Hats off to the original surveyors who could plot out such an incline. Lovely video.
@Harry_Gurvich2 ай бұрын
Had to look up where on earth "Tumulla Bank" was! Got it mate....not far from Sydney, down under. Greetings from near Atlantic City, New Jersey in the US of A. Fine looking locomotive you have there. A great restoration job on #6029. Well done!
@mr99gto2 ай бұрын
She is a grand locomotive to say the least, granted I have to admit, the videos I took does not do the shear noise this thing creates any form of justice.
@AleksVeraAVB-fk2bg2 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Hats off to everyone who made that possible.
@Tom-Lahaye2 ай бұрын
Epic sound of 6029!
@Denis125552 ай бұрын
Saw this loco in Canberra back in about 2,000 and thought to myself you are absolutely beautiful, but I doubt you'll ever be in steam again . Well , she's back in no uncertain terms . Hope to see her in steam someday . 😊
@hcrun2 ай бұрын
Great stuff! Thank you for the vid.
@waynemather65602 ай бұрын
Was a great weekend. 6029 performed beautifully.
@glynluff2595Ай бұрын
Fireman doing well look at the exhaust! That is heat!
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
@glynluff2595 yeah, the firemen who ran her on the weekend had her dialed in to a tee.
@jamesburnside30232 ай бұрын
Awesome video like the bridge shot
@chrisbarnes2823Ай бұрын
Nice Garret!
@brucewilliams8714Ай бұрын
A great shot in that superb location, it reminds me of my chasing days. I'm delighted you panned - too many videographers don't.
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
Thank you very much, I do try to emulate the works of many of the better videographers, though I often come out as more tryhard than anything, lol.
@tjr4744Ай бұрын
What a beautiful sound :)
@MySteamChannel2 ай бұрын
Beautiful noise
@davidmorrison2739Ай бұрын
We ent up the bank three days ago in the XPT- not nearly as much fun as a steam train. There is a good video of The Flying Scotsman and 3801 doing the climb on a frosty morning in the 1980s (without a diesel tacked on).
@douglachman7330Ай бұрын
DIESEL DEAD ENGINE IN RESERVE in case of breakdown on the main west line. Reasonable rules. This is in Australia west of Sydney nearing Bathurst Im thinking.
@crazylesfarkas4486Ай бұрын
Correct Compulsory back up on main lines
@greghayes9118Ай бұрын
A mere Spare Handkerchief....
@britboy2883Ай бұрын
Has the locomotive been converted to oil fired or is it extra water in the tanker on the rear of the engine? Just spotted Esso on the back of the tanker so is it oil?
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
No she's still a coal burner, the tank behind her is an ex fuel tanker converted to carry water for the loco.
@britboy2883Ай бұрын
@@mr99gto thankyou for the info, quite a unique locomotive and well worth preserving.
@rwhb1Ай бұрын
Just doing a job…. What a job!
@SWRural-fk2ub2 ай бұрын
THe diesel does not appear to be assisting. I assume it's coupled on for providing hotel services?
@voidjavelin232 ай бұрын
And also return service
@crazylesfarkas4486Ай бұрын
@@voidjavelin23 Compulsory back up, to operate on all main lines there must be back ups etc
@haydenrichardp3712Ай бұрын
It’s from across the pond.
@davidhull1481Ай бұрын
What the heck kind of locomotive is that?
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
So this is an example of the many different kinds of garratt type steam locomotives that operated here in Australia. Specifically a former New South Wales Government Railways AD-60
@davidhull1481Ай бұрын
@@mr99gto Ta. It’s a new one on me.
@MK-sf6suАй бұрын
Die Garratt Lokomotiven sind schon eine Klasse für sich. In Europa hatten wir die Mallet Lokomotiven, zB. die Bayerische Gt 2×4/4 :)
@davidhull1481Ай бұрын
@@MK-sf6su That’s easy for you to say.
@gregmorley1997Ай бұрын
Great engine not even working hard, back in the day when the 60s worked for a living they'd be hauling twice that load
@thomasarmstrong38042 ай бұрын
PITY About the Diesel
@smitajky2 ай бұрын
You're right. It seems to be smoking even more than the steam engine. This was always a trait I noticed with NSW diesels.
@localcarthiefАй бұрын
@currentbatches6205 Theres no loop at Wimbledon so the diesel is required.
@philtucker12242 ай бұрын
Clearly a fairly steep incline, is this in India?
@tomshaw90652 ай бұрын
Sorry, this is in New South Wales Australia
@philtucker12242 ай бұрын
What country is this in please?
@SWRural-fk2ub2 ай бұрын
NSW Australia
@gregking7926Ай бұрын
Mallet?
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
Sadly no my friend, this is a garratt, a 4-8-4+4-8-4 garratt to be precise
@Sam_Green____4114Ай бұрын
Everything here as far as the eye can see looks like it would go up in flames with one spark !! What could possibly go wrong here eh ?
@jrea424Ай бұрын
Not far wrong, the North Yorkshire railway actually aren't allowed to run steam trains during the summer months because of the risk of setting the moors on fire.
@colinstickland3130Ай бұрын
Steam trains in Aussie. Thought you only rode camels .
@mr99gtoАй бұрын
Generally we run our steam locomotives on the mainline during the winter months to reduce the risk of lineside fires, despite how dry the grass looks, it's really not & trust me, I spent a lot of time in that grass during the weekeend. lol