For me another tragedy of 3830 was that she all to often played second best to 3801. She rarely seemed to take the spotlight on her own although it was good to see the two 38's together it was always 3801 that led and 3830 was relegated to being in the 'shafts'. On this tour it was great to see her performing on her own.
I would love to see 3830 run again as 3801 is stealing the spotlight lmao, in all seriousness 3830 is at the back of thirlmere dead and needs quite a lot of time to get back to running condition
Question without notice, weren't the 38ers designed to haul 550 tons Melbourne express, that was in regular service, why not in preserved service. This is a 32,35 or 36 class load. And excellent filming as per usual. Well done.
Depends on the 1 in 40 bank. On Cowan Bank it was 325 tons, on the 1in 40s south of Goulburn it was 350 tons but on Eastwood Bank and many others it was 375 tons. It often depended on curvature and length of the bank
