Twin 2300's lead Aurizon's new look Gypsum Train - Eyre Peninsula, SA
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2023
- New locomotives, new wagons and even new tracks! South Australia's little hidden part of rail history has been brought into the future in April with new owners Aurizon investing heavily in the isolated railway.
Apart from the Thevenard to Kevin Railway being the last remaining section of a once massive 777-kilometre Narrow Gauge Network on the Eyre Peninsula, the line was, until this month, keeping the history of the South Australian Railways & Commonwealth Railways going.
Aurizon's new-look railway comes right on time for the aging fleet of the 1960's built, 1600s, 830/900s & 1200s that have been operating the train for decades. With many of the 12 locomotives used in the last few years are unserviceable, with half confirmed as unrepairable, the railway needed reliable horsepower ASAP.
Ex Queensland 2300 class locomotives now operate the train with more horsepower than the previously used locomotives, along with some Iron Ore wagons from Whyalla joining the train to give the consist a new look. The line itself received higher grade 80LBS rail from decades ago, replacing the original 1966 63LBS Rail while also replacing joints across the whole line with fully welded rail.
What do you think of the new locomotives and train look?
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I've been a train controller for this line for nearly 19 years and this video is the most I have seen of the network! Great video.
Thanks very much! Glad we were able to share some footage of something you've been involved in for so many years. Train Control would be a great job too.
Matt - M&S Trains
in addition to this, 2364D and 2332D also on occasion hauled the Westlander to and from Charleville.
That's pretty cool to hear!
Matt - M&S Trains
i spent many hours driving those locos out of toowoomba in qld…solid reliable emd power…
It’s fabulous to see some significant investment into this system for the first time in a while, but I will miss the old locomotives which I definitely have soft spots for. Hoping 906 can be preserved as the first loco to be painted in G&W orange.
We'll miss the old locomotives too. Hopefully PRR get a NJ to complete their CR Diesel Fleet and maybe Aurizon can use the old serviceable locomotives like 906/851 at Whyalla or even Port Lincoln if the line reopens? If not maybe one of these locomotives could be put into a local park instead of getting scrapped as I can't see anyone wanting them for heritage use at this stage.
Matt - M&S Trains
2364D and 2332D once used to haul Coal from Columboola and Acland to Brisbane once upon a time!!!
Nice video Matt very interesting mate cheers 👍👍👍💪💪💪😀😀🦘🇦🇺
Another great video Matt! Really good camera work and nice narration as usual! I'm sure I would have had these two units go past me at work in Brisbane, over the last 18 years ! They do sound good in notch 8 , and I still get a buzz when I'm tracside and a pair of 2300's go by at full noise.
Nice work young man!
Cheers Gregg.
A great locomotive and one I've always been interested in capturing in Queensland. Guess I saved myself some kilometres here. Hope your recent trip to Lofty was successful. Cheers Gregg.
Matt - M&S Trains
Excellent presentation with amazing camera angles and positioning. The narration is clear and easily understood as are the captions. I found this so educational and enjoyable and I thank you so much for your hard work to bring this to us.
That's great to hear, John! Thanks very much and glad you enjoyed our presentation of this train!
Have a great weekend.
Matt - M&S Trains
@@MS_Trains you're very welcome 👍 and you enjoy your weekend as well 😀
Wow! I never thought that two ex-Queensland Rail 2300s would take up a new role in South Australia with Aurizon and having said that, it takes me back to a time when other 2300s went to Western Australia as DFZs.
It would be nice to have a few remaining Bronco liveried 2300s join the South Australia fleet as well as a few 2170s.
I've heard another is heading to Thevenard. You never know how many will end up in South Australia if those Grain lines closed in 2019 reopen like Aurizon and Viterra are hoping. Could see a whole fleet down here replacing our aging fleet from the 60s.
Thanks for watching.
Matt - M&S Trains
They have plenty of 2300s in storage up here in Queensland there is also a few 1720 class locos in storage here as well. They are only 70t locos but are great work horses 😊😊😊😊😊😊
@@scottcannell5584 Sort of surprised 1720 didn't make it down here first as a replacement for 830/900s going out of service, as they're pretty similar in power output. Could've mixed them in with the old horsepower already hauling the train nicely.
Probably a wiser choice to use the 2300s though, as they don't need as many to haul a train.
I've heard they're pretty tight loco-wise with the 2300s with a far few brought back into service for ballast and coal services too.
Matt - M&S Trains
Excellent video mate! A real rail company operating a rail properly. And if any of that old SAR/CR locos are preserved I hope not in G&W colours
Thanks, mate, and thanks for watching!
It seems like Aurizon is keen to still use the 1600s for the time being as backup and when extra loads are carted. 846 went to PRR a while back, and I believe it is being restored in SAR colours! 850 is at Port Lincoln in G&W colours but I don't believe they have the resources to repaint a locomotive for the moment.
A renumber to NJ and paint into Commonwealth Railway livery for any of those 1600s would be the go, but of course, these things take time and money!
Matt - M&S Trains
Amazing, beautiful landcascape, very nice video, greetings 📽️📽️👍🚂👋👍👋
Thanks very much!
Matt - M&S Trains
Awesome video, love it. The 2300Ds are slightly heavier than the original 2300 rebuilds. They were modified for West Moreton coal traffic beginning in 2009, and most weigh 96-tonnes - some are even heavier, with at least one weighing nearly 100-tonnes.
Thanks mate! Cheers for the info. We're pretty new too these locomotives so good to get some history on them we didn't find online. They'd be the heaviest locomotive to operate on this line ever then. Previously it was the WAGR A class (1200s) at 89 Tonnes.
Matt - M&S Trains
Nice yes saw them in MBH QLD prior to move. Amazing how grew up in Whyalla SA Eyre Peninsula and then end up in QLD near Maryborough that has a hand in hand relationship with the rail network.
Nice video, i like the idea of 2300 ex-QR locos being used from up in queensland!
Only possible with Aurizon's ownership, good timing really to see it get done and, in some ways save the train.
Matt - M&S Trains
And my idea would be to see a few more 2300s and maybe a few 2170s join the South Australia fleet.
Awesome work capturing this new chapter of SA's rail history! I must get down there at some point and have a look.
It's worth the trip! Glad you enjoyed our video.
Matt - M&S Trains
Really great work and great commentary. Thanks!
Thanks very much, mate!
Matt - M&S Trains
very well presented. thank you mate!
Thanks, Peter!
Matt - M&S Trains
Excellent video!
Thanks very much!
Matt - M&S Trains
THANK YOU FOR VIDEO
GREAT WATCHING THE VIDEO
Thanks for watching!
Matt - M&S Trains
Ah the days in Ceduna when you could still get a Brill railcar to Pt Lincoln. We left in 1967, and rail activity was extensive, especially around grain time. Such a disgrace it has all but disappeared.
It would've been a slow trip but an important one for the era. It's hard to believe how much trucks have taken over.
Matt - M&S Trains
Interesting film. It feels weird seeing 2364D and 2332D down there. I’ll have to try find them one day. :)
Thanks, mate! Worth the visit if you ever get the chance.
Matt - M&S Trains
great video quality and commentary
Thanks, mate! Glad you enjoyed.
Matt - M&S Trains
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Its great to see new power on the isolated line, won't be long and they'll be repainted into aurizon paint scheme, but its a shame to see the old nj and alcos gone😞
The two NJs are being kept serviceable as backup units and are occasionally used, all other locos are dead.
Sad but good in a way, glad 1601 and 1606 will remain as operational spares
That's just the word on the street. Apparently a third 2300 could be coming down aswell, which could negate the need for those 1600s to remain as spares. Time will tell what will actually happen I suppose. Thanks for watching Martin!
Matt - M&S Trains
Could you please film the Southern Encounter on Sunday?
Unable to, however, we'll get down to SteamRanger at some point soon.
Matt - M&S Trains
alas brown doveri elect engineering very good
Very interesting! Pity it's a narrow gauge, as it would seem to me (a non-railway person) as more efficient to send the gypsum by rail to Sydney to save unloading and loading at each end more than once.
Thanks, Patrick. I did think that myself, but sadly a missing 500 kilometres of Standard Gauge track across to Whyalla is a bit of an issue. Probably better to have it this way with the older locomotives and power still moving the gypsum to port.
Matt - M&S Trains
Shipping is actually surprisingly cheap, especially for bulk products like gypsum. So even if there was a connection, it would quite possibly still be cheaper to move it by ship.
The old QR Clydes are in every state with 3ft 6 track now. (except if you count the Bellarine Peninsula and Zig Zag)
I guess you could say every state on non-tourist railways. One of the best locomotives for the Narrow Gauge with low axle load and high horsepower!
Matt - M&S Trains
Future upgrades should be to standard gauge.
where is all the gypsum used
What weight are the wagons loaded
If you drive around the Kevin siding, be sure to hose out your wheel arches. Mine rusted out in 3 months. I don’t know whether it was salt or gypsum that did it.
Cheers for the advice. We didn't go to close to the mine site on our travels, but we'll give the rig a good wash out anyway.
Matt - M&S Trains
@@MS_Trains Wherever the ground was white. These days it’s probably all fenced off.
could this be the busiest freight line in Australia, I once saw a map of rail lines where the volumes where shown by the thickness of the rail line, and the Kevin-Thevenard was the thickest line. Some of the coal lines might be busier.
Interesting thing about Thevenard, there is a station building and nameboard on the pier. I don’t know if normal people can walk on the pier nowadays.
The iron ore private railway lines in Western Australia are the busiest I'm pretty sure. They're can be 5 enormous trains a day on it
Not one greenie in sight winging about these polluting dinosaurs
Ask the government!there is technology available to day to reduce pollution on coal powered power stations and on cars trucks motorcycles locomotive to but ! on body's interested!well there was a Little at one time a few years ago but nothing in the end !on One wonted take it because of the cost involved!not a lot!but it would have cleaned up most of the population!and better fuel economy? Reduced by a bout one third? Of the fuel consumption but the end result nothing!no one was willing to give it a go or shine on the dotted line?
Not one person in sight who asked about your observations either
Isn't that good
I wonder how they're taking to right hand drive locos. Seeing as Qld is the only RHD state
If they're anything like me, I'm sure it's confused them a few times getting in the cab.
Matt - M&S Trains
those 2300`s look like mini SD-39`s
internally they're more or less the same as a hypothetical SD39-2 or -3.
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