Such a lovely sight to see. I've loved these locos ever since reading '24Inches Apart' some fifty plus years ago as a fourteen year old. Really like her paint scheme as well.
@@chaosdemonwolf1 I think it was mr livio dante porta, or some famed steam restorer that said of all the machines the steam engine is the most alive, as they have fits and temperments, they breath, hiss, groan, need feeding and water, and have moods as they run, but there is a reason they are called LIVE Fired, they aren't started up they are woke up. and I got to say the steam dome on this one looks like a crown with all the bolts and things around it they are like gems, there are not many running garrett type locomotives around, I would give the guy working on getting her going and hosting the video and two handed handshake and fist bump the way old friends greet or when you mean to show admiration and respect, and thanks for getting this machine running again for the first time in decades, we in the states also just got a very large steamer western maryland 1309 running after soo much gap in funding and parts being stolen finally moved on her own for the first time in 50 years + on the first of the year. solid job putting her back togather, and the paintjob looks good, not quite as rough and tumble as some of the engines out there just painted black but then again when you run them hard they get dirty, gritty and dusty they throw mud and grease from their drive rods on themselves not unlike a real horse when running the main, though rare we do have some excursions that are doing 40 or more mph up to about 80 in some places rarely depending on the occasion.
What a fantastic looking loco. Back in the 80s, a work colleague of mine was involved in bringing a Garratt over from South Africa to the Plym Valley Railway. I don't know the outcome of that particular loco but it got moved on. My colleague has long since passed away but I know he would have been thrilled to bits seeing yours.
A gorgeous Garrett!! What could be better for taking passengers through the Welsh Highlands!! She’s a gorgeous locomotive and I wish you the very best of luck with running her!!
My late father in law who was an ex LMS worker said the full size Garratt's fire box could accommodate three men and a card table, no fireman was allowed to work on Garratt for more than two days the work load was that intense.
Wow! Wow! Great to see (and hear) NG130 in action again! Thank you for sharing this! Hats off to the team who worked hard in saving NG130 from the scrapper's torch, and for ensuring that she'll be fit for use for another 70 years (on Welsh coal). This loco is of the later class NG/G16, manufactured in 1951 in a batch of seven (NG125 - NG131) by Beyer Peacock for the SAR. They were used in service on the Port Elizabeth - Avontuur line, and also in Natal, now known as KwaZulu-Natal. (Info from the book Locomotives of the South African Railways by Leith Paxton and David Bourne. ISBN 0 86977 211 2). Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa!
130 really does look amazing,well done to the restoration team.I don t know when 130 was last steamed but on 20/5/85 I noted 130 working a train at Izingolweni which used to be the more or less half way point between Port Shepstone and Harding.
Watching the fire being made is a cathartic experience as much as an enjoyable one. And to think that this Garrett is just back from restoration makes it even more interesting.
A massive effort and a credit to all involved. Thanks for the explanations despite the valves popping. We look forward to a ride behind this great loco.
Steam locomotives were never the quietest things in the world!! But as one of my better You Tube friends says it’s a glorious sound!! It might be ear splitting, but it’s most certainly a wonderful noise!!
Wonderful to see her on the move. As a kid I went for several excursions on the "Banana Express" run by the Port Shepstone and Alfred County railway in South Africa. I'm not sure if we were ever hauled by 130 but certainly one of her close relatives. I have some old video footage of no's 88 and 116 on the route from the 80s.
That´s one of the most impressive things I have ever seen! Great job on the restoration/rebuilding. BTW, is the main colour of the locomotive a proprietary one, or is it close to a RAL number? If it is a RAL colour, please let me know which one. Thanks for the video!
14:18 He doesn't even _flinch_ when 130 hisses at him haha! I would have jumped out of my shorts! I guess that's what happens when you get used to working around steam engines. Great video, great to see her steaming!
3:20 "We're about to throw in some rags and some timber." Poor Eric's running around the yard half-naked because you tricksters have nabbed his trousers to light the fire with! ;-)
I see that you are running with the drains open, is this because it's new out of the box, or are these type of loco, with there long steam pipes prone to carry over, thanks for the video.
Excellent stuff! Thinking about structural gauge and track radius, how far can the WHR behemoths go up the FR main? I'd be thinking no further than the straight portion of Penrhyn Station, surely? \m/
Wonderful work...this from a Tasmanian who's state had, I think, the only compound examples ordered and built in Oz, or anywhere else. Sadly ours were scrapped years ago. As an aside, could you chaps take a look at the Wikipedia article on Garrets and update their info on surviving examples, especially working ones? Garret 130 seems to be missing. Again, a wonderful restoration, well done all!
Magnificent, you can just about make out the guy with his camera in the mirror like paint job. Words really do fail me. Almost a shame to steam her up and get her mucky! Dunnyrail.
Do you have any video of you getting the locomotive prior to the rebuild? Also, is there any video lips taken during the teardown and rebuild? Would be nice to tie all that in with this video. Also, a bit of history to you getting it would be a nice touch and how long it took for the rebuild.
Seems to be a few of these South African garrats going around... puffing billy in Australia recently restored number... 129? I think? Anyway, they have two of these garrats, one in a museum, the other in operational condition. How many does the WHR have?
Five at the last count, we also have a boiler gifted to us by the Puffing Billy Railway. We have 87, 130, 138 and 143 with 140 awaiting long term restoration, although various parts of it feature on the other four. The benefit of having a class of locomotives.
They're the only type of garrat you'll find in the UK. There were standard gauge ones made by LMS, and one by LNER that was the largest and strongest loco built at the time, but none survived into preservation.
Were used quite extensively in South Africa, as you can see from the cab plate number, South African Railways and the whistle is uniquely South African Railways.
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland my first memories of steam locos was seeing the NSWGR Garretts passing my grandma’s house in Wingham. What a giant machine with so many moving parts. It’s amazes me what humans can conceive and create. Congratulations to you and the team on saving this wonderful example of creative engineering; I envy you.
Why is there no chuffing noise and regular puffs of steam? I know how they work, but is there something that suppresses that classic steam engine sound?