This is how a local Sugar Mill gets its cane trains across Queensland Railways main North-South line without all that mucking around with crossing trackage.
[MEDIA=youtube]a5wYy_wPXxs[/MEDIA]
Starts at 8:31.
Of note is the end of the catch point moving rail.
Gap,
I was unable to open that link or find it on YouTube. Could you please post the name of the YouTube video? I tired “queensland sugar cane railways,” and the list was quite extensive!
Thanks,
Eric
WOW! Love that stuff. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Nice video, love that draw-bridge crossing at about the 10 minute mark… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
And how about that rod coupled diesel in the first part? 4 counterweights, but three axles. Must be the drive shaft at the end with no motors on the axles at all. Neat!
And the red flag for the end of train …
Jon Radder said:
And how about that rod coupled diesel in the first part? 4 counterweights, but three axles. Must be the drive shaft at the end with no motors on the axles at all. Neat!
They were quite common in English-influenced areas. Drewry in the UK made a lot for British Rail.
Andy Clarke said:
Nice video, love that draw-bridge crossing at about the 10 minute mark… (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
Yep. CNJ had a similar arrangement at their Bronx Terminal for access to the loco shed. The shed is to the right, and the rails to go over the switch are lying on the ground between the rails on the left.
GAP,
More great insight into cane trains! Makes me wonder what our would look like if we hadn’t torn up the rails ( Stupid trucks…) and built over the fields.
Eric
Eric Mueller said:
GAP,
More great insight into cane trains! Makes me wonder what our would look like if we hadn’t torn up the rails ( Stupid trucks…) and built over the fields.
Eric
Same thing is happening here as sugar is becoming non viable, farmers are either sub dividing their farms for housing for moving to new crops Macadamias are big here.
Eric,
Couple of more videos of Australian Sugar cane railways for a bit of inspiration.
This one is a train going through the mains street of a sugar town being pulled by a “Bundaberg Fowler” steam loco. Unfortunately the mill is no longer so this will not happen again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZnrxvQTzI
In this one a road truck bin transport can be seen.
Historical video of same mill railway but in an earlier era of note is that the cane has been hand cut, it is “Whole Stick” and not in the bins.
You just have to love the way they carried the coal in hessian bags and the safety precautions they took when connecting wagons.
GAP said:
This is how a local Sugar Mill gets its cane trains across Queensland Railways main North-South line without all that mucking around with crossing trackage.
[MEDIA=youtube]a5wYy_wPXxs[/MEDIA]
Starts at 8:31.
Of note is the end of the catch point moving rail.
There is a TON of information here https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/ourhistory
Thanks Gap …don’t blow my dress up modeling wise but it may for others!
Rooster said:
GAP said:
This is how a local Sugar Mill gets its cane trains across Queensland Railways main North-South line without all that mucking around with crossing trackage.
[MEDIA=youtube]a5wYy_wPXxs[/MEDIA]
Starts at 8:31.
Of note is the end of the catch point moving rail.
There is a TON of information here https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/ourhistory
Thanks Gap …don’t blow my dress up modeling wise but it may for others!
Bit of clarification for the overseas folk.
Queensland rail is the mainline system partly owned by the state government (they sold off the freight side in controversial circumstances, cost a party the next election) running on 3’6" gauge. It is modeled in the smaller scales fairly well
The sugar cane railways are privately owned by the sugar mills running on 2’ gauge that is my main interest modelling-wise
