1985! Next you'll be telling me that the Southern Aurora ran between Sydney and Melbourne! 🤯
