I try to match music as best as i can. Dont always get it exactly right tho. It takes hours, sometimes days to settle on a particular track. Indeed, life was simpler back then!
Thx. Someone recently motivated me to get into scanning some of my pics and slides, which is an incredibly tedious and time consuming thing to do, but it seems to have worked out well :-) It helps when you've got a crook leg and cant do much else, and then get covid and cant do anything else at all!
I think all nine were actually in the consist. It ran that way for some time and was quite impressive to see in real life :-) A lot of the video is a bit rough compared to my standards later on but the historic nature makes it ok I think. Part 3 of this series out in a couple of days
A nine loco lash up at the start, then again, they are all under 1,000hp, they were the times! I wonder what the Tassie drivers thought of the "830" class ALCO (brought in by AN from SA) compared to the Caterpillar and English Electric loco's? Great closing music and pics, especially the rolling stock, well done Ted,
Cheers Dave, appreciate your interest. the 830's weren't viewed very favourably in Tas. Part of it was down to everyone had only known EE's and along comes something totally foreign, which is understandable. The final part of this series will be up this weekend :-)
Very interesting compilation and sad to hear how the railways in Tasmania have been run down so much. TGR had quite some English Electric units on its roster, but interesting was to learn a bit more on the EBR DH locomotives, so I looked up the locomotive classes of Tasmania on Wikipedia, and was surprised that an Australian company built these using Paxman 16YHXL engines, the same as the class 15 in the UK, where I'm involved in the restoration of the sole surviving member. But in the video they were rebuilt class 10 running with the same Cat engine as the class 11, which is a better choice to be honest, more power and more reliable. Wikipedia also clarified the presence of QR locomotives, these were bought secondhand around the period this was filmed.
Hi Tom, thx for messaging and taking an interest from the UK. Ive often thought about including more text in the videos about some of the subjects for those not quite so familiar with things, but then I figured it could become a bit crowded to include enough info to make it sufficiently educational. I was hopeful that those that were keen for more info like yourself might consult Wikipedia or similar. All the best from Aust :-)
@@tedbear4243 Thanks, I live in the Netherlands but I'm quite involved in railway preservation in the UK as it is just a short hop away, compare with the trip from Tasmania to mainland Australia.
My mind boggles at the fact you could actually have a train that long with the AH7 Brake or were you vacuum.?not to mention the lateral forces on the curves of the track. Did they ever have issues with the DH's not selecting direction properly Ted? Awesome.
There is the remains of the top handle section of an AH7 brake pedestals off an 830 where the old Nummerlla tip use to be. Tried salvaging 830 parts at Sims Metal but the distributing valves were too heavy. Horns, headlights and some builders plates.
Hi Adrian, hope you are well up there in that awesome part of QLD. The whole of Tas was vacuum, but progressively became air braked through out the 1980's and 90's. The Emu Bay remained vacuum with the diesel hydraulics. I'm not sure how they got on with direction selection but shall enquire.
@@tedbear4243 Hey Ted, yeah not too bad thanks. Winter has hit, makes me realise I probably wouldn't be able to handle living in your part of the world.. I'm used the heat. I nearly took a job with Tas Rail in 2012, mostly because there were a handful of old bangers still running around. But then QR gave me a position in Heritage at Mayne, so that made my mind up. Did you know Steve Jeffs at all? He was a driver down that way. Aussiealco is his channel. I'm slowly putting together stories, photos and film for another video based on Rockhampton to Winton with Emerald being the main focus. It'll be about the steam era, from our perspective, so hopefully in another couple months it will be done. We never had Vacuum Brakes up here, so it's a whole other language to me. I have some manuals, but would need to see it in action to fully understand. I was taught to trace Air. I just finished watching you latest video and it is the same for us. Lots of closed buildings, disused or removed infrastructure. They are killing the country off... Take care and if you ever get back to CQ and Emerald look me up. Cheers Adrian.
Basically everything was better about the world in 1987
The music choice really gave the photos a deeper and sadder meaning on how things and people have changed. Life looked so much simpler back then
I try to match music as best as i can. Dont always get it exactly right tho. It takes hours, sometimes days to settle on a particular track. Indeed, life was simpler back then!
Superb Ted, loved the photo montage! Really drives home how much the railway has fallen in the 30-odd years since this was filmed.
Thx. Someone recently motivated me to get into scanning some of my pics and slides, which is an incredibly tedious and time consuming thing to do, but it seems to have worked out well :-) It helps when you've got a crook leg and cant do much else, and then get covid and cant do anything else at all!
Thanks Ted, great clips and shots. Eight locos must have been exciting, talk of the town for ages no doubt. Cheers.
I think all nine were actually in the consist. It ran that way for some time and was quite impressive to see in real life :-)
A lot of the video is a bit rough compared to my standards later on but the historic nature makes it ok I think.
Part 3 of this series out in a couple of days
A nine loco lash up at the start, then again, they are all under 1,000hp, they were the times! I wonder what the Tassie drivers thought of the "830" class ALCO (brought in by AN from SA) compared to the Caterpillar and English Electric loco's? Great closing music and pics, especially the rolling stock, well done Ted,
Cheers Dave, appreciate your interest. the 830's weren't viewed very favourably in Tas. Part of it was down to everyone had only known EE's and along comes something totally foreign, which is understandable. The final part of this series will be up this weekend :-)
Absolutely Amazing. Thank you for sharing. certainly brings back some fond memories.
Thanks for commenting and appreciation. These things I'm working on atm take about 4 days each to do and the third one will be up shortly. Cheers
834 and 866 still together to this day!
Thank you Jeff for your insightful observations ;-)
Brilliant
They tended to hang on better at very low speeds
They knew how to drive back then 🫤
They certainly didn't muckaround!
Did you see the sneaky bits right at the very end?
😂 🧸 working hard at the TC desk.
Very interesting compilation and sad to hear how the railways in Tasmania have been run down so much.
TGR had quite some English Electric units on its roster, but interesting was to learn a bit more on the EBR DH locomotives, so I looked up the locomotive classes of Tasmania on Wikipedia, and was surprised that an Australian company built these using Paxman 16YHXL engines, the same as the class 15 in the UK, where I'm involved in the restoration of the sole surviving member. But in the video they were rebuilt class 10 running with the same Cat engine as the class 11, which is a better choice to be honest, more power and more reliable. Wikipedia also clarified the presence of QR locomotives, these were bought secondhand around the period this was filmed.
Hi Tom, thx for messaging and taking an interest from the UK. Ive often thought about including more text in the videos about some of the subjects for those not quite so familiar with things, but then I figured it could become a bit crowded to include enough info to make it sufficiently educational. I was hopeful that those that were keen for more info like yourself might consult Wikipedia or similar.
All the best from Aust :-)
@@tedbear4243 Thanks, I live in the Netherlands but I'm quite involved in railway preservation in the UK as it is just a short hop away, compare with the trip from Tasmania to mainland Australia.
My mind boggles at the fact you could actually have a train that long with the AH7 Brake or were you vacuum.?not to mention the lateral forces on the curves of the track. Did they ever have issues with the DH's not selecting direction properly Ted? Awesome.
There is the remains of the top handle section of an AH7 brake pedestals off an 830 where the old Nummerlla tip use to be. Tried salvaging 830 parts at Sims Metal but the distributing valves were too heavy. Horns, headlights and some builders plates.
Great photos and record of history well done for taking photos of the crews and employees which really make up a railway.
Hi Adrian, hope you are well up there in that awesome part of QLD. The whole of Tas was vacuum, but progressively became air braked through out the 1980's and 90's. The Emu Bay remained vacuum with the diesel hydraulics. I'm not sure how they got on with direction selection but shall enquire.
Cheers, yes Ive always made sure I capture people doing their jobs, both in video and still photography, its always been important to me.
@@tedbear4243 Hey Ted, yeah not too bad thanks. Winter has hit, makes me realise I probably wouldn't be able to handle living in your part of the world.. I'm used the heat. I nearly took a job with Tas Rail in 2012, mostly because there were a handful of old bangers still running around. But then QR gave me a position in Heritage at Mayne, so that made my mind up. Did you know Steve Jeffs at all? He was a driver down that way. Aussiealco is his channel. I'm slowly putting together stories, photos and film for another video based on Rockhampton to Winton with Emerald being the main focus. It'll be about the steam era, from our perspective, so hopefully in another couple months it will be done. We never had Vacuum Brakes up here, so it's a whole other language to me. I have some manuals, but would need to see it in action to fully understand. I was taught to trace Air. I just finished watching you latest video and it is the same for us. Lots of closed buildings, disused or removed infrastructure. They are killing the country off... Take care and if you ever get back to CQ and Emerald look me up. Cheers Adrian.
Seems those 11 class got a little hot, doors open along the hood
Wonder how the PVH would go uploading that in the tippler?