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International Railroad Discussion > Hopper Train Down UnderDate: 08/06/16 18:32 Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave in the Australian Mountains a coal hopper train of Queensland using EMD power
You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/07/16 12:24 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: tomstp On the hopper cars what is the angled sheets of steel for?
Date: 08/07/16 14:11 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave i would say it may be to protect the air brake gear fitted on the frame but perhaps there could be another design reason?
here is another.... but grain cars that were converted from coal cars ,,the design of the coal cars dates from around the early 1970s Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/16 14:46 by bakersfielddave. You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/07/16 14:45 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave a meet between loads and empties in the evening
....a fellow trainorders member taking some video near the hedgerow at the painted building... You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/08/16 02:43 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: Stephenloco Am I right in saying these were filmed on the western side of the Toowoomba range?
Date: 08/08/16 07:27 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: SCKP187 That is a great meet video---what is the flasing beacon on the inside of the curve for?? RR related??
Brian Stevens Date: 08/08/16 13:01 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave A warning to personnel of an approaching train the downgrade trains can approach very quietly if not using dynamic braking
Posted from Android Date: 08/08/16 16:39 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave a view taken at Helidon railway station of empties westbound
and another look at the eastbound loads leaving Spring Bluff,note how the train bunches up against the locomotives when the brakes are released ... i think the grade is 2.5 per cent here You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 08/08/16 16:45 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave this is what the area looked like in the early 1950s when steam still ruled the grades
 Date: 08/08/16 16:57 Re: Hopper Train Down Under Author: bakersfielddave sundown ..the loads descending the grade
also a view of the long since decomissioned semaphore signals at the end of the clip that under pass is only 6 feet of clearance ! You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! |