[user=200]Christrerise[/user] wrote:

Love those last locos! 

Of course, Chris, they're errrrmmmm ………. blue diesels :pathead

Marvellous shots Jeff and Rick.  I never knew they had Aboriginal artwork liveries.
 I love the rail motor too.

Mike

Great shots Rick and my word, Karunda looks wet !!!

I have to admit, I could never get my head around that Aboriginee painting - to me, it always just looks like a kid has painted loads of dots around the place.  They say it all means something. :???::???::???::???:

[user=8]MikeC[/user] wrote:

Yes Brian - Jacarandas, a South American native. They're in full bloom here now

This one was photographed today about 15 mins from home.
I hope to model Queensland Rail one day, and a jacaranda is a necessity.

Great pictures Mike.

 

We don't get our Jacarandas to bloom till much later.  We have one in our garden but it's quite small and wont flower till December probably.  Brisbane is the place to see these as it is close to their native habitat in Brazil.

cheers

Neil

When is Queensland Railways not Queensland Railways? Answer: when it is New South Wales stock on the QR standard gauge line!

 

The first XPT set to use the standard gauge link over the Merivale bridge from South Brisbane to Roma Street c.1980/81 (can't remember for sure!).



The dual-gauge line is bidirectional for the standard gauge but south-bound only for the narrow gauge. This was the first XPT livery applied.

This is Deagon Station in Brisbane's north-east bayside. It was very quiet there today - just like any other day.
 Looking towards Sandgate, which is one stop away from Shorncliffe which is the end of the line.



 Note the prototypical pair of shoes on the roof.

Mike

"It was very quiet there today - just like any other day."

Sounds like the start of a Best Seller.

The shoes are obviously a clue.

Other than the buildings, the sunshine and the lack of people, that could be UK Mike.  What I really mean is they use similar rails and ballast in UK and they put shoes up on the roof for architectural interest

I good shot with plenty of modelling detail in there. :thumbs

Just a couple more shots from our travels, posted for no reason, really, other that I like them.

 The first is actually in New South Wales, so it's not QR at all, but we're claiming it for now.
It's the little station at a place called Stokers Siding, in Northern New South Wales, not too far from Mullumbimby.



and this one's Shorncliffe Station at dusk today. Tracks to the left and foreground are part of the turning wye.



Mike

I like them, too.

Hi all,

 

Thanks for sharing the QR images. I have a soft spot for QR. Probably because I spent 21 years of my life, and my childhood up there on their what would appear to be N scale layout.

Only to move to Victoria, and find QR (QRN) is invading the south:



Yes that is Melbourne skyline in teh background.

And that's a Victorian loco in the foreground.  G-class.  Still considered to be a "Victorian class" even though a few are now owned by QRN (Queensland Rail National).  They can be seen as far away from Melbourne as Brisbane and Perth, respectively around 2 - 3 days each in travel time.

wow I never knew the QR logo travelled so far these days. Maybe if I could afford to model QR, I'd know more about them, but an H0 diesel from Black Diamond Models costs $435, so I really don't pay a lot of attention to them.

Mike

Mike - they also have a fairly assertive advertising campaign on the TV down here so they are clearly trying hard to win more traffic than they already have.