Nambour Moreton Mill Sugar Cane BFC5

See BFC5 haul sugar cane trains along Howard St Nambour in 1999

[@JoaquimAntunesdaRocha]

great video beautiful Joaquim Antunes-São Paulo Brasil

[@Mechknight73]

I don't know about street running, but the cane trains are well and truly alive in Mackay. I was last there about 18 months ago, and the rails were gleaming like an interstate freight line. As a West Australian, I was amazed that sugar cane, coal mining and tourism could coexist so well together

[@Average_Joe87]

What country is this in?

[@Blocklandbrian498]

trains do not belong in the middle of a street

[@insmo]

sad to see the cane trains go and the sugar mill chimney raining down soot all over the town will also be missed :)

[@Intransitman]

Big Yellow Taxi, that was a good choice of music to describe what happended.

[@andgate2000]

This was my childhood....cane trains and a road full of kingswoods...Falcons...corollas etc...all gone....all houses now.

[@larry92adventure65]

Sad to think this is all gone now

[@robertgift]

Could that track have ever been used as a tourist line? Or too short and uninteresting? Can you show its former location on Googlearth? Thank you.

[@chucksfan1]

The Nambour mill has now been closed for several years, and the mill and it's railways removed from the landscape!

[@noneofyourbusiness2991]

Now coles stands on that spot. Awesome video. Love nambour.

[@redlineXX]

awesome video. thanks for posting this up, i worked harvesting cane in the nambour/moreton area and this vid brought back many good memories of that time

[@MrBnsftrain]

Thanks for sharing this! The rails are still in the middle of Howard Street 14 years later, with some plans floating about to make it a tourist line

[@glenschoenauer7980]

Ad someone who lived in Mackay for 24 years. I could not agree more

[@San606]

Brings tears to my eyes. What a loss to the area. I remember the whole thing as a boy and my dad used to take me up to watch the trains.

[@mikeledgerwood5882]

Would be a great tourist attraction today.

[@peterc640]

Hi everyone,Nambour museum has a good selection of cane Locos and items from the now demolished mill.This saturday 29/11/14 we have the unveiling of the cosmetic preservation of the SHAY Loco.All are wecome .Open from 10 am till 3pm

[@StealthFB22]

3:23 "Wait, come back! Those are my trucks! :( " LMAO the wee shunter following looked so cute :P

[@mspenrice]

Yeah, but how many trucks would you need to shift all that cane which that one pair of diesel shunters and single steam loco managed to haul in three quick runs? Serious traffic jam ahoy, rather than a slightly delayed right turn for a few people and a slightly lengthened red light phase...

[@shieldzee1]

most of them have been moved north to Bundaberg mills but i have hear they are selling them over seas as they are now too small for the Bundaberg bins that are much bigger then Nambours were so sad they kill the mill of in Nambour as i used to wait for the trains at the top of the car-park when they were shunting the bins in to the mill it was one of the best things about Nambour.

[@1997queenslander]

Hey does anyone know we're I could find a video of moreton mills steam train bli bli when it was running if anyone does can u plz tell me or if u or someone you know has footage of it can u or get them to put it on KZbin it would be much appreciated

[@Tanny_Shan]

what happened to the locos after it was shut down? were they restored? or sold off as scrap.....

[@juliamayoramsay9470]

nice

[@rockstar84098]

oh it's sad people get rid of all the old good things, people should at lest try and keep good old stuff for new people to see it.

[@kentrobison588]

Scary street speed. Do the wagons have brakes?. How fast can that thing stop?. It might freak the grannies out if they saw it.

[@1997queenslander]

Hey does anyone know we're I could find a video of moreton mills steam train bli bli if anyone does can u plz put r

[@Gunnabee]

I remember seeing this every afternoon going home from school...

[@kentrobison588]

What about the traffic lights?. Are they controlled to help the train keep going?.

[@edensgotskills]

I remember the little lorri going through town,hehe.But it mad everything pretty dirty and smelly

[@szlakowiec]

Super to wygląda jak jedzie środkiem ulicy ;)

[@mspenrice]

They definitely don't have the usual 5-10mph / 10-20km/h speed limit in place that a lot of similar road/rail sharing or older tramway schemes tend to suffer...! "Just gun it and get up that hill"!

[@adfgfds]

Oh good! Im really glad its been saved :-)

[@Chris9017]

@cnsylvester1 I mean is that Bundy the engine from the Museum in Woodford.

[@RedtailFox1]

the price of 'progress'.......progress sucks

[@JBofBrisbane]

@cnsylvester1 - You aren't familiar with the documentary on "Bundy's Long Ride" (or similar title), in which a Bundaberg Fowler loco did a tour of as many of the cane tramways along the Queensland coast as it could, from Nambour up to Mossman. I think Chris9017 was asking if it was the same loco.

[@ethanpicken6992]

For anyone watching this in the future the documentary is called "Bundy's Last Great Adventure" and it's up on youtube. Link to the first video, it seems to be split into 4 parts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3eunHh4p92bY6c

[@hm230769]

End. Why......?

[@johnpenny5638]

Fantastic sight - thanks for sharing. (Red lights - Pah!)

[@arch9enius]

And nobody got to turn right that day. Liquor King drive-thru?

[@richardgray5207]

at 5:29 you can see the fat controller!

[@johnpenny5638]

Haha! You're right!!

[@o484]

It must be casual Friday.

[@kentrobison588]

You are not allowed to talk like that any more. He is horizontally challenged. Political correctness is sickening. Australians used to call a spade a spade. I rang a university and asked to speak to the landscape gardener but the woman told me he was the 'creator'. I told the stupid bitch that I did not want God on the line.

[@adfgfds]

Is this steam engine still running somewhere?

[@RiflemanMoore]

I thought trains were about keeping loads off the roads :P In all seriousness though a superb video.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

What became of of the loco?

[@RiflemanMoore]

I was just making a joke about the train running down the middle of the street.

[@Gdddghhrwscbkjgesdcc]

I think I can... I think I can...

[@dynastydynastydynast]

Not bad for an old Pleystowe Steamer

[@sanyoj]

So sad, loss of old world charm

[@brendabailey335]

Hi cnSylvestor1 and Kevin Mamo, this is wonderful footage. Did you film it? We would love to know the owner of these videos.

[@straightto8]

Thanks for this, I seem to recall seeing a photo of a wreck that happened on that main street with a bunch of those jennies.

[@matthewholland4287]

villiers man mate Bundy is at Woodford railway and will be running next year so she will be very happy again on the rails

[@kineticdeath]

do they use the cane trains in qld these days? i remember hearing somewhere they had replaced them all with trucks now. I never saw the nambour cane trains but i remember going to bundaberg when i was a kid and seeing the occasional cane train doing its rounds. Was always super exciting, being a young boy back then! lol

[@dwkcamman611]

WOW!!! Now that's awesome! Haulin' ass down the middle of the street, wicked!!!

[@RailPreserver2K]

is the steam engine in the video preserved and operational today ?

[@kealoa9]

It is located at ANGRM the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Woodford north of Brisbane, Queensland. Runs on Sundays. They also have a collection of BFCs and other stuff awaiting restoration.

[@mspenrice]

Australian discs should be fully playable on European systems, so long as they're specified as multi-region/region-free, or at least regions 2+4 (as this sort of thing typically is) which covers both Europe and Oceania. The actual video systems are the same underneath it all so there won't be any playback issues other than that. Alternatively, just remove the region locking on your player (assuming it's not e.g. a PC DVDROM drive) and all will be fine and dandy :)

[@fottoms]

i remember being a little boy always watching the trains...I would make mum stop so i could stand and watch the trains go past.. good times :) good times indeed....

[@1997queenslander]

Great video question what were the names of all the steam trains that worked at Moreton mill and were can I find all the steam trains today

[@m715fm]

Where is this?

[@Chris9017]

Is that Bundy?

[@RE_Bullet03]

I don't know what it is but there is something fantastic about seeing steam locos being used for the job that they were intended for...

[@kujawix438]

lol :D

[@davidfrobel7582]

no stopping on that hill..i like the helpers go chasing after it...hopefully someone saved the line

[@CGiordano464]

wheres this?

[@charlesdell2864]

why such a small coal tender

[@arch9enius]

Did it even have one, or did it all get chucked on the floor. Anyhow, you need a lot less coal than water.

[@steamtrainmark]

Hey Ken, The track is still in the main street when you go through Nambour. Regards Mark

[@papoocanada]

great !!!!!! super !!!!! thank god, song was removed, we like hearing the trains not some screaming

[@k41361]

awsome video, damn shame it's not around anymore also love the mack r model at 2:46

[@stormbouy]

hey I live in Nambour, gotta say I miss the sugar mill and the cane trains

[@steamtrainmark]

Hey Ken do you have any other footage other than this? Thanks Mark

[@MG06ZT]

Great catch, good shots. A shame it's now gone.

[@commitcheng56]

Yes great work mate but its really sad to see that it is all gone now

[@ChachaChapati]

I'm guessing the sugarcane industry in Queensland is still thriving?

[@paulkibbey4055]

The loco looked very similar to one that is now working on the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway in Powis , Wales. That one also worked hauling sugar cane I can't remember where, either West Indies or Sierra Leone maybe, anyone else got any ideas?

[@caroleast9636]

The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Rly “JOAN” is a Kerr Stuart and worked in the sugar cane in Antigua

[@Tanny_Shan]

what a fabulous footage! bless you for this!

[@st2fairmont397]

hey well done folks keep the good work up

[@oversearailway]

You gotta admit the street running is pretty neat!! I'm only a bit surprised at the speed. Where ever else I've seen it they run at a snails pace. Great Video. Thanks!!

[@AustNRail]

Hill down and hill up so momentum is the key.

[@santacatplayz4845]

Where their other steam trains or just one

[@michaeldoolan4717]

worked at sugar mill on loco 1 season excellent video

[@ConwayTruckload]

Sugar Cane industry here in Hawaii has moved out also.

[@NoGufff]

0:15 Therre's a sight (and smell) I don't miss.

[@westling567]

4:10 - LOL nice video

[@scottpecorino6320]

Does it stop at a red light?

[@vincentking3514]

Scott Pecorino Nah. The train always had right of way. Crossing signals would be set up at traffic light locations and often the traffic lights would go red to all directions of traffic when a train was coming

[@microbusss]

so track still in operation? What is the gauge of track?

[@ClamTram96]

microbusss Nope! The mill shut down. And the gauge of that looks to be narrow gauge

[@railtrolley]

Went through Nambour a few days ago. Forgot there was a cane tramway here. Looks like it is 2 foot gauge. The only other street running I know of is in Wycheproof, Victoria, which is the regular Victorian Railways 5 foot 3 inch railway.

[@railtrolley]

@Gray Iain The rails are still there in the street. There is also about 500 metres of tram rail, standard gauge, left in Brisbane in the centre median on Old Cleveland Rd, Camp Hill.

[@TheHandgunhero]

@@railtrolley The North Coast Line runs straight down the middle of Denison Street in Rockhampton and always has.

[@paullovescarly]

glad they got rid of it other wise i woulndnt have moved there and now coles is taking over the site

[@cnsylvester]

Line in the street has been saved, but either end is gone forever.

[@cnsylvester]

Unlikely to be used as a tourist line, but anything could happen. Former location go to cnr of Howard street and Currie St Nambour and you can find it. thank you

[@cnsylvester]

to find all the steam trains today, go to w w dott australiansteam dott com and click on Private and Industrial or sugar

[@cnsylvester]

As at 2011, there is 4500km of cane track in Queensland Thank you. Ken

[@cnsylvester]

Last I heard is was at BINGERA MILL, Kolan South under the name of MOORLAND