Australian steam locomotive 3801 - Adhesion tests - Cowan Bank - May 2020

Scenes recorded on Wednesday May 13th, 2020, of steam locomotive 3801 undergoing adhesion tests on Cowan bank.

[@hansvandijk1487]

Such a beauty! Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@sharifsalloo]

The bit when you can hear it coming that waiting time 😍😍 and that beautiful thing

[@moestrei]

Tears of joy in my eyes.....it has been a long time, 3801. Big thank you to volunteers and funding agencies.

[@Benthenewbie414]

That locomotive is just glistening with color right there! I like it!

[@gazzertrn]

Respects from the UK , lovely sound , awesome looking loco .

[@CanzausKids]

A HUGE shout out to all who have been working on these trains, they look simply wonderful.

[@allanchapman6250]

Don’t forget that wonderful GM I’ve worked on as a fireman on it and quailed for all steam except for oil burners thou I did my A trails on 5910 in the 60’s. Thank you.

[@sharonthompson6256]

There is something MARVELLOUS about the sound of a steam train

[@AUSSIEGIZMO76]

Just steamed past my house at Concord West heading city bound..... would be a very loud trip through the North Strathfield tunnel!!! They let the whistle go waiting for a signal and my poor dog nearly went through the roof lol . Looked great at night with the firebox glow.

[@chaoticmoron-zl6nv]

I feel sorry for your dog

[@pikachunegroyblancoxyz745]

Ningt train xd

[@asingh5482]

The sound takes me back to my childhood.

[@tracynation239]

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. ♡ T.E.N.

[@silverjinglebobspur1]

I love that this filming was done at night. It really adds to the atmosphere. Beautiful.

[@gregorypacheco1869]

It's great to see those iron giants back once again.

[@billyt53]

What a machine. So good to see it up and running!

[@martythemartian99]

That paint job... wow!

[@markaylott1780]

Great footage, thanks again for your efforts in bringing these sorts of scenes to those of us that can't be there 😎👍

[@Locoman3801]

Thanks again Bevan , she looks bloody awesome once more , I just wish that I could be there with you to enjoy the experiences chasing her & 4201 , I so recall Cowan Bank for steam power.

[@gunsaway1]

Beautiful steam engine and E8

[@nessav7258]

I don't know why I shed a tear when watching this! That era of transport was something special in a train. The travelling was just as special as the destination.

[@jayfmiller]

That is a beautiful engine.

[@carmenandthedevil2804]

Beautiful, just beautiful. Walked that line many a times back in the 70's with Hughsey as an Apprentice Signal Elec.

[@dvc1965]

thank you so much!!! just the sounds alone took me back to my childhood so strongly!!!!!

[@stephenstratford5049]

What a fantastic locomotive, a legend in steam. It went to Perth in 1970, so I would like to see it go from Adelaide to Darwin.

[@richardsmith8654]

Great video. 3801 is looking very good. Great work by the team that has done this major work.

[@OwenMessenger]

That beauty gives n&w 611 a run for its money

[@HughFromAlice]

Grealt vid - 3801 is sounding very sharp (tuned up!!)

[@petercollins939]

Has 4201 been repainted looking good & cant wait to go on a tour behind 3801

[@namyah7354]

I don't think I've heard a greater sound in all my life

[@namyah7354]

Hmmmm, good point. I grew up with the rail line just over my back fence - Parents still live there, perhaps not everyone is as keen - but they should be hahahahahaha

[@davidurban6813]

OMG! Beautiful engine and beautiful sound. Thanks for posting it. Stay healthy everyone we will get through this together.

[@wobblebottom101]

Such an awesome sight and sound - there’s nothing like it.

[@stevecallachor]

Conditions on Cowan bank are different today than in 1960. The railheads today are cleaner because there are no steam eugines spewing an unholy brew of lube oil and water onto the railheads. Likewise rolling stock today run on sealed roller bearings rather than bronze slippers running in an open oil box which also leaked 90 SAE lube oil onto the track. Another hazardous stretch was on the down main at Beecroft, I remember seeing suburban electrics getting stuck there . They were glory days and the smell of Steam, oil and fire never leaves your nostrils. Great videos!!! Stavros on Steam

[@FS2K4Pilot]

So you folks don't have loonies who deliberately grease the rails?

[@Mattb81]

FS2K4Pilot Haven’t done that since I was a kid

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Matt B It's a federal crime to do that here, since railroads are vital national infrastructure.

[@paulszacsvay5490]

Nice footage, but a bit chilling for those of us who remember another, unofficial 'adhesion test' on the Cowan Bank almost exactly 30 years ago

[@mitchellgreen6891]

what was that?

[@Tiger351]

@@mitchellgreen6891 I'm pretty sure he's referring to the Hawkesbury/Cowan crash back in 1990, the driver car from the V set that ran into the rear of 3801's consist ended up at Elcar Chullora workshop when I was working there in the early 90's.

[@mitchellgreen6891]

@@Tiger351 ah righto, yes before my time, have heard of that though

[@robertking3130]

Didn't some ratbag apply the hand brake so they could hear 3801 chuffing harder?

[@TheBandana1969]

This locomotive looks and sounds very much the WP series locos of the Indian Railways. Even the coaches look the ones in India used in the 1960s and 70s. This loco has been restored very well.

[@voidjavelin23]

WP series for me pretty much resemble more into their US counterpart that is the J class locos

[@petermcgreevy6386]

Beautiful and Majestic what can I say...Top job to all the volunteers and workers.

[@kevp9601]

Excellent

[@nswgrenthusiast3777]

The 245 Psi sound was never beaten

[@camillasheridan1974]

You have made my day. Hope I can see it tonight

[@Gordos.Railway.Videos]

Im just so happy to see this. Awesome video

[@TailsFan369no2]

Definitely better than over 30 years ago

[@tyredlie]

Nice to see a diesel pushing and pulling the 3801. 5 minutes of sitting on a bench at the station and 2 minutes of train.

[@peterburke7811]

Used to watch it come through Parramatta 35 years ago.

[@whistlingspy]

Good to see her back!

[@daynajenkin9183]

All hail the king of steam 3801 3801 forever

[@SimplyTakuma]

Beautiful piece of history here

[@NERRP2017]

Why does her whistle sound nice when I hear it Edit: it brings back somewhat memories of whishing nyc Hudson’s were saved

[@bigdirtyfreighttrains951]

Great video Bevan! Fantastic to see the loco in action.

[@kevp9601]

Awesome

[@begnamo3657]

That shot at 3:08 is soooooo good!

[@victoriousrufus6747]

Magnificent Steam Engine!

[@kevp9601]

Magnificent

[@endoftheline774]

Imagine what the normal commuters felt when they saw a steam loco coming down the tracks

[@weaselman24]

'At least that things on time'

[@peterpocock9062]

Sheer joy!

[@CanzausKids]

OH you lucky Bs, who got to see this fabulous train, I would SO lOVED to have been there.

[@larrymurphy3877]

From the USA Very beautiful steam engine sure would like to see her and our N & W Class # 611 running side by side they look so much alike.

[@michaelstuddert2198]

True, but 3801 is the closest thing you'll see to a New Haven I5 class (which the 38 class streamlining was based on). Personally, I prefer the non-streamlined 38s.

[@dipakpatharwat2923]

In india I also travel in such 🚆 in my child hood. It was great experience .👍

[@Adventuring_outdoors]

When and how do i find out when this magnificent steam train runs and does trials i would love to know so I can catch her at work

[@japantravelingwithyoutv4178]

Steam locomotives will never pass home in Japan! If a steam locomotive comes up, everyone will shoot with a camera! I was moved by the video of a steam locomotive passing through the platform! Thank you very much for this video!

[@loydthehedgehog]

Just like the good old days. :)

[@mdgfb05]

Fantastic film of a fantastic loco.

[@dapto234]

What a gorgeous sight and sound ....that whistle is one of a kind...................and to see her back in her green livery bloody beautiful...:D

[@duanejeffery2242]

Wot a good sound te hear of 3801,and all her colors

[@user-pq1zn4yz7e]

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[@greeneel6518]

So good to see 3801 again back on the tracks

[@Da_Fel]

this is one of the oldest trains yet to still live today glad that this marvelous locomotive avoided being scrapped and the extinction of her class so beautiful

[@danielcook9032]

Not really, this one was only built in 1943 and there are 3 other 38s preserved

[@NSWGR]

Nowhere near “one of the oldest”. 3801 is only 81. The loco I work on is 130 and entered service in 1893 and is still pulling heritage trains.

[@hazptmedia]

Can’t wait for it to visit albury

[@jslasher1]

Super video footage. Thanks for uploading.

[@maxcocks3468]

I love this train 38 01

[@fordlandau]

Great to see this locomotive running after so many years. Thanks. She is undoubtedly one of the world’s finest steam engines in service.

[@Match2100]

If by "the world" you mean New South Wales.

[@boonda6555]

@@Match2100 They never said 'the world'

[@mdgfb05]

@@Match2100 key words are "one of"

[@Match2100]

@@boonda6555 Yes they did, are you blind?

[@denismay6011]

I could not agree more well worth the expensive re-build. A Huge Thank You to those who restored the Locomotive. From a ex Cowan resident who now lives in Townsville. My Margaret was the Post Mistress at Cowan for quite a few years before the Post Office was moved down to the Local Shop. It used to be in the front of our house at 1181Pacific Hwy, the service road section. Cheers from Denis & Margaret. Townsville, Qld.

[@paulhall170]

The Newcastle Flyer used to do 100 miles per hour through Lisarow back in the day, with a 38 hauling.....

[@steam4eva]

Back in 1964 with 3801 on the record run to Newcastle was reputedly timed at over 90mph on the stretch between Wyong to Wyee.

[@michaelstuddert2198]

Not sure about the ton, but my dad timed a 38 on the Friday evening Flyer to Newcastle in 19476-47 at 39 seconds to the mile, which I think would be low 90s.

[@paulhall170]

@@michaelstuddert2198 Hey Micheal, are you related to a guy called John, used to race motorcycles in the 70s and 80s, he lived just north of Goulburn, but worked in a car model shop in Canberra??

[@michaelstuddert2198]

@@paulhall170 Sorry, not that I know of

[@jonathansmith8672]

0:02, 3:03, 3:07, 5:31 Who came here because of that marvelous whistle? :)🤗🤗😊😊💖💖💖

[@user-ow4jx9ud9r]

Паровоз классный. Видео нужно снимать ДНЁМ!

[@artistjoh]

The fresh paint job looks fantastic. It looks like it just walked out of the 1930’s. I can imagine Hercule Poirot at the station and climbing aboard :)

[@robertking3130]

If he gets on board, unfortunately someone has to be murdered.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

Suchet, or Finney?

[@artistjoh]

FS2K4Pilot I have always been most partial to Suchet.

[@FS2K4Pilot]

artistjoh Me too, but really only because I saw Suchet before I saw Finney's version. He was quite good, of course (He's Albert Finney, what do you expect?). Both are. It's interesting, though, to look at Suchet as Poirot, and then look at him as some of his other characters, like in "Executive Decision", where he played a damned fine villain in an otherwise pathetic movie. A villain who was, of course, utterly different from Hercule Poirot. It really shows how good an actor Mr. Suchet is.

[@artistjoh]

FS2K4Pilot To me, Suchet is the closest, amongst all the various players, to my internal vision that the writer inserted in my head about Poirot. All of the movie and TV players are, for me, secondary to Christie’s descriptions. That is the greatness of Suchet - he was always trying to be true to Christie and nothing more, while the others all put their personal spin into the role. When seeing this train, it is Suchet’s Poirot that I see climbing aboard, following Ms Christie herself.

[@shyamsfran]

Ahh!!! Alas i was following the refurb and hoped i could catch the launch.But just hearing it is bliss...

[@paulrourke4785]

Brilliant.

[@JRussellProductions]

Swell footage Bevan. Hope the Adhesion tests went well and passed in flying colours.

[@nswgrenthusiast3777]

SavyIsJoshoArts it is a flying colour.

[@fanofblueshockey107]

We have summer in June and July and August and sometimes September

[@emjay5577]

What a beautiful piece of machinery 3901 is! Was diesel unit 4201 built here in the US? I've never seen an American unit with the horns on the nose of the cab. Wish I was down there with you guys to see it and ride behind. I'm not familiar with Australian railways, but they seem like a combo of North American and British.

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

Apparently it's a NSWGR 42 class. They were based off of the EMD F9 series, iirc. The Victorian Railways had similar diesels, such as the B and S classes, built for 5'3 broad gauge.

[@jamesgovett2501]

Built by Clyde engineering NSW Australia under licence, also all were built in CoCo wheel arrangement not BoBo like most of yours however the 1st 10 or so built for the Commonwealth Railways were A1A wheel arrangement, the Southern Australian state of Victoria were all Clyde EMD products in their mainline Loco’s (in diesel) & most shunters ( switchers) with a handful of exceptions.

[@monacruz4072]

Ol’ Sheila is chuffing by! 🇦🇺 🚂

[@stormwolfgaming3400]

Kinda sounds like a ghost train in the distance tbh

[@rwhb1]

As the Oz’s would say ‘what a beaut’

[@aubreyaub]

A bottler, Hey!

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

I am amazed. Never thought I would ever see her with a fire in her belly and steam thru her pipes again. Hope the boiler has a long life in front of it. 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@sutart2727]

I am G514 Departed from south dynon

[@jswaggart01]

Magical.

[@MrDankEngine1999]

It's a good thing the public relaunched got postponed. Maybe it'll happen in July hopefully.

[@Shinraaaaa]

Under wheel lighting @ 4:27?

[@Gearz-365]

That's the street lights shining through the steam escaping from the pipes underneath the locomotive

[@Nyrolf]

Hi ,good video ,what's your camera ? damn good

[@bwDVD]

Canon XF705

[@bradvella5353]

How do you find out about when they test these trains. Would love to see in action. Great video.👍

[@zacharykoplin6543]

AUSTRALIA

[@Hiboygooddayno]

God train bro

[@melissabrooks7357]

That can fit on American track

[@voidjavelin23]

only needed a bell to be standard friendly

[@user-bb8sp1md6l]

Супер 👏

[@goldenretriever6440]

I didn’t even know there were railroads in Australia I guess I’m an idiot

[@That_One_Guy_In_A_Band]

Just wait until you find out that there are 3 gauges in use.

[@MrB590]

That was a stupid question lol

[@smileysteam]

Is that a Locsound decoder? it's well matched to the wheel revolutions :-)

[@ScumClassWorks]

Can't beat a chuff cam.

[@trainnut2012]

Question is the diesel equipped with dynamic brakes?

[@voidjavelin23]

indeed

[@buntik1687]

Hope they installed sanders on the back of the drive wheels.

[@NathanChisholm041]

Sanders? You mean those sand box that mix with water?

[@NSWGR]

@@NathanChisholm041 what are you on about

[@AmazingVideoforeveryone]

Nice

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Looks like SP 4449 in Portland, Oregon

[@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos]

It sure does!

[@markschroeder2578]

Actually she much better resembles on of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad's streamlined Hudsons, the big difference is, as a Pacific (4-6-2) she has a two-wheel trailer truck, where a Hudson (4-6-4) has a four-wheel trailer truck. Also, for the record, 4449 is a Northern (4-8-4) with an oscillating signal light above it's headlight, something 3801 lacks. Come to think of it, 3801 resembles a slightly shorter version of Norfolk and Western Railroad's J-class Northerns like 611. Stay safe and healthy.

[@voidjavelin23]

eh the streamline is more resembling to the NH i-5s

[@jaidenjohnson6766]

new zealand has loco just liek that

[@ved3346]

Wow

[@thomasweekley9209]

Wait a minute. That’s not 3801’s real whistle. What happened? Other than that, great to see her strutting her stuff again.

[@danielcook9032]

Technically the old sound of the whistle was not the real sound of the whistle, it was heavily damaged and did not sound like a real 38 class, this one is far more accurate Note- The whistle is the same, it has just been refreshed

[@michaelstuddert2198]

@@danielcook9032 100% Daniel. Over time, steam pressure and other factors distort the internals of the whistle, particularly on the 38s with the steam pressure they operate at, which change the sound of the whistle. Of the preserved 38s, 3820 had the high pitched whistle typical of 38s of the '60s. 3813's whistle was awful. 3830's whistle was, I think, rebuilt as part of '30's 1992-97 overhaul; it sounded beautiful. 3801's rebuilt whistle, like 3830's, should sound just like it did when it went into service in 1943 and be like 3830's. There is a wonderful video by Bevan Wall which explains why, despite being essentially the same design (except the 59 cl), whistles vary so much in sound. It's on KZbin.

[@edylk2498]

Why is it like the try to copy 611 and the 20th central steam loco and the f units diesel :/

[@daveg2104]

Try to copy? The diesel was made in Australia under license. As for the 38 class, they weren't trying to reinvent steam locomotive streamlining, it's very much influenced by the fashion at the time. The streamlining is pretty basic though, and only applied to the first 5 of the class.

[@Bkn348og]

Click here to see the train> 1:44

[@ironphilly2366]

what is the green one

[@voidjavelin23]

which one?