VISITING
"I like a track to be realistic,challenging, scenic, able to be operated like a real QR branchline, and I like
to drive at scale speeds (which makes the journey last longer and is less stessful)
If you have a 7.25 loco, or train, or better still a QR train (!) and wish to operate in a similar
fashion, you will be welcome. Speed merchants and daredevils need not apply."
Peter (the navvy)
The BVT operates as a single track, bi-directional, staff and ticket controlled bushland line with grades to
1 in 30 and 18 metre minimum radius curves on the mainline and track gauge between 184mm and 187mm
with AALS clearances.
Riding scale enthusiasts wishing to visit are welcome and should make prior contact to arrange a visit.
Visiting engineers wishing to operate their own equipment must ensure that it is safe and is driven
safely.
Live steamers require a current valid boiler inspection certificate, enclosed ashpan and spark screens.
All trains must have drawbars between vehicles ( buckeye and link couplings will require safety chains
or wires) and effective brakes (be able to stop within 5metres at any time) .
Each train should carry a 40 channel UHF 2-way radio tuned to Ch 14
(16 channel budget radios don't work here in the forest)
THE FINE PRINT
The Brisbane Valley Tramway is a privately owned hobby railway and does not host "open to the general
public" runs or have facilities for unlimited visiting. It is not in a public park and will never have the
facilities to handle large meets, as one would typical find at public park railways.
Anyone who does visit the railway must complete and sign a WAIVER upon arrival, which allows you to
be on the property and ride trains. If anyone under 18 is coming without a parent or legal guardian, the
waiver must be signed in advance and brought with the youth. Children must be supervised at all times.
The railway grounds are not maintained to commercial public park standards, with paved paths and all
of the comforts of your home. We are located very rural, in the woods. We share the land with all of
the local wildlife, which were here first and remain today. Some do not take kindly to being disturbed,
and include goannas, 3 venomous snake species, scorpions and centipedes. If you are allergic to anything,
bring your own medications, all we have on hand is tank water and towels. No one is trained in first aid
or emergency medical procedures. The closest "limited" medical care is 20 plus minutes away, longer
if you are out on a train. A real hospital is over an hour away. Most mobile phones only work outside the
property in the street.
Visitors are reminded to walk only on roads, grass or on defined walking tracks. Walking on the trackbed
causes damage and is not permitted except for track crew, who shall walk only between the rails.
There is one toilet in the workshop; the waste treatment utilises a worm farm, so no chemicals or
non-degradable material to be deposited. Greasy hands must be washed only at Lamington Station tankstand.
Owner’s residence is out of bounds to all.
"I like a track to be realistic,challenging, scenic, able to be operated like a real QR branchline, and I like
to drive at scale speeds (which makes the journey last longer and is less stessful)
If you have a 7.25 loco, or train, or better still a QR train (!) and wish to operate in a similar
fashion, you will be welcome. Speed merchants and daredevils need not apply."
Peter (the navvy)
The BVT operates as a single track, bi-directional, staff and ticket controlled bushland line with grades to
1 in 30 and 18 metre minimum radius curves on the mainline and track gauge between 184mm and 187mm
with AALS clearances.
Riding scale enthusiasts wishing to visit are welcome and should make prior contact to arrange a visit.
Visiting engineers wishing to operate their own equipment must ensure that it is safe and is driven
safely.
Live steamers require a current valid boiler inspection certificate, enclosed ashpan and spark screens.
All trains must have drawbars between vehicles ( buckeye and link couplings will require safety chains
or wires) and effective brakes (be able to stop within 5metres at any time) .
Each train should carry a 40 channel UHF 2-way radio tuned to Ch 14
(16 channel budget radios don't work here in the forest)
THE FINE PRINT
The Brisbane Valley Tramway is a privately owned hobby railway and does not host "open to the general
public" runs or have facilities for unlimited visiting. It is not in a public park and will never have the
facilities to handle large meets, as one would typical find at public park railways.
Anyone who does visit the railway must complete and sign a WAIVER upon arrival, which allows you to
be on the property and ride trains. If anyone under 18 is coming without a parent or legal guardian, the
waiver must be signed in advance and brought with the youth. Children must be supervised at all times.
The railway grounds are not maintained to commercial public park standards, with paved paths and all
of the comforts of your home. We are located very rural, in the woods. We share the land with all of
the local wildlife, which were here first and remain today. Some do not take kindly to being disturbed,
and include goannas, 3 venomous snake species, scorpions and centipedes. If you are allergic to anything,
bring your own medications, all we have on hand is tank water and towels. No one is trained in first aid
or emergency medical procedures. The closest "limited" medical care is 20 plus minutes away, longer
if you are out on a train. A real hospital is over an hour away. Most mobile phones only work outside the
property in the street.
Visitors are reminded to walk only on roads, grass or on defined walking tracks. Walking on the trackbed
causes damage and is not permitted except for track crew, who shall walk only between the rails.
There is one toilet in the workshop; the waste treatment utilises a worm farm, so no chemicals or
non-degradable material to be deposited. Greasy hands must be washed only at Lamington Station tankstand.
Owner’s residence is out of bounds to all.
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