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As Paul Simon said, everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance:

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I'm standing above Denby Dale viaduct, and The Tin Bath excursion is somewhere near Silkstone Common, the other side of Penistone.

 

Next, another distant shot please?

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Jilalan depot near Sarina South of Mackay Nth Queensland taken in the mid 80's

 

The black lines are coal trains headed to Hay Point for unloading

 

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& this is a view from the ground

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If I remember correctly these trains had 3 Diesel locos at the front & 3 locos mid-train & were a mile long

 

This was at the time that Electric locos were being introduced to replace the diesels on coal trains

5  25kV electrics would replace 6 diesels

 

In 2025 Aurizon moved a record 11,000 tonnes of​ ​coal in a 2.3 kilometre train with 136 wagons (avarage train 100 wagons)

 

​Remember that this is on 3' 6" gauge 

 

​More of the same , from an aircraft if you got them

 

John

 

 

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I reckon it's a 156.

 

Cheers,

Mick

I reckon it’s a 158. When was it taken? 156s haven’t run the forth circle or Dundee/Aberdeen trains in a long while (since British Rail?). Traction is now 170s, 158s, 220/1s or HSTs. If it’s 2 car, it’ll be a 158. There is also seems to be a larger gap between the inside doors and the inside unit ends, which is non existent on a 156, but visible on a 158.

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I reckon it’s a 158. When was it taken? 156s haven’t run the forth circle or Dundee/Aberdeen trains in a long while (since British Rail?). Traction is now 170s, 158s, 220/1s or HSTs. If it’s 2 car, it’ll be a 158. There is also seems to be a larger gap between the inside doors and the inside unit ends, which is non existent on a 156, but visible on a 158.

 

Closer inspection - it is a 158 for the reason you give - well spotted.

 

Cheers,

Mick

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There were requests for a distant shot from a plane. In this case a DH2 Beaver floatplane

 

Vancouver Harbour with the Island Princess and Volendam moored at Canada Place.

A Vancouver skytrain is visible below the Island Princess

More train stuff in the distance on the north side of the harbour - the yellow pile is sulphur that is brought in by the trainload for export (a pic of this has appeared before in this thread)

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Cheers,

Mick

 

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