International Railroad Discussion > Downunder Video

Hi all,

Here is a video to go with my recent photos.

Justin

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Very nice I did not know Genesee and Wyoming was part of the down under group of railroaders.

Justin:

Are there no standard Whistle/Horn signals in Australia and New Zealand?

From personal observation in NZ it would appear that drivers sound their horns whenever there's nothing else to do -- just single, halfhearted bleats.

In the US, grade crossings get a definite sequence of XXXXXX - XXXXXX - XXX -XXXXXXX (and often the final one is XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX). It's mandatory.

Thanks,

Fritz in HSV, AL, USA

can't get enough of your "train videos from downunder." thanks.......

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The one thing that made me think we were in the U.S. was the huge amount of graffiti on all the cars. You have those "artists" down under too, huh?

Nice video... but I don't understand, why isn't the video upside down?

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Great video. You must be a tourist promoter. I much rather be trackside in Australia than be in my office right now.

cabman Wrote:
You have those "artists" down under too,
> huh?


Yes we do unfortunately,and they don't discriminate between freight and passenger equipment either.
Regards,DK

Enjoyed your video--some lovely country down under. I was struck by the lack of fencing along the right of way. Is this usual?

Winston Hill

Love all the different tones on the horns!

Mike

Thanks for the tour Justin. Very interesting country side and some beautiful skies.

Chris

Nice footage. Judging by the smoke on the 2nd green unit on the grain/chemical train, it must be an ALCo product...

Thanks everyone.

Answers to the questions.

We have no set whistle codes in Australia. One of the trains uses the old South Australian whistle code of xxxxxx-x-xxxxxx in the video.

Graffiti is a major problem down here.

Most lines have fencing either side as they run past farms or through towns, housing etc. Only out in the desert is there really no fences.

The two units in the first scene are Goodwin/Alco DL531's powered by a 6-251B. The other green unit, 705 later in the video in two scenes behind G&W orange 701 are both Goodwin/Alco DL500G's powered by a 2000hp 12-251C. 701 was only overhauled and repainted earlier this year by G&W. Not bad for a 43 year old Alco. 705 was overhauled in 2012 but not repainted.

Cheers,
Justin

cabman Wrote:
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> The one thing that made me think we were in the
> U.S. was the huge amount of graffiti on all the
> cars. You have those "artists" down under too,
> huh?


Whatever made you think that graffitti is just a US problem?