Cross at Wirrappa : Two trains meet : Australian trains and railroads :

[lailasalas]

I see a passenger car behind the locomotives on both trains. I think it works like a caboose that once was used a the end of freight trains. This car used to be the train conductor working site.

[Rocketboy1950]

@lailasalas No, it is the crew car. It has sleeping cabins, kitchen etc for the relay crew that work the train in rotating shifts.

[lailasalas]

@Rocketboy1950 THANKS

[FishplateFilms]

More venom from first wife!!!...like this clip Rod,another classic from your good self!.

[Rocketboy1950]

@FishplateFilms Thanks and she was a real bloody snake.

[locojoe2004]

Quite unusual to see an emtpy PN train coming back from the west at this time of year. Those 2 box's wouldn't of payed for the coffee the drivers drank on the way home. Good location.

[wmralder]

I noticed one of the crew of the SCT train went to what I guess was a call box before proceeding across that switch/points (?which is it in Australia?). Then when they were clear the switch was thrown remotely. I don't see signals here so are they running on Track Warrants or some such? I love watching your videos because it all looks so familiar to many areas here in North America yet the more I watch the more intriguing differences I see. Keep up the great work.

[Rocketboy1950]

@wmralder They are running on train authorities. There are signals to indicate when the points/switch are set for the main but the points must be set at the call box for a diversion in to the passing track. They automatically run back to the main when the train gets in clear. It is the same procedure to come out.... manually call the points from the box and remote reset when clear of the loop again. The only signal to depart a loop is the point stand indicator and an authority of course. Thanks

[zelo1954]

You do an awful lot of videoing out in the outback. do you ever bump into wild poisonous snakes?

[Rocketboy1950]

@zelo1954 No but I have had a few encounters in grasslands. Most snakes will flee from humans. The only problem snake out here is the Death Addder which is an ambush predator and they stay put when you approach. Sturdy shoes and denim jeans pretty well assure that their small fangs can't penetrate the skin........so I am told. I am almost 62 and I have bushwalked all over and only ever had one snake rise up to strike at me and that was a Tiger snake in grass. I got more venom from my first wife.

[Trainbrain1949]

I wouldn't want to run into poisonous snakes. Lucky the the only poisonous snakes around here are seldom seen. In Chicago it's the people you have to worry about.

[Rocketboy1950]

@Trainbrain1949 I'll take the reptiles over human snakes every time.

[jagafoto]

Very nice video!

[TheMadNorsky]

Is the second car in the first train used as an extra fuel supply car for the engines??

[Rocketboy1950]

@TheMadNorsky Yes, quite a few of the trains on this line have an in line fuel tanker attached.