Scenes recorded on Friday June 9th, 2023, of steam locomotives 3526 & 3642 with diesel 4201 at the rear hauling a tour from Lithgow to Bathurst.
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@SimonFurber Жыл бұрын
I was lucky to be on board as a carriage attendant. The locos performed so well together. We stopped at Tarana to mark the reopening of the station buildings. Then over 300 excited Primary students joined us for a trip to Bathurst. A great weekend too !!
@eparke95 Жыл бұрын
Excellent footage!
@tobys_transport_videos Жыл бұрын
This brings back great memories of living in Lithgow for a mere 2 and 1/2 years (around 7-8 years ago), and chasing SSR whenever I could! I never got to see steam west of Lithgow, except 3642 (and 42220) at Tarana. 😍😍😍😍😍😍
@williamwang5575 Жыл бұрын
Steam train to WA via Bathurst
@markaylott1780 Жыл бұрын
I thought 3642 had major chassis defects?🤔
@SimonFurber Жыл бұрын
Not so.
@davidgrunsell9894 Жыл бұрын
How are tandem steam engines synced
@markaylott1780 Жыл бұрын
They're not
@johngillies3400 Жыл бұрын
Why is the diesel engine going along for the ride?
@markaylott1780 Жыл бұрын
2 reasons, the first is that back in 1990 there was a major accident due to a steam engine not being able to climb Cowan bank in NSW (Australia) because a passenger had applied a hand brake in a carriage to make the steam engine work harder but it slipped to a stand and an interurban ran into the rear killing 6 people due to signal irregularities (long story) the second is that as there's no longer loco depots in NSW that have spare locos to "rescue" a steam excursion if it gets into trouble. Hope that answers your question 🙂