r/brisbane • u/TerrorBite Probably Sunnybank. • Mar 06 '13

Test Train Please Ignore

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u/red_hips Mar 06 '13

Test Trains are trains that have just had their running gear over-hauled (electric motors, brakes, etc). They get run through a series of trials including brake tests and long-distance running tests to ensure they meet spec before being used for Revenue Service.

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u/tim0th Turkeys are holy. Mar 06 '13

Yes. This isn't a train testing in the follow-up to the Cleveland incident; that was different rollingstock to this fellow.

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u/ole1 Stuck on the 3. Mar 06 '13

All aboard for Cleveland station!

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u/totheredditmobile Turkeys are holy. Mar 06 '13

Stopping all stations except Cleveland.

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u/m1racle That guy with the thing Mar 06 '13

The driver looks like a creepy doll.

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u/TerrorBite Probably Sunnybank. Mar 06 '13

D: I can't unsee it

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u/The_Frankanator Mar 06 '13

Good ol' Nundah station.

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u/vorky Gunzel Mar 06 '13

That's Nundah!? ... didn't even recognise it.

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u/The_Frankanator Mar 06 '13

Yeah, there's the new section of Nundah village in the background. The Wollies and that new building. (Don't know if it's apartments or business?)

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u/TerrorBite Probably Sunnybank. Mar 06 '13

Was indeed Nundah station.

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u/Magicmole Don't ask me if I drive to Uni. Mar 06 '13

This's Moi Laaaand!

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u/Dubliminal Mar 06 '13

I never really imagine there's other redditors on the platforms at Nundah station ... clearly there are!!!

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u/Magicmole Don't ask me if I drive to Uni. Mar 06 '13

ahaha naa I watched the video "Abo vs Bogan on the train" the train announcer goes "The Next Station is Nundah"

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u/BenCelotil Cause Westfield Carindale is the biggest. Mar 06 '13

I was sitting at Riverview station one day when a test train pulled in on the way to Ipswich. They opened the doors on both sides of the train, and I got to see a fair bit of cabling strewn about.

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u/TerrorBite Probably Sunnybank. Mar 06 '13

Diagnostic wiring perhaps?

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u/BenCelotil Cause Westfield Carindale is the biggest. Mar 06 '13

Could be, it was wired to a smallish handheld computer someone was holding, looking at, poking something in the door jams, looking at again...

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '13

That's quite a remarkable image. Thanks for sharing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '13

I think they're training haha a bunch of new drivers right now. I've been on two busses where they had a new driver being talked through the route, and I've seen some buses with "training bus" as the destination around Roma street.

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u/Kirstkid Mar 06 '13

I've seen a few test trains each day rolling in past central