My oldest brother was a Signalman there back in the 70's and 80's. He would take me to work when I was a kid and he would let me change the signals when required! Great memories!! Good to see the Signal box in the vid! Thanks!
Great see to these familiar scenes, all so familiar. When I was a child we lived in Walker Street, near John Street, and I can still remember nights when I was lying awake late at night, sick maybe, or suffering nerves before an exam, and listening to the sounds of the shunting from the railway yards (and the town hall clock sounding on the quarter hour) carrying so clear on the still night air. Thanks for posting!
A lot of your normal general consumer freight, the Pialba goods ran five days per week into the early 1990s. During the pineapple season up to 1000-tonnes was loaded at Nikenbah, Koppers treated logs and sleepers were loaded at Takura into the 1990s, and coal continued to be railed from Burgowan into the mid-1980s. Fuel trains ran three days per week from Brisbane to the Caltex terminal at Urangan after the Urangan Pier closed in 1985 until 1991 when the terminal closed. The branch was fairly busy almost until it closed in 1993 during a spate of statewide branchline closures.
@@CalvusTV Thanks. I live at the village of Dululu but go to Rockhampton each fortnight. I was told that the Yepoon line was closed because the railways were not returning the pineapple crates quickly enough so they go by truck now. Only stock trains to the meatworks and ballast pick ups now. I am guilty of not helping the farmers too. I buy imported pineapple in juice because it is so cheap. Also, it is always sweet unlike Australian grown. The farmers say that they cannot make a living.
At 13:50 I love the way the shunters protect the street crossing and then at the last minute someone turns right in front of the loco! And the way the shunter jumps onto the buffer of the reversing train - O, H & S would have heart failure if they saw that these days!
Great footage of how it used to be done.Took me back to my old Roma Street days as a shunter. The things we used to do. No wonder my knees and back are so worn out these days ;)
Arthur did you film these or are they from some else's library? These are absolutely fascinating. What we think is mundane today will look fascinating 30 years down the track.
Hi Arthur this my old stomping ground. Where was the first sequence taken. Obviously between Baddow and Maryborough but i just can't pick it. Nice shot from the Ferry Street bridge of shunting in the yard.
Great footage mate! Thanks for sharing! 😊
My oldest brother was a Signalman there back in the 70's and 80's. He would take me to work when I was a kid and he would let me change the signals when required! Great memories!! Good to see the Signal box in the vid! Thanks!
I was a Sigmalman in the Maryborough cabin.
Great see to these familiar scenes, all so familiar. When I was a child we lived in Walker Street, near John Street, and I can still remember nights when I was lying awake late at night, sick maybe, or suffering nerves before an exam, and listening to the sounds of the shunting from the railway yards (and the town hall clock sounding on the quarter hour) carrying so clear on the still night air. Thanks for posting!
Fantastic old footage its nice to look back at the great times before QR died
What sort of freight came through Pialba?. I have a look at the Maryborough station sometimes. Thanks for the video.
A lot of your normal general consumer freight, the Pialba goods ran five days per week into the early 1990s. During the pineapple season up to 1000-tonnes was loaded at Nikenbah, Koppers treated logs and sleepers were loaded at Takura into the 1990s, and coal continued to be railed from Burgowan into the mid-1980s. Fuel trains ran three days per week from Brisbane to the Caltex terminal at Urangan after the Urangan Pier closed in 1985 until 1991 when the terminal closed. The branch was fairly busy almost until it closed in 1993 during a spate of statewide branchline closures.
@@CalvusTV Thanks. Seems strange to close a busy line.
@@kentrobison588 The closure of the Urangan Caltex terminal in 1991 was the nail in coffin. Pineapple loading was moved to the Maryborough yard.
@@CalvusTV Thanks. I live at the village of Dululu but go to Rockhampton each fortnight. I was told that the Yepoon line was closed because the railways were not returning the pineapple crates quickly enough so they go by truck now. Only stock trains to the meatworks and ballast pick ups now. I am guilty of not helping the farmers too. I buy imported pineapple in juice because it is so cheap. Also, it is always sweet unlike Australian grown. The farmers say that they cannot make a living.
At 13:50 I love the way the shunters protect the street crossing and then at the last minute someone turns right in front of the loco! And the way the shunter jumps onto the buffer of the reversing train - O, H & S would have heart failure if they saw that these days!
Miss those days
Great footage of how it used to be done.Took me back to my old Roma Street days as a shunter. The things we used to do. No wonder my knees and back are so worn out these days ;)
Arthur did you film these or are they from some else's library? These are absolutely fascinating. What we think is mundane today will look fascinating 30 years down the track.
I filmed these clips, had just got my first first video camera the day before the first train shown :-)
Thanks Shelton...the video tape was literally falling apart when I rendered this yesterday, so just in the nick of time.
Hi Arthur this my old stomping ground. Where was the first sequence taken. Obviously between Baddow and Maryborough but i just can't pick it. Nice shot from the Ferry Street bridge of shunting in the yard.
good video!
Those were the days
Awesome Arthur,the way the job used to be!!
great video. My dad is in the video quite a bit, he is the last shunter walking towards the camera at the end, Bill Pronger. Who took the footage?
hello peterm that section of track loks like the pedestrian crossing at the back of the old maryborough wreckers near morning st