Einfach cool diese Loks haben eine Seele ich liebe es vielen herzlichen Dank ich wünschte mir einmal mit dem Lokführer und Heizer auf die Lok liebe Grüße Jessica patzwald aus Pfullingen baden Württemberg
Yeah they really do don’t they, just fantastic machines! Well if there is any steam railway bits around I would throughly recommend it, one of my favourite things to do is drive and fire locomotives!
The Germans and Australians are the only ones as far as I know who do this on a regular basis. The Brits can't do it because something bad might happen like it could be a resounding success. The Australians call it a "great train race" but it's just parallel running the same as in Germany with the winner decided before the "race" has even started. In 1988 British loco Flying Scotsman participated in two in the state of Victoria with no ill effects and her owner at the time Sir William McAlpine thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience watching his engine perform at speed from another steam hauled train whilst drinking French champagne.
Very well said! They are fantastic events. They used to do them a lot at the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway, however haven’t done one for a while. Maybe one day we might see a parallel run on UK metals as a part of some steam anniversary, one can dream!
@@trainswithlewis8 Yes Lewis you could check out some of ours if you wish for two are held each year one in Sydney at heritage expo and the other in Newcastle at steam fest. Some even have a cameraman on the footplate of one of the locos. In 2010 the great train race at Newcastle had a cameraman on the footplate of an engine built in 1901 racing two others built in 1917 and 1926. There's a good one in Sydney in 2018 filmed from both trains with the 1917 built loco racing a Garratt built in 1953. All trains have a diesel on the rear and the one behind the 1917 built loco is only four years younger than the Garratt. All these videos are right here on YT.
Here's our latest one Lewis filmed in April 2024 between a 1953 Garratt and a 1917 4-6-0. This view is taken aboard the Garratt's train. th-cam.com/video/43tLAC3zzww/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CrSHuMBHj_8uX1_3 Here's the other view of the race from the 4-6-0's train th-cam.com/video/Ex7eePJt8ks/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xkudOr-laHomniMQ
They are both awesome videos, would love to ride behind any of those locos during that run. Love how they aren’t afraid of hanging on the whistles as well 🤌🏼 thanks for sharing
@@trainswithlewis8 Here's the same two engines Lewis but back in 2018 in our other train race venue from Sydney out to Strathfield. Yes they hang on the whistles here too and the weather was being very "English" on this day but that doesn't stop us from having fun. On the front of the Garratt the letters DC stand for Dual Control which in steam days meant that the crew could always face the direction of travel whether the loco was going forwards or backwards and the double ++ means enlarged cylinders taking the tractive effort from 59,950lbs to 63,000lbs. The Garratt weighs 260tons. The diesel 4403 is only four years younger than the Garratt being built in 1957 and retired from service in 1996. th-cam.com/video/vgUS80C85zU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NarA7kuP0dS0dcPe
@@trainswithlewis8 In the days of steam Lewis about 1,500 tons but they often double headed with other classes like the 35 which although an express passenger loco had been taken off express passenger trains by the influx of diesels. The Garratts also doubled headed with another Garratt and although 4 have survived into preservation only 6029 has been restored to working order. They were never bought to work passenger trains as they only have driving wheels of four foot seven and half inches. The 35's driving wheels aren't large either at five foot nine inches but it's due to our steep grades an the other three classes of of mainline passenger engines of the 32 class which has five foot driving wheels and the 36 and 38 which have five foot nine inch driving wheels. Locos like a Jubilee or Duchess with six foot nine inch driving wheels or 18 201 at seven feet seven inches aren't suited to our steep winding gradients. When Flying Scotsman was here in 1988 she worked up Tumulla Bank which is a winding 1 in 44 gradient but she had a 38 class assisting her as she'd never be able to pull 11 heavy mainline coaches up a grade that steep
Here's an earlier great train race from 2010 but this time the view is from the cab of one of the locos in this three engine race, 3265. She was built in 1901 and 3526 here in unlined black livery as worn by her in the 1950's and 60's. The third loco is 3642 built in 1926 which is an updated version of the 35 with a "turret" tender which gave increased coal and water capacity which the 35's lacked. th-cam.com/video/_ML3CV9y9QU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JR4kjfXm029wHKH0
You've smashed it with this one Lewis! The noise these locos make is nothing short of addictive!!
Yeah it was amazing! Still can’t believe it!
Einfach cool diese Loks haben eine Seele ich liebe es vielen herzlichen Dank ich wünschte mir einmal mit dem Lokführer und Heizer auf die Lok liebe Grüße Jessica patzwald aus Pfullingen baden Württemberg
Yeah they really do don’t they, just fantastic machines! Well if there is any steam railway bits around I would throughly recommend it, one of my favourite things to do is drive and fire locomotives!
The Germans and Australians are the only ones as far as I know who do this on a regular basis. The Brits can't do it because something bad might happen like it could be a resounding success. The Australians call it a "great train race" but it's just parallel running the same as in Germany with the winner decided before the "race" has even started. In 1988 British loco Flying Scotsman participated in two in the state of Victoria with no ill effects and her owner at the time Sir William McAlpine thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience watching his engine perform at speed from another steam hauled train whilst drinking French champagne.
Very well said! They are fantastic events. They used to do them a lot at the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway, however haven’t done one for a while. Maybe one day we might see a parallel run on UK metals as a part of some steam anniversary, one can dream!
@@trainswithlewis8 Yes Lewis you could check out some of ours if you wish for two are held each year one in Sydney at heritage expo and the other in Newcastle at steam fest. Some even have a cameraman on the footplate of one of the locos. In 2010 the great train race at Newcastle had a cameraman on the footplate of an engine built in 1901 racing two others built in 1917 and 1926.
There's a good one in Sydney in 2018 filmed from both trains with the 1917 built loco racing a Garratt built in 1953. All trains have a diesel on the rear and the one behind the 1917 built loco is only four years younger than the Garratt. All these videos are right here on YT.
Thanks for dharing
No worries at all, glad you enjoyed :):)
Here's our latest one Lewis filmed in April 2024 between a 1953 Garratt and a 1917 4-6-0. This view is taken aboard the Garratt's train. th-cam.com/video/43tLAC3zzww/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CrSHuMBHj_8uX1_3
Here's the other view of the race from the 4-6-0's train th-cam.com/video/Ex7eePJt8ks/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xkudOr-laHomniMQ
They are both awesome videos, would love to ride behind any of those locos during that run. Love how they aren’t afraid of hanging on the whistles as well 🤌🏼 thanks for sharing
@@trainswithlewis8 Here's the same two engines Lewis but back in 2018 in our other train race venue from Sydney out to Strathfield. Yes they hang on the whistles here too and the weather was being very "English" on this day but that doesn't stop us from having fun. On the front of the Garratt the letters DC stand for Dual Control which in steam days meant that the crew could always face the direction of travel whether the loco was going forwards or backwards and the double ++ means enlarged cylinders taking the tractive effort from 59,950lbs to 63,000lbs. The Garratt weighs 260tons. The diesel 4403 is only four years younger than the Garratt being built in 1957 and retired from service in 1996.
th-cam.com/video/vgUS80C85zU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NarA7kuP0dS0dcPe
@@AussiePom it’s impressive that you’ve got a working garratt that is mainline certified. Would love to see how much one of those could pull.
@@trainswithlewis8 In the days of steam Lewis about 1,500 tons but they often double headed with other classes like the 35 which although an express passenger loco had been taken off express passenger trains by the influx of diesels. The Garratts also doubled headed with another Garratt and although 4 have survived into preservation only 6029 has been restored to working order. They were never bought to work passenger trains as they only have driving wheels of four foot seven and half inches. The 35's driving wheels aren't large either at five foot nine inches but it's due to our steep grades an the other three classes of of mainline passenger engines of the 32 class which has five foot driving wheels and the 36 and 38 which have five foot nine inch driving wheels. Locos like a Jubilee or Duchess with six foot nine inch driving wheels or 18 201 at seven feet seven inches aren't suited to our steep winding gradients.
When Flying Scotsman was here in 1988 she worked up Tumulla Bank which is a winding 1 in 44 gradient but she had a 38 class assisting her as she'd never be able to pull 11 heavy mainline coaches up a grade that steep
Here's an earlier great train race from 2010 but this time the view is from the cab of one of the locos in this three engine race, 3265. She was built in 1901 and 3526 here in unlined black livery as worn by her in the 1950's and 60's. The third loco is 3642 built in 1926 which is an updated version of the 35 with a "turret" tender which gave increased coal and water capacity which the 35's lacked.
th-cam.com/video/_ML3CV9y9QU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JR4kjfXm029wHKH0
Germany know how to do proper steam whistles 🚂
Still can’t hear after the blast of the whistle.
I was on that same ride. I think that i was in the last car and would always look on the right side of the train
Oh that’s really cool, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did?
@@trainswithlewis8 i enjoyed it very much
@@warriorpredator128 glad to hear it! :):)
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