Queeensland Rail freight disrupted by Cross River Rail Project. Pinkenba branch sees freight traffic
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Queensland Rail's 3' 6" gauge rail network (1067mm) has been disrupted in the capital, Brisbane, while a new underground tunnel system is being built. The main line to the north of the state has been cutoff over the 2023 Christmas new year season. This has meant that freight trains from most of the state cannot get to the three major freight terminals in Brisbane's south side. A temporary container loading pad was built at Meeandah on the Pinkenba line. Unfortunately the junction to the Pinkenba line is a set of points that radiate towards the north, so southbound trains have to go past the points and go backwards onto the branch line. I went out on 4th January to see how this was done. I went to Eagle Junction where the Pinkenba line branches off the main line as I knew an intermodal freight train was coming down from north Queensland. I arrived about 9am. All I saw was electric multiple passenger units terminating at Eagle Junction and returning north, and buses heading south, so I went north to Northgate station and on to Banyo stabling yard. There were a couple of Aurizon diesels shutdown in the Banyo yard that might be used to couple on the back of trains that needed to go backwards a few kilometers to Meeandah 2846 and 2802. I went back to Eagle Junction, still no freight train. In fact I heard that the one that should have arrived was still waiting 20 or 30 kilometers north. Waiting for what? I decided to go and have a look at the loading pad at Meeandah, as I could get there and back quicker than the freight train could get to Eagle Junction. At Meeandah there was a Pacific National freight train on the loading pad. It looked fully loaded, so, assuming it was about to leave, I went back to Eagle Junction. By now it was after midday. I ran into a friend who was also waiting to photograph the trains on the Pinkenba branch, he decided to go to Clayfield station which is the first station on the Pinkenba line after Eagle Junction. He was able to let me know when the train I had seen at Meeandah was coming towards Eagle Junction, and I would be able to tell him when one was coming from the opposite direction.
(0:23) The first train that arrived at Eagle Junction was the freighter from the north at 1:12PM, pulled by 2839 but with no loco on the back.
(0:58)Then at 1:25pm, the PN train from Meeandah arrived and went south and out of view. It had two locos on the front 8314 and PN008 and one on the back PN012.
(2:42) Next thing to happen at 1:35pm, was PN012 came back with the train heading for the far north.
(4:12) 2839 with YB26 headed south at 1:38pm
(4:40) the other two PN locos 8314 and PN008 came back north a minute later at 1:39PM.
(5:55) 2846 arrived by itself from Banyo at 1:49pm, stopped at the station for a while,
(6:28) then at 1:51pm 2846 followed YB26 south and out of sight.
(7:06) It returned about 2:32pm pulling YB26 through platform 1 and out along the Pinkenba line.
I caught up with it at racecourse rd where it blocked the roadway while the staff for safe working was picked up by the driver. (No pictures of this sorry)
(8:47) and again at Meeandah.
Funny how the Aurizon is waiting for the PN. The PN goes past with a huge sign on the side, R U Ok? Seriously?
Nice work. Could you leave the captions up a bit longer please.
Excellent video! ❤Thank you very much for the description! ❤Have a nice Sunday, best regards from Romania! !
Hi Alan, you show the Pinkemba traffic head north from Eagle Junction. I thought Pinkenba is to the south of the River, near the container port. Im confused. !
Thanks Lindsay, Pinkenbah is on the north side of the river on the end of the Doomben line which branches off at Eagle Junction. During the closure, trains from the north had to come thru Eagle junction, stop, then the Locos ran around their train and pulled it back onto the branch as it isn't a Y junction.
Doing the rosters must be fun. 👍👌
Well done enjoyed and liked
Do you run DPU down there? Saw one train with loco on the rear end.
They do run DPU in the central Queensland coal fields but not on the intermodal trains, the passing loops are not that long that DPU is needed. This is the first time I've seen top and tail used in the Brisbane area, and that's mainly to speed up the mainline change of direction during the closure associated with the new cross river rail intergration. It will only be for about a month.
@@alantrains Thanks for the explanation. 👍
Oh, look at the UP knock off locos! Jk.
Yes but on 3' 6" gauge track.