I don’t have a lot of pictures of engines close up so I’ve chosen to show pictures of things that work with gears and pulleys although in most cases you can’t see the workings very well. Cable cars work on a system of gears and pulleys, railways in mountainous areas employ a rack and pinion system. The railway turntable works with gears.Racing yachts use winches and pulleys to raise and lower sails. Sometimes they are powered and sometimes they require some very strong crew members to operate them.
Cable car approaching the upper terminus.
The turntable at the West Coast Wilderness Railway’s Queenstown Station. The trains run on the ABT system on the steep section of the line . Cogs under the locomotive engage with a special rail with teeth.
The turntable at the Queenstown terminus of the West Coast Wilderness RailwayThe loco running on the ABT system.
Winches on a race yacht
Here are a couple of other things that work with gears.
Water Wheel at QVMAG , LauncestonVintage Crane, Hobart waterfront
Born in England in 1957 my family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008.
We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. David passed away in 2015 and I'm here on my own now but I have Cindy the dog and Polly the cat to keep me company.
I currently co-write two Wordpress blogswith my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and a "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania.
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Oh more fun photos.
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