3806 - a determined and courageous performer. 3807 - a cautious runner that got into a confident stride as time went on. 3808 - a racy engine; clearly held such a good status in the operating roster at the time that it received the honour to run ahead of the Royal Train. 3809 - quite an engine (!); went all-out with passenger trains; sullenly drags a goods train in complete contrast; catches out a photographer focused on another engine with a sharp response on its whistle; reacting abruptly to overrunning a platform. A chaotic force. 3810 - a dutiful worker but in blowing off steam it clearly commanded attention. Regards, Samuel Farris.
If I had not read “NSW” in the caption I would have thought we were on the Pennsy in PA, USA🧐 with Belpare fire boxes and Tuscan coaches. Except the left hand running and English semaphore signals.
Seeing 4441 down the embankment i thought to myself Ouch!! and after running up the back of the local i went Double Ouch Graeme though that scene i don't have in the DVD titles that you made maybe it's from one i haven't bought yet but anyway some fantastic clips there
Awesome footage of the 38’s! Don’t understand why the US had to get rid of steam locomotives so early! They could have refined them into better performing machines like you Aussies did and our steam era could have lasted longer. New York central and Paul kiefer planned on building a 4-4-4-4 niagara duplex called the c1a, and a 4-6-6-4 Challenger, but idk what happened to that. Steam locomotives are amazing machines!
Nathan Hilarides good question, but long answer. Short answer is economics of the labor intensive steam power that required special and long term training to maintain and run these awesome machines. Thanks, Steve Rippeteau retired ATSF conductor.
actually, i saw footage of heavy steam locos, maybe in the Big Boy's boy class..., apparently being used until the 90's or later in USA for heavy freight trains , as the diesels couldn't match the tractive effort/efficiency
i don't know. cost? nearing the end of steam? the 36's, predecessor of 38 class, were a good express locomotive. I've read multiple reports of their getting up to 160kph regularly and drivers far preferring the 36's
