Dual Gauge Rail Yard & Dual Gauge Train Ayr Queensland

This unique dual gauge rail yard and associated train operations is at Ayr Queensland Australia. The sugar cane railways are 2 foot gauge and the main railway system is 3 foot 6 inch gauge. The dual gauge is to enable molasses tankers that are delivered on the 3 foot 6 inch railway system to be taken to the local sugar mill for loading. The locomotive is a 2 foot gauge sugar cane locomotive. A flat wagon with offset dual couplings is placed between the locomotive and the molasses tanker wagons and the sugar cane locomotive then takes the wagons to the sugar mill for loading. There are pictures of the dual gauge track work and video of the locomotive attaching the match wagon and then heading off for the sugar mill. Video taken June 29 2015.