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Denison St., Rockhampton, street running.
CM30-8 #2819 heads a freight along Dension St. on May 6, 1998, in this scene captured by Scott Fitzgerald purloined from the Internet, and by which time the second track along the street had been removed (understood to be in October 1996).
Guess there are a few places where railfaning involves putting down your beer and walking across the street to capture the action. Denision Street is one of these places. The Swan Hotel also provided handy accommodation for this railfan during my stay in Rockhampton from December 12 to 17, 1990, where the sound of passing trains during the night was sweet music. Sadly this watering hole has now been converted to offices with the only other hotel on Denison St. now being O'Dowd's Irish Hotel.
In 2006 it was reported that 2819, the first of Queenland Rail's 28 class locomotives to since run on standard guage, has broken a record. It was the first locomotive to have run on the whole entire east coast rail system from Cairns to Melbourne.
The 28 class was first introduced into service in 1995. The entire class was built out of Goninan’s Bohle factory near Townsville.
With the decision not to extend electrification to Townsville, the 28 class was ordered to work freight and passenger services on the Rockhampton-Cairns and Townsville-Mount Isa routes. They are all based at Stuart, near Townsville.
The 28's originally worked the majority of freights out of Rockhampton to the far north and also a number of mineral trains on the Mt. Isa line. With the recent decision for through running of freights, they are now hauling freights out of Brisbane while the 3900s are displaced into coal traffic. Because the 2800s were originally built for traffic north of Rockhampton, they were built with a larger than normal rollingstock outline. Due to this, they have many restrictions on what lines they may travel on south of Caboolture. To prevent misrouting on these routes, the class has been assigned a special train type designation in the train numbering … Y (eg. YC49)
A number of 28s were being prepared for conversion to standard gauge, with 2819 being the first and only candidate. 2819 has spent time on banking duties in the Adelaide Hills, as well as other QRNational intermodal services between Brisbane and Perth. In early 2010, 2819 was forwarded to Forrestfield in Western Australia and placed back on Narrow Gauge bogies. It was renumbered to PA2819 as an extension to the ARG P Class, and repainted in ARG livery.
Denison St., Rockhampton, street running.
CM30-8 #2819 heads a freight along Dension St. on May 6, 1998, in this scene captured by Scott Fitzgerald purloined from the Internet, and by which time the second track along the street had been removed (understood to be in October 1996).
Guess there are a few places where railfaning involves putting down your beer and walking across the street to capture the action. Denision Street is one of these places. The Swan Hotel also provided handy accommodation for this railfan during my stay in Rockhampton from December 12 to 17, 1990, where the sound of passing trains during the night was sweet music. Sadly this watering hole has now been converted to offices with the only other hotel on Denison St. now being O'Dowd's Irish Hotel.
In 2006 it was reported that 2819, the first of Queenland Rail's 28 class locomotives to since run on standard guage, has broken a record. It was the first locomotive to have run on the whole entire east coast rail system from Cairns to Melbourne.
The 28 class was first introduced into service in 1995. The entire class was built out of Goninan’s Bohle factory near Townsville.
With the decision not to extend electrification to Townsville, the 28 class was ordered to work freight and passenger services on the Rockhampton-Cairns and Townsville-Mount Isa routes. They are all based at Stuart, near Townsville.
The 28's originally worked the majority of freights out of Rockhampton to the far north and also a number of mineral trains on the Mt. Isa line. With the recent decision for through running of freights, they are now hauling freights out of Brisbane while the 3900s are displaced into coal traffic. Because the 2800s were originally built for traffic north of Rockhampton, they were built with a larger than normal rollingstock outline. Due to this, they have many restrictions on what lines they may travel on south of Caboolture. To prevent misrouting on these routes, the class has been assigned a special train type designation in the train numbering … Y (eg. YC49)
A number of 28s were being prepared for conversion to standard gauge, with 2819 being the first and only candidate. 2819 has spent time on banking duties in the Adelaide Hills, as well as other QRNational intermodal services between Brisbane and Perth. In early 2010, 2819 was forwarded to Forrestfield in Western Australia and placed back on Narrow Gauge bogies. It was renumbered to PA2819 as an extension to the ARG P Class, and repainted in ARG livery.