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@@Trainsaregreat365 Haha thanks mate!! This video was definitely a lot more different compared to what I make now!

@@xbx.trains2192 It’s unclear at the moment but currently an auction is up for sale of the Mossman locomotives and spare parts for them as well. I can see Mulgrave potentially taking an interest in Mossman’s Comeng locos as Mulgrave loves Comengs and even was interested in acquiring some of Tully’s Comengs at one point. The sugar mills in Fiji like to buy Australian sugarcane locomotives so potentially they may be interested; however their sugar rail industry seems to be dying out so I’m unsure. Mackay Sugar might be interested in taking back the Clyde Engineering loco of theirs that Mossman has had for a while. As for Mossman’s large EMB locomotive, ‘Daintree’, I am unsure of where it may end up. South Johnstone uses a few EMB locomotives so they might be interested but they already have so many locomotives; I don’t know if they are interested in yet another one. Those are my best guesses for the moment; only time will tell where they end up going! The auction for Mossman’s stock ends on October 25th I believe.

@@larry92adventure65 Unfortunately like most mills; it isn’t heritage listed. So it’s likely it may be demolished in the future like other closed mills before it but I certainly hope not… currently lots of Mossman Mill’s machinery and even trains themselves are being auctioned off for sale.

@@thecairnsrailfan that is annoying, you would think it would be heritage listed since it’s been there for over 100 years, but it would honestly cool if they turned it into a tourist attraction, and talked about the history around the Daintree area. Or even did tourist rides on the trains because it’s not really disturbing anyone being there

@@gregbowen617 Thanks for subscribing!! Yes cane railways are perfect for model railroading; but because they’re sort of obscure not many model railroads of cane setups are attempted as no model manufacturer makes cane trains. The only models for cane trains out there are either DIY or in the form of kits which is a shame as it makes it harder to get into.

@@larry92adventure65 When they’re harvesting north of the river they are. They have a locomotive placed there on the isolated railway line to assist with shunting the cane bins to and from the road-rail ramp at Barron; so the bins can then be transported by road to Redlynch which is still connected to the Mulgrave Mill network!

@@thecairnsrailfan I found out in your most recent video I just hadn’t gotten the chance to delete the comment yet which I forgot to do

@@larry92adventure65 All good mate!

Thanks! If you're just visiting Cairns and wanting to see cane operations in general I would recommend going to Mulgrave Mill itself in Gordonvale. You can either choose Gordon St to see all the mill yard action from above; or be at Rushworth Rd at the other end of the yard to be up close to the trains where most enter and leave through. There is near constant shunting in the yard at times so there should definitely be something! There isn't any forecasted rain at the moment except for Saturday so I don't think you'll have to worry about a wet weather shut down. Rushworth Rd is especially good if you want to chase some cane trains to various locations as well; almost all of Mulgrave Mill's trains enter and leave through there when heading / returning from south or north. Gordon St is seeing more action than usual since they are shunting Mossman Sugarcane dropped off by trucks and loaded into cane bins by front end loader there so every now and then trains cross there as well. If you wish to chase the trains as mentioned previously some kind of accurate mapping of the sugarcane rail lines are essential because of how utterly complex they can get in specific areas; usually closest to the mill is when mill networks are their most hard to navigate. I've made a map of all sugarcane railways in Queensland through Google Maps for anyone to use if need be; you can find it here: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1UdDNF7SPSjDgLHLLNwgs7xTC0rv2hxU&usp=sharing It shouldn't be that hard to understand; coloured pin points mean a sugar mill and colour refers to what company owns the sugarcane railway line. For example Mulgrave & South Johnstone Mills are both owned by MSF Sugar so both are coloured bright yellow. I hope this helps, happy spotting!!

@@thecairnsrailfan thank you so much!

@@gaucij No problem!

@@johnsmart964 No problem, thanks for your comment! A few brake wagons out there are formerly locomotives; but most were built to be brake wagons in the first place. I assume they’re built similarly to locomotives so they can act like one when braking; as often they’re also loaded up with a lot of weight like a real locomotive would. Some of them have sanding capabilities as well. Mulgrave is one of the few mills that actually uses non-bogie brake wagons; other mills that use brake wagons tend to have much larger versions with bogies.

@@grahamrawlings7327 Greetings from Australia! Glad you found it interesting!

@@theaustraliantrainspotter Thanks!

@@avlisk Wow; incredible video! Thanks for sharing it! Both old and new 2ft gauge railways are always very interesting 😄

@@RyanHatterer-Ryanns999 It’s very unclear at the moment; I genuinely don’t know if the mill will rebuild it or not. It does seem like they’re at least talking about it though and if they are going to go through with it would be a potentially 1+ year process. For now the trucking operations are a stop gap measure of some kind; as eventually doing all this trucking will outweigh the costs of building the bridge. And thanks mate; glad to hear you enjoy the videos!

Sure does; 2ft sugarcane railways in Queensland are some of the most interesting operating railways out there in my opinion!!

No problem at all! Thank you very much, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!😄

@@birgitmaloney7637 Thanks!

@@catpower2951 Thank you!

@@theaustraliantrainspotter Thanks; I certainly agree!

@@birgitmaloney7637 Don’t worry I have some videos in the works; I’m not sure when they’ll be out though. Finding the time to getting around to finishing them off has been hard recently is all!

@@stephenkettle7733 Yes they are! Walkers Limited of Queensland built these locos from 1969-1971 as the Emu Bay Railway 11 Class and a few decades later in the early 2000s they returned home to Queensland where the majority of them now work for Cairns Kuranda Steam on the cement shunts; but there’s also one doing Downer Rail / Queensland Rail shunting at the Maryborough train workshops. There’s also one at the Bellarine Railway in Victoria.

@@Trainsaregreat365 Awesome! Yeah, Pecketts in Australia are a very weird site. AHHR has 2 Pecketts; I believe the only two to have operated in Queensland. It’s very unique seeing Pecketts built for 3ft 6in gauge use instead of the regular 4ft 8 1/2in gauge Pecketts as seen in the UK! AHHR has ‘1069’ which is the operational one seen in this video. It’s an M4 type I believe. AHHR also has ‘1174’ but currently stripped down to its bare basics for eventual restoration. It’s slightly larger than ‘1069’ I believe and is an R1 type. Both locomotives worked together at the Mount Morgan gold mines and afterwards the coal mines at Mount Isa.

@thecairnsrailfan wow you know a lot Anyway that's amazing to hear

@@Trainsaregreat365 Thanks, I agree it’s amazing!

@@Trainsaregreat365 Thank you very much! I’m glad you like it!

@@thecairnsrailfan you're welcome

@@MrCrazy1072 Awesome, thank you very much for your corrections!! I’ll definitely need to remake this video at some point; it’s quite old for my video-making standards now and has a lot of inaccuracies I want to fix with feedback such as yours.

@thecairnsrailfan all good mate. Glad I could help.

Agreed, thank you very much!

@@chrisacworth4729 Thank you! Yes, I have heard of that channel before.

@@johnsmart964 Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately I don’t think the sugar trains to port will start up again anytime soon; as much as I wish they would I don’t think the Tablelands Mill has interests in it they just do truck transport now. But like I said the branch to the mill is still classified as “open” so still receives occasional maintenance so the opportunity is always there! Also not sure if you saw my pinned comment but unfortunately it has been announced that Einasleigh - Forsayth section of the Tablelands System will not be reinstated for the rest of the year which is a real shame. It is actually unclear if it will reopen or not next year. Reasons stated include lack of funding and subpar maintenance alongside an apparent increase in damage this year thanks to Cyclone Jasper. Unfortunately relatively “small” closures such as this one haven’t been unheard of in recent times as Stanthorpe - Wallangarra was closed a few months ago now in south Queensland; reason being stated due to bushfire induced bridge damage.

@@woztorana That’s so cool!! I assume the ditch lights were modern QR requirements? 2000 Classes in regular service didn’t have them; and I’ve noticed other 2000 Classes that have taken back to mainline running (eg. Outback Aussie Tours at Longreach and DownsSteam Tourist Railway) have fit marker lights as well. I think the Mary Valley Rattler’s 2000s also have the marker lights too.

@@thecairnsrailfan the ditch lights we beat the standard. We fitted them for added safety given Cairns drivers and level crossings. Same as the Yellow wings. Originally they were gold, and were gold during my time there. However I am lead to believe that they were painted yellow for vision. Just as the 11 class has the yellow Buffer plates ( which I originally painted 01 and 05)

@@woztorana Wow that’s awesome work! Very interesting!

Thanks Antony! Great to hear that from a professional like you!

@@catpower2951 Thank you!

@@ЛЬВИНИ Thank you!!

Sure does🤪

Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it! I believe that un-sheltered spot at Toowoomba Railway Station has been like that for a while; as that lane isn’t used for passenger trains anymore and is commonly used as a spot to store diesels for maintenance runs and other maintenance related works. Toowoomba Railway Station is such a gorgeous station; probably one of the best looking in Queensland and a relic of a bygone rail era. Now it’s only served by a Queensland Rail passenger train 4 times a week which is the Westlander doing its twice a week service from Brisbane to Charleville where it’s usually there late in the evening or early in the morning. Other than that; heritage passenger services may use it on their runs which is a common sight in the southwest between Ipswich and Warwick where as you mentioned they usually always carry water tanks as well due to lack of water tower / cranes in the modern rail era! Thanks again for your comment!

Awesome, I really like Queensland Rail too!

@@birgitmaloney7637 Hopefully after the next video. Tomorrow I will upload some trains in the south-west of Queensland including a steam train! After that; the next video will be on The Savannahlander up here around the Far North where the video will cover chasing that train from Almaden to Kuranda. I hope you can look forward to that!

@@TheREALPoriruaTrainspotter Yeah it sure does! It’s actually really interesting; as the Cairns Rail livery is actually directly inspired by / correlated to DJ1229. Cairns Kuranda Steam (who operate The Savannahlander passenger service and the Cairns Rail cement shunts as seen in this video) is actually owned by Mainline Steam Heritage Trust in New Zealand who own DJ1229. They’ve gotten the contract from Queensland Rail (for the Savannahlander) and Pacific National (for the cement shunting) to run these Cairns services under the CKS name which is very interesting and have done so for many years now. Thanks for your comment!

@@thecairnsrailfan Oh wow 😯 I didnt know that till now lol DJ1228 also has the same livery too just with the writing on the long hood 😅

@@TheREALPoriruaTrainspotter Awesome!

@@johnsmart964 No problem, thanks for your comment! I don’t know much about overseas rail manufactures; but I would hope Alstom still chooses to sell and manufacture Bombardier designs. Yeah I haven’t done a video without narration for a very long time; but not to worry as the next following videos will have narration once again!

@@thecairnsrailfan That's great we will look forward to them.

@@johnsmart964 I’m glad to hear that!😄

@@theaustraliantrainspotter Thanks!

Another awesome video. 🤙

@@catpower2951 Thank you!

Your Welcome Mate .🤙

Yes; Sydney’s electrified rail system contacts the electric trains through their pantograph part!😄

Thank you!! Yes; it’s certainly a testament to the British Rail Class 43s engineering that they’re still in service in some places after so long!