Model Trains and Things

We had to take a trip up to Rockhampton yesterday and had a little time to spare up there so we went train spotting and we didn’t have to go far to see them either.

Now if you’re wondering what you should be seeing here just look above the car that’s parked in front of the camera - that’s a railway signal right there in a busy Rockhampton street - and it’s really an operating signal.

The signs below the signal say “Railway Signal Only” and “Trains must not proceed until authorised by signalman”. And why do we need a signal like that in a busy street in Rockhampton?

Because the main northern line runs right down the middle of the road.

That’s PN006 bringing a rather lengthy container train into Rockhampton from the north. And just so you understand that this line really does run down the middle of the street here’s another shot of the same train.

Finding a train wandering down the middle of the street isn’t difficult either. In less than an hour we saw one up and two down trains traversing the railway line in the middle of the street.

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