Random observations around the network ...

[SteelPan]

Seems to be a convoy of EMU's heading Ippy way

I saw that today as well.....

[cartoonbirdhaus]

Saw EMU 02 (minus its pantographs) being towed in the Down direction through Coorparoo round the middle of the day.

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1171211612809658369

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1171550265452851201

[verbatim9]

Lots of activity behind Grammar on the Ekka loop this weekend. Was cycling past and saw tracks getting ripped up, electrical poles and catenary being removed. Preparation for CRR?

[ozbob]

Lots of activity behind Grammar on the Ekka loop this weekend. Was cycling past and saw tracks getting ripped up, electrical poles and catenary being removed. Preparation for CRR?

Yo!

From CRR thread ..

The stowed trains on the Normanby section have been removed and dewiring commenced on Saturday morning. Track removal should be soon in prep for crr works.

[verbatim9]

Lots of activity behind Grammar on the Ekka loop this weekend. Was cycling past and saw tracks getting ripped up, electrical poles and catenary being removed. Preparation for CRR?

Yo!

From CRR thread ..

The stowed trains on the Normanby section have been removed and dewiring commenced on Saturday morning. Track removal should be soon in prep for crr works.

[ozbob]

Some photographs at Ipswich Workshops over the past couple of weeks ..















Photographs mufreight September 2019

[Stillwater]

Sink a couple at sea to form artificial reefs?

[HappyTrainGuy]

Too much contamination.

[tazzer9]

Going past mayne north yard today and apart from the store EMU's.  There was nothing in there, the work area was bare.  Never seen it like that before.  Is the CRR related?

[Golliwog]

Going past mayne north yard today and apart from the store EMU's.  There was nothing in there, the work area was bare.  Never seen it like that before.  Is the CRR related?

Yep.

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cross-river-rail/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20062702/0005-WN-Start-of-Construction-between-Bowen-Hills-and-Albion-September-2019.pdf

[tazzer9]

Update on mayne north yard.  Only environmental management contractors in there.  Nothing else.  No stored EMU's or SMU's

[Bretto1082]

Rail grinder was moved to Wacol last night and starting Friday night the yard will be disconnected from the main lines over the weekend rail grinder will be at Wacol until Saturday night where it will head to sunshine then Monday morning begins its trip back up north

[ozbob]

Rail grinder was moved to Wacol last night and starting Friday night the yard will be disconnected from the main lines over the weekend rail grinder will be at Wacol until Saturday night where it will head to sunshine then Monday morning begins its trip back up north

Is the yard at Wacol finished.  The northern part as well?

[Bretto1082]

Not sure I know the rail grinder siding is all done they have also made one at banyo workshops and a machine stabling yard is being constructed at moolabin on the corinda end of Tennyson station near the foot bridge

[jesse]

Rail grinder was moved to Wacol last night and starting Friday night the yard will be disconnected from the main lines over the weekend rail grinder will be at Wacol until Saturday night where it will head to sunshine then Monday morning begins its trip back up north

Is the yard at Wacol finished.  The northern part as well?

Please excuse my ignorance. What is this yard going to be used for?

[ozbob]

By finished, I mean ' decommissioned' Jesse.   The northern area (on the up side) has been used for ballast and other used materials recovery even fairly recently.  The southern part of the yard has effectively been decommissioned.  My query relates to the fact that Bretto is suggesting the yard will be disconnected from the main lines. Don't quite understand his meaning.

Wacol had an extensive yard back in the day.  There was even a short line that went from the southern up yard, underneath the Ipswich Highway and into the industrial estate the other side.  There are still some remnants of the cutting leading to the highway.  There were also some sidings on the down side north of the LXs.

Wacol yard 2011 (northern, up side)



Wacol yard 2011 (southern, up side)



Remains of the Wacol industrial short line





Photographs R Dow 2011

[Bretto1082]

Haha sorry Bob Wacol yard is still alive a few roads have been removed but there are plans for some longer roads for work trains and things like that especially with crr taking old Mayne yard north and Clapham yard also being taken. It's a work in slow progress. Normanby yard was completely removed 2 weekends ago and the same is happening to old Mayne yard (north)

[ozbob]

^

  thanks .. 

[ozbob]

Just found out something else.  Queensland Rail had a wagon repair workshop at Wacol.  It is was located on the up side up from the present southern yard.  There is some interesting legacy track around Wacol.  This explains it.



Railway station, Wacol, 1967
Wacol is 18 km south west of Brisbane. To the right of the railway station is the Queensland Railways Wagon Repair Depot.



Railway workshops, Wacol, 1967
Wacol is 18 km south west of Brisbane. This is the Queensland Railways Wagon Repair Depot.

Photographs QSA (Queensland State Archives)  https://www.flickr.com/photos/queenslandstatearchives/34987864594/in/photostream/

There is a down PASS steam hauled BB18-1/4 with 7 SX carriages on the main line .. 

[Bretto1082]

Where the wagon repair shop is was changed to the grain unloader for mars pet foods on the northern end was a track gang and flashbutt rail welding and bridge gang work shop next to and behind the old cattle siding on the up road side on the down road side in front of wagners was siding and a weigh bridges for the old dowstress precast concrete panels for transport by rail.

[ozbob]

Where the wagon repair shop is was changed to the grain unloader for mars pet foods on the northern end was a track gang and flashbutt rail welding and bridge gang work shop next to and behind the old cattle siding on the up road side on the down road side in front of wagners was siding and a weigh bridges for the old dowstress precast concrete panels for transport by rail.

Thanks.  Was an interesting location Wacol.  And still some better days to come .. 

[Stillwater]

Channel 7 local news (Sunshine Coast) tonight carried a news item at the top of the bulletin showing young teen boys spray painting a passenger car at Beerburrum Railway Station at 6am today. Passengers took footage of the graffiti incident and QR is investigating.

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/MarkBaileyMP/status/1190911522098139138

[Cazza]

At least the line speed is so slow through the GlassHouse Mountains so he's able to get a good quality video of them

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194400007580839937

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194408426467545088

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194446463285088256

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194450499262545921

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194400007580839937

Very poor this.  Off peak trains from Ipswich normally travel on the down main through Darra and Oxley.

This was unusual to switch to the up main at Darra West so I paid a bit of attention to where the pax were.  At Darra no pax on 4 all on 3.  I think the station staff were probably proactive and made sure pax were informed.

Oxley, pax were waiting on 3 and were surprised to see the train arrive on 2.  I noted they started to move over from the platform.  However the train did not wait, very short dwell and was off.  Oxley is staffed.

DISAPPOINTING to say the least ...   

[ozbob]

^

https://twitter.com/QueenslandRail/status/1194799418752544768

https://twitter.com/ozbob13/status/1194803218825412608

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/QueenslandRail/status/1196534649809301504

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1196539015794577408

[Arnz]

162 and 268 was reported to be on the "GympieLander" service from Roma Street to Caboolture today before passengers were swapped to an awaiting ICE at Caboolture (The morning inbound "GympieLander" ICE terminated at Caboolture this morning (reportedly late) and instead took over from 162/268 by forming the daytime GympieLander at Caboolture).

162 and 268 formed a Ipswich service back not long after.

[achiruel]

On board 201 this morning with 212 leading. 212 has a bright red panto, does anyone know what that's about?

[JimmyP]

On board 201 this morning with 212 leading. 212 has a bright red panto, does anyone know what that's about?

Likely just been replaced and hasn't had time to be covered in carbon yet

[JustSomeTrainGuy]

https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.3742497,153.1756215,3a,84.9y,133.08h,91.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXWpe9MGkM40rZqaxKb0epg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Bingera Dr on Fisherman Island - a SMU/IMU 60 series sits in the rail loop/turnaround with the Rail Response Unit parked nearby. What's all this about? Some sort of training exercise? Taken May 2019

[Cazza]

Bombardier must have accidentally built and dispatched the wrong type of train

[red dragin]

https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.3742497,153.1756215,3a,84.9y,133.08h,91.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXWpe9MGkM40rZqaxKb0epg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Bingera Dr on Fisherman Island - a SMU/IMU 60 series sits in the rail loop/turnaround with the Rail Response Unit parked nearby. What's all this about? Some sort of training exercise? Taken May 2019

A while back there where sets being parked along the ICB section near the 'car wash', when being cycled in and out of service. Perhaps one of those sets? HTG will likely know the answer.

[JustSomeTrainGuy]

Do QR even own/maintain that part of the network?

Further up Port Dr, there's a very long line of EMU's. Maybe they parked them here whilst doing track work on the ICB section?