Richmond Vale Railway, 1971-73.
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- The Richmond Vale Railway, running from Hexham, NSW, had the dubious distinction of being the last "non preserved" steam railway operating in Australia. It closed on the 22nd September, 1987. These scenes were filmed between 1971 and 1973.
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I remember watching these locos hauling their string of coal wagons to Hexham , across the Minmi breakwater .
Incredible film, great to see the 2-8-0 ROD locos still working.
Simply brilliant. Wonderful memories.
I love these videos. They are like time travel. I imagine myself there and then. In reality, I would've been seven years old in 1971. I do remember this young I loved trains. Thank you.
Number 23 has got more steam coming from other parts than the chimney on that level crossing at the colliery. Very funny.
Great video.
Phil was a clever man to record all that he did. This video is a brilliant look at the former glory of the SMR network. I never thought I would actually see video of the other classes that operated on the railways.
You have killed me wuth joy from watching this video
Great video.
Saw the SMR when I moved to Sydney in 72.
Lovely to seetheold Robinson 2 8 0s Love to see them run again
So when are you getting one in O scale?
There is one left in England in preservation on the GCR, who they were originally built for.. There were hundreds of them built and several went through 2 world wars. They went through several rebuilds on the LNER There is a wealth of information on Wikipedia, ROD 2-8-0's. Lovely engines.
This wonderful Thanks smooch. :-)
Thanks for the video I worked on plenty of 50 class
Been from the UK it’s nice to see locos I’m familiar with oversees and still working correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t there a couple of the ROD’s still around?
Yes a few RODs survived into preservation.
Many Thanks to you Phil & your Brother for getting as much N.S.W. steam as you could back then , We'll be forever in debt to your family efforts to see things like this ever again , I just wish that "those at the top" would've seen some intelligence to keep it alive for the future generations to come as I'm sure that it would be worth money in the tourism scene & I for 1 miss that fantastic era! , I've managed to model a SMR 10 class loco & train in N scale which anyone can see in my list of videos that I've done if they're interested.
What a fantastic video!! Thank you.
Alan Wells Thankyou Alan, that means a lot.
Wonderful footage. Looking at those loco designs, they appear to be straight out of a Pommy loco catalogue.
Bet you wish you could film it again with your present camera!
I visited the site in it's latter years, but I can also remember the right angle crossing and the gates at Hexham, then in in it's decline the sad long rows of locomotives waiting their fate as scrap cheers Dennis
Those Kitson 2-8-2 Tanks are lovely looking things.
The Kitson tanks and ROD 2-8-0s are very beautiful indeed, however i've always thought that the SMR 10 class are extremely ugly.
Hi im just wondering if you have anymore footage of Richmond Vale Railway. As the video of Richmond Vale Railway 1971-73 has my late grandfather in it. He is the gentleman you see up close doing work on the train. He was one of the Train Drivers. He started with them when it was J&A Brown. Kind Regards Laura
Wonderful, great to see Mr Robinson's fine locomotives still at work.!
The tank locos look like a tank version of Robinson's 2-8-0. Does anyone know of their history please.?
Those where a group of three 2-8-2t locomotives built by Kitson, one in 1908 and two more in 1911. Dispite their appearance, they where not designed by Robinson, as they where designed based off of his Gcr 8a (lner q4). They where said to be good engines and where actually the mainstays of the fleet untill the RODs arrived. After that they slowly became standby locomotives.
Two are preserved, the 1908 built number 9 'Pelaw Main' and 1911 sister number 10 'Richmond Main'. Both are preserved at the Richmond Vale Railway Museum.
Number 11 'Hexham' was scrapped in 1966.
@@jacobditmars8414 Thanks Jacob for that information, I thought that I had read that they were conversions from Robinson's tender 2-8-0's.
Heavy shunts even bent the front of their frames like the 04's !
ATB.
Hi Belbin Video - do you have an email address so I can write to you please regarding a new railway documentary I'm involved with? Kind regards, David
Hi David, belvid@tpg.com.au
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Something I am wondering: why is it that at 8:14, It's quite visible the RODs don't seem have their built cab roofs, as ones visible have their supporting ribs on the top side rather than them hidden. Was there any particular reason for that change?
Also, though all those engines probably had a rough shunt or 3, number 10 looks like it's had a particularly bad time of it with those bent running boards.
My guess about the ribs.
If in the previous near fifty years of use, if any crew hit their heads on the sharp rib edge then it would be obvious to put them out of harms way on top. Or even if the potential for injury was identified. No need to keep the locos looking nice or original. Nor any UK loading gauge issues. I would expect the shed staff to be a hands on group of can do tradesmen not needing the usual railway management approval process to implement a simple good idea to help their mates.
Of course we may never know if the change happened to far back for the reason to be recorded as important or even remembered by anyone.
@@johnd8892 as it turns out, I messed up here. If you look at the gcr 8ks that these engines where based on, they share the top-side ribs, as do other GCR locomotives. I hadn't realised that when I first comented. My bad.
Regardless, I do think of it as a interesting design feature, as other engines, including those on the Richmond vale, usually have all supports hiden with relatively smooth tops on the cabs. It seems to have been a preference of Robinson's, as the same feature is present on several other engines of his.