Good to see this. Pity that after going to the effort and expense of titles, that the wheel arrangement was wrong. The R being a 4-6-4 not the 4-8-4 mistake in the title. Now if you had movie film of the VR H class 4-8-4 220 in service then that would be amazing. Only seen a newsreel scrap of the H stationary at Newport when new.
This is a pity that the both the R class and the J class were scrapped to prematurely average mileages on the Js 540,000, miles the R class 550 to 620,00 miles the wheel bearings hardly broken in
Good to see this.
Pity that after going to the effort and expense of titles, that the wheel arrangement was wrong. The R being a 4-6-4 not the 4-8-4 mistake in the title.
Now if you had movie film of the VR H class 4-8-4 220 in service then that would be amazing. Only seen a newsreel scrap of the H stationary at Newport when new.
Excellent, thanks for sharing.
I see a bit of SAR footage has snuck into the film. A 700 class perhaps, on the Willunga line?
I will be uploading 3 more videos about the Melbourne limited. I met Tom Binns.
1:40 correct me if I’m wrong but Moorabool Viaduct
This is a pity that the both the R class and the J class were scrapped to prematurely average mileages on the Js 540,000, miles the R class 550 to 620,00 miles the wheel bearings hardly broken in
What R was considered the best.?
Eg X31 was best of its class