Australian Steam: Cabride R711 to Warrnambool 

My dad is there! RIP Vic

so excited that today this journey is to be recreated for the first time in 14 years!

Brings back good memory's of all the rides and the work I did on that loco its hard to believe that Gary Mc Donald has been dead 11 years and West Coast Railway has been gone nearly 10 years thanks Trevor for sharing this

Fantastic video! I was lucky enough to travel on a service hauled by R711 one day.

thanks for the cab ride, much appreciated. i note differences of opinion amongst some of the comments. i suspect you are all right. i've observed some of the arguments on northern hemisphere sites mostly to do with yanks observing pommy driving techniques and vice versa. thirty five years ago i could have asked my dad who fired everything in victoria in the forties and drove everything except the h and the s's, but he's not around anymore. one of the contributing factors was an illness often suffered by enginemen and firemen. all that coal. do i mean black lung? no all that heat and hard work generates a big thirst for beer. my favourite comment goes to pacnat007. thanks for a special insight. my dad, in spite of the hard work, thought it was a privilege to operate most of the engines. he disliked the e's.

I used to take my boys to watch The Westcoaster on the down and up every saturday :) I miss her and Gary McDonald

Great footage from inside the cab and all the controls.

que alegría seria poner a manejar a los abuelos q en sus epocas hicieron esto.yo creo q llorarian de la emocion my buen video

love the vid mate!!! keep it up!

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Sadly the "west" scenery is as boring as all get out,but seeing the controls on the trip was great,and that whistle....brilliant.

The driver on the outward leg to Warrnambool seems to be using an awful lot of regulator.

It looked as though the fireman had an easy time?

Quick question for what are the brown handels?( the diesel loco styled ones )

the driver seems prtetty layed back

Am I able to use the footage for a documentary i"m making on R711's return to Warrnambool?

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