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Offline Goofy  
#1 Posted : 08 January 2016 07:34:33(UTC)
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You know it is train documentary in the discovery channel now?
Storys is about war trains in all the world.
It did show yesterday about nazis trains.
The documentary names are "Combat Trains".
Here in Sweden it starts at 22.00 o´clock.
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Offline Goofy  
#2 Posted : 08 January 2016 07:38:36(UTC)
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Opsss...Blushing
I forgot to write,that it´s every thursday Combat Trains shows.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#3 Posted : 08 January 2016 08:36:33(UTC)
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This series is being shown here on the History Channel, the first episode was shown last Tuesday night.

http://www.thehistorycha...shows/1918/combat-trains
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Offline Goofy  
#4 Posted : 08 January 2016 09:18:37(UTC)
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I suppose it´s same documentary program?
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Offline Shamu  
#5 Posted : 08 January 2016 10:07:03(UTC)
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Yes, shame it tended NOT to be what I thought it would be...... then again my fault for not reading the blurb for the show more closely. Far less about the trains than I was expecting.
Sad when its cheaper to buy a new 29640 starter set from Germany than a CS2 on its own in Oz, welcome to the joys of Marklin down under .
Offline Goofy  
#6 Posted : 10 January 2016 10:17:33(UTC)
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On thursday the story is about Thailand and Burma railway under the second war world about the prisoner who did risk theirs lives to build the railway.
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Offline Goofy  
#7 Posted : 21 January 2016 18:22:29(UTC)
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Today another new episode,but this time i don´t know what story is about.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#8 Posted : 21 January 2016 20:29:47(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Goofy Go to Quoted Post
Today another new episode,but this time i don´t know what story is about.


I only caught the end of it on Tuesday night, but seems to feature narrow gauge railways that supplied troops in WWI

Edit: Episode is about Ambulance Trains.

Edited by user 24 January 2016 01:18:04(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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#9 Posted : 21 January 2016 22:49:24(UTC)
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We pinched one of those locos at the end of WWI and it is sitting in the Australian War Memorial.

Here it is:-

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL29508/

We learned the Pillage bit from the Vikings though our immediate ancestors, the Scots! Wink LOL
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Offline baggio  
#10 Posted : 22 January 2016 05:10:44(UTC)
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What I found more appealing in Big Daddy's link is the reference to "Making Tracks", where a series is dedicated to Australia's train travel from one side to the other. I would not mind at all taking one of these trains.

The website explains:

"‘Making Tracks’ travels the great trains that span the continent from north to south, east to west and up the coast of Queensland to the tropical north. Nearly ten thousand kilometres of track cuts through the untamed interior and leads us on a unique adventure where extreme heat, cold and isolation have made building and maintaining the rails an almost impossible task. Australia’s picturesque coastline is also well known for its scenic train journeys, taking passengers out of the hustle and bustle of the cities to some of the world’s most captivating landscapes."

Look at the promo video:

Making Tracks
Offline Bigdaddynz  
#11 Posted : 22 January 2016 21:50:10(UTC)
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Yes, 'Making Tracks' has been showing here too! The last one I saw was on the Ghan, which is a famous 3 day / 2 nights rail trip that goes from Adelaide to Darwin.
Offline kiwiAlan  
#12 Posted : 23 January 2016 19:52:22(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: baggio Go to Quoted Post
What I found more appealing in Big Daddy's link is the reference to "Making Tracks", where a series is dedicated to Australia's train travel from one side to the other. I would not mind at all taking one of these trains.

The website explains:

"‘Making Tracks’ travels the great trains that span the continent from north to south, east to west and up the coast of Queensland to the tropical north. Nearly ten thousand kilometres of track cuts through the untamed interior and leads us on a unique adventure where extreme heat, cold and isolation have made building and maintaining the rails an almost impossible task. Australia’s picturesque coastline is also well known for its scenic train journeys, taking passengers out of the hustle and bustle of the cities to some of the world’s most captivating landscapes."

Look at the promo video:

Making Tracks


Having done the Indian Pacific trip from Perth to Sydney I can recommend travelling this way. Three nights on the train. It is the only way you can cross the Nullabor Plain - if you go buy car the road skirts around the bottom of the plain and doesn't actually cross it. It also has the longest straight track in the world, 300 miles (nearly 500 kilometers) without a curve - try modelling that rivet counters Laugh Laugh .

Would like to do the Ghan one day, but don't know when we will be able to do that. It'll have to go on the bucket list!

Both the Indian Pacific and the Ghan use Adelaide as the main base, and is the centre where most of the souvenirs are sold. Both trains use identical stock with the the only difference being the train name on the coaches.

The only other recommendation I would make is don't go coach class, you are in seats in an open coach the whole way. We went what was known as 'Holiday Class' which has a 2 berth cabin, and there is a lounge car as well. On top of that is First Class which has its own cabin accommodation and lounge car.

The train meanders along at a fairly leisurely pace - but that didn't stop it hitting an animal and damaging the cables that go between the coaches. Meant a stop out in the middle of nowhere while they tried to rectify the damage, which they couldn't do completely and the result was every second coach had lighting, and the ones without lights had power sockets that worked. Luckily we didn't have far to go so we were only an hour or two like that. The worse one was that about an hour out of Perth, at the start of the journey, we stopped for an age on a passing track in the middle of nowhere (there is more 'middle of nowhere' in Australia than anything else). Eventually we got going again following which there was an announcement over the PA that the air conditioning in the first class lounge car had broken down and they were unable to repair it until we reached Adelaide - 2 nights away!!! So we had first class passengers coming and using the Holiday Class lounge car, which wasn't too bad except for the ones that smoked (this was before the smoking bans that exist now).

But I would still recommend the trip to anyone. Give yourself a bit of a break away from everything and, as they say, chillax out.


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Offline PJMärklin  
#13 Posted : 24 January 2016 05:16:34(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Go to Quoted Post


Would like to do the Ghan one day, but don't know when we will be able to do that. It'll have to go on the bucket list!





Hello Alan,

In 1993 our family traveled on the Ghan from Adelaide to Alice Springs and then by aircraft to Darwin.
I support your comments and would recommend to take a first class cabin with facilities for the overnight and with use of the lounge/bar.
The journey was very interesting, these days the line goes right through to Darwin - a trip I would like to take.
I made a poster to adorn the wall of my trainroom with a photo of our trip - I cannot find the original photo nor the electronic image with which the poster was made but here is an image of the poster and a memento from our journey :



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Regards,

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Offline Goofy  
#14 Posted : 25 January 2016 19:10:15(UTC)
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Hospital trains was very interested program.
Most story was from England.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#15 Posted : 26 January 2016 19:57:20(UTC)
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There was no episode shown last night, so I don't know if that is the end.
Offline Goofy  
#16 Posted : 28 January 2016 17:50:29(UTC)
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Today the story is about the General and great train escape.
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#17 Posted : 30 January 2016 10:29:06(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz Go to Quoted Post
There was no episode shown last night, so I don't know if that is the end.


It seems there are 8 episodes in total.

Originally Posted by: Goofy Go to Quoted Post
Today the story is about the General and great train escape.


Another episode was shown tonight, this time it was about the American Civil War which was the first war in which railroads were used. Not sure which General and which train escape Goofy is referring to.
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#18 Posted : 30 January 2016 13:09:37(UTC)
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He might be referring to the Great Locomotive Chase. (?)

https://en.wikipedia.org...i/Great_Locomotive_Chase
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Offline Goofy  
#19 Posted : 31 January 2016 10:30:38(UTC)
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Yes i did mean Great locomotive chase and the "General".
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Offline Bigdaddynz  
#20 Posted : 31 January 2016 11:11:14(UTC)
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Is it part of the Civil War episode, or an episode in its own right?

I haven't watched all of the Civil War episode, but probably should (I recorded it on my hard disk recorder).
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#21 Posted : 01 February 2016 11:17:27(UTC)
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Is it part of the Civil War episode, or an episode in its own right?


I'll answer my own question - it is part of the Civil War episode.

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