I can remember when 6029 was doing runs between Wollongong and Scarborough on a long weekend. We hit the straight prior to Thirroul, the driver opened her up, and oh boy, the sound and the power. Absolutely loved it. This was when she was still at the Canberra museum.
The diesel is only to provide power to the carriages, and as a failsafe incase the steam locomotive happens to have a breakdown or if it struggles at any point, there's videos showing exactly why a lot of steam pulled trains have diesels at the rear nowadays, the one that immediately comes to mind is the video of 3801 getting stuck on an incline due to unfortunate circumstances
I can remember when 6029 was doing runs between Wollongong and Scarborough on a long weekend. We hit the straight prior to Thirroul, the driver opened her up, and oh boy, the sound and the power. Absolutely loved it. This was when she was still at the Canberra museum.
What a fabulous sight, and sound. Done good Jamie!
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That a amazing machine
Stood beside this beast at Wagga.Very thing about it is big
That was epic!
What a great video and fabulous restoration. In the uk and this made me very homesick.
To see a 60, yes but in the UK you can see and/or ride on a steam train every day of the year.
Thank you
Great video mate, that sounds awesome.
Brilliant ❤️ 🙏
Very nice.
Nice work ☺️
What a sight! Didn't sound like the 45 was doing much work?
Sounds like it is just in neutral, idling away forming part of the load. Seventeen cars plus 45, so around 860 tonnes.
@@SydneyRoverIt probably was there mainly to provide electricity for the carriages and in case the Garrett lost traction.
Eu adoro trens, e locomotivas. Onde eu moro, não existe mais. Por causa de políticos desenteressados.
Obrigado por assistir!
What a great video…. When did that happen
Earlier today
Whats the operational top speed of a Beyer-Garratt, and I'm assuming this is standard gauge?
75km/h and yes it’s on standard gauge in the Southern Highlands of NSW
They could do 100 k/h when pushed in regular service as told to me by an old driver.
1435mm
Cool
The Aurora Cars are finally going home.
And it could have done it without the diesel on the back
The diesel is only to provide power to the carriages, and as a failsafe incase the steam locomotive happens to have a breakdown or if it struggles at any point, there's videos showing exactly why a lot of steam pulled trains have diesels at the rear nowadays, the one that immediately comes to mind is the video of 3801 getting stuck on an incline due to unfortunate circumstances