This is an Annual Event held in Maitland N.S.W. This year the event runs in Maitland from Saturday 8 th of April and again on Sunday 9 th April,2017.

But as much as there are many other Events Steam Related held in the Maitland Area. Or at the nearby Paddock near the Railway Station, sometimes the lead up to the Event is another Good Day to record the Steam Locomotives Journeys From Thirlmere,near Picton to Maitland.

The timetable for the Trains leaving Thirlmere on the Friday and Returning on the Monday after the Event are shown on the HERITAGE EXPRESS page of the Thirlmere .

Maitland is a central Place to be As with the Departing times of the STEAM TRAINS. You also have to contend with the Arrival and Departure of the other Regular trains that normally operate during the day.

I.E. XPT North  and COAL TRAINS heading to the Port of Waratah, and those returning back to the coal mines, as well as general Freight trains.

So if you were to position yourself on the Overhead Bridge at the eastern End of MAITLAND you will be very suprised
How much movement you will capture.

And even to be there on the Friday Afternoon to see the STEAM TRAINS ARRIVE. and all of the shunting that goes on.
YOU WILL BE AMAZED.

I hope that this has given you a bit of an insight into the MAITLAND STEAM FESTIVAL FOR 2017.

There is also another event- that is basically PRIVATE. but its at DORRIGO.  
JORDAN,
i will find the details and you might like to contact the organiser, as its the place where all of the OLD TRAINS have been sent- for the price of SCRAP METAL. for a so called RAIL MUSEUM . Let me get back to you on this with the details.

Regards,
DAVE INNIS.
Menangle.N.S.W.   i did the 2015 RAILROAD AUSTRALIA SERIES 6 in Port Augusta and the OCTOBER  roundhouse at Goulburn with you guys.

Thank you for producing the show in the first place, I quite enjoyed it, and I bought the dvd. I agree more technical aspects would be nice. Most shows gloss over that. Even workshop, rebuilding/ manufacturing, engine power unit change outs, everyday stuff for the shop guys.
Some locomotives at their limit would be good. While going through the Adelaide hills the loco's were struggling for traction, a bogie cam showing the AC traction at work would be good as you can't really get a good look at the wheels trackside, and that is an important feature of modern locomotives and frankly, very cool.

I was disappointed that the iron ore trains at FMG were not featured more as their I believe, the best in the region.

Someone mentioned Railroad Alaska. I didn't buy series two because I just couldn't stand the bloody train horn. They put the sound effect on way too much, and it really only pissed off the viewer.


Someone mentioned arguing with train control. I overheard a driver while at Werris Creek talking about work with his boss. Quite funny to hear what was said, but probably not a good look for the company.

Diamond Valley Miniature Railway could be featured. While not a full size railway, is really a railway and worth a look.

Hornsby, NSW, has enough interesting things going on to fill a whole Railroad Australia program.

Lots of trains; lots of different kinds of trains, suburban, interurban, XPT, Xplorer, and freight, and even perway machines in their own siding.

Through trains, terminating trains.

Lots of signals with plenty of different aspects, mainline, shunt, route indicators, red, yellow, green, white.

Hornsby Maintenance Depot is around the corner, and you might study equipment changeover, etc.

Timed train stops entering Platform 2 (Down Shore). Arrange for a train to go a bit too fast and get tripped to a standstill. Will passengers get thrown out of their seats?

Study scissors crossovers and slip points.

Study the bell signals on the electric train. A passenger reports to guard an open door on a fuse box; guard gives 2 bells "Leaving Compartment" and goes to lock box.

Study old signal box, moved out of way of Platform 5 track. Is this junction still controlled locally from Hornsby?

And so on.

Can anyone tell me where the roundhouse is at that is shown in the Foxtel previews please.
Looks to be in the middle of nowhere.

When does the show air?

Can anyone tell me where the roundhouse is at that is shown in the Foxtel previews please.
Looks to be in the middle of nowhere.

Either Goulburn or Parkes.

Certainly if you look south from the roundhouse at Goulburn it does look very rural.

Starts 11 May

I enjoyed the first episode of this new series and found it a lot more entertaining and informative than the first series.
Thank you to the producers for listening to what the viewers wanted to see,

Can anyone tell me where the roundhouse is at that is shown in the Foxtel previews please.
Looks to be in the middle of nowhere.

Junee.

I really enjoyed the first series.

In Qld, coal at the Goonyella system almost best practice.

In Qld, Cattle, not many places in the world that still happens on rail

In NSW, grain on the branchlines to harbour

In WA, the big Iron, RIO or BHP. Nothing like it, shows if u use real gear and infrastructure what can be done.

Maybe a bit quirky in SA, the Eyre Peninsula with Gypsum and grain.

And tassie down to Roseberry with empty ore and then to Queenstown for the tourist rail like u did for the savannahlander. Or a victorian tourist op, like puffing billy, Queenscliff or spa tourist op.

But still need to represent what is the mainstream freight op, so a VIC TO NSW job

Also maybe a urban passenger maintenance centre with cleaning at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth with sparks.

Wonderful series, a bit dramatic, but it was for TV so I understand a wider audience is needed.

I am glad that a second series is being considered.

On the weekend of June 10,11,12.2017 there is going to be the Annual TRANSPORT HERITAGE EXPO held at Sydney Central Railway Station.
It covers Steam Train rides through the Suburbs, Double Decker B us rides through the C.B.D. Entertainment and lots more.

All centered on our Rail Heritage.

It is a big event as Children Today dont know what a Steam Train is today.

Also on that weekend is the Epping Model Train Exhibition held from 10.a.m. to 5.p.m. at the BRICKPIT STADIUM
Dartford Road, THORNLEIGH.


Dave Menangle.N.S.W.

I watched this weeks episode last night and it is still entertaining.
Looks like the producers now having a winning format.
Much better than the first series where all the drama was over whether a passenger got the right meal or not.
42101 looked fantastic in it's new livery.
The editing stuffed up a couple of times though as 42101 was shown no 2 end leading, then no 1, then no 2, and finally no 1 end leading in what was shown as a continuous shot.
Looking forward to next weeks show.

I watched this weeks episode last night and it is still entertaining.
Looks like the producers now having a winning format.
Much better than the first series where all the drama was over whether a passenger got the right meal or not.
42101 looked fantastic in it's new livery.
The editing stuffed up a couple of times though as 42101 was shown no 2 end leading, then no 1, then no 2, and finally no 1 end leading in what was shown as a continuous shot.
Looking forward to next weeks show.

I think they had the work experience kid doing continuity last night

The coal train move was littered with such 'errors' as was the Junee maintenance segment with the 442 being switched for a QBX and vice versa.

I'm sure 'normal' viewers wouldn't have noticed

I enjoyed the first episode of this new series and found it a lot more entertaining and informative than the first series.
Thank you to the producers for listening to what the viewers wanted to see,

Did the coal wagon transfer from Port Augusta to Parkes actually have all the issues conveyed in the episode?