Trainspotting on the BDR 14 March 2024

 

A Watershed Night on the GSD

 Tonight trains ran, for the first time from Blue Lake all the way to Upper Sturt  meaning all I have to put in now are the Staging Yards for Adelaide and Heywood then I’m finished. ……… the mainline that is. But a seminal moment when my Grandson. Maxi ran 702 from Upper Sturt all the way round, through Bridgewater, Murray Bridge, across the river and flood plain, through Wirrega and into the yard at Blue Lake. After a little tweaking after the first run 905 hauled an Up Blue Lake and 930 took the first Down Blue Lake daily Goods.

930 hauls the Down Goods across the Murray River flood plain

930 passing Bridgewater Station

905 waiting its turn on the GSD with the Up Blue Lake

BDR Operations Report 29 Feb 24

 BDR - Border Downs Railway was alive & well Thursday Feb 29th

Look what was running rampant !! A pity Stu was not present !

it appeared many times during the session but first the crew:-

Geoff the Man ( who took out the Johnny Award for being in "control" at Riverbend and not setting turnouts causing  a major derailment)

Steve BD SM who, as normal in charge of

ably assisted by Ray, Reg, Craig, the scribe & visitor for the 2nd time,  Adam from Junction Models with Tony still on holidays somewhere in the world.....

Outside of the "error" by Geoff, only a couple of false uncouplings so the night relied on the banter to keep things in some form of normality.

As I type this, today marks forty years that Ray his lived here in SA - longer than his previous "life" over the border.  But that doesn't stop the niggles he gets from the BDR SM 

And as normal, I was "instructed" to install bridges over the River Kwai ( but as I was the last driver hiding down near Easton, Ray removed them).
 I also had my once a year job of being the Poison train driver &  fortunately, Border Downs was done in my absence so I didn't have to suck upto the SM !

I didn't hear too many complaints about things on the BDR.

Crew for the next session March 14th are

Train Control Geoff

Border Downs  Steve

Main line : - Ray,  Reg,  Craig , David

and one of you lucky gents will have to do both jobs - insta

lling the bridges & the Report 

56 goods thru Coonara

390 loaded grain heading towards Riverbend

Look,,, hens

A ghost van

According to Geoff - going to the scrappers !!

Extra at Easton


 

at Coonara

Alco power at Coonara

Extra test trip

Visitors to the BDR

VR locos ( for Ray to drool over)

looks nice but doesn't work ( it's a dummy)

doesn't it look the part ?


thanks Adam for bringing the unusual rolling stock not normally seen in BDR land.









Sol