Waiting For The Crew
Nov 26, 2020 02:46:22 #
During a short stop on a sunny afternoon in August 2019, a pair of Genesee and Wyoming diesel electric locomotives await their crew in Alice Springs before continuing their journey to Adelaide in South Australia with a freight train from Darwin in the Northern Territory.
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Note the fuel tanker behind the trailing locomotive enables both locomotives fuel tanks to be topped up on the run.
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Nov 26, 2020 07:46:52 #
Nov 26, 2020 08:21:47 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Nice set of images!!
Interesting tanker info.
Pat
Interesting tanker info.
Pat
Thank you for commenting Jay Pat.
Nov 26, 2020 08:31:55 #
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Nov 26, 2020 12:59:43 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
Thorny Devil wrote:
During a short stop on a sunny afternoon in August 2019, a pair of Genesee and Wyoming diesel electric locomotives await their crew in Alice Springs before continuing their journey to Adelaide in South Australia with a freight train from Darwin in the Northern Territory.
VERY NICE!..
Nov 27, 2020 02:49:24 #
trainspotter wrote:
VERY NICE!..
Thank you trainspotter.
Nov 27, 2020 09:25:21 #
Seem to be going to an universal paint scheme on all their railroads. Very interesting set-up. Many Thanks for Sharing
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Nov 27, 2020 09:34:29 #
GrayGhost wrote:
Seem to be going to an universal paint scheme on all their railroads. Very interesting set-up. Many Thanks for Sharing
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You are welcome GrayGhost.
Nov 27, 2020 10:41:36 #
sgt hop
Loc: baltimore md,now in salisbury md
neat...nice shot...i didn't know about the separate fuel tank....thanks....
Nov 27, 2020 15:11:30 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
A while back you posted some images of a train that had to turn around at Alice Springs and return to its starting place. I assume the old railroad regulars know the answer to this, but what is the procedure for changing the direction on a long transport train in the middle of its route. Great images by the way.
Nov 28, 2020 00:22:42 #
sgt hop wrote:
neat...nice shot...i didn't know about the separate fuel tank....thanks....
You are welcome sgt hop. Thank you for commenting.
Nov 28, 2020 00:54:52 #
RodeoMan wrote:
A while back you posted some images of a train that had to turn around at Alice Springs and return to its starting place. I assume the old railroad regulars know the answer to this, but what is the procedure for changing the direction on a long transport train in the middle of its route. Great images by the way.
That is an interesting question RodeoMan. Whilst I am not familiar with the fine details I can offer the following comments. First of all the turn-around was made at Alice Springs which is roughly half way between Adelaide and Darwin and is a normal scheduled stop for refueling and restocking train supplies. The train normally stops for about four hours and passengers can explore the town or join off-train excursions.
In this event however because an outbreak of Covid-19 had been detected in the city where the train departed from when the train was well into its journey, the 221 passengers on board were given the option of either undergoing 14 days isolation in Alice Springs or returning to Adelaide for isolation. I did not see the train depart on it's return journey so I don't know if the locomotives were turned or just relocated from one end of the train to the other.
Train movement is controlled from one central location and considering most of the 1,500km (950 miles) between Alice Springs and Adelaide is single track and spans four different operating zones which carry varying amounts of rail traffic I expect the unscheduled movement created some stress for the controllers.
Nov 28, 2020 07:34:01 #
Nov 28, 2020 09:29:03 #
erickter wrote:
Nice engine shots.
Thank you erickter.
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