Australian steam locomotive 3801 - An Epic Struggle Up Young Bank

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On Sunday April 12th, 1998, 3801 arrived in Young with a tour from Sydney. It was the first train to travel on the branch in some time, and on the way in knocked quite a bit of long grass over and on to the rail head. Just as the train was due to depart heading south back out of town it began to rain, and with the loco now running tender first (due to there being no way to turn it) it was unable to lay sand efficiently. This, combined with the rail head now being covered in wet, crushed grass created an epic struggle for 3801 to make it back up the grade.

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@jorgenvids9338 4 года назад

i love how sharp and crisp the exhaust beats sound.

@richardscathouse 4 года назад

Overpressure! I was afraid he was going to blow it up!

@TheNoogaRailfan 4 года назад

richardscathouse, steam locomotives have a safety valve that pops when the locomotive exceeds a safe boiler pressure. The sharp exhaust beats are largely to do with the reverser and throttle being open or closed, mostly depending on the situation (in this case, battling a steep grade with a loaded train).

@harryrobinson2901 4 года назад

richardscathouse nothing to do with overpressure, the safety valves would sort that. Just the shape of the blast pipe that’s making the racket.

@jameskelly7743 4 года назад

The ‘Nooga Railfanmar

@zerokei9403 4 года назад

The valves were set by one of the best in the business.

@lachlanjenkin7701 Год назад

its amazing how the crew didn't give up they deserve medals for there efforts

@dallasjsallad Год назад

How would they give up? They’d be stuck lol.

@Big1_ Год назад

wow yes, so brave and strong!!!!!! Our heroes!!

@tomtalk24 4 года назад

There is nothing like seeing pure power and stressed metals pulling tons of weight as friction the area of a small coin fails.

@infinitethenextkazekage392 4 года назад

tomtalk24 that’s one was to say it

@ghostrider-be9ek 3 года назад

the PSI of that single coin contact patch is what, 5 tons? (I have no idea)

@EfficientTrout 3 года назад

as everything is being digital and solid state, people came to appreciate mechanical thing now

@charlestodt740 3 года назад

I think some people like steam loco. They do not see only stressed metals pulling tons of weight.

@loucam-l6214 2 года назад

Ironically the friction area of a small coin offers significant reduction of rolling resistance versus conventional rubber tires

@woodhonky3890 4 года назад

Bravo! No clickbait, no music. Nice!

@danielmcalister2713 4 года назад

NASCAR Martinsville 4.. See me ?. I know a few things about race car drivers.

@BoHolbo 4 года назад

Absolutely! (You and I have the same sense of quality, I think.🙃)

@surososuroso6457 4 года назад

@@danielmcalister2713 00

@yixnorb5971 4 года назад

Yeah but that's one sexy engine

@danielmcalister2713 4 года назад

@@yixnorb5971 Yep. Green was an odd color in the US.

@Wolfgodmak 4 года назад

Engine: Almost There........... (Slips) Engine: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

@AS_319 4 года назад

This made me laugh way too much

@TheChillGal 4 года назад

Wolf 3019 2:42

@Catalina._ 4 года назад

I always find steam trains to be a lot more entertaining to watch than fast electric trains

@thafff 4 года назад

Steam engines have that whimsical trait electric transmission just doesn't have, taming a stallion is way more spectacular than dealing with a draft horse. The fact you can control torque of an electric engine with power electronics is that's what makes it both reliable and bland in the end (unless you like the sound of power regulators, check here for reference ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0tDOVwVVBKY.html ).

@rexbentley8332 4 года назад

Takes a huge amount of work and trouble to keep a steam locomotive running as compared to electric or diesel, but they are a thing of mechanical beauty.

@arifqazi4428 4 года назад

The sound of Steam engine is so fascinating...I love them since my childhood

@WadcaWymiaru 4 года назад

@@thafff TRAXX is a powerfull beast compare to steam weaklings...

@thafff 4 года назад

@@WadcaWymiaru Not only it is powerful, but its power is way easier to harness.

@georgeknowles5327 4 года назад

I find it amazing that a steel wheel sitting on a steel rail can ever get enough friction to move at all.

@simontay4851 4 года назад

Maybe some sort of tyre could be put on the wheels for more traction.

@calebcurfman4415 4 года назад

Simon Tay Utterly useless. Not only would the rubber fail super early on, but the speed of a trail would be significantly reduced.

@georgeknowles5327 4 года назад

@@calebcurfman4415 I would agree at high speed but would also mention that the Montréal metro system uses rubber tyres. Smoother ride. Don't know about other metro systems.

@Santibag 4 года назад

@@georgeknowles5327 Metro trains can be lighter though. Main line trains are usually much heavier. Another problem with rubber tires is that they reduce the efficiency. Steel wheels/tires have very low rolling resistance.

@georgeknowles5327 4 года назад

@@Santibag Yes, I suppose that they're not much heavier than a bus.

@WBDE 4 года назад

As a U.S. locomotive engineer qualified on steam, I was very lucky to have been invited to ride this locomotive during their Long Lunch excursion from Sydney in 2000. My wife was competing as a member of the United States Equestrian Team during the 2000 Sydney Games and the excursion took place on her one day off which permitted me the time off to ride. This is a wonderful locomotive and the entire crew were very welcoming. It was a fantastic trip to Australia and I am grateful for the warm and friendly welcome we received.

@jellybean_91 4 года назад

This is amazing footage! Not only because it shows how beautifully 3801 has now been restored, but also to show the sheer power of this magnificent, Australian-built piece of engineering! Incredible to think that she's been around since 1943. (As a bonus, I was born in Young, so this footage has some personal significance as well.) Thank you so much for sharing!

@LCaddyStudios 3 года назад

I agree, 3801 definitely looks better today than it did in this video. Can’t wait to see people like this getting out and filming it more, you used to only be able to find videos from people who dragged a massive camera and tripod to a station platform and now you see groups of people filming with everything from DSLRs to iPads

@haroldwilkes6608 3 года назад

I was born in 1943, 3801 looks a lot better than i do...

@railtrolley 5 лет назад

Great video. Sound is superb. I have done this before: hand sanding in the rain, 1: 40 grade, sharp curves, and rusty head on the rail. The rain makes the rust particles from the spinning wheels into a slippery paste. The sharp curves that much harder to drag the train around. So much momentum is lost once the train reaches the curved and graded track. The crew did well here getting her over the bank.

@dunxy 4 года назад

Its a mixture of fun and frustration! Nice 8w in profile pic, healsville unit? I wish i still had my 6w :(

@MatheusKakarotoGamer 2 года назад

1:40

@viktordubowskii695 2 года назад

I love the no diesel helper like here in the USA you would have a diesel helper, here you have to make it on your own merit.

@itechiwizard83 5 лет назад

I can't respect you enough for the great work you have done properly documenting this. I felt like I was there.

@Anonymouse_Art_INC 3 года назад

It still blows my mind that something so heavy is still powerful enough to spin its wheels like that. Steam locomotives are amazing. Also, I would hate to have to be that guy with the shovel. One wrong move and let's just say a new shovel isn't gonna be the only new thing you need.

@canadiangamer5462 Год назад

welcome to the world of no traction becasue no sand wet rails and a hill equal not a good time

@adamdorris4081 4 года назад

So MUCH power! Just the traction thing. Incredible how much torque. Smoke them tires like nothing.

@urubairodrigues9287 3 года назад

Não entendi,a tal Lacomotivas? Não anda ,Nada! Só faz Barulho? Parece trem da R.f.f.

@user-nx8mc3om9r 4 года назад

The movement of those pistons was so satisfying

@SMTMainline 4 года назад

Amazing how the workers handled this situation, I can't imagine it was their first time doing it. I suspect part of the problem was because they were running the loco backwards so only 4 out of 6 driving wheels where getting sand since the sand shoots are located on the front of the wheel.

@Cragified 2 года назад

Sander spout is located in front of the first driven pair on these locomotives. Running in reverse it can't sand for drive traction. I'm not familiar with the station locations so maybe it originally had a turntable. Or the locomotives would enter in reverse so they could go up the grade forwards.

@VideoDotGoogleDotCom 2 года назад

@@Cragified Couldn't they have gone back downhill and sanded the tracks while doing so, then gone back uphill again, gaining momentum?

@kekistanifreedomfighter4197 4 года назад

Man, Australia has some beautiful streamlined engines

@bobw7066 5 лет назад

My maternal grandfather was a steam engine driver up until the late 60's, he would have loved to see and hear this as do I.

@johnmoore8016 4 года назад

I Love to hear the sound when the wheels are slipping on the rails like this one was. Old school railroading in my book. Thanks for a very good video. (Mississippi gulf coast, USA).

@EntertainmentWorldz 4 года назад

Excellent Great catch and video Thanks for sharing your work!

@sunderdass9893 3 года назад

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@ColtonBoltonNolton 3 года назад

@@sunderdass9893 you ok?

@vistashorttrackrailroad5797 2 года назад

great video, really shows how affective a little sand can be

@mikeaust1698 4 года назад

When I was a kid in Tasmania, we had a rail line through our farm on a short but steep grade. When it was really wet they used to often have to split the train. We were a couple of miles from Scottsdale.

@joelee662 4 года назад

That was incredible fast thinking engineers to put sand on the tracks a number of things could have gone wrong there where very lucky thanks for the video 👍🇺🇸

@ZoopZoop 4 года назад

I like how when the wheels spin, the train wobbles a little. Kinda makes me think of a person trying not to fall over on ice xD

@ZoopZoop 3 года назад

I agree. She's trying her best!

@juliusraben3526 3 года назад

Hahaha didnt saw it intill your comment

@iaingray3473 5 лет назад

nice videography to catch the wheelslip there. Seriously interesting, even kinda fun to watch. Something makes me doubt it was fun for the crew, though.

@Cyber_Horse_Studios87 4 года назад

This is the perfect example of what we have lost in the age of modern diesel trains... steams trains are just so much more amazing to look at, very well designed, and overall just beautiful works of art. If we had designed diesels to at Least LOOK like steam trains in a way, then maybe I would like them more. (I feel the same about the way classic cars look compared to modern cars, classic cars always look so much cooler.)

@davidhynd4435 5 лет назад

I grew up in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley. The coal was still moved by steam trains - from memory, well into the late 70's - and on cold winter mornings you could often hear the trains slipping on the tracks, along with the somewhat eerie sound of the train whistle. Wonderful machines. Not everything about progress is good.

@JerryNSretired 5 лет назад

Looks very familiar. I worked in the Norfolk Southern (US) shops. Sometimes on-track equipment would stall, and we couldn't get them in/out of the shops. So, like this video, we, too, took a box of sand and spread it under the wheels so as to get moving. We, too, had steam excursion engines, most notably NW 611. I also got to work with this engine.

@HeartlandTuber 4 года назад

That was absolutely fascinating. Well filmed from angles that really showed the viewer what was going on. Thanks for posting.

@highphysics3617 6 лет назад

WHAT VALIANT EFFORT. IT MAKES ONE FEEL AS THOUGH 3801 IS REALLY A LIVING THING.

@darioinfini 4 года назад

The little engine that almost could't. I'd like some sand I'd like some sand I'd like some sand I'd like some sand

@MattsMadnessOfficial 4 года назад

lol

@WadcaWymiaru 4 года назад

Loco was build by Ankin Skywalker...he HATE the sand!

@michaelnaisbitt1590 3 года назад

One thing about steam locomotives THEY NEVER QUIT

@trustyoldiron5416 3 года назад

2:32 It's very neat to see the fires intensity synchronising with the exhaust blasts.

@97channel 4 года назад

That's pretty much what it takes to get me up a flight of stairs, these days.

@haroldwilkes6608 3 года назад

Looked sort of like Biden climbing stairs...

@chiefstain 2 года назад

lol

@farkenbang1597 4 года назад

I worked at the SRA of NSW in Newcastle in the 1980's when 3801 was doing weekend runs. she would have to use the triangle between Broadmeadow/Islington and Hamilton and would be controlled by the signal box I was a Signalman at, ( Woodville junction ) It was glorious in full flight and throwing the levers to switch 3801 onto the main line involved quite a few tough lever pulls!

@alustyape 4 года назад

This reminds me of most of my childhood. As we live on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, the section through Whiston, which is between Huyton and Rainhill, where the Rainhill Trials took place is a gradient, our back garden was twice the height of the trains, many of which would have to stop right underneath us. The sound and the vibrations would go through you, but the desire to stay and watch was stronger than the fear of the noise..

@BornotB-xi6kg 4 года назад

3:40 My respects to that dude, I would've pissed myself getting that close to the wheels.

@wdowa94 4 года назад

Why not? The machine is slow, but powerfull

@mrb7931 4 года назад

@@wdowa94 it's dangerous also , how it immediately rotates fastly, it can Crush any human being easily.

@arbjful 4 года назад

when I was a kid, we still had steam locomotives, grandpa would take us to the station to show the locomotives. Standing near the wheels, sometimes steam would be released (i guess there is a valve near the wheels), and I would run away scared 🤣🤣🤣

@RHall1 4 года назад

Old Henry, he was giving it all he had.

@sabnavis51 3 года назад

During my childhood days, I too used to see how the engine used to struggle with wheel slips. The staff used to pour sand over the tracks to facilitate the engine for a smooth hauling. It's a trill even today to watch the steam engine. The Rhythematic noice it makes during it's travel is so mesmerizing. One has to feel it.

@89RASMUS 5 лет назад

Every engineers worst enemy: a soft drizzle.

@lonewolf2156 5 лет назад

Soft drizzle is nothing compared to wet leaves on the track

@89RASMUS 5 лет назад

@@lonewolf2156 True. At least that season is pretty limited in time. Here in sweden they have cut down the trees along the lines to prevent them from falling over the OHLE and a positive side effect is that we seldom get leaves on the tracks at all. :) I only ride on the northern parts of the system so I don´t know how it is in the south though...

@turokforever007 5 лет назад

in the UK the rail service have a excuse for all types of weather.

@bigkiwimike 5 лет назад

Very, very true.

@bigkiwimike 5 лет назад

turokforever007 The comment is indeed true. If it is going to rain, you want it to pour down. Drizzle, especially on rusty rail makes them very slippery.

@merylwade7578 4 года назад

An excellent video - so pleased you were there to record this!

@user-qz7nu3mm9r 4 года назад

nice cool video!

@Ralph2 6 лет назад

Great video all round, thank you very much!

@diesellocomotivefan5400 5 лет назад

Excellent video, shows good teamwork. The Engineer knower what he doing, and his crew know their stuff. Maybe, a double header lashed back to back would have made this excursion go a little less stressful. But that life of the railroad, the good with the less than good, but never bad.

@LelaE34 5 лет назад

Poor old train does not deserve the struggle. It's already put it's years in. Retire it and let it stand proud as a piece of history that people can climb thru and look at first hand.

@LelaE34 5 лет назад

@Minecraft777 That is awesome. When it was chugging so hard, it reminded me of myself and trying to breathe during an asthma attack so I felt so bad for it. I know, that's silly to say the least.

@tkx86 4 года назад

Awesome work on capturing this moment in time.

@NIGHTLAMP12345678 4 года назад

The Driver has great response to wheel slip and a feel for the grip and control of the power...most of the time...does concern they are digging sand from the bank that holds them up...:-) Great Footage

@johnflaherty9595 2 года назад

Sadly, I disagree. The driver DOESN'T have a great response. After the fourth time with the wheels spinning out, he should've simply got the train moving, ..then let it slowly chuff upward. He's mostly having trouble because he's trying to build speed and momentum, and there's simply not enough friction available to do that.

@Erdschmelze 4 года назад

2:42 bet he greased the track at this spot so he could get this footage xD

@LCaddyStudios 3 года назад

The dudes just laying sand on the tracks and spots an empty 44 gallon drum of lube on the side of the track

@Jerram89 3 года назад

Weirdly enough, “gunzel sabotage” actually contributed to a fatal accident involving this very locomotive in 1990. It is thought that handbrakes may have been applied by passengers on a steam special causing the train to wheel slip and stall on Cowan bank. The sand applied by the loco caused the track circuits to malfunction and the following inter urban train was given a wrong side green aspect and subsequently plowed into the back of the special.

@thatonec_set3730 3 года назад

@@Jerram89 oh the Cowan bank disaster, my pop and dad were in the cab of 3801 when it happened. They were in the cab because my pop used to drive 3801 until 2008, when I was born. He sadly passed away earlier this year...

@Sasha_Travel_street 3 года назад

Пробуксовка 😁

@Soarin-Ancient 3 года назад

@@thatonec_set3730 may he rest in peace and my condolence for his passing

@polarViking Год назад

The amount of torque on display here is just insane, i can only imagine how hard it must be to control such amount of power

@gettindirty4x4adventure 4 года назад

I remember seeing the 3801 pass by when I was a kid. Used to do a few runs between Newcastle and Sydney every few weeks. Gotta love the sound of an old steam loco!

@flamingfrancis Год назад

A 38 class used to regularly haul the Newcastle Flyer every day of the week. If it wasn't a 38 it would be a 36.

@TheMotodiaries 5 лет назад

You can't deny steam or ice, amazing

@dougborrett3566 6 лет назад

Those 38's certainly weren't designed to run in reverse very much with the sanders placed for mainly forward running.

@TheKalle45 4 года назад

That´s it. You can see the sand get down to the weels, but on the wrong side 🙄

@GWRProductions-kg9pt 4 года назад

@@TheKalle45 you can still use it to drop sand but you'll have to wait a bit until the centre axle hits it

@flamingfrancis Год назад

Especially this one which is bulletnose streamlined...the only restored one of its' class.

@martinlintzgy1361 5 лет назад

Great video, thanks.

@drivingaroundjapan5948 4 года назад

Even the mighty struggle at times. Great video.

@takethetrainTRL 3 года назад

Great video, incredible effort for that locomotive!

@marcopolo1984 5 лет назад

rumors are that they are still trying

@ninjaskeleton6140 Год назад

I’m not really into trains but there’s something really satisfying about watching and listening to a steam locomotive work.

@P61guy61 5 лет назад

Awesome. Thank you for posting.

@ernestanderson3726 4 года назад

Damn hobo's greased the rails again to hop the train! :)

@imzackson 3 года назад

blame shoestring

@haroldwilkes6608 3 года назад

I've heard that actually happened, to make it easier to hop a freight...

@ernestanderson3726 3 года назад

@@haroldwilkes6608, whenyou have the opportunity, watch the 1973 movie "Emperor of the North Pole" with Lee Marvin & Ernest Borgnine. The hobos did it in the movie.

@haroldwilkes6608 3 года назад

@@ernestanderson3726 Darn, I've seen that movie (not lately) and had forgotten that part. Thanks for the reminder.

@oliverwabwire2836 4 года назад

5:50 ....absolutely close to tipping point!! Firebox about to melt, steam shell about to burst, cranking gear about to splinter....such palpable mechanical and thermal tension!!! I have just participated in the making of an epic 3801 movie....kudos Dvd

@philipwilkinson4747 4 года назад

That's sound so very therapeutic

@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 3 года назад

Fact of the day: if a steam engine is heading a train,you know it will put on a good show

@P61guy61 6 лет назад

This video is awesome. Thanks for the great sound. I think I can, I think I can! Reminds me of Norfolk & Western J-611 both today and when I was a kid.

@LDaniel_BDuce 5 лет назад

“I told you Richard, drinking backwards never works.”

@ScaniaVabis580 6 лет назад

What a remarkable video! Thanks for sharing!!!

@christophersharp317 4 года назад

Beautiful! Nice work.

@ronnylobello 5 лет назад

Every body get out and push.

@dakotawatson8229 5 лет назад

My doctor has forbidden me to push.

@TheDankEngineer 5 лет назад

You shall never come out again.

@ichinose_daisuki 5 лет назад

good idea

@thangquocnguyenmdp 5 лет назад

Ronnie Lobello Okay, One, Two, Three push!!! Ha ha ha ha

@thangquocnguyenmdp 5 лет назад

On the way down, it will be great though

@max392 6 лет назад

such an interesting video, thank you for uploading this. I'm from a country that trains are non-existent so this is super fun to watch

@the.porter.productions 4 года назад

Love to see the steam engines in action...makes my heart skip a beat. 😳I saw the old Chessie Steam Special on a couple of runs...got to stand above the stack on the cat walk and was able to catch many aromas before she headed out.🥰

@DavidBrown-cp2vm 4 года назад

Epic tale, many thanks !!

@joewoodchuck3824 5 лет назад

Long lasting wheels and rails spells the weakness of poor traction. It hasn't changed much either. I remember as a daily commuter any number of times sliding past the stations in poor wx conditions. I bet this one won't run backwards ever again.

@free2roam674 2 года назад

At least not uphill!! But if you have a pass and no way to turn the engine around, you do your best. Simply brilliant video.

@Fishfingers232 6 лет назад

Wow that exhaust bark sounds like gunshots, have never seen a steam locomotive that sounds like that.

@l4d2160 6 лет назад

That sounds nothing like gunshots.

@eddywilliams6212 6 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing, very sharp note

@jameshall3371 5 лет назад

It's every 1/4 turn of the drive wheels the piston sets in a different position and vents the opposite steam. it helps draw air through the firebox and makes it burn hotter, so that you can get hotter steam quicker at speed. at low speed the steam pressurizes longer, which cause it to slightly condense in the chamber, the resulting super saturated steam in the cylinder, when it is released into the stack, creates that booming note you are hearing., not unlike a shotgun blank, but not as instantaneous.

@oliverbendt3104 5 лет назад

Yeah it sounds like the world's worst machine gun, awful

@mdgfb05 5 лет назад

@@oliverbendt3104 Why do you have a problem with such a beautiful sound?

@trueblue2124 5 лет назад

Great film ! - thank you !

@38911bytefree 5 лет назад

I think all adds to a great display of this train.

@redtale6527 4 года назад

it's a fine line between pleasure and pain.

@marcmurc 4 года назад

When u have a sander and drive backwards xD

@westaustralianbusvideos8380 6 лет назад

wow never seen anything like this awesome video mate!!!

@StealthFB22 4 года назад

That sound is amazing!!!

@naveedulhassan7638 4 года назад

Every rail fan's dream.to see and feel the steam engine and the power it packs is awesome..my suggestion is to use sand bags in these difficult terrains and avoid the nightmare.hope my suggestion is taken into consideration

@joesprinter8202 4 года назад

I just couldn't do that to the engine! All it needs is a bit more patience and another 100 yards of dry sand...

@santeebandit3246 4 года назад

That exhaust bark is so awesome. Reminds me of Nickle Plate Road 765.

@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos 4 года назад

Yep! It sure does! I'd say that SP&S 700 and SP 4449 are pretty darn loud too!

@jltrain-zgamingrailfan202x3 5 лет назад

Now that's what I call Stack TALK of one of Australia's Super Power!

@mattmatty4670 5 лет назад

What a battle. And recorded. Ye har. Hand laying samd what a contest

@vaibhavrana9638 5 лет назад

What a sound... Loved it

@davidmorrison3697 4 года назад

I rebuild a pumping hand car, one day an elderly lady, when she was young lived near a train line where a hand car would go by. So I gave her a ride sitting on the end and gave her a trill of her life and gave her something to remember for the rest of her life. She was in her 80's. Live life & Carry on!

@koningbolo4700 4 года назад

This is what a steam burnout sounds like...awesome...

@scopex2749 5 лет назад

well done old girl! That railway needs a turntable OR sanding equipment fitted to the tenders if they are going to run tail first!

@rjl110919581 6 лет назад

THANK YOU FOR DETAIL VIDEO JUST HARD REAL THAT TRAIN GO UP YOUNG BANK

@kawasakiz76 5 лет назад

Great video!!

@arpan6827 4 года назад

I can feel the torque of the engine. A little more traction would make the job easier

@Pilbromatic 4 года назад

At 3:54 you can really see the whole loco shake from side to side.

@crushedrgb 2 года назад

Such an incredible example of pure power.

@stestepney 6 лет назад

Very nice vid mate cheers Steve ..

@gusperry1 Год назад

Serie C38 4-6-2 de NSWGR diseñada por Harold Young en 1943. La 3801 se conserva en el Museo del Transporte de NSW, Thirlmere. Espectaculares imagenes estimado Rock Solid. Thanks for shared.

@yixnorb5971 4 года назад

It's like the children's story "The Little Engine That Could."

@Jim.Thunda Год назад

I remember this so well, and so will all those other kids. We lived on the railway line and knew most of the engineers and firemen, the freight trains came through every day most of the year and had trouble climbing the grade where we lived. A flat penny on the line was a good trade item at school. We always got a long whistle from the engineers when they went past. I'd give everything to go back to those days.

@mikecorleone6797 4 года назад

The raw power this iron beast lays down with just coal and water blows my mind..

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 4 года назад

excellent capture. i've sean that happen one before but on narrow gauge. well done team.

@leokimvideo 5 лет назад

That sharp steam barking sound doesn’t sound good. Would hate to think this is causing stress and damage

@bigkiwimike 4 года назад

This sharp exhaust beat is synonymous with the 38 class. They have a very distinctive exhaust. You may be interested to know that in the last few weeks, the overhauled boiler of 3801 has been in steam and it won’t be too long before she is back in operation.

@stuartadamsrailfanningvideos 4 года назад

I've ridden behind two American 4-8-4 Northerns, and they produce this same sharp shotgun exhaust. If you have ever ridden behind the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (SP&S) 700 or the world-famous Southern Pacific Daylight 4449, then you'll know what I'm talking about!

@DmanOfficial15 3 года назад

After watching this video so many times, I'm asking how I missed your comment.

@spiridonbudei2994 3 года назад

@@bigkiwimike sehq.

@ilovecops5499 3 года назад

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@absthewonderdog 2 года назад

Fascinating to watch, thank you.

@58jennypenny 4 года назад

love steam trains, remind me of being a kid, the noise is lovely...

@rdownmakeITbetter 4 года назад

Fantastic video! Just wondering. Once stalled, why could the train not 'back down' a few lengths, spreading sand as it went, then use that to gain traction?