Calling all steam railway fanatics!

**Bigbjorn** · 11th February 2013, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

And technically speaking, all of Queensland's state rail network is narrow gauge. The term includes all gauges narrower than standard gauge. Of course, Victorians and perhaps South Australians probably think of standard gauge as narrow.

John

I once worked in the sugar industry in the heyday of the cane trams. The lines and rolling stock were all owned and operated by the individual mills. I had no idea that they were interconnected to the point of ability of being able to steam from Nambour to Bundaberg. There were considerable gaps of cane growing between the mill towns, Nambour, Maryborough, and Bundaberg-Childers.

Interestingly, with deregulation of the industry and growers becoming able to choose which mill to sell their cane to, numbers of growers in outer Bundaberg areas decided to go with Isis Mill at Childers. Bundaberg Sugar didn't hesitate. They ripped up their tramlines servicing these areas more or less telling the growers that they had made the bed and now must lay in it. No coming back.

**Bigbjorn** · 11th February 2013, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Now here is a suggestion.

As there is obviously so many AULRO members who also appreciate rail activities, why do we try to organise some day trips for our Landies and see if we can’t include some rail events at the same time.

Victorians have the puffing billy, maybe there are other rail related places of interest.

I managed to get quite a few hours of video of the Frankston to Sandy Point line before they retired the A ( B ) class hauled passenger cars and replaced it with the DMUs

NSW has the Zig Zag and I know quite a few of you make day trips up to this area. Perhaps there are other locations along this type of rail interest.

QLD use to have quite a few steam events although since the shortage of drivers ( because of the extra demands of the coal industry ) much of the steam operations have stopped, but I think Steam Sunday is either back or coming soon?

So are the similar possibilities in Tas, SA and WA?

Both the Mary Valley and Rosewood steam lines look like closing down due to lack of money to maintain the assets.

olbod · 11th February 2013, 10:02 AM

Found some stuff about the prospect mine and the train line.

olbod · 11th February 2013, 02:54 PM

Sorry, the attachments in the above post didn't work to well, so I rewrote them and will have another go.

olbod · 11th February 2013, 02:56 PM

Last one !!!

**Ausfree** · 11th February 2013, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

The question has been asked!!

Thanks for that, I think a lot of people will be very happy with this new part of the Forum for us railway fans!!

**drivesafe** · 11th February 2013, 04:20 PM

Too right

**Tote** · 11th February 2013, 04:58 PM

Woo Hoo all my fetishes on one place

I'm not only a refugee from Railpage, I also used to post on usenet in aus.rail............

Regards,
Tote

**robbotd5** · 11th February 2013, 05:12 PM

Yep, great stuff!!!! I'll look forward to more great posts.
Regards
Robbo

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 11th February 2013, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by drivesafe

With all the interest shown in this thread, as someone else posted up, maybe we need a rail section, not just on steam but rail in general.

The best rail forum use to be Railpage but it’s a waste of time now and the only reason I go there these days is to find out about NZ rail events.

As has been posted a number of times on AULRO, there are quite a few rail videographers on here so why not have these videos posted up for all to enjoy.

Originally Posted by Disco44

X2....is anybody out there?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

The question has been asked!!

Dont look now boys and girls but we've MOVED!!

Thanks Inc

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