tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4234909098510736818..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway, restoredHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32035317623918613662016-12-17T20:09:29.501+11:002016-12-17T20:09:29.501+11:00Railroad Australia, on Discovery Channel, had exce...Railroad Australia, on Discovery Channel, had excellent footage on the West Coast Wilderness Railway. It was shown in Australia on Saturday 17th December 2016.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701188167981018244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3270330099702297882012-03-01T14:09:08.992+11:002012-03-01T14:09:08.992+11:00Vera
welcome aboard.
Are you coming to Australia ...Vera<br />welcome aboard.<br /><br />Are you coming to Australia in general and Tasmania in particular?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29632658730918421842012-03-01T14:08:07.496+11:002012-03-01T14:08:07.496+11:00Hi, I loved this work in this page, you are helpin...Hi, I loved this work in this page, you are helping web people with great knowledge! This web page is much enlightening! <br />I´m Vera, I´m from Berlin, and I will be a fan of this web page. <br /> <br />I wrote this comment because as I already mentioned I really enjoy this page I also have a web community just like you, but mine is vey different from yours.Vera from Berlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72643506694010674842011-10-16T22:34:14.197+11:002011-10-16T22:34:14.197+11:00Anon
thanks for that. I imagine the scenery is jus...Anon<br />thanks for that. I imagine the scenery is just as spectacular, whichever level of service you prefer. The difference lies in the extras - lunch, afternoon tea, wines, a guide on tap, a reference book etcHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37854023659009491392011-10-16T19:29:56.029+11:002011-10-16T19:29:56.029+11:00I recommend you pay the extra for the Premier'...I recommend you pay the extra for the Premier's carriage as you will thoroughly enjoy the experience. Our porter was attentive and we enjoyed the service, food, drink and scenery. This trip is the one to choose for the spectacular scenery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36372926161168463012011-10-15T01:16:25.506+11:002011-10-15T01:16:25.506+11:00Kristin
good to see you.
Because I didn't hav...Kristin<br />good to see you.<br /><br />Because I didn't have much interest in Victorian trains and railways myself, I wasn't aware of all the work that has gone into redeveloping the service for modern travellers. <br /><br />Now I am totally amazed at what is out there!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18733691846507865672011-10-15T00:31:35.364+11:002011-10-15T00:31:35.364+11:00How I miss the charm of these old trains... the so...How I miss the charm of these old trains... the sound they made and their compartments...<br />But I am glad about progress as well, and the opportunities to use more public transport.<br />Thanks for the History Lesson:)<br />Hope all is good with you!Kristin Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508574259676709949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10126070336282947302011-10-13T18:15:47.770+11:002011-10-13T18:15:47.770+11:00marc,
you must come and visit, esp in summer (Dec...marc,<br /><br />you must come and visit, esp in summer (Dec-March) when Tasmania is at its loveliest. You have not missed a lot of restored history - the West Coast Wilderness Railway's full service didn't open until Dec 2002.<br /><br />If you love Victorian trains and trips, Mark Griffiths wrote a great article in Country Life, 3rd August 2011.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-68590495897449824392011-10-13T03:01:18.845+11:002011-10-13T03:01:18.845+11:00In fact I've just remembered that the hills we...In fact I've just remembered that the hills were so steep that the seats had to be angled so that you would not slip out of them when riding in the carriage.marc aurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811106443815434007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35843721975724945992011-10-13T02:05:55.151+11:002011-10-13T02:05:55.151+11:00You make me ache to be in Tasmania, or, at least, ...You make me ache to be in Tasmania, or, at least, Australia, whence I could make the journey.<br />When I was young I rode on a cog train up the side of a mountain in Switzerland. The hills were steep enough to ski down very fast.marc aurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811106443815434007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60019437633088959852011-10-11T09:14:30.545+11:002011-10-11T09:14:30.545+11:00Andrew
some slopes were so steep that the project...Andrew<br /><br />some slopes were so steep that the project must have been an engineering nightmare. <br /><br />Visit My Tasmania said that with inclines as steep as 1 in 16, the engine uses a steam driven cogwheel which engages with the twin toothed rack rail which runs down the centre of the line. This rack and pinion system allows the engine to pull the train up the steep hills. 1 in 16? Is that possible?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14167005611769799792011-10-10T23:24:00.298+11:002011-10-10T23:24:00.298+11:00I have heard of the train and I am sure I will get...I have heard of the train and I am sure I will get to travel on it one day. I understood, and I could well be wrong, that the train has some assistance uphill at some point. The Queenstown Station looks most excellent.<br /><br />In reference to your last post, I didn't find our local station in London, Paddo, particularly nice, whereas St Pancras was fantastic. I must have just been renovated as the Eurostar had not long started to run from there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59178716886497389682011-10-10T20:21:46.787+11:002011-10-10T20:21:46.787+11:00Unbelievably heroic efforts, Hermes!
And not jus...Unbelievably heroic efforts, Hermes! <br /><br />And not just in building the railway itself. Australia For Everyone talks about the families who were moved into Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Company towns, only to become ghost towns once they had outlived their usefulness - East Pillinger, Linda and Gormanston. http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/places_towns_gh.htm<br /><br />Workers were the core to success in all these late Victorian and Edwardian building projects, but they don't seem to have been protected from death and disease.<br /><br />In building the Canadian-Pacific Railway during the 1880s, for example, it is estimated that up to 2,200 labourers died from scurvy, being frozen in the snow or by catastrophic falls.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11303337229673773162011-10-10T18:27:57.881+11:002011-10-10T18:27:57.881+11:00Fascinating. Like say the Panama canal these railw...Fascinating. Like say the Panama canal these railways projects were amazing and the efforts involved don't seem to much recognised today so a great post.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.com