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International Railroad Discussion > Watco Grain (Queensland, Australia) part 2Date: 11/18/20 13:28 Watco Grain (Queensland, Australia) part 2 Author: westfalen After a few hours sleep I went back out to video the empties returning to the southwest as train No,6H38.
Shown passing the former site of Lanefield station just west of Rosewood and crossing the Lockyer Creek bridge at Gatton. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/20 13:05 by westfalen. You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 11/19/20 12:26 Re: Watco Grain (Australia) part 2 Author: zorz nice! Is that in the narrow gauge?
edit: never mind, for some reason assumed because it was watco that it was in Western Australia westfalen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After a few hours sleep I went back out to video > the empties returning to the southwest as train > No,6H38. > > Shown passing the former site of Lanefield station > just west of Rosewood and crossing the Lockyer > Creek bridge at Gatton. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/19/20 12:27 by zorz. Date: 11/19/20 13:07 Re: Watco Grain (Australia) part 2 Author: westfalen Yes, 3'6" narrow gauge, or at least the other states think of it as narrow, up here it's normal.
Date: 11/19/20 15:18 Re: Watco Grain (Australia) part 2 Author: tomstp What aare the "shields" for on the end of the cars?
Date: 11/19/20 16:24 Re: Watco Grain (Australia) part 2 Author: DKay tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What aare the "shields" for on the end of the > cars? I think to stop spilt grain from laying in the end spaces during the loading process..Some Aussie coal hoppers have a similar shield. Regards,DK Date: 11/19/20 23:53 Re: Watco Grain (Australia) part 2 Author: westfalen A detail to note with the shields is that some are painted yellow. The cars are permanently coupled in two car sets with drawbars, the yellow shields identify the ends of the cars with couplers.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/20 03:26 by westfalen. |