Cheers buddy!

Haha cheers!!

Hahaha that's a fair call, flies were assholes!

No only out of parkes and Adelaide

Cheers bud!

That's a good question I'm not 100% sure but the line defs still runs to iron knob, but I'd have to find out.

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER i know when i left whyalla around 2007, there was talks of a tender going out to get the line repaired and back into service out to Iron Knob as one steel was re opening Iron Barron as well which i believe has been serviced by rail now for a number of years. I guess if any GWA or One Rail employees that worked that line would more than likely know.

@@higgo1978 yeah interesting, appararently there is a junction but yeah the iron knob line still runs to the mine along side the highway most of the way, once we knew it hadleft Whyalla, we met it head on, he ace the first shot being late notice, then the rest I got set up better.

Good feedback, obviously the hot desert heat waves change things but also give a scale of the heat and the wind out there. I feel wide angles don't quite give the sheer size and credit the trains have out there. Yes it sure was Callington. The issue going with photographers is they have specificications to get their typical 3/4 shots. I prefer to do things a little differently but often set up time when chasing a train limits the shot I can get. Not to mention the a Mount I had to edit out due to mates talking shit in the background. Haha. What I'd like to do and what I can do often differ somewhat.

They are crew cars, when travelling across the desert or remote locations there's no accommodation so 2 crews changeover along way way.

Due to the isolation of desert locations crews rest in the carriage behind the locomotives.

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Do they carry two crews so the train never stops? ie one crew driving while the other crew is off duty in the passenger coach?

@@StaffordMagnus they do stop, I believe it's 8 on 8 Off they do stay in a motel in Perth though I believe, but I'll find out for sure.

I was the driver of train 6AD1 from 7.30 to 8.30 in the video. The cars behind the In Line Fuel wagon are for resting crews to rest in. We take our relief crews with us, as it's not practical to have depots out in the isolation to change crews with. It's called relay working, and the 'passenger car' is a Relay Van, the resting crews rest in. As said, we, and SCT work in 8 hour rotations between driving, and then resting. PN have a slightly different system for relay working, and also a facility to fuel locomotives at Cook, so they generally don't use an In Line Fuel wagon. The Ralay Van's have at least five bedrooms, all with reverse cycle airconditioning, a bathroom, a toilet, living area with kitchen, stove, fridge, freezer and dining table. During our 8 hours off in the van, we have a meal, some drivers cook something up, some bring frozen tv dinners and just reheat. Have a shower, and also sleep before getting ourselves up for the next shift. For each of the SCT and Aurizon trains, the drivers are away from their home depots for about 4.5 days. When the train gets to Perth in the case of SCT, or Darwin for Aurizon, we have at least 12 hours off in a motel before booking on again to return the train home. For the PN trains, they only do relay working between Port Augusta and Cook, then depot working from Cook to Perth. Aurizon also run trains to Perth, with relay working between Port Augusta and Parkeston (Kalgoorlie), then depot working between Parkeston and Perth. At each 8 hour mark when crews are changed, the train stops, everyone gets out on the ground and the off going drivers give a hand over to the oncoming drivers, the Train Authority in effect, it's limits, anything else that they should know. 5-10 minutes is allowed, and so long as the train still has a Proceed Authority, the train continues to progress. SCT and Aurizon train carry their own diesel, two ISO TT's filled with about 24m3 of diesel each ensures the locomotives don't need filling from an external supply enroute. The system operates automatically, although on some of the older loco's that don't have FIRE or DIDs screens, we still have a look at the gauge on the side of the tank when we change crews.

@@dionchandler2658 awesome info man cheers!

Which train?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Yeah, first one. However I realised as I kept watching you had different trains. Keep up the good work. I filmed one Iron Ore train on my page. Happened by chance really. South of Kalgoorlie.

Haha well GWA have been bought out now.

You talking about the heat waves?