Freight trains in Australias Nullabor Desert

[fairlygodfather]

i have done the east west trip by road rail ship and car one day I may even fly lol but train is the best so far i am close to 20 trip on the indian pacific and never get sick of it'

[brickpaverr]

It's spelt... Null-AR-bor. ... Nullarbor.!

[brickpaverr]

WOW. The Australian southern outback, the Nullarbor and all through that part of Australia from east to west. I've had a share of it since 1964 and there is nothing else in the Australia that I've been able to see so far that can compare with it's raw beauty. Love it, love it, love it !

[bcmalreadythere]

@starguard... no man does that anymore! all done with hi-tech machinery, even ballasting.

[ChamplainDivision]

I assume the passenger car behind the engines is for carrying relief crews so the train can keep moving?

[DieselSmoke92]

wow your trains look like cabover trucks...lol

[Mechknight73]

@DieselSmoke92 Tat's only one class of locomotive. Australian railways all used to be government owned, and each state had their own ideas about how to run them, and what to put on the rails. These locomotives are the backbone of what's known as the Indian Pacific line

[TheRunescapeHero1]

Go the NR's

[peppe3553]

very good video, thanks.

[starguard]

I really feel sorry for the blokes that had to lay down all that track in the Desert!

[TravvyG]

I would love to become a Train driver one day.. i have to get my opens license first though before i can apply for that sort of position

[gm16v149]

How did you manage to score a cab ride like that? We used to get cab rides in the early '80s when we put our trucks on the train from Kalgoorlie to Pt Augusta but I thought they would have put a stop to that by now. Great video. I didn't realise how high those double stacks were until I saw that.

[Rocketboy1950]

An interesting clip from places rarely seen by the general populace. Berloody hard to get in by road unless you get permission to use the access road.

[dj17q]

Great video. love it!!!!! We gotta need more of ;em in depth stuff.......

[Rocketboy1950]

@dj17q Seen my stuff ?

[dj17q]

@Rocketboy1950 G'day. Yes, have seen them. Good videos. Need more in depth stuff, with raw sound and all. Cheers.

[sail1948]

I worked for the commonwealth railways in the 1960's. Tarcoola Pimba kingoonya. Unbelievable heat in the summer wet and miserable in the winter!

[turnbs]

Where exactly are the spots you have filmed ? If you could provide locations to match times in video would be much appreciated. Cheers.

[Gavsta40]

We get these goods trains threw where i live about every day(Port Augusta, about 6-12 trains in 24hrs).

[avlisk]

Null arbor: no trees. But I think I see a tree back there. What's up with that? Great shots of the trains.

[avlisk]

Null  arbor: no trees. But I think I see a tree back there. What's up with that?

[weplay89]

mate this is the best vid on the NR,S ive ever seen how old is this vid the NR,S look like thay r new good work mate hope to c more

[Superiorpakfan]

@4:07 What was that all about? Time sheets?

[buckaroo1956]

This is great footage of one of the greatest railway lines in the world. Well done!

[juzzman]

great video mate

[TrainSpotterX]

Great video ...... I just don't really know why so many now call them freight trains, I have always and will always call them goods trains thats the Aussie lingo, freight is American. Thanks for sharing and look forward to watching a lot more videos from you.

[nosmoking099]

thats what i thought, but.. it doesnt really matter heaps....

[bebuggered85]

goods train or freight train

its the same thing. what tipe of train u inta

[MegaDirtyHands]

@TrainSpotterX spot on mate I may not be true train enthusiest but even I know there called Goods Trains and NOT freight trains.

Spread the word!

[gm16v149]

@TrainSpotterX I reckon freight train sounds better than goods train, that's my opinion anyway. I think most people call them freight trains in Australia now. Sometimes the Yanks have got a better feel for the lingo. I reckon the way the Yanks call them an "Engineer" sounds better than "Train Driver" as well. What do you think?