Running On Steam - The Queen In Steam + 1987 Maitland Steamfest

[@neilforbes416]

36:50 The rail motor in the peripheral view(right of screen) was of the 620/720-class that, at time of filming, was still in regular service as a commuter train. The class was retired in 2007, just 20 years later and, after being restored and refurbished by the Paterson-based Rail Motor Society, would become a regular exhibit at Steamfest.

[@neilforbes416]

@@travelingman2664 The way you've got that comment written, it looks like *I* replaced the loco-hauled passenger trains. Perhaps you should edit your comment and rephrase it.

[@travelingman2664]

@@neilforbes416 its the right pronunciation of the word they used that term in the 1980's when some diesel trains were replaced by electric

[@neilforbes416]

@@travelingman2664 I'm not talking about pronunciations. This is what *YOU* wrote: *@Neil Forbes replaced the loco hauled passenger trains the 620's and 670's were classed as old at the time even though they were built in the 1960's.* Read it through and you'll at last see my point.

[@neilforbes416]

@@travelingman2664 For crying out loud! *READ YOUR ORIGINAL POST AND FIX IT!!!!!!!!!* I was *NOT* talking about concepts of loco-haulage or pronunciations

[@travelingman2664]

@@neilforbes416 sorry my original post has been deleted i am not here to be judged about any comment as KZbin is NOT the place to correct people its really entirely up to the person how they comment on the subject

[@holboroman]

Fantastic video! I'll say that guitars are also equally human as steam engines. The perfect combination.

[@neilforbes416]

28:42 Narrator on this video, Geoff Gregory, once of Station 2HD-Newcastle. Known for his love of, and presenting of Country Music every Sunday from 6.00PM in the 1970s and 1980s.

[@travelingman2664]

@Neil Forbes now presented by Carter Taubmans Paints Carter

[@neilforbes416]

3801 and 3642 were in Tandem formation(33:34). To be in Double-Header formation, 3801 would be the lead engine while 3642 would be at the back of the train.

[@neilforbes416]

51:05 CPH 1 & 7 "Tin Hares" were the only contribution that the Rail Motor Society could make at the time, but in 20 years they'd get their hands on 621/721 as well as 629/729 as these rail motors get replaced by newer Endeavour and Hunter-class rail motors.

[@neilforbes416]

29:59 The 1987 Steamfest was the first anniversary of the event, and its second staging. The event was inaugurated in 1986.

[@travelingman2664]

@Neil Forbes and still going strong

[@neilforbes416]

@@travelingman2664 Yeah, but after two cancellations(2020 and 2021), numbers might be down on when the event was last staged in 2019. And also given that this year's event has been bumped back to 30th and 31st July due to the weather we've had through March. Ironically, the day I went to Maitland to do my last video, it would've been Day 2 of Steamfest and the weather was perfect for it! Ach aye, ye jest cannae pick it, can ye?(my Scots ancestry coming out again! LOL).

[@top40researcher31]

@@neilforbes416 and 2022 was also cancelled must doing alright for the local encomony

[@travelingman2664]

those 621/721 trains that retired in 2007 would've been sold off for scrap but paterson rail motor society bought them

[@timosha21]

Im a train and I approve this video - Choo choo!!