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@leonvanderlinde5580 9 сағат бұрын
I remember as a kid on the 18 to 21 coach passenger trains, I used to run from one side of the coach to the other so I could wave to the driver and the conductor on the tight curves. It is still my top favourite loco.
@Strada098 12 сағат бұрын
Jammer dat ik net te laat was en "alleen" 1600 en 1700 locs gereden en gerangeerd heb, en vaak tussen de buffers terwijl die werden ingedrukt te vinden was met de ketting in mijn handen ipv de rangeerder. ( kreeg ik nog voor op mijn kop omdat dat mijn werk niet was :-) Ik vond er ook eigenlijk niets meer aan toen al die metro-achtige "treinen" met computerschermen en "pookje naar voor, pookje naar achter" bediening kwamen, dan ben je geen machinist meer maar "wagenvervoerder" zoals dat heette als je geen stoomlocomotief maar een electrisch treinstel reed :-))
@Strada098 13 сағат бұрын
Ik kan me voorstellen dat het ooit fantastisch lichte en snel optrekkende moderene treinen waren. Maar toen ik ze moest gaan rijden waren het lawaaiige en krijsende oude krengen met een cockpit vol meters alsof het een oud vliegtuig uit een museum was. Schakeltechniek met asbest gevoerde vlamkasten die ioniserende hoogspannings vlambogen produceren bij schakelen naar een andere rijstand. Asbest ook in de neus, en en toegansluik komt gewoon (rij)wind tussen de kieren vandaan, en mogelijk dus ook asbest vezels want (los)trillen doen die treinen de altijd. Ze konden wel lekker snel gereden worden ( tot aan bijna 160 km/u ) omdat de ATB niet zo goed stond afgesteld bij veel exemplaren. Remmen natuurlijk absurd slecht met techniek die teruggaat tot koetsen, bijna lachwekkend dat remblokken op het loopvlak zo'n gewicht moeten stoppen. Ook meermaals een station totaal voorbijgereden met de remmen in de uiterste stand. Ook ooit meer dan een halve kilometer gegleden met de remmen vol erop, door geel heen en naar een stoptonend sein toe. Gelukkig hield de bomenrij daar op en de gladde rails ook. Nu er - voor deze tijd - hypermoderne treinen zijn met electronisch gestuurde anti blokeer inrichting en noodremmen die op de rails vallen is alles VEEL veiliger geworden. NS heeft er ook veel te lang mee doorgereden vind ik zelf. Wel idiote ervaring die dingen nu in het museum te zien terwijl je ze zelf nog gereden hebt, dan voel je je stokoud :-))
@gazzas123 16 сағат бұрын
I grew up in central NSW and lived 200 meters from the main western line and a regular train the W44 ore train from broken Hill was pulled by a AD60 Garratt and sometimes 2 AD60 Garratts. It was a sight to behold.
@Bulaan.99 19 сағат бұрын
Masok film lekk
@AdakanUwU Күн бұрын
Poland still use Steam Locomotives on some regional trains on routes from Wolsztyn. They are operated as Koleje Wielkopolskie Osobowy train
@davidvlok1755 Күн бұрын
Thanks for posting this fantastic footage. Very fond memories of steam train travel 👍👊🤗
@William-y2j Күн бұрын
Excellent photography
@mdlanor5414 Күн бұрын
I really believe the worst thing to do. Is allow an operating Steam Locomotive sit idle for long periods of time. This allows rust and corrosion to happen. Just the normal maintenance on any Steam Locomotive is the continuous upkeep. The Boiler is the most crucial part of all Steam Locomotives. Boiler explosions can do significant damage and loss of life in the surrounding area. Fortunately there has been very few boilers exploding over the close to 2 hundred years of Steam Locomotives. I truly believe that if the Diesel Electric Locomotives didn’t make their appearance until the mid 1960’s. The manufacturers of Steam Locomotives were improving them to the point of. Pretty much perfection. Becoming Low maintenance,better quality steel,condensing the steam back to water and recycling it over and over. All the bronze bearings were being replaced with either roller bearings or tapered Timken roller bearings. The thing about steam. The hotter the water temperature the higher the steam pressure. How much steam pressure depends on the quality of the boiler. Replacing a worn out boiler with a new one. Can cost over a million dollars on a Challenger or Big Boy Steam Locomotive.
@robertpeters9438 Күн бұрын
This might be bigger than 4104 BIG BOY of the USA
@voidwalker9223 Күн бұрын
Why are nations like these so obsessed with looking and being on camera?
@biffjones2601 Күн бұрын
Brings back so many memories from my younger days.
@Dzkproductionoriginal Күн бұрын
10:22
@vishal_electrodharwad7678 2 күн бұрын
Excellent coverage
@AustNRail 2 күн бұрын
Has anyone else noticed the decline of railways, infrastructure and manufacturing around the world in white settled countries after the Lima Peru Accord in 1972? Australia, South Africa, UK, Canada and Europe suffering from this treaty.
@transistor754 2 күн бұрын
Fantastic, thank you so much! Please could you give a date when it was filmed, for example the Umgeni Garratt? I mean are they still there now in November 2024?!?
@NicholasLera-kd5tj 2 күн бұрын
Umgeni and Paton's were videotaped in 2006, while the Garratt on the Montagu Pass and the coastal narrow gauge Garratts at Port Shepstone were done the previous year. I'm not up to date on the scene nearly 20 years later but I'm told that opportunities to film, photograph or ride live steam in South Africa are now greatly reduced. Umgeni and Paton's locos are reported as still in place, but their current status is uncertain. Port Shepstone closed in 2006.
@transistor754 Күн бұрын
@@NicholasLera-kd5tj Thanks for that... so we were lucky to have done those sorts of rides back then! Lovely sounds on your videos, thanks for posting!
@NicholasLera-kd5tj 10 сағат бұрын
@@transistor754 I'm glad you like the audio. You'll be interested to know that more S.African material from the early 2000s halcyon days of heritage steam are in the pipeline. They take time to produce, and other topics are also in demand, so I have to ask for your patience!
@LegacyIvyTerascale 2 күн бұрын
never seen a white choo choo before
@patricknoveski6409 3 күн бұрын
This channel is so amazing. The calm English host who explains in detail the histories. And beautiful clips of these engines and their people who look over them. Love it. More steam 🙏!! Note: I've grown sick of hotel developers in my life time. As they destroyed the Island Where I grew up. Maui Hawaii. Disregarding a century of local traditions and soul. Their disease has spread to So. Africa I see. Turning their backs on that perfect railroad which the tourists would have loved. Head shaking.
@NicholasLera-kd5tj 2 күн бұрын
I'm so glad you seem to have enjoyed viewing the film as much as I enjoyed making it! You are probably aware that a lovely 3ft gauge 2-4-0 steam locomotive was bought from Hawaii and beautifully restored by a Californian collector in the 1990s. I saw it when it visited the Sacramento Railfair in 1999. I don't know where it's kept, but the railfan community would know.
@neilrobson8426 3 күн бұрын
A great record of wonderful engines working hard for years. Thanks for sharing 😊
@jaapvanduijvenboden9050 3 күн бұрын
Nog steeds mis ik de tram,als kind was het een soort feest het tram vervoer.
@robertchristensen-xl2lo 3 күн бұрын
The engineer is one cool guy. What he built in his home is a shrine to his proud culture and his career...
@chillerfrigotek9121 4 күн бұрын
China is a country with a very wide geography. Humorously: It has mountains, vineyards, seas, lakes and deserts. NOTE: When these words are read one after another in Turkish, a poetic expression emerges. This may not mean anything in English.
@leslieholland2476 4 күн бұрын
It's also important to stress that this was made by a white man because our culture is under attack from people pushing the agenda of black people being inventors.
@MaciekPKP 4 күн бұрын
Wspaniały film ukazujący realia polskiej kolei w schyłku PRL.
@rudolfhough6226 4 күн бұрын
Very good to see my old driver, Oom George van Niekerk again. I worked many years with him.
@mral3694 4 күн бұрын
Brilliant video, loved it! When was it filmed?
@Tom-Lahaye 5 күн бұрын
Excellent video on my favourite subject. Sadly much has gone even in tourist operations, I had the chance to ride the ACR as far as Paddock and it was one of the most beautiful trips one could make. GEA operation at Montagu was also impressive, I have seen 4023 out of service at Coronation Colliery shortly before it went for restoration. I just missed one class which also has ran in preservation, the GB class. And for someone also knowing his diesels the pack of EMD class 35s with GE sound was really odd, a small mistake in sound editing.
@zaktrust 5 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤🤟
@Tauraco00 5 күн бұрын
The Van Stsdens Pass, Bridge named after my Great Grandfather, Apple Express is s part of me
@Tauraco00 5 күн бұрын
🍏 Express🎉🎉🎉❤❤
@astridvallati4762 5 күн бұрын
One other NGG16 went to the Puffing Billy Railway Victoria Australia, which already runs Locally built Garrats and Baldwin built Engines. the Two Foot Gauge SAR Garrat was rebuilt to 2'6" to work the Puffing Billy Heritagge Railway in the forests of the Dandenong region of Victoria.
@okrzeszyncity 6 күн бұрын
one of this streamline locomotive was build in poland
@Duececoupe 6 күн бұрын
You can't beat a steam locomotive, the smell, the sound, the living soul of it! 😍🥰😍😎
@FerroEquus-262 6 күн бұрын
Love steam locomotives 🚂
@mrsaturngamingandstories 6 күн бұрын
Garratts are some of the most interesting type of steam locomotives the way they look is kind of intimidating
@ambindia 6 күн бұрын
That sound.....wonderful
@CollinBlack-j1y 7 күн бұрын
Whan K1 went Beyer,Peacock for her 100th the tram loco beside her was a New South Wales tram which worked on the Sydney tram system.
@chillerfrigotek9121 7 күн бұрын
Teşekkürler güzel video için.. :)
@Kapparie 7 күн бұрын
Wel gaaf dat dit nog op film is vastgelegd en van goed commentaar is voorzien. 🙂
@lathanluu4535 7 күн бұрын
Do you have this in English
@Sugarmountaincondo 7 күн бұрын
@10:50 you say the turntable is just big enough to fit a 2-ft. Garratt, but they are Meter Guage 3'6" right? That #2 is a fast starter!! Question: Were any of the freight cars hauling revenue products during the filming of this? I know the tank cars were for hauling the extra water needed and maybe coal in the gondolas, but what about the box cars.? Or were the freight cars added in order to make it look like a mixed train for the photographers? No matter what part of the world it is, I am glad that we have so many dedicated people that preserve and run the steam heritage loco's and vintage passenger cars.
@nstars100 7 күн бұрын
Not all railways in South Africa were 3'6" gauge. A couple of them were only 2ft and some of the 2ft Garretts even wound up at the Welsh Highland Railway in Wales.
@Sugarmountaincondo 7 күн бұрын
@@nstars100 But my point was that the railway in question was a meter gauge railroad and the narrator said they were building a 2-ft. turntable! So, what did I miss? I watched it twice and didn't misconstrue the comments
@nstars100 6 күн бұрын
As mentioned at 4:55 it’s a 2ft railway, not 3’ 6”.
@danstephens9500 6 күн бұрын
@@nstars100 I rode on one of those several years back. Delightful.
@railwayjade 5 күн бұрын
Believe it or not, the boxcar is actually a grain wagon. They tip it forwards/backwards to unload it. Some of these were specially chartered trains, so they just hired some freight wagons from the railways with the passenger coaches. My friend and I organise charters like this for photographers. We are able to use Steamnet 2000 in Northern Cape, Ceres Rail Company and New Cape Central Railway in the Western Cape and Wonder Steam Trains in Gauteng. There is also Sandstone Estates in the Freestate with 2' gauge equipment.
@assiebruins2545 7 күн бұрын
Are they burning coal or oil?
@nstars100 7 күн бұрын
Coal
@peterwhyte-zl1kv 7 күн бұрын
Thank you for the best steam fest I have ever seen,
@masonallenbuskirk5648 7 күн бұрын
Thank you for uploading these great programs shedding light on the worldwide spectacles of steam. 😄
@lighthousertf5855 7 күн бұрын
Great scenery and beautiful steam engines
@prabniksandhu4648 7 күн бұрын
Cape to Cairo next please.
@fatpigeon008 5 күн бұрын
How can they film the cape to cairo line if it was never even fucking completed
@prabniksandhu4648 5 күн бұрын
@fatpigeon008 There is a film called Cape to Cairo by Nick Lera you ignorant 🙄.
@HappySingh-ro6ep 7 күн бұрын
Happy singh from india
@staplerpit1 7 күн бұрын
Das sind Bilder von vor über dreißig Jahren. Seit wann ist Krieg in Syrien? Glaubt irgendwer, daß dort noch jemand lebt, der mit diesen Lokomotiven fahren könnte? Schauts Euch genau an; das wird nie mehr zurückkommen...
@archstanton5973 7 күн бұрын
Well as of November, 2024, the difference between when this "video" was taken in 1995 and present 2024 is the proverbial "difference between night and day". Today at the end of 2024, the vast majority of passengers have moved onto China's MASSIVE high speed rail network with the "Green Train" passenger trains relegated to the deep interior rural southwestern China or in the "outlying border" regions in northwestern and far northern (Inner Mongolia) and northeastern China where the economic development/income levels do NOT allow for the demographics to afford high speed train fare costs. AND, the vast, VAST majority of NON-EMU-high speed trains use electric locomotives as China has built one of the largest electrical train catenary networks on the planet. Those electric locomotives are amongst the most powerful in the world with many, if not most, are rated at 10,000 HP OR HIGHER with some freight(goods) locomotives rated at nearly 13,000 HP........ The "fledgling" diesel-electric locomotives seen in this video are now pretty much relegated to the "border" regions where the passenger/freight(goods) traffic simply did not justify the costs of construction of the electrical network for electric locomotives. *3 DECADES is NOT ABnormal for a nation/land to go through MASSIVE and TREMENDOUS changes WHEN IT IS GOING THROUGH THE CLASSIC "industrialialization/industrial revolution" process......* *AND: YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ANYWHERE IN CHINA IN 2024.*
@consruction1 8 күн бұрын
Whet a treat it was to see the last of the big huffier puffers still running. Thank you for your time and effort you did making this film......