Australian screenshots

Thanks guys.

@Raichase. God Damn Pixellation. haha. No I don't work for IRA. The 44's have a bit more character with the the B end leading. I don't know what it is, they just look nice.

btw, does anyone know if davidt is still active. If theres enough interest I might release his 42s which have been revamped some what in terms of the paint scheme (matching it to Daves yellows and browns etc), swapping bogies, changing grill pattern etc.





(off another route I'm working on)
Daniel
 
I think Davidt lurks around, however hardly ever posts.
I might be completely wrong, but I think Davidt built the 42 before he could use G-Max. It should only be a repaint of Aurans own 42.
I think Auran released the mesh on their cd too.
So if I am right, you only need acknowledge him and Pikkabird (who he collaborated with) and Auran.. right?
Cheers
Rod
 
Thank You QDR

Hello All

:) Dear my good friend Dreddman,
I thank you for your lovelly comments regarding QGR & its strong fleet of locomotives. Can you wire me your email address so i can post those PB15's, B18 771 and my version of Destination boards. If you look back I named a Grand Bridge and a creek after you, also ghosty and lenice have a bridge in honour of their service to QGR.

P.S I Fled To France After The 'Flame War' And Armed The Depot To The Teeth (Now Since Been Removed) But Love the Photo's... So Keep Up The Good Work Boys!!!!!!
:wave:
Kind Regards

Michael G

QGR Commissioner​

Bummer Zec I was out all day and did'nt get a chance to see em :hehe:
Flamewar?..........whats a flamewar??? I must be getting OLD is'nt ordinary war good enough for internet viewers!.....Personally Michael I dont realy care but others get upset and rightly so.....a lot of time and effort goes into making things for Trainz so if you want to change things keep them to yourself or dont state the obvious DURrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Yes I know about the "IP" thing and it would be good to change it like the destonation boards but its a bit beyond me so the end user can clone the item and reskin a different depot on the fleet thats what I would do
Michael I know and understand you are a loyal qr fan but slow down dude and yes I will have a look at your steamers
curiosity has got the better of me
 
The Lockyer Hotel

A work in progress, the Lockyer Hotel at Forest Hill.

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Ice cold beer on tap. (verified) :o hic...... :hehe:

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The real one.

Cheeeeeeers,

Bill.
 
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i love queensland so much i only wish that they had made the railways up here standard gauge .. id love to see some nsw stock up here .. thank you trainz for letting me get away with it :P
 
i love queensland so much i only wish that they had made the railways up here standard gauge .. id love to see some nsw stock up here .. thank you trainz for letting me get away with it :P

There will be standard gauge up here in a few years. The Great Inland Railway or something.
 
Whose idea was it to have different guages in every state, anyway? Gee, I'd love to meet him, then give him a piece of my mind! (And/or fist):hehe:
 
Whose idea was it to have different guages in every state, anyway? Gee, I'd love to meet him, then give him a piece of my mind! (And/or fist):hehe:
Interstate rivalry has been going a very long time :hehe:
However the arguments might have very well gotten serious after it was decided to build a railway in each State.
Those bludger's south of the Murray announced that they might link the City with the wharves at Port Melbourne. So they chose Standard Gauge and proceeded to order the materials from England. I believe that Stevenson won the engine contract, and Victoria's 4 engines were added to a long list.
However the Engineer in charge of NSW Railway construction was an Irishman and decided that he was not going to have anything of this English SG. He convinced the Government to go Irish BG.
The folk down in Melbourne could see the advantage of having the same gauge in the future as they were bright enough to think people would eventually move between Adelaide,Melbourne and Sydney. So both South Australia and Victoria decided to go BG too. Victoria contacted Stevenson and changed the gauge, but it delayed the arrival of the engines.
Consequently and having to understand communications between Melbourne and Sydney were via Cobb and Co or coastal shipping and could take weeks.
Communications with Mother England could take months :eek:
In Sydney some were not very happy with our little Irish Engineer and replaced him with a Scotsman. Our Scotsman cancelled the Irish BG and elected to use the English Standard 4 foot 8 and a half!
By the time Melbourne and Adelaide found out, it was too late to change and so they remained with BG as did Hobart as well.
Stevenson's engine did not arrive for the grand opening of the Port Melbourne line, so they got Melbourne Machinery Company recently of Queens Street Melbourne to modify two standard steam driven farm engines to operate on rails, and they actually ran the first trains on the first steam railway on metal rails to operate in Australia.
So Interstate rivalry was alive and strong in 1850, and has little diminished in 2009
Cheers
Rod :wave:
 
Hi ComTrain,

Further to your very interesting history lesson (which all Australians should learn), might I concur the rivalry?.

Around late 1870's/80's, it became apparent that there was indeed a need to extend the rail network to service the eastern areas of the Riverina in NSW.

The line from near Echuca to Deniliquin was laid & proved most active.
So then the Narrandera_Tocumwal branch line began it's southern push.

Firstly from Narrandera in the north, to Jerilderie (about half-way of the eventual route). Then some time later that was extended to Berrigan.
And later still, it headed westward to Finley.

Now comes the interesting bit.
For many years, Riverina farmers & those further north-westward had used the old Cobb & Co route down through Hay_Deniliquin to Echuca.
Similarly, further to the east, down through Jerilderie_Finley to Tocumwal.

The Narrandera_Tocumwal branchline carrying the wool to Sydney, & grain to Melbourne. Funny that.
Anyway, what with the mutual distrust & greed of the two states, a stalemate now took place for several years. NSW refused to push all the way to Tocumwal, in fear that Victoria would gain most of the lucrative trade.
However after several years delay, the branchline eventually arrived at Tocumwal, to meet up with the Victorian line already across the Murray River.

Both states in fact benefited considerably from this hook-up.
One of the most significant benefits being during WWII, when the largest airfield in the Southern hemisphere was built by Australians for the Americans, who called it McIntyre Field. Covering approx 25 square miles, & taking the total output of BHP for three months (bitumen for sealing four long runways & many miles of taxiways & roadways), it was a mammoth task.
The airbase camp being an extention of the township of Tocumwal (population near 500). Later, the on-base population swelling to just over 5,000 after the base was handed to the RAAF, as the war headed further north with the retreating Japanese.
This airbase was to be very much a last-ditch stand for the defence of the south-eastern area of Australia. Darwin was being constantly bombed, Singapore had fallen & Japanese were already sending the equivalent of SAS soldiers several miles inland in the Top End.
The Narrandera_Tocumwal branchline had thus become probably the most strategic defence line for Australia. A vast number of troops & supplies were ferried through Tocumwal during the war years. The yard at Tocumwal rapidly became a maze of NSW/VIC/& dual-gauge lines, with long transfer platforms & I think four gantry cranes.
Both NSW & VIC gauge lines were extended onto McIntyre field, & also as loop lines to the west, where an immense Munitions area once existed.

Apologies for no pic of a train, yet. :o
 
There will be standard gauge up here in a few years. The Great Inland Railway or something.
I heard there was an official announcement the other day about a freight line from Moree to Toowoomba where there will be an intermodal terminal built near Charlton. Construction was to start ASAP. The idea is to run freight from Melbourne to North Queensland. The line will continue west through Miles and Wandoan upwards to Gladstone after they build 'the missing link' between Wandoan and Moura. There has been talk of this for about 15 years and the word is that its going to be dual gauge. A new coal mine is being built at Cameby Downs near Miles and coal trains will run east to the port of Brisbane until 'the missing link' is built. Then the coal will go to Gladstone. All to be finished by 2012.:)
 
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How about this:

If you don't know, that's a good thing. If you don't know, you don't want to know, because if you know you don't know, you know you don't want to know whatever you think you don't know. Happy? Good!:hehe:

Someone just watched 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. :hehe:

I work for QR and I have no idea who John Bell is...

IIRK, the only John Bell that ever had any importance in QR's history was the John Bell who was a major share holder in the first Queensland sugar cane railway in the late 1800's. That John Bell doesn't know anyone anymore... he's pushing up daisies.

Regards,
FSF.
 
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@jazza1281: Finished by 2012, hey? Well, I have to by honest with you: fat chance of that happening!:hehe:

@FirstSoloFlight: Oh have I now? Sorry to disappoint, but no I haven't. I actually got the idea from the 'Yes Minister' (UK, BBC 1980) series.
 
FirstSoloFlight: Oh have I now? Sorry to disappoint, but no I haven't. I actually got the idea from the 'Yes Minister' (UK, BBC 1980) series.

Ah, another great show! That would have to be one of Humprey's lines, no doubt?

I heard there was an official announcement the other day about a freight line from Moree to Toowoomba where there will be an intermodal terminal built near Charlton. Construction was to start ASAP. The idea is to run freight from Melbourne to North Queensland. The line will continue west through Miles and Wandoan upwards to Gladstone after they build 'the missing link' between Wandoan and Moura. There has been talk of this for about 15 years and the word is that its going to be dual gauge. A new coal mine is being built at Cameby Downs near Miles and coal trains will run east to the port of Brisbane until 'the missing link' is built. Then the coal will go to Gladstone. All to be finished by 2012.:)

THE GREAT INLAND RAILWAY
 
that freight hub announcement has been around for the past 15 years, they juast keep re announcing it, but never do anything, they're to busy digging rabbit warrens under sydney.

Rod your history chapter just goes to prove if you put an englishman, an irishman and a scot on one continent you end up with seven opinions:hehe:

cheers
pete
 
Happy Birthday Rod you ooooold @#%#$

The only man on the forums who's first passenger carriage was a model of the ark made by his close childhood friend Noah

cheers mate have a good one

Pete
 
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