World Famous Puffing Billy - Engine shed Tour 2015

(HD) World Famous Puffing Billy - Locomotive Shed Tour 22nd May 2015
Informative and interesting interview by John Hoy, Manager, Operations and Engineering. A big thank you to Nadine Hutchins Marketing Manager for organising my visit. Thank you also to the drivers and other staff for a most welcoming and enjoyable visit to Puffing Billy Steam Railway in Belgrave, Victoria, Australia.
Thank you also to Michelle Dudden for partly directing and as camera women.
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[@jw1962]

My poppa drove that G42 Moe to Erica many years and thanks restoration it

[@RommelRibis]

Nice video, keep up the good content...

[@Crosshead1]

Fantastic video Sean. I've ridden on PB a few times but I doubt that most people who visit PB have any idea just how much work, not to mention money, is involved in keeping those glorious engines working. Thank you so much for posting.

[@comengsh]

I find G42’s 2-6-0 wheel arrangement fascinating. Nice job, Beyer Peacock! 👍

[@martingriffiths3380]

Thanks a great insight to the work that goes on and how costly all the work and restoration actually is .....a great tour

[@aussi3212]

wow mate this video is excellent , good job

[@nitramretep]

Very informative video, thank you!

[@gregmcculloch582]

Great Video, excellent information .
That last several seconds... It could be on any narrow gauge RR in the world. I have a similar video I took in 2010 on the Cumbres and Toltec in the early autumn/fall, and the colours of the forests are very similar. Here in Queensland the Pioneer Rwy Preservation Society at Swanbank 3'6", again similar. Same problem for both prior mentioned is finance.

[@STEVEHARLEY1956]

Good video Sean...Steve.~

[@XxBec3509]

Thanks Steve ..This one is one of my favorite videos... no script just put together with the best bits

[@XxBec3509]

I hope to visit Oz again one day to catch some more of your scenic railways.. The terrain in Oz is so diverse, I didn't expect it to be so lush green at PB railway.. fantastic place to have visited

[@WOLFROY47]

hes talking broad gauge, surely he meant standard gauge ? 6 : 21, i could be wrong, The most common railway gauges in Australia are narrow (1,067 mm or 3 ft 6 in), standard (1,435 mm or 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in standard gauge) and broad (1,600 mm or 5 ft 3 in) gauges. The narrower 610 mm or 2 ft gauge is found on shorter lines, particularly sugarcane tramways in Queensland. but not brunels 7 ft⁄4 in (2,140 mm)

[@Palifiox]

Victorian Government Railways in the 1800s chose the broad five foot three inch gauge, so when he said broad gauge he meant exactly what he said. The colony of Victoria was awash with gold rush money at the time. If I recall correctly the colony originally chose standard gauge but the engineer who started building changed the gauge without much consultation. New South Wales chose standard gauge and stuck to it, . Queensland was relatively impoverished so chose three feet six inches in 1863 or 64 with the first short line completed in 1865. The story goes that there was less than a pound in the colony treasury when there was a large gold discovery at Gympie in 1869, saving the colony from bankruptcy. South Australia and Western Australia chose three feet six inches.

[@lukeyboy2637]

what type of whistle do the locomotives have?

[@CGT867]

And a guest appearance by Michael Palin.

[@WOLFROY47]

do you still have a shiny shovel, for cooking breakfast, or do you just use a rock or the car bonnet ?

[@hi-ym1zc]

I like 6A

[@WOLFROY47]

fair dinkum cobber, shel be right, bonzer, sheer arse love it, good on yu sport

[@WOLFROY47]

miss the days when we could get, legs of lamb and butter from OZ before europe that is

[@nicoledance1909]

what is new in this wicked system, its like they are in every industry., you go to shop in Coles, Woolies, you fill up at your petrol station, they are everywhere, schools, scouts ,your local masons, Government positions, local councils and not to forget the police force cover ups. Its all inexcusable when people knew about and decided to do nothing about it. They are just as responsible as the offender. But in that case ,we basically would need to go bush and buy nothing , support nothing to get away from it all, very hard to do in these times where we need even our basic necessities. from companies where these kind of people could be working.

[@WOLFROY47]

whats wrong with feet and inches, i cant get my head around. this bloody metric, i still visualize everything in feet, what the hells a gram, do you think ime a chemist or a drug dealer, i spent half my life in engeneering