Sugar trains in Queensland, Australia

[Wayne Laepple]

A nice video of sugar cane harvest trains in the northern part of Queensland. How about those side rods flailing away?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRIzE6MIM30&feature=youtu.be

[Bob Holmes]

Joe, how would you like to be responsible for maintaining THAT track???

[ALAIN DELASSUS]

 Interesting and sunny video thank you for sharing it. The TPT , the AMTP ancestor,  carried sugarbeets but its rail network only streched over 20 miles for the main line and 75 miles for the branch lines and spurs. Hey ! Australia is five times larger than France if I'm not mistaken.

[Wayne Laepple]

At this link is a large collection of photos of a couple of the sugar cane railways in Queensland. They give one an idea of how extensive and intensive the operations are during the sugar cane "crush" season.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48341366@N02/sets/72157648945890866/

[Bob Holmes]

Terrific photo collection!

[John Kokas]

Now there is some bogie style diesels that would do the job for us, and then some!