BB18 ¼ 1037 - Mainline Commissioning to Wyreema - 14th & 15th May 2024 

You can see the water trying to get out of the closed drain cocks. That's a sick engine priming like that.

Great video Paul!

I'm sorry I can't help myself ... Priming like that is asking for trouble.. the driver didn't open the cylinder cocks and kept her flat out up the hill, not good. And having the blowdown open going over a road crossing is a big no no as well. I hope that whoever is teaching these guys, helps them to understand what it is that they're meant to be doing and more importantly.. Why they should do it. Anyone can pull and push levers, but not too many know how to do it for the smooth, safe and efficient running of the machine. I suggest all people working on boilers, read what happened to the crew on Blue Peter in England and the STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FIREBOX EXPLOSION ON THE GETTYSBURG RAILROAD NEAR GARDNERS, PENNSYLVANIA JUNE 16, 1995. Not trying to be a know it all, just trying to educate.

That locomotives priming badly! They don’t want to do that too often!

I love these videos, Paul. The steam locos bring back so many memories of my childhood. In my teen years I travelled to and from High School by train, most often steam and these locos may well have been some of the ones used back in the early 1960’s here in Qld.

Hola, muchas gracias , una serie muy linda de Vídeos .

Amazing Paul love it well done

1079 & 1089 also brought back great memories!

Why is this loco priming so often? Is feed water treatment being used?

I used to travel on the suburban network by train from time to time too, even though I lived on the sunny coast.

Hey paul is Queensland going to used this loco with the other bb18 in the 160th birthday celebration in 2025?

I love to see bb18 1037 doing run between Drayton to wyreema