Ahhh, the Australian Screenshots Thread: Drop in and learn something new.:hehe::hehe:
Thanks for the info; that was meant as an attempt at humour, guess it bombed.
Patchy, looking pretty good.
Matt.
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Ahhh, the Australian Screenshots Thread: Drop in and learn something new.:hehe::hehe:
Thanks for the info; that was meant as an attempt at humour, guess it bombed.
Patchy, looking pretty good.
Matt.
Ghostryder
QDRN CEO
Pete
am happy to test anything anytime any guage.
now to soem screenshots.
The willem2 engineering works has helped with the resignalling of Jacaranda Flats yard area.
The second person from pick up freight 666 acquires clearance to enter the grain loop to cross freight 6969 and 6R68.
pick up freight 666 passes the interlocking hut and phone as it eases into the grain siding.
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Bill the only suggestion i have is maybe lengthen the name panels a touch.
Ghosty
am happy to test anything anytime any guage.
now to soem screenshots.
The willem2 engineering works has helped with the resignalling of Jacaranda Flats yard area.
The second person from pick up freight 666 acquires clearance to enter the grain loop to cross freight 6969 and 6R68.
pick up freight 666 passes the interlocking hut and phone as it eases into the grain siding.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
Bill the only suggestion i have is maybe lengthen the name panels a touch.
Ghosty
D9007_Pinza
Murringo's shed foreman
That could make this thread quite hazardous...
Not entirely.:hehe:that was meant as an attempt at humour, guess it bombed.
I will have some more shots of the less noted (on this thread at least) workings of the pre-Railcorp era of NSW railways later today.
D9007_Pinza
Murringo's shed foreman
Another where is it:
HINT: This line was associated with the 20 and 30 class tanks.
HINT: This line was associated with the 20 and 30 class tanks.
mitch456yui
a.k.a - Barlo, Mitch
The first thing that popped to my head was the Morpeth line?
Long time since I've last posted, great work as always everyone!
Thanks,
Mitch
EDIT: Could those two 73s be helping that passenger train through flood like they did (on occasion) in the 70's? Wait, that was Hexham and Menindee, but Hexham is near Morpeth... kinda.
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Evan, Nice shot.
I have absolutely no idea where it could be, seeing as my knowledge of railways is very slim, however, just for fun, i'm gunna go out on a limb and say the Richmond branch.
Probably got it wrong, but hey.
Matt.
itzemmyjane
stonks goin up
I definately know where it is: NSW obviously:hehe:
Seriously though, I have no idea
D9007_Pinza
Murringo's shed foreman
Thanks Matt. This is just a tiny module I whacked together from a photo of the correct location You're on the right track :hehe: It is in Sydney, just in a different part. Also, you have correctly guessed that it is a branchline.
Mitch, the locos are actually the smaller (and older) 70 class, and no, it isn't Morpeth or Hexham and definitely not Menindee, at least not as it would be now :hehe: I am slowly(tm) working on building Morpeth station(s) though. A couple of shots appeared earlier in the thread.
cjgeddes96 is also on the right track, it is in NSW.
Here's another shot:
After replacing a burst brake hose on one of the wagons, 5585 and 5308 attempt to restart their northbound goods train. Despite the brake hose failure, the crew are praising their luck, having stuck up on the final leg of the infamous Cowan Bank, with a load of decent coal right behind the loco and, not one, but two of the extremely rare "good" engines out Enfield. The year is 1955 and the section is yet to be electrified. In the background is the northern portal of the disused Boronia #5 tunnel, abandoned in 1909.
Cheers, Evan.
Mitch, the locos are actually the smaller (and older) 70 class, and no, it isn't Morpeth or Hexham and definitely not Menindee, at least not as it would be now :hehe: I am slowly(tm) working on building Morpeth station(s) though. A couple of shots appeared earlier in the thread.
cjgeddes96 is also on the right track, it is in NSW.
Here's another shot:
After replacing a burst brake hose on one of the wagons, 5585 and 5308 attempt to restart their northbound goods train. Despite the brake hose failure, the crew are praising their luck, having stuck up on the final leg of the infamous Cowan Bank, with a load of decent coal right behind the loco and, not one, but two of the extremely rare "good" engines out Enfield. The year is 1955 and the section is yet to be electrified. In the background is the northern portal of the disused Boronia #5 tunnel, abandoned in 1909.
Cheers, Evan.
mitch456yui
a.k.a - Barlo, Mitch
Oh, righto then:hehe: . A branchline in Sydney, ey? Is it the Richmond - Kurrajong line? That had a few 20 Class tanks on it...
Beautiful shot by the way! Gotta love those old K class locos!
So not Richmond then? Camden, maybe? I don't know; I'll let someone else have a shot at it.
Jamie, not nice. That hit, and hit hard! It's not fair; using someone else's words against them.
Kids, eh, What do they teach them these days?Still, I won't be changing it any time soon, as I think it sums me up quite well.
Anyway, I feel that I should post a few shots, after that. Just to get us back on topic. So:
Class leader 4501 heads north through the town of Wallarah, with a short train consisting of steel piping and a mix of empty/loaded containers.
Matt.
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D9007_Pinza
Murringo's shed foreman
Thanks Mitch. Boronia No.5 is an experiment in photographic modules. Sorry, but that guess was taken by Matt. Matt, geographically, you're getting closer. I may have to try modelling Camden. I would need a DEM though.... I've got the maps, etc for it, but no idea how to make them into a DEM.
mitch456yui
a.k.a - Barlo, Mitch
Ah, sorry, I wasn't reading people's posts.:hehe: That's all I can think of, I'm stumped.
Thanks,
Mitch
D9007_Pinza
Murringo's shed foreman
Third time lucky Matt! It's the Holsworthy branch.
This is the real photo for comparison. The working was a Scouts special in the 60s.
This is the real photo for comparison. The working was a Scouts special in the 60s.
Enfield, you say? I have a railway stories book with a poem in it about one engine in particular from Enfield... I don't suppose you've heard of 1174?
When you're signing on at Enfield and they meet you at the door,
And they tell you that your engine is 1174
You can hear the driver grumble; you can hear the fireman roar...
Why? Just look in the repair book of 1174.
'Faulty valves and pistons', 'burnt-off smokebox door',
'Engine steaming badly'... that's 1174.
God knows why they run her, but the bosses know what's best,
She'll be hours late any time they run her to the west.
And if they put her on a north job, you can always safely bet
That she'll end up in a siding somewhere up near Morriset.
Try to take her 'cross the mountains where she really has to climb!
By the time you get to Glenbrook you're an hour behind time!
I have struggled, sworn and sweated, I have tried to get her through
But I always feel like quitting when I get to Warrimoo!
'Cos we're facing those Blue Mountains and we'll do the best we can
But to make that engine steam well is a task beyond a man!
I take up that damn shovel, off come my overalls,
And I know that I'll be buggered when we get to Wentworth Falls.
As we struggle on to Lithgow, we swear and curse our fate,
And 1174 is just exactly three hours late.
It's a number that will haunt me and haunt me evermore,
For it doesn't matter what I do... it's 1174.
One night my dear wife said to me, "Your hands are burnt and sore!"
I said, "Yes, I've been to Lithgow on 1174."
She gave me perfumed soap for them, the best she could procure,
It's called '4711'... just like 1174!
I bought a ticket in the lottery, thought my luck would change for sure,
The winner was 1175... I had 1174!
Disgusted I enlisted and went off to the war
And my regimental number was 1174.
And when when the war was over I came back to work once more
And they sent me off to Lithgow on 1174.
Anonymous
FACT: 1174 was later re-numbered as a 54 Class.
misterchugg
Active member
hi pinza
any idea why that tunnel was closed?
nice shot and setup
cheers
ron
any idea why that tunnel was closed?
nice shot and setup
cheers
ron