Yes...TGR purchasing the L and M class after the K class, carrying out trials on the North Eadt line. Launceston, Coldwater Creek, Lebrina, Denison Gorge, Scottsdale Tonganah, Tulendeena, Ledgerwood Branxholm. 10 chain radius horse shoe curves, 1 in 40 grades and on the midland line 1 in 30 grade near Ryndeston tunnel.
Pluses and minuses. The Minus, It's been preserved on the wrong side of the planet! Pluses, beautiful restoration, truly historic loco, and outstanding scenery beautifully filmed.
It's rare you get to watch a literal "Genesis" on your screen, let alone see one. Yet so many people do when visiting this engine, and gods get to work on her everyday. Well done everyone! May she live on for years longer.
Oh my, oh my! K1 could become my favourite locomotive ever, except.......I have so many favourite locomotives in every size and class from the smallest - the Greely engines on the RH&DR - up to Union Pacific X4000 class #4014 and dozens in between. And oh what a dilemma preserved steam engines are, especially when they are small and cute and even if they blot out the sun! (I have stood on the footplate of #4005, many years ago when it was out in the open in Denver.) And the dilemma is this; steam locomotives are not static museum exhibits or they shouldn't be. They should be steamed and used as they were intended. But then they wear out, with water, coal and steam being terribly corrosive and tend to destroy the machines we love. Look at the dilemma The Bluebell had (and are having) with Stepney. How much of Stepney is left? (Does it matter?) When K1 was taken off train services on the Ff&WHR "because it was wearing her out", that seemed like a regrettable, but sensible decision. To send her to Statfold Barn where her work would be "easier and the attention she received would be maximal", it seemed like an even better idea. So, now she has come back? Now I am conflicted. I am delighted to see K1 back to almost where she belongs - except for half way round the world - but what work will she be doing to show her off and delight nerds like me, which will not in turn wear out what remains of the original, historic, first of its kind locomotive?
Will K1 be back on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland at any point in the future, my Dad would love to see K1 on the FWHR line, and I’d love to take him to see that too. I really hope you guys reply with a yes and some dates maybe. Many Thanks.
@@FfestiniogWelshHighland The railroad in Tasmania wanted a compound. The K1 and K2 were the only two Garrattes with the cylinders facing inward. There is a manual simpling valve in the cab for starting off.
I wonder more and more for the lack of visibility at the front end of such locos a simple driving camera on the buffer beam would be a good idea with a monitor in the cab?
