Garratt 6029 - "SOUTHERN HIGHLANDER" tour to Moss Vale - September 2019

[@RichoBCV]

Very nice to see a steam locomotive haul a big load without diesel assistance. Great video!

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

what a veg.

[@fordlandau]

Picton station is a perfect frame this great loco. Plus unmatched film technique. Thanks.

[@HughFromAlice]

Love your work Bevan. Great shots. 6029.... what an engine!!!!

[@jamesburnside3023]

Great job and with no assistance nice catch

[@michaelclark2840]

Great video, well put together. Thankyou for taking the time to take it and share it with us. 6029 looking particularly handsome this day, and no diesel assistance. Interesting considering tunnels.

[@markharwood]

Great camera work and shooting locations.

[@pauldudding2696]

Great video, was actually on this very journey. Great to see another perspective!

[@henboman]

Great stuff Bevan!

[@fredtedstedman]

6:40 teriffic shot negotiating the curves 😍😍 11:26 I swear I could feel my chair move !! Old South Wales . UK.

[@colincooksey2337]

Great video Bevan, could watch these for hours!

[@philmissy1]

Thats a beutiful piece of art.

[@bemused_66]

A really excellent video.

[@gregt.3987]

Very unusual looking steam locomotive!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

That get the worst scrapping (generally) on Africa (since some are still used, but when they break down, they are cannibalized), but get the best treatment on Australia, New Zealand, Wales and some countries in Europe.

[@GamingJamesGames]

It's been nearly 2 months since this event and I've finally found me in a video about the Southern Highlander. At 13:26, there's me sticking my head out the window with my hair flying absolutely everywhere and doing a little wave to the camera.

[@steeltrap3800]

For all its impressive size, it always surprises me when I see footage of the Garratt how quiet it appears to be; I suppose that could be a trick of the recordings. I assume it was a freight engine by design, so not especially fast, but then again they can tack 10 passenger cars on it and it doesn't seem to have much effect. I don't know why, but I thought it had been converted to oil. Oh well, learn something new. Great footage as usual, thanks.

[@danielcook9032]

The only oil burning engines in NSW were the 59 class then all but two were converted to coal

[@steeltrap3800]

@@danielcook9032 Thanks. I suppose converting anything these days would be a pretty big undertaking, so it shouldn't surprise me they didn't. Just hadn't thought it through I suppose.

[@davidrayner9832]

It could be that the mic doesn't pick up the sound very well. If you've ever watched drag racing on TV, you can turn up the volume to the max and it's nothing like the noise a nitromethane dragster makes in real life. Maybe the same here. Whether that is the case or not, restored steam locos are never worked as hard as they were in regular service. The owners don't have a fleet of them so a few can be in the shops for repairs and indeed, they don't own the shops these locos were built and maintained in so they have to treat them gently so they don't break anything or wear them out prematurely. The result is that they will never 'bark' like they used to. In the US, the Big Boy now hauls 20 car passenger trains. Do you think it makes the same noise as when it was hauling a 5,000 ton freighter?

[@ALCOPRO]

@@danielcook9032 And what about the Oil Burning 55 class.

[@danielcook9032]

@@ALCOPRO They were not built as oil burning, 70 were converted but most were eventually switched back to coal or stored

[@billroach2393]

Glad to hear they got rid of that bloody tug boat whistle that was fitted on when they did the trips on the Short North a few months ago!!! That was bloody horrible!!!

[@trainnut2012]

Whats the horsepower and tractive effort on a Garratt? And useable top speed? Cheers

[@voidjavelin23]

they have a tractive effort 59,560 lbf and probably could do a atleast hundred km/h run

[@SegaMario]

I've always wondered: Why do Australian Steam Trains always tow a tanker behind them? I assume it's full of water.

[@gibbsey9579]

You are correct. It is water. Most of the old line side water tanks have been removed.

[@theextremeanimator4721]

I thought it was still on overhaul... But thank goodness it's running now! More garrats should get the 6029 treatment...

[@72xafalcon]

Garrett locomotive 6029 was restored by and as far as I know is still owned by the A,C,T, historical railway society and is the only Garrett currently in service

[@RonsonDalby]

No ... privately owned now after the Canberra Railway Museum went into liquidation in 2017 and the 6029 was put up for sale. It was purchased by Phillip Davis and David Sommerville

[@tobys_transport_videos]

@@RonsonDalby *6029, not "the 6029." (Read as "Sixty Twenty Nine")

[@craigkeller1966]

I drove over the road bridge near Picton station around 4pm Saturday and wondered why someone was there with a video camera. I didn't have time to stop and ask. Damn.

[@alanfrancis7175]

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[@steamenginefan100]

What is the black car behind 6029? And what is its purpose?

[@mariuskrijt166]

It’s a water tanker. For extra water. They are rather thirsty. Also I don’t think rewatering infrastructure is freely available anymore

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

When I see a Garratt, I wonder if it is coming or going. When I saw 4014, I need not wonder.

[@nathanstenner1794]

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