Thread: Calling all steam railway fanatics!

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.

That was amazing, I didn't realize the narrow gauge was so big, I thought there were a number of micro networks.

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.

X2....is anybody out there?

The question has been asked!!

Originally Posted by V8Ian

That was amazing, I didn't realize the narrow gauge was so big, I thought there were a number of micro networks.

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

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?

Some of you folk living around fairfield and Smithfield near Sydney wont remember or even know that a goods train ran alongside the road and went out to Prospect. Wasn't fenced off or anything. There used to be a blue metal quarry at Prospect hill near the dam and the train would travel backwards and forwards carting the metal away. I used to sometimes see it when I went to Fairfield shopping with my Nan, this would have been in the forties.
We could often hear them blasting at the quarry from our farm at Horsley Park.

Cheers.

PS: One of my most vivid memories of steam train travel was when I was about ten. Mum and I were on our way to Cowra for a bit of a holiday and the bush fires were on in the Blue Mountains.
It was exciting, I remember standing on the platform at the front of the carriage. There was thick smoke and cinders and blokes were hanging out everywhere checking to see if the train was catching fire. Top stuff.

Originally Posted by olbod

Some of you folk living around fairfield and Smithfield near Sydney wont remember or even know that a goods train ran alongside the road and went out to Prospect. Wasn't fenced off or anything. There used to be a blue metal quarry at Prospect hill near the dam and the train would travel backwards and forwards carting the metal away. I used to sometimes see it when I went to Fairfield shopping with my Nan, this would have been in the forties.
We could often hear them blasting at the quarry from our farm at Horsley Park.

Cheers.

PS: One of my most vivid memories of steam train travel was when I was about ten. Mum and I were on our way to Cowra for a bit of a holiday and the bush fires were on in the Blue Mountains.
It was exciting, I remember standing on the platform at the front of the carriage. There was thick smoke and cinders and blokes were hanging out everywhere checking to see if the train was catching fire. Top stuff.

You couldn,t ride like that these days Ol bod.Riding those platforms fore and aft was always a thrill but the nanny staters have deemed that present day passengers have to sit in fully sealed carriages.God we have become a nation of sooks.