Queensland's Cane Trains - South Johnstone Mill Part 3

Queensland has a fascinating network of sugar cane railways stretching from Bundaberg in the South through to Mossman in the North. 17 sugar mills have railway networks with over 4000km of track across the state. All the mills use 2ft gauge track, except for Pioneer Mill which uses 3ft 6in gauge track.
Locomotives are diesel hydraulic, with ages ranging from 70 years old to brand new (2023 built). Some locomotives have been converted from former Queensland Rail 3ft 6in DH class, or New South Wales Government Railways 4ft 8 1/2in 47 class.
Wagons are unbraked and some trains operate with a remote controlled brake van at the rear of the train to provide additional braking force. Trains can be up to 1km long, consisting of up to 200 wagons with a weight of approximately 1000 tons.
Some trains require two crew members however many locomotives have been converted to driver only operating and can be switched to remote control operation for shunting.
This video contains footage taken in August 2023 of South Johnstone Mill. South Johnstone operates an interesting mix of older Com-Eng, Clyde and Baldwin locomotives.
In this video, we first see permanently paired Com-Eng locos #4 (built 1960) and #5 (built 1962) crossing Bartle Frere Rd. The locos were transferring a rake of empty bins from Bartle Frere to Merriwinni.
Next, 'Liverpool' (1982 Baldwin Locomotive) runs beside Lawrence Road with a rake of full bins from Merriwinni.
At South Johnstone locos #38 and #39 (both 1965 Com-Eng locomotives) arrive at the mill with a rake of loaded bins from the Number Six branch.
After exchanging their loaded bins for a rake of empties, locos #39 and #38 head around the back of town on the Number Six Branch, crossing O'Brien St.
Back at the mill, loco #18 (1965 Clyde locomotive) pushes loco #12 (1955 Clyde locomotive) across the South Johnstone River bridge at the Southern end of the mill yard. This bridge provides access to the cane fields South of the river, but is in such decrepit condition that train crew are not permitted to ride a locomotive across the bridge. The train has to be pushed or pulled across the bridge by another locomotive and the crew transferred to the other side by car.
After pushing the train onto the bridge, loco #18 runs back to the mill yard light engine.
Next we see loco #12 pulling a rake of full bins from the end of the line at the corner of Innisfail - Japoon Rd and Number One Branch Rd. Finally the train is seen at Juhas Rd where it shunts the loaded bins into the siding and runs light engine back to the mainline to retrieve the rake of empty bins it brought out from the mill.