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The Mornington Railway is benefiting greatly through the partnership between Tourist & Heritage Railways in Victoria for the cascade of materials from Level Crossing Removal Project. This is a great example of reuse and recycling to achieve a good outcome for the community.
Level Crossing Removal Project
Ever wondered what happens to old rail infrastructure once it's upgraded?
We recently donated 5,000 old sleepers and 6km of track from the Cheltenham and Mentone level crossing removal projects to the Victorian Goldfields Railway group 👍
"We'll get another 100 years out of it in this environment!"🗣 - Steve Strangward, President of VGR.
See how this rail recycling program is keeping heritage steam trains on track in regional Victoria 📺
Oh I didn't know that. Makes sense and good idea though they may as well be used
Paul Street
Fantastic to be working closely with the wonderful team Mornington Community Safe Link, towards a common goal of proving a safe pathway for the community.
Jump aboard and show your support by signing the petition to assist with this great community initiative.
chng.it/QLKsSBfLWe are working closely with Mornington Railway to resolve the gateway for safe passage on and off the Peninsula, community infrastructure for locals plus open up a range of tourist opportunities 🚂 🚲
www.mpnews.com.au/2020/07/27/groups-align-for-shared-path/
Fantastic photo!😀😷👩🔧🚇🛤️
what a great photo of a t class loco
I don’t think you can tow that little T with a bike mate ,
That’s what we like to see
We may not be currently open for the public to travel aboard our heritage trains during the lock down restrictions. That has not slowed us down when it comes to meeting with other local community groups to discuss opportunities.
One such group, Mornington Community Safe Link whom we are working hand in hand to have a safer community focused access links on the Peninsula.
For more details of their proposed, safe community pathway check out their Facebook page.
Mornington Community Safe Link
Mornington Community Safe Link (MCSL) aims to establish safer community access links.Our objectives include establishing safe access paths between schools, sporting facilities, arts precincts, shopping centres and community facilities.
Good news!
Our annual track certification inspection was completed yesterday. Everything is looking good, ready to restart our train running when the appropriate clearances are received.
Next step for us is to finalise our COVID Operating Plan so we have all the appropriate social distancing and safety precautions in place to ensure the safety of our customers and volunteers.
We look forward to welcoming everyone back in the coming month or so (announcement expected soon).
Looking forward to sponsoring you and promoting you with all the support I can.
Fantastic News Indeed!😀🚂🚃🚃🚃🛤️👌👍
Our children cant wait to visit the train again!
Yay yay can't wait I love it gggrrr oh yes I will get people welcome 😁
I think Mornington needs some weeds removed 😂
I’m gonna come back for a visit and see my favourite train again once this is all over .
I look forward to the Sunday morning wake up whistle 😊
and a K class in good condition too
Today we popped in to INVER Engineering to see the progress with K163’s wheelsets. The driving wheelset was setup in the horizontal borer and machining of the crankpins underway.
As stated in an earlier update, this work is taking place to correct for wear on the crankpin journals. The critical aspect of this job is to keep the crankpins apart by precisely 90 degrees so the bearings run smoothly on both sides of the engine once reassembled. This requirement is met through the setup of the wheelsets and use of the Digital Read Out (DRO) on the machine.
The surface finish on the completed crank pin is excellent, as can be seen in the picture.
The wheelsets should be returned to Newport within the next couple of weeks.
A huge thanks to the skilled team at INVER Engineering who are excellent to deal with and very professional.
Work on the axleboxes and motion gear bearings is progressing in parallel. (An update on these jobs to follow in the next post).
As always any support towards our project would be greatly appreciated. Our railway is currently not running due to the COVID-19 restrictions, thus income is nil which is severely impacting our not for profit organisation.
With the support of the general public through donations, we are hoping to complete K163’s overhaul and have her running again for everyone to enjoy as soon as restrictions are lifted. Remember donations of $500 entitle the donor to be amongst the first to drive K163 when she is back at Mornington!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-k163-going
Until next time, stay safe.
Remember Jack Thompson Engineering has the same capacity and bigger. JTE have a great name over the last 40 years for this exact workmanship
I can never forget me driving K163 last year, waiting for my next chance.
How far out of round were they?
Jim Savage this could be a way of fixing Bertha's oval crank pin
Lorna dad might be interested to read this! Xx
Suzanne Litchfield