The Great Train Race - Steamfest 2023

Watch the 2023 Great Train Race from Burton Automotive Hunter Valley Steamfest 35th Anniversary event

[@marvwatkins7029]

When it comes to today's steam revivals, Aussies just know how to do it right! No other country could achieve a 'race' of 4 trains. Kudos galore!

[@pm71241]

Yeah.... I think we might have a 4-wide race track in Denmark (sorta), but unfortunately there's never 4 big engines in working condition at the same time.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

Bc they're behind everyone else w technology😂

[@flamingfrancis]

@@nunyabuziness8421 Who needs technology when we have museum locos putting on a display like this?

[@ianlowery6014]

@@nunyabuziness8421 If you believe that then throw away your mobile phone and wifi. The algorithm which is critical for the choice of signal for a mobile phone came from Australia's CSIRO Radio Astronomy Unit. So did Wifi, as proved by the patents for which 20 companies were sued for being in breach of. It doesn't stop there, ignoramus. Based on the number of citations of scientific papers, Australia is in the top 10 scientific countries in the world, despite its small population.

[@TheGadgetPanda]

Watching a race between four classic steam engines was not something I expected to watch and be fascinated by this morning. Thank the gods for the quirks of the KZbin algorithm.

[@majortwit]

I was surprised that rail traffic in Oz is on the proper side 😬

[@romeolajh1602]

I am not impressed at all. I was expecting them to be super slow which is boring by itself so my expectations are same like reality

[@latecomerr]

I was in the UK in 1959 and everything was steam! It was a fabulous experience and etched in my memory at age 84!

[@drscopeify]

That's fantastic memory I bet!

[@Jim.Thunda]

I was there too.✌

[@davecrupel2817]

God bless, sir. 🍺

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Don't get me wrong I love Formula 1, British Touring Car, WRC, and American LeMans series... But THIS is a race!!!!!! ❤

[@MrTimodon]

Me too!

[@danielbroadbridge886]

More scripted than WWE 😆

[@ArcticTechnology]

Idc what you love vato

[@RowanMangion1976]

Steam locomotive racing should become a international sport

[@jacktattis]

American Le Mans ?

[@WingnutARC]

It is good to see the old iron horses still riding the rails. Outstanding Video

[@leonardomolina9584]

Donde es esto tan bonito

[@druunderwood5602]

The Garratt nailed the start. Full tender length and a bit.

[@bmwmahfujrrahamn6613]

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[@bmwmahfujrrahamn6613]

​ तुम छत तकजे ण उण😂णणणुततततत्रणंणुत्रुणंणंऊछ😮 तत्त्व उतूऊ में यह णणणउततततत्रणंणउत्रउणंणंऊछ दणयघण था तो तुम णंतणंतू त्रउणथतणं ममता को मदद ततत तुम छत ूणी😮 उतार उऊऊदण😮😮मा😮

[@bmwmahfujrrahamn6613]

😮😮गेम जे जजमि😮ूऊउउऊऊऊऊऊइत😅ति😮😮

[@PharaohDeathMask]

This must be the most exciting steam train video in existence. Excellent filming and editing. I wish that I could give you a hundred "Thumbs Up".

[@frankwolfrum3777]

Ich will mehr mehr 👿👿👿👿🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️

[@graemeneale9311]

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[@PharaohDeathMask]

@@graemeneale9311 Ha Ha! Thank You.

[@donaldmarwitz2046]

This is absolutely fantastic, I sad I was not there for all this.❤❤❤

[@GLxGL]

Some of the steam races back in the 80’s were pretty great too - lookup the flying scotsman having a race in Victoria.

[@concorde2003]

I think that pedestrian bridge was sagging just a hair! Great video. Astonishing that there is a 4-track mainline somewhere that can be tied up for a race like this. Fantastic! Made my day!

[@VincentMMoore0]

Way to go Australia! What a great event to have! Cheers from the USA.

[@timcowan637]

This has got to be one of the top ten railway videos on KZbin.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧😊

[@rogerwhittle2078]

I've always said the Ozzie's are phuckin' crazy. They spend years and millions restoring and preserving some of the finest steam engines still in steam anywhere; and then they race them! Just because they've got a bit of spare, four track main line they're not using! We Brits, on the other hand, spend years and millions restoring and preserving the actual finest steam engines anywhere and then we cherish and love them. By putting huge trains behind them, loading them up with nerds with stop watches, pointing them at the steepest, longest hills with rails on and.......flogging them uphill as hard and as fast as they will go. I can't see anything mad about that? Seriously though, those locos (and their trains) were beautiful. Full credit guys, that was spectacular. And look at the crowds - that's the way to do it.

[@1929modelagirl]

And all these beautiful pieces of industrial age ingenuity were built to be workhorses and used. Not polished up & admired from a distance. Lot of machinery to maintain, best way to honor builders, engineers and workers is show off and use these locomotives. They can still out-pull diesels, just not efficiently. Great video

[@hoppercar]

Brits build the goofiest looking locomotives

[@ЮрийРумянцев-щ7и]

Паровозы стоят на консервации. Это транспортный н.з. в любой стране. Возьми хоть попрыгню́ в нынешнем конфликте: когда им расхреначили тяговые подстанции, а тепловозов не хватало -- подключили паровозы. Скорость и пропускная способность не та, конечно, но сколько-то они там протелепались. На безрыбье и сам раком станешь. Так что восстановление и обслуживание таких старичков -- дело государственной важности для любой страны.

[@alexander1485]

and then the US has the biggest steam engine thats been restored

[@makingmemesat3AM]

yeah, we gotta do that. Espescially with Duchess of Hamilton and Mallard

[@JudahHarris-n3w]

Fantastic. No other word could describe this Steamfest.. Beautiful locomotives. Great shots. Great sound. Greetings from Germany..

[@peterhart1966]

Great video! The trains are beautiful, rolling masterpieces in the most picturesque settings. I’m in Indianapolis Indiana, half a world away, the camera work, drones and the editing made this possible.

[@CXensation]

I bet Stephenson shed a tear in his grave ...

[@yudiobetobet8773]

5

[@staminates]

4

[@greghayes9118]

And my ex wife's uncle, who was driving the 3801 the day Geoff Whitlam rode up front. He also drove the Silver City Comet.

[@caledonianrailway1233]

3

[@loco4loco]

well I hope they don’t either blow up or break doen

[@robertholmes8835]

I’m a big diesel electric nut, but this has to rank up there with the best rail footage out there. These beautiful rigs can’t be beat. Thanks for posting!👍

[@peter7624]

Spectacular! Formula 1 and the Isle of man are great to watch but this beats them hands down! What sights and sounds!

[@badkat75]

Большое спасибо! Отличное видео! Организаторы этих гонок, просто СУПЕР ЛЮДИ!!! Ещё раз, спасибо большое! С наилучшими пожеланиями, Артемий из России!!!

[@sw-gh3bc]

Beautiful locomotives. Great shots. Great sound. Greetings from Germany.

[@mikegross6107]

I got so caught up in this "race" that I didn't want it to end!

[@shreeveda]

Watch it in a loop😊

[@alpha_charlie_747]

In India, we had hundreds of fit steam locos when they were phased out, but most got scrapped with myopic decisions and some got plinthed before stations or museums despite being in perfect working condition. Most people here have been meticulously brainwashed in believing everything that gives off smoke is a scrapyard garbage and a danger to the country's prosperity and must be torn apart, and that's why even diesel locos are being prematurely scrapped here let alone reviving and restoring classic steams, and people turn a blind eye to thermal power plants burning millions of tons of coal to produce their so called clean and green energy. This video brings me so much happiness and joy, hope to witness something like this with my own eyes someday, thanks for sharing this.

[@Alpressure]

Even thermal power plants are closing down 😂

[@dante666jt]

Yea man all that is cool, but I hate all that smoke!

[@niloyjdeb]

Never been this excited watching a KZbin video!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@ironphilly2366]

other countries: lets keep our trains in good condition aussies: 3 2 1 GO

[@InevitableMe]

The British run their heritage steam trains at 100 kilometres per hour!

[@_Zekken]

@@InevitableMe bittern even did some 90mph runs (145kph) a few years back to celebrate the anniversary of Mallards speed record

[@dennisb9157]

Never thought i would ever see a Garrett still in operation. Back in 2015, here in the US, the Union Pacific started restoration on a Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotive. Restoration was completed just before the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike back on May 10, 1869. I never got to see the Big Boy in person! It is on my bucket list.

[@WinterroSP]

After they are completed, I’d like to see a race between A1 tornado, LNER P2 class, PRR T1 5550

[@rickbaird3067]

I saw pull into the Livonia railyard while it was doing the tour

[@vincehewson2665]

I live in Australia but a good friend of mine went out in Utah and followed big boy for several hours and filmed it for me

[@rthefish]

The Puffing Billy Railway, just outside Melbourne, Victoria, operates two Garrets. PBR is a narrow Gauge tourist railway that was formerly part of the state railway system dating from the early 1900's, but has operated as a tourist railway from the 1960's. They have many unique Loco's, including the only narrow gauge Climax ever built. The garrets often operate "Double Headed". kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6LSgI17h855iJY

[@vertigo72480_official]

4014 is a BEAST. I got to see it in person when it came through St. Louis. Even sitting idle on the tracks, you could feel the heat radiating off the boiler. Big piece of machinery.

[@elainemiller9450]

This is the coolest train video I've ever seen! Love the old steam engines!

[@charyuna]

Such a beautiful sight. These machines are restored by volunteers in their spare time. The train museums in Oz do a great job and everyone should go and visit these places to see such engineering from many decades ago. I would probably get to work on time with these steamers as the new generation trains seem to be late or break down.😮

[@garyspeed8961]

what an amazing sight... making me homesick for my hunter valley years in the 1970's ...

[@TrainMaster04]

This is bloody brilliant! You boys down under know how to put on a show!

[@Ast.Rickley]

This is one if the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The sheer power and majesty of the iron horses from days gone by. While they may be relics of a time long past, the steam locomotives of old layed the foundation for the very world we live in now. May the thunder of pistons and the hiss of steam be sounds carried across the rails forever.

[@robertjwilliams3532]

The people along the way have no idea what a treat they are witnessing! I rode a train back in 1944 or 45 and still remember it. Now towboats!?! I've done that. But still,,, the steam train,,, hope to ride one more time in the short number of years I have left!!

[@PplsChampion]

so epic, i wish train racing was a bigger thing. Gran Trainismo on playstation 5

[@trainstrains1]

Before dataloggers it happened regularly, just not officially.

[@30041946]

Fantastic. No other word could describe this Steamfest.

[@jerryconnors8663]

Great video and so impressive!! Hats off to our Aussie friends for a spectacular steam train race. Wow!!

[@АлександрЗахаров-с8ф3ы]

Эта гонка паровозов просто СУППЕР!!!Респект организаторам и участникам!!!👍👍👍👏👏👏🤝🤝🤝

[@kawasakiz76]

Great video! All great locomotives!! That Garrett though!!! 👀

[@dennisb9157]

Didn't know a Garrett is still operational! Amazing! Over here in the US, the Union Pacific brought back to life a Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 articulated locomotive weighing in at over 1,500,000 lbs, 132 feet long, and 6,000 horsepower . Just incredible.

[@revrup]

Warmed my ❤️! There’s just something about a steam locomotive.

[@XDHwilks]

Amazing! Great to see we can do stuff like this, from the train race to the triple headers we get down in Vic. Great video!

[@Tank-Battles]

Steamfest 2023's Great Train Race was absolutely spectacular! The power and beauty of those steam locomotives are unmatched. Thanks for capturing and sharing this thrilling event!

[@Uls_ra]

Thank you for the great video! From Japan

[@dongeorge4037]

I don't think I've ever seen an engine like old 6029. Magnificant!

[@evannationarmy7769]

The people in the trains are probably the luckiest people alive! I would love to be in a train race!

[@jamespell8091]

Aren't they though. I am very envious

[@themtoniraniremaxbroker2447]

Wow... Many Many Thanks from Canada!!

[@Mr_Overtake]

Ваааааах До чего же ЭПИЧНОЕ зрелище! Не представляю, какие эмоции у зрителей и участников

[@HandleCarefully925]

This is without a doubt the coolest steam locomotive video EVER! I love these machine and am always encouraged to see enthusiasts restore them into working condition again. Well done guys!!

[@raybame5816]

Wonderful weather, great video and editing, beautiful engines, excellent track and grounds and so well done I could almost smell the coal smoke. Also loved the restored diesels. But this being nostalgia, I can also hear mom complaining 'cause the smoke from trains passing our house raised havoc with her line of wash. 79 y/o USA.

[@alanhsimette287]

Steam locomotives are the coolest machines ever built. Thank you for posting this wonderful video

[@greghayes9118]

What a blast! I couldn't think of a better day out. It's one of the few things I miss about living in NSW.

[@timfay7617]

What a PERFECT video!!!! Those beautiful machines, exhaust hammering, whistles blowing, and the SMOKE! Nice job with this!

[@leokimvideo]

Poor 3801, just couldn't get any traction at the start. She was left for dead. How did they get the trains to run against the stop signals without triggering the brakes

[@NightmareKato]

Steam engines aren't typically equipped with positive control unless it's been added on.

[@NightmareKato]

I think the diesel locomotive at the back of their consist may have been partly to blame.

[@trainstrains1]

Locomotives in this country aren't typically fitted with trip gear to interact with the train stop attached to the signals. Alternatively, where trains are fitted with trip gear, the train stops can be suppressed (lowered) so that they don't interfere with the train.

[@hmcredfed1836]

they unplugged the wlan cabel

[@WillowDaChild]

Wait a damn minute

[@joekluepfel1280]

The best KZbin video I've ever seen!!! What a sight watching those 4 steam engines running!!! Thank You for posting!

[@VictorTanzig1]

Amazing video! I was actually there onboard the 3801. Great fun!

[@Pardeepfaridabad]

Wow it's amazing 👌👌👌

[@kenyork1107]

This was awesome, love this wish I could of been there to see that in person.

[@danielboone3770]

Awesome trains here too! 😍😍😍😍

[@anjanghosh52]

Amazing video of steam locos, thanks and love from India.

[@CombatRadio]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🚦 Amazing race & beautiful Steam Locomotives 😁

[@Ferga007]

Nagyon köszönöm ezt az élményt. 55 éves elmúltam és én még utaztam gőzmozdonyos vonaton. Mikor elindult a 4 gőzös... Hát megkönnyeztem. Annyira meghatott. Eszembe jutott a gyerekkorom mikor utoljára élőben hallottam a mozdony hangját. Nagyszerű látvány volt a 4 vonat. Szívesen felszállnék újra egyre. Hallgatni a csühögését. Talán már sose lesz részem benne.

[@adler000]

Awesome event + video 🚂👍 I would have loved to have seen that in person 🇦🇺🇩🇪

[@RailfanRowan]

This is incredible!! Have never seen anything like this!! Amazing!!

[@ripplesonroad]

Loved this, awesome never witnessed such a train race.

[@rorirocks6663]

That big AD60 Garrett took off like a rocket

[@MercOne]

Wow what a stunning video. Just amazing to see this.

[@RhysAU]

It should be noted that The Great Train Race, isn't the trains racing each other, but rather all trains racing a Tiger Moth Plane flying overhead. I will also mention that the principal sponsor of the race is the Australian Rail and Track Corporation, the owner of much of the country's standard gauge railways. The company, in turn, is owned by the Australian people via the Commonwealth Government.

[@MySteamChannel]

Real good, thank you.

[@Kris-pc5ze]

Omg, I'm so grateful to have seen this today. The sounds and everything about them was so beautiful. I almost cried 😢❤

[@robertomoltrasio1765]

THIS VIDEO MADE ME CRAZY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I`M FAN OF STEAM TRAINS!

[@hokehinson5987]

The design, engineering, manufacturing & maintenance of those machines are marvelous! It's the day of iron men & wooden ships....

[@survroproductions200]

this isn't a simple formula one race that you would typically see. This is something predecedent. There is something legendary about seeing such giant machines at speed and seeing them competing with each other... as they fly away, spitting fire. Roaring until they get to the last station. This, is the true experiecnce i would like to see.

[@ParaopebaRailways]

Magnificent presentation, deserved like, greetings from Brazil

[@danielthoman7324]

I've never seen anything like that before. Very exciting! ❤️

[@jacktattis]

Let us all thank the people who keep these going. Absolutely magnificent.

[@Flymochairman1]

Great video indeed! Nice one!

[@irelandbloke]

Awesome shots of beautiful trains ! 👍

[@royalcityjazz]

Well this is the coolest event I have ever seen.

[@jeevakumarramachandran2038]

The most exciting video I have ever see. Words cannot describe it. Amazing, fantastic, unbelievable just out of this world. A lot of childhood memories. I remember I used to watch them all the time mesmerized watching all those moving parts of the engine when I was a kid in India. Thank you so much for the video. Sheer joy.

[@carcaridon]

Looks like Gordon and Percy have been going to the gym of late.

[@1320fastback]

This is the best thing I've seen in the internet all week.

[@c-historia]

great video!! 🚂

[@nationeer]

9:43 is a cool shot with the other 2 trains catching up

[@chinmayjoshi7061]

Yes, thats the best shot in the video

[@hallstuart6604]

Omg this is amazing!!!

[@kanishkabokephoderailaviat6977]

Worlds most epic scene 11:20 🔥

[@ChessieSystem1973]

I absolutely love the shots of 6029 leading the pack.

[@Noobixm]

No, the diesel at the end isn’t secretly driving the train It’s there to provide dynamic braking and to act as a generator for the cars

[@s71402san]

Like an improvised caboose?

[@Noobixm]

@@s71402san kind of

[@jsa-z1722]

WOW!!!! Amazing footage! Absolutely brilliant! 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@jodyreeder4820]

Great seeing steamys from a different contentant anytime

[@tinaschoolcollegedays8709]

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO FOR ALL TRAIN LOVERS ! THANK YOU & SALUTE ALL TEAM OF The Great Train Race VIDEO !

[@esterribeirotrens.8456]

Um espetáculo nos trilhos!! Inscrita no Canal!! Parabéns amigo!

[@joelramonzapata1746]

Buenísimo 💪💪💯

[@RailwayVideos.]

Probably the best trains video out there

[@roadtrain_]

This wasn't really a race... but it was absolutely incredible to watch.

[@clockwork3494]

How so? I agree that it's incredible to watch but I don't really see how it "wasn't really a race" It's not like we can send these steamers flying as fast as they can, speed regulations still apply to them due to the track they run on and there's only so fast they can go. No hate or anything and I apologize if my comment comes off in that way, I'm just a little puzzled and curious as to what you mean as to me it reads as if you were expecting them to race like the Supercars at Bathurst lol

[@roadtrain_]

@@clockwork3494 If it was an actual race I doubt they'd all be that close to one another for the entire thing. I may be wrong but I would've expected there to be more of a difference. And don't worry, no offense taken.

[@clockwork3494]

@@roadtrain_ Ah, yeah I can understand that As I mentioned in my first reply though they are still limited by speed regulations in place, mostly due to the law but also for safety reasons as they do still carry passengers during the race. So while it is considered a race, I can also see how some may not see it in the same sense. While I can't speak for those who have been around to see these events longer than myself, I haven't particularly heard of exceptions being made even for special events like this either. This means that they can't exactly throw the regulator open and send them down the line exceeding speed zones without repercussions, but I do agree it would be fun to see them do so, powering ahead to go as fast as possible Glad I didn't come across as rude though, I tend to get worried people may take what I say in the wrong way thus I feel I have to specify it isn't my intention lol

[@matgee8892]

@@clockwork3494 They're just playing. Two of them were pulling diesel locomotives and some parts of the track are considerably longer than others so there is no way it would be so close if it were an actual race. They are just putting on a show for the passengers and onlookers while keeping it safe and at a reasonable speed.

[@NyanyiC]

Who said races have to be fast .

[@leotroy9877]

Oh My Gosh!!! This was amazing, part of me thought CGI and then bewildered!...who gets to see this?!! so incredible

[@bryceadams5595]

I love this show because I love real trains

[@Leoferroviadoaco]

Sensational these Maria smoke a filming show just with this video you gained a lot of subscribers thanks friend I'm from Rio de Janeiro Brazil

[@keneng2172]

凄い！ この遊び心は日本にも欲しい。

[@blabbergasted4380]

Outstanding production! Thanks for the hard work.

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Good video, like🤩👍👍👍

[@ponyrang]

My best friend, OMG! So wonderful! I really love this! Thank you so much!

[@TheSouthern4501]

Something like this will never happen in the states, not only because the big class 1 railroads wont allow it but the government wont allow it, the cities wont allow it and the public wont allow it, BUT if it was possible I'd say the top four contenders would be the Norfolk&Western 611, Nickel Plate 765, Union Pacific 844 and Santa Fe 1522

[@JonsGarage89]

100% amtrak and the class 1s with their crappy insurance companies wouldnt allow it. People would LOVE it though.

[@thetrainstation2helpee933]

Sir, 1522 is not ATSF, it is St. Louis and San Francisco, also known as the Frisco.

[@china-trip]

My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day! Keep it up! +thumb up3!

[@Tortoc]

Мощь! Гретта Тумберг уже в реанимации бьётся в конвульсиях)))

[@JawTooth]

That was the most amazing railway video that I have ever seen!😮😊🎉

[@goergepepperall]

I was there on 3801

[@rahulthaware9117]

me too

[@davidrumbelow]

Stunning video, thanks