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Interesting selection Graham.

Thanks David. These two cars were setup for the Qld Rail Commissioner in the early 90s. The pair were sold off with the freight business around 2010. It was used for driver training by the Aurizon (the business which bought the rail freight). When they had no more use for it it was put up for sale. DownsSteam won the tender principally due to the organisation's technical ability to maintain all its non-standard features.

Great collection, Graham

Thanks Gillian. Its a great piece of Qld railway history.

Pretty slick piece of kit Graham. Is this the 2000 Class seen earlier in your stream?

Thanks Pete. Yes, this is same two cars. They originally had the swing-over seats throughout though the ones in this set now have a cloth rather than vinyl covering. The originals that I've seen were not airconditioned but these are. The original 150 HP diesel engines are replaced by 300 HP ones. The upgraded hydraulic transmission has four gears The galley sink has hot water heated by LP gas. The fridge runs on either gas or mains electricity. The inverter shown can boil a kettle or run a microwave and is suitable to charge mobiles and laptops. I found that each car has antennas to suit both the railway band and the Aus UHF CB band. CBs are fitted for talking between ends to facilitate direction reversal. A transportable two-way is used to talk with QR Train Control.

An interesting detailed series, Graham.

Thanks George. Did you travel in these back in the day?

I guess I'll be showing my age if I tell you that the standard suburban trains in my time were hauled by PB15s! Rail motors were very rare on the south line, then only the old red style.

That’s an interesting old classic, Graham. One you are working on? Have a good weekend

Thanks Diana. I've done some work on on the body and the radio comms. I'll also get driver training on it.

A fascinating series of photos for sure.
HFF and have an excellent weekend, Graham.