Drivers view Tasmania, Lynchford to Rinadeena, Oct 2024

[@Mediawatcher2023]

What a fantastic way to see out 2024 All The Best for the new year

[@driver667]

@@Mediawatcher2023 thank you. Hope you have a great New Year also. 👍😀

[@thomasrobinson8336]

Love the cog action 1 long slow pretty ride. Very nice

[@driver667]

A slow ride but guarantee's traction to the top. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

[@macka46]

Absolutely Magnificent Video to finish the year, loved it, Happy new year to you all.

[@driver667]

@@macka46 thank you. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Have a very Happy New Year also. 👍😀

[@archmcdonald6170]

I have done somme research on the rack locos, at MT Morgan in Old they have an under frame from one of the locos that worked that line, shows 2 cogs with cranks, another photo of one of the Wilderness locos shows 2 cylinders under the smoke box, this would indicate to me that the wheels and rack use separate cylinders.

[@driver667]

@@archmcdonald6170 thanks for the info on this. 👍😀

[@georgeheilman4243]

18:00 pretty nice view of the gully, I imagine. But this whole ride is one beautiful view.

[@driver667]

@@georgeheilman4243 it is very picturesque along here. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@johnhaller7017]

A very pleasant trip, happy New Year everyone.

[@driver667]

@@johnhaller7017 it is very picturesque along the line. Happy New Year. 👍😀

[@milesroxy97]

Love reading the track gradient and can see extremely load power

[@driver667]

It's certainly a steep track through beautiful scenery. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@xabierzalbidea7680]

Feliz Año Nuevo

[@driver667]

Thank you. Happy New Year to you and your family also. 👍 😀

[@geoffreythorburn8030]

Thank you for the videos this year, have a great new year mate.

[@driver667]

@@geoffreythorburn8030 thank you. Glad you enjoyed them. Have a great New Year also. 👍😀

[@vsvnrg3263]

you were very lucky to get a blue sky on the west coast of tassy.

[@driver667]

Yes, it was a nice day. 👍 😀

[@domht]

Great trip. We were there on the 11/10 except it was a bit damp.

[@driver667]

It is a beautiful area. Well worth the visit. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

[@rsinclair6560]

One of the liquid clay pots at Hall's Creek Siding used on the NE line. There is a little 3'6" Beyer Garrat waiting to be rebuilt for this railway hidden in Lakers Siding shed!

[@driver667]

@@rsinclair6560 🤔🤔 interesting. 👍🤔

[@martythemartian99]

I would argue that there is no such thing as a Little Beyer Garratt. Like Honda Goldwings, even the small ones are pretty big. 😲 (I did enjoy listening to Little Beyer Garratt, back when Glen Shorrock was lead singer.) 🤪

[@driver667]

😀😀👍

[@rsinclair6560]

​@@martythemartian99....Oh I missed Glen Shorrock in LRB....I saw Johnny Farnam take over as lead singer LRB way way way back in 1983 at the Dorset Gardens pub Croydon..Melbourne.

[@geoffreythorburn8030]

What beautiful countryside?

[@driver667]

@@geoffreythorburn8030 it is really nice country through there. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@archmcdonald6170]

Are the cylinders for the wheels used on the rack sections ?

[@driver667]

I'm not an expert on rack railways or qualified on them but I think the cog is mounted on the axle of the locomotive so I guess would use the same cylinders. Someone else here might know more about it. 👍😀

[@martythemartian99]

I believe the cog is on one of the drive axles, so yes. 😊

[@robwilliamson5950]

The cog is driven by a seperate cylinder, so on steep sections the locomotive is changed from 2 cylinder to 3.

[@driver667]

@@robwilliamson5950 thanks for the info. 👌👍😀

[@rsinclair6560]

​@@robwilliamson5950Lou Rae's book; The Abt Railway On The West Coast, 1988, explains; both the two rack cylinders and the rail traction cylinders ' continued' to drive the driving wheels. Number 3 Abt loco for many years was mounted on a display trestle bridge , Miners Siding Queenstown where you able to inspect under the engine to see the rack engine workings.

[@poppystrains]

I have a video of part of this line from the back of the train, but this is more impressive.

[@driver667]

The view is great in all directions along this track, but I do think the drivers view is great 👍 😀

[@martythemartian99]

Q: How do you torture a locomotive? 🤔 A: Put it on the Rack.😅 (The final Dad Joke of 2024) 🤠

[@driver667]

And now we start over for 2025.... 🙄 👍😀

[@rsinclair6560]

So down hill on the 1 in 20 grade, the rack engine is engaged for braking and prevent the loco skidding?

[@driver667]

It sure is 👌 It is engaged in both directions to assist with traction due to the grade. 🙂

[@martythemartian99]

As long as there is a rack on the line, I don't think the cog can be disengaged.

[@driver667]

@@martythemartian99 👍😀

[@tomhenry6440]

I've heard of this once

[@driver667]

It's a very nice railway to see and ride. 👍😀

[@rsinclair6560]

Goes to show how environmentally freindly a bush railway can be. The forests (wilderness)returns either side, no introduced weeds ( except a few Rhododendrons, no rubbish chucked out the windows unlike roads. Appears the original Abt No.2 loco or spares went down with the ship S.S. Grafton ground ths sand bar off Hell's Gate. On another importnat note, the population demographics of Tasmania is changing, the young are leaving and the retirees are moving down. However in Lou Rae's book, explains that much earlier years that ' older Queenstown residents readily blame the 5 a.m. train for the towns high birth rate. It seems the early morning drivers were often zealous with the whistle and woke many townfolk. Once awake and claimed too early to get out of bed or go back to sleep'.' ....nudge nudge...say no more. So maybe it's time for train drivers to again blow their horns and toot their whistles early in the morning!!!??, 'Populate or perish' Tasmania.

[@driver667]

@@rsinclair6560 interesting story. 👌😀😀 Railways do have a much smaller footprint on the environment than roads. Don't know about the birthrate though...🤣🤣👍