I enjoy your video's of the track to the east of Kalgoorlie. I founded the original Kalgoorlie Lime and Chemical and later Loongana Lime, so you can imagine that I have spent a bit of time on the rail. When the IP service was daily, we used it for weekly crew changes either to Kalgoorlie and Perth or to Adelaide or Port Augusta. I am now just past 80 and still go to work every day, and often think of the way that we were masters over the vast distances out there thanks to the frequent train service. It was so welcome to finish off a mornings work, have a shower and shine your boots, and get on the Bar Car for the trip into Kalgoorlie, from a primitive work environment into a refined and pleasant atmosphere! For the shift workers it was the start of their week off. Is my old flagstaff just to the north of Loongana still there? I have not been back there since maybe 1995 after I had sold my shares and took up teaching Geology at the School of Mines.. Many thanks for your efforts Frank Trask
Sounds like you didn’t explore your state very much. A majority of NSW is train order, and either Mechanical frames or MLIs are present rather than signals
Can you explain to me how your signals work going into and out of sidings? I only see one at one end. here on American railroads, we would have 3 on each end.
The signals are not proceed authority signals, they are Point Enhancer Signals. Proceed authority is obeying the instructions in the Train Authority form.
Point Enhancer signals can show either, a green, solid yellow, flashing yellow or a red aspect. A green aspect means that the points at both end of the crossing loop are set and locked for the main line. A yellow aspect means that the points at the far end is set and locked for the crossing loop. A flashing yellow means the points immediately in front of you are set for the crossing loop. A red aspect means that the points are in an indeterminate state, that the run down timer is operating, prior to reversing points. Where Point Enhancer repeater signals are used, they can be passed at red.
@@railtrolley Adelaide didn't have any 3'6" railway at all. The start point was Port Augusta, which was 3'6". Adelaide passengers joined the Ghan, with connecting services on the 5'3" out of Adelaide to Terowie, and then 3'6" from Terowie where they joined the Ghan at Quorn. Once Port Pirie and Port Augusta was connected by rail, Adelaide passengers then went by 5'3" from Adelaide to Port Pirie, then 4'8.5" from Port Pirie to Port Augusta to join the narrow gauge Ghan.
I know this was a while ago , But . Fantastic views of the Nullabour Train and outback country Australia.. Thank you Mate
I did many trips on the Nullabor. Never a dull moment. I've seen it dry and green after good rains.
Shows how really flat and treeless the Nullarbor really is! Thanks!
I enjoy your video's of the track to the east of Kalgoorlie. I founded the original Kalgoorlie Lime and Chemical and later Loongana Lime, so you can imagine that I have spent a bit of time on the rail. When the IP service was daily, we used it for weekly crew changes either to Kalgoorlie and Perth or to Adelaide or Port Augusta. I am now just past 80 and still go to work every day, and often think of the way that we were masters over the vast distances out there thanks to the frequent train service. It was so welcome to finish off a mornings work, have a shower and shine your boots, and get on the Bar Car for the trip into Kalgoorlie, from a primitive work environment into a refined and pleasant atmosphere! For the shift workers it was the start of their week off. Is my old flagstaff just to the north of Loongana still there? I have not been back there since maybe 1995 after I had sold my shares and took up teaching Geology at the School of Mines.. Many thanks for your efforts Frank Trask
Good clear communication between controller & train.
love your Nullarbor videos
great work
I love the Nullarbor so much.
As an ex driver for Railcorp I'm not used to seeing no signal on the departure end of that crossing loop.
Sounds like they're traversing sections via verbal authority or possibly AAs, not 100% sure though
Sounds like you didn’t explore your state very much. A majority of NSW is train order, and either Mechanical frames or MLIs are present rather than signals
@@chrisszollos1543 the authorities are written down by the enginemen, verbatim as the controller dictates the authority, so it is a written authority.
@@jd0192 No unfortunately I was Sydney based. Furthest I went was Sydney - Lithgow. Sydney - Broadmeadow. Sydney - Port Kembla. Sydney - Goulburn.
Nullarbor. it's spelled Nullarbor. Means no trees.
Train orders and radio dispatch works good
What was interesting about that train the first two cars after the engines were passenger cars and then the rest was Freight
Crew cars.
Crew cars (sleeper and dining) followed by fuel cars for the locos, and then freight wagons.
It is a long way across the Nullarbor with virtualy no habitation. Hence they are crew cars.
Reminds me of what the Tornado crews used to say in the Gulf War when they were flying over "MMFD" (miles and miles of f******g desert!)
That lady has a nice voice.
Thanks. Presumably the turnouts are electric: do they depend on solar power? Or are there power lines?
solar and wind powered for the batteries that operate the points and the point enhancers.
Wow, that’s flat …
Good job I could read the coversation because I could not make sense of the language.
Short mixed train.
Went across Nullabour both ways in 1982. Where do the Eagles nest now as all the telegraph poles are gone?
Nice video
Amazing...
Dang, but what a lot of nothing! Reminds me of when I lived in Arizona. Certain parts of Arizona was the same way. Just saying.
Can you explain to me how your signals work going into and out of sidings? I only see one at one end. here on American railroads, we would have 3 on each end.
Seems like this line or section isn't signalled, they're operating on verbal train authorities by the sounds
The signals are not proceed authority signals, they are Point Enhancer Signals. Proceed authority is obeying the instructions in the Train Authority form.
Point Enhancer signals can show either, a green, solid yellow, flashing yellow or a red aspect.
A green aspect means that the points at both end of the crossing loop are set and locked for the main line.
A yellow aspect means that the points at the far end is set and locked for the crossing loop.
A flashing yellow means the points immediately in front of you are set for the crossing loop.
A red aspect means that the points are in an indeterminate state, that the run down timer is operating, prior to reversing points. Where Point Enhancer repeater signals are used, they can be passed at red.
Isn't called the Nullarbor?
Ex British train driver here. Do you use the phonetic alphabet at all?
yes, phonetics are used in the train numbers (and occasionally loco classification). Locations are just spelled out normally.
0:31. Was this the former NG line?
built as SG between 1912 and 1917
You might be thinking of the old Ghan: Adelaide to the Alice. Was 3'6" gauge.
@@railtrolley Adelaide didn't have any 3'6" railway at all.
The start point was Port Augusta, which was 3'6". Adelaide passengers joined the Ghan, with connecting services on the 5'3" out of Adelaide to Terowie, and then 3'6" from Terowie where they joined the Ghan at Quorn.
Once Port Pirie and Port Augusta was connected by rail, Adelaide passengers then went by 5'3" from Adelaide to Port Pirie, then 4'8.5" from Port Pirie to Port Augusta to join the narrow gauge Ghan.
Not too late to edit the title, mate. "Nullarbor", not "Nullabour".
Nullabor