@johnbean5094 thanks for the encouragement John. I am currently doing another video about the Central Queensland Railway and the Men of the Steam era. I hope it will be as enjoyable as this one. Cheers Adrian

@QueenslandTrainVideos Hey Johnno, yeah not on this one, but I have finally started playing with drone, so eventually you might see some aerial views. Really not sure about all the in's and out's yet. I was filming the Dawson Mine dragline with the mini this morning.

@@steamtrainmark I will have to get all the details off you when I see you. I need a lot of things made. And Olds in Maryborough don't do cast steel.

@ Neither does the guy near Childers but does cast Iron.

Hey James. I would love to make contact with you. My email is [email protected]

@bobbritten5673 I was surprised to see what they've done in Mayne since I left in 2020. All the blokes I knew down there are pretty well gone, nobody to reminisce with any more.

Just got back from down south visit my brother in Woollongong. This trip has be helpful for a video project I have been working on for the last 12months or so. I have been tracking down old fellas to share their experiences in the Railway. Sorry for being slack and not getting on the blower. Talk to you soon, best to Cheryl.

@@adriannettlefold9084 Just keep up with what you're doing. I want to see the project so get it finished, please palley! We're still here on the hilly swamp, You're still our Mate, you know that! You are just stuck half way around the world!

Thanks!

@rustybycyclebragg9258 Hi. How long short it be in relation to the buckets? Mine are 1/ 2 yard shown, and 3/4 yard. Also what size rope? I think I'm using 13mm (1/2inch) and the hoist and drag are 18•5m ( 3/4 inch)

@nealblackburn8628 hey do you have time to do some rebushing if I bring some bits and pieces down in October? I need to take out the play in the steering etc..

@debozwi I hope that will work. I had degreased the bands and she still didn't want to turn. I have also noticed that the boom has a twist in it that I hadn't seen before... I hope it is a matter of the joint not being lined up properly when I put the bolts in... otherwise It might be an expensive rebuild. I have more footage of re-reeving the boom and I am yet to take a look at the steering and dig lock. So I will be on your case for advice again soon.

It is a Ruston Hornsby 6YDA MK2 Air Cooled Diesel Engine.

Nem tenho ideia desse.motor kkkk

Obrigado

Hi mate. I haven't had to adjust my rollers yet, but if you look closely there should be shims at the front. You take some of them out and that move the conical roller closer to the circle. The other thing is if you turn the shaft that the roller is on, I was told that they are oval shaped and can adjust the height. You will need a big pipe jaw spanner. Hope that helps. If I can I might try myself and film it. But that won't be for a while. Cheers Adrian. Let me know how you get on.

@@lewiemcneely9143 I need to get my blue hat dry cleaned , reshaped and repaired. Caps for mucking round in the grease and dirt, not to mention being able to wear earmuffs. I reckon if I can find someone to sell me some track pads it'll help as well. There's no adjustment because there's 2 missing, so she's tight on the pads, but loose on the propel chains. The spare bands I have don't fit, or at least not the propel and swing drums. So I cleaned and refitted the original bands. The direction lever hits the propel/swing selector so there is too much play in linkages and bell cranks downstairs too. It's too heavy trying to steer with it slipping... hope it will come good after getting them hot like you suggest.

@@adriannettlefold9084 10/4 on the blue hat. The P&H had a 7/16 bolt with a locknut. Set them with a feeler gauge but eyeballinbg them at the end but eth clutches were weak. They relined with brake lining and about knocked the bins down when they faded out. Ended up with the American and just ran it. Ford industrial flathead gas motor. Wore the gears out but the liquid asphalt made good crater. No more ringing. Spray brake clean on the bands but getting them hot will be best. Powdered rosin will make them bite too but people could get ran off for using it years ago, especially on shovel crowd clutches.. I'd go with the brake clean being a degreaser. It'll be tough digging in that rock. A heavy bucket might help but you'll get tippy with the long boom but it's all a tradeoff. That's a nice rig though. So remain calm and keep the cash flow going. Got to go mow and grind the downed leaves. BLESS you, Palley!

Hi Lew. Yeah not sure what the actual chemical used is. But it's white and the size of a large grain of rice. It's got a 10yr life. I'll get around to giving you a bell soon or later. Nice to hear from you. All the best, Ado

@@adriannettlefold9084 I don't know what the original looked like but it was sprayed and it was all over. I don't kno what the life was for the Orange but I was there in 72 and it still followes me around and the Navy that was around there inthe water thery're getting recognised for it. Remain calm and you can always email me/us. Try and stay out of jail! God Bless YOU, silly train blue hat wearer driver!

Hey Stranger. I have got a few improvements to show after doing my first service. I decided to keep it and am in the process of trying to get the 2 missing track pads and re-doing some pins etc... Hopefully It'll get to dig a dam at my mates place next year. Hope you're doing fine, give us a bell anytime.

@@adriannettlefold9084 hey buddy, doing well, been pritty busy working for my self. About to start a new job though at the local coucil. Improvements sound interesting. Might look at calling you next week somtime. Sisters wedding on this weekend

@cjordan7284 I don't truly know and have discovered the hard way that I have over filled mine to you know where. I ended up getting oil on my swing/propel drums and I'm now in the process of doing my first service as well as degreasing my mistake. I will try get an accurate measurement and let you know once I have finished. Hopefully this weekend.

@@adriannettlefold9084 Interesting. I have a feeling my drain tube between the gear box and the chain case is clogged and the main gear box under the drag drum is not able to drain back into the splash bath. I took 15 gallons out of it last night. I'll drop the bottom end of the spash bath this weekend and see if I can see what's going on. I guess I have a partial answer--at least 15 gallons. ha. Thanks

@cjordan7284 I thought it was a fair bit but I don't know if it that much? We work in Litres and I had a 20L (5gallons) drum but didn't put all that in. But I didn't drain it all first either. Mine had a heap of water and custard type sludge that I started to drain the other day. So tomorrow I will go have another look and change the oil . The two plugs on the bottom of that gear case have about 2inches difference in level or there abouts... so between yours and my attempts we should come up with an answer.

@@cjordan7284 Do you have an email or contact number? I have just finished changing the gear oil on my machine and I found that so far it only took 15Litres tops. I haven't run it enough to see what oil is going back to the swing and propel vertical shaft box. but I did use diesel to clean it and it drained out.. so can only assume the horizontal rubber hose connection is clear.

@edmcelhone4501 This was something I have learnt to do better. There was actually too much hoist cable and in actual fact it needs replacing as it's not the right type for this sort of work. My latest difficulty, is trying to get an Oil filter. It's a 6YDA MK2 Ruston Hornsby I pulled the old one out and now looks like none of my filter shops can find a replacement. Know of anyone?

@katrinalaw1479 I wasn't on the trip so couldn't really say why, other than the Garratt had a broken lubricator pipe which had to be fixed before the return trip. Perhaps the crews knew about the broken spring before hand as well... I just don't know. Sorry.

Oh that's ok I was just why the 1772d train had to pull the trip to cunnamulla and not the garret and I was thinking that the garret was to big to go to cunnamulla or maybe if they already had a last steam excursion to go to cunnamulla

We will have to wait and see. I reckon after the Olympics there won't be any money and that will see things fall in a heap. 1754 if it is still being worked on will probably end up with a new maxi cab and 26L airbrake equipment, then head to Cairns.

Hi, no it's the permission that the driver needs to ve able to travel from one station to the next. This ensures that his train is the only train that is on that section of track at that time and that he has no fear of colliding with another train. They used staff ticket as a safe working system, before electric signalling came in.

We're you a fireman on them?

@@adriannettlefold9084 I was, pretty hard work

@@krisdowie7747 are you up to having a talk? can you email me [email protected] I'm doing a youtube project and wanted to talk to steam era guys who worked out this way

Hi mate. If it's with QR, it sounds like you have applied to become a Rail Operater which is a.Shunter's position. This is a good position to get into QR and my advice is to take the job and when a guards job or a Driver's job come up you then apply for that position. External job offers don't come up very often and you might be without a job if you wait for them to offer a Driver's position. Getting your foot in the door into QR is the hardest part. Internal people get first chop over people like yourself as an External. Hope that helps

So just clarifying, with the shunter job, you get to drive and move trains, but only within the depot itself correct? Or do you just direct and attach and detach carriage etc.

@samuelwarrilow407 you don't drive anything. You couple up and detach, you switch points, you do computer work as in train lists, you operate signal panels. You call out trains from the stabling yards and put them into their allotted road when they come back to the yard. Driving is separate to this altogether. Like I said, if you are wanting a job with QR, take any job to get your foot in the door, then apply to become a driver. Otherwise look for a trainee driver's position with Aurizon or Pacific National or Watco

@@adriannettlefold9084 thanks for the advice, i have applied for PN and Watco, couldn't see any trainee positions with Aurizon. But I'll still wait for the results of the operator job and also keep an eye out for QR driver jobs as well. I have a causal job at the moment so I'm not at risk of being unemployed while waiting, but if I'm accepted in some form I'll go straight into the new job.

They're still here.

To my knowledge it needs a lot of work done to re-wire the electrical side. After an audit was done they found insulation on some of the heavy wiring melted and grounded it, from memory somewhere around 2018. It's parked out the back in the workshops at Ipswich.

I was flying blind... too much white light from the firebox and no light right out in front where it was needed. But we managed.

Were you an engineman Lawrence? Yeah BA doesn't take long to perish does it. They must have got the last of a what was on the pad at the time.

I didn't get to Mayne till 2009, so must have just missed you. And Yes that was to 2 Dad's.