Queensland's Cane Trains - Tully Mill Part 3

Queensland has a fascinating network of sugar cane railways stretching from Bundaberg in the South through to Mossman in the North. 17 sugar mills have railway networks with over 4000km of track across the state. All the mills use 2ft gauge track, except for Pioneer Mill which uses 3ft 6in gauge track.
Locomotives are diesel hydraulic, with ages ranging from 70 years old to brand new (2023 built). Some locomotives have been converted from former Queensland Rail 3ft 6in DH class, or New South Wales Government Railways 4ft 8 1/2in 47 class.
Wagons are unbraked and some trains operate with a remote controlled brake van at the rear of the train to provide additional braking force. Trains can be up to 1km long, consisting of up to 200 wagons with a weight of approximately 1000 tons.
Some trains require two crew members however many locomotives have been converted to driver only operating and can be switched to remote control operation for shunting.
This video contains footage taken in August 2023 of Tully Mill. Tully utilises a fleet of ex Queensland Rail 'DH' class locomotives, which were rebuilt into cane locomotives in the 1990's. They also have two permanently coupled 'Com-Eng' locomotives which are used as back up locos. I was fortunate to capture these locos at a couple of different locations.
Trains in this video are:
1. Tully 16 and Tully 11 (1964 and 1960 Com-Eng 0-6-0 locomotives) arrive at the triangle at Jodrell Rd. After waiting for an empty train to pass the locos continue around the triangle towards the mill.
2. 'Tully 7' undertakes shunting operations at the end of the line at 'Gabiolas Loop'.
3. With cane harvesting underway nearby 'Tully 8' crosses the Arcidiacono and Tully Hull Road crossings with empty bins.

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More great little Critters! Thank you for keeping these coming Sir. They will be getting underway soon this year I assume as harvest should start soon? Cheers Gregg.

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@@FishplateFilms thanks Gregg! The harvest has been underway for a couple of weeks now. Some good photos of this year's harvest appearing on Facebook.