Lovely Tasmanian coutnryside and wildlife getting out of the way of harm! LOL! Thanks for the share-ride mate, keep them coming! I've just subscribed to your channel.
Thankyou for creating and posting these. I really appreciate these. I wish QR and Aurizon weren't anti cab videos. Seeing great content from you for other states, but poor old Qld will miss out.
Loving these Tasmania videos. I've been there four times now, mainly around Hobart, and the only train I've seen to date is the freighter out of Brighton. Hope to go there again and see more of the state.
@@georgeheilman4243 well worth the trip over there. Lots of beautiful scenery the trains run through. Tourism would benefit greatly if tourist trains were allowed onto the state rail system. Glad you are enjoying them. 👍😀
The 2050 Class aren't the only locos to go to Tasmania from Queensland. The DQ's went via New Zealand to Tasmania during the time that Wisconsin Central owned part of Tranz Rail. March last year we saw DQ2010 with TR15 on a coal train pulling into Railton. Anthony
@@anthony851 Thank you Anthony. 😀 Both the DQ's and the 2050's are nice locomotives. Good to see and hear them around the system. They should have many years of service still to come. 👍😀
@@driver667 Most people my age know the piece from old Warner Bros. cartoons. ua-cam.com/video/0d_vZ6OJ1oQ/v-deo.html (Music) ua-cam.com/video/itpKFxWlAik/v-deo.html (Part of cartoon)
The St Mary to Conara Junction is an anti momentum line. Cannot get speed to climb next grade as the rear half is being pulled over the last hill (steam days). Ruling gradient for your section is a short 1 in 50 up side of kp51 down and out of the culvert. The Cornwall coal is very low quantity almost shale and used for cement manufacturing Railton. Kp50 ,1 in 50. Kp49 1 in 396 to 1in 66. Still looks ike a bush tramway behind Fingal township!
I'm assuming, once-upon-a-time, that Tasmania had inter-city trains between Hobart and Launceston. When were they gotten rid of? I'm presuming, lack of patronage and rising costs.
The Commonwealth took over in the late ‘70s and they were not interested in passenger trains. Even the Hobart suburban trains were gone. There was the Tasman Limited which ran to Smithton. Similar thing happened to South Australia but the state retained suburban services. Both states had Labor governments when Whitlam offered to take over the railways. Not sure if Gough knew the passenger services would go. Gough said services should pay their way - for example the price of postage stamps almost doubled resulting in an outcry.
@@driver667 yea I worked at Devonport railway workshop from 1966 as a running gear repaired ( train examiner ) and it was part of our daily routine to meet the coal train at Railton and check that the Q F wagons were ok to go back to Fingal for another load, we were also responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the QE cement wagons which transported the cement from Railton to the Devonport silos , god that seems like a lifetime ago , cheers
Nice trip, although there is not much left of the rail infrastructure? You can still see the long "log loading facility" shortly after leaving Fingal.. There was a passing loop and sidings at that Station years ago, but all pulled up now.. No more grog deliveries to the local pub anymore, or timber from a local mill... All of the "small cargo" and passengers were finished when the "Crow eaters" took over ? This was such a changing time for Tassie Railways, it's no wonder that the 'old timer's didn't like the new management? Now it's just all bulk loading.. If freight drops off, the loading facility is just abandoned and pulled up.. (and probably the railway as well? (But i hope not)? If the logs (or whatever) ever comes back, it all has to be built again? No livestock trains from Tullochgorum any more.. Those days are gone too? If they really want "Net Zero", and get Diesel trucks off of the road. Use Tassie's clean Hydro power for Electric trains, and put the long distance freight back where it belongs? I doubt if average "Owner Operators" on the road will be able to afford new battery driven trucks in the future.. Probably, suitable for little more than local deliveries (to the railway Stations {or causing fires})? Lithium batteries are the future.. (I don't think)? I'm glad that I am old, and out of it all now?
Just like most railways around the country, a lot of the freight went to road and the railways left handled bulk. It's a shame to see the change. Like you, I'm glad I got to see what I did but I still enjoy the job. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😀
Keep up the great work !! Videos like yours are my only chance to see these wonderful views nowadays... I started my career, hauling goods from the rail yards to local farms, on smallish trucks.. I would have preferred a part road haulage to have stayed that way? But that's another story? I only ever managed to do one cab ride from Burnie to Western Junction.. (Had to sign all of the waivers to get a pass) Totally different to being a driver on the road, and really enjoyable... There are only a few spots on that trip where a driver can look back and actually see his entire train? Thanks again for posting the videos.. I think they are wonderful...
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Lovely Tasmanian coutnryside and wildlife getting out of the way of harm! LOL!
Thanks for the share-ride mate, keep them coming!
I've just subscribed to your channel.
@@m.9243 welcome to the channel. 😀 Tasmania has some very beautiful scenery well worth visiting. Glad you are enjoying the videos. 👍😀
Thankyou for creating and posting these. I really appreciate these. I wish QR and Aurizon weren't anti cab videos. Seeing great content from you for other states, but poor old Qld will miss out.
@@JGrandcourt you never know... I'd like to see how I go in QLD one day. 🤔 Very happy you enjoy them. 👍😀
Loving these Tasmania videos. I've been there four times now, mainly around Hobart, and the only train I've seen to date is the freighter out of Brighton. Hope to go there again and see more of the state.
@@georgeheilman4243 well worth the trip over there. Lots of beautiful scenery the trains run through. Tourism would benefit greatly if tourist trains were allowed onto the state rail system. Glad you are enjoying them. 👍😀
The 2050 Class aren't the only locos to go to Tasmania from Queensland. The DQ's went via New Zealand to Tasmania during the time that Wisconsin Central owned part of Tranz Rail. March last year we saw DQ2010 with TR15 on a coal train pulling into Railton.
Anthony
@@anthony851 Thank you Anthony. 😀 Both the DQ's and the 2050's are nice locomotives. Good to see and hear them around the system. They should have many years of service still to come. 👍😀
Great video, what did you film this with?
@@Swc1720 I use a gopro. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀
I've heard of Fingal's Cave, but not Fingal's Railway Station.😄
(I wonder if Felix Mendelssohn ever wrote a tune about that?)🤔
@@martythemartian99 hmmm, I've never heard of that person. 🤔🤔👍
@@driver667 Most people my age know the piece from old Warner Bros. cartoons.
ua-cam.com/video/0d_vZ6OJ1oQ/v-deo.html (Music)
ua-cam.com/video/itpKFxWlAik/v-deo.html (Part of cartoon)
@@martythemartian99 ahh yes, I do know it. 👍😀😀
The St Mary to Conara Junction is an anti momentum line. Cannot get speed to climb next grade as the rear half is being pulled over the last hill (steam days). Ruling gradient for your section is a short 1 in 50 up side of kp51 down and out of the culvert. The Cornwall coal is very low quantity almost shale and used for cement manufacturing Railton. Kp50 ,1 in 50. Kp49 1 in 396 to 1in 66.
Still looks ike a bush tramway behind Fingal township!
@@rsinclair6560 sounds like a lot of experience as a driver here 🤔👍😀
Ah, an Express Coal train along the Fingal Valley!
@@kjm1sax Glad you are enjoying it. 👍😀
I've qlwqye wanted to chase the trains in Tasmania!
@@RailTownProductions a nice place to chase trains. Now you can chase them, in a way. 😀😀👍
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@@mihailoarsic5716 👍😀
I'm assuming, once-upon-a-time, that Tasmania had inter-city trains between Hobart and Launceston.
When were they gotten rid of? I'm presuming, lack of patronage and rising costs.
from memory, the mid 1970's
The Commonwealth took over in the late ‘70s and they were not interested in passenger trains. Even the Hobart suburban trains were gone. There was the Tasman Limited which ran to Smithton.
Similar thing happened to South Australia but the state retained suburban services. Both states had Labor governments when Whitlam offered to take over the railways. Not sure if Gough knew the passenger services would go.
Gough said services should pay their way - for example the price of postage stamps almost doubled resulting in an outcry.
The last passenger train in Tasmania stopped running in 1978. 👍😀
@@driver667 Sad.
Try living here.. It's doubly sad for us older folk who once traveled by train?
The bulk of the coal would have ended up at Goliath cement works at Railton,
@@michaelcolgrave4184 yes, that is where I believe it does end up. 👍😀
@@driver667 yea I worked at Devonport railway workshop from 1966 as a running gear repaired ( train examiner ) and it was part of our daily routine to meet the coal train at Railton and check that the Q F wagons were ok to go back to Fingal for another load, we were also responsible for the inspection and maintenance of the QE cement wagons which transported the cement from Railton to the Devonport silos , god that seems like a lifetime ago , cheers
@@michaelcolgrave4184 it's amazing how time flies past. Everything in life changes, not always for the better. 🤔 Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😀
Nice trip, although there is not much left of the rail infrastructure? You can still see the long "log loading facility" shortly after leaving Fingal.. There was a passing loop and sidings at that Station years ago, but all pulled up now.. No more grog deliveries to the local pub anymore, or timber from a local mill... All of the "small cargo" and passengers were finished when the "Crow eaters" took over ? This was such a changing time for Tassie Railways, it's no wonder that the 'old timer's didn't like the new management? Now it's just all bulk loading.. If freight drops off, the loading facility is just abandoned and pulled up.. (and probably the railway as well? (But i hope not)? If the logs (or whatever) ever comes back, it all has to be built again? No livestock trains from Tullochgorum any more.. Those days are gone too?
If they really want "Net Zero", and get Diesel trucks off of the road. Use Tassie's clean Hydro power for Electric trains, and put the long distance freight back where it belongs? I doubt if average "Owner Operators" on the road will be able to afford new battery driven trucks in the future.. Probably, suitable for little more than local deliveries (to the railway Stations {or causing fires})? Lithium batteries are the future.. (I don't think)? I'm glad that I am old, and out of it all now?
Just like most railways around the country, a lot of the freight went to road and the railways left handled bulk. It's a shame to see the change. Like you, I'm glad I got to see what I did but I still enjoy the job. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😀
Keep up the great work !! Videos like yours are my only chance to see these wonderful views nowadays... I started my career, hauling goods from the rail yards to local farms, on smallish trucks.. I would have preferred a part road haulage to have stayed that way? But that's another story? I only ever managed to do one cab ride from Burnie to Western Junction.. (Had to sign all of the waivers to get a pass) Totally different to being a driver on the road, and really enjoyable... There are only a few spots on that trip where a driver can look back and actually see his entire train? Thanks again for posting the videos.. I think they are wonderful...
@@robinmathews2446 Very happy to hear you enjoy them and they bring back memories of days gone by. Sounds like a lot of great memories you have. 😀👍