Yeah.... I think we might have a 4-wide race track in Denmark (sorta), but unfortunately there's never 4 big engines in working condition at the same time.
Watching a race between four classic steam engines was not something I expected to watch and be fascinated by this morning. Thank the gods for the quirks of the RU-vid algorithm.
It was normal so that those of us who lived here in the UK thought nothing about it. BUT, it was a filthy business, especially in places where there were lots of steam locos
ए ूूू श्रश्रश्रडश्रडडश्रश्रश्रडश्र ऊेणऊणऊे जय जंएज़णऊज़जंू एछछ जय छंण एछछ मजेजय जय माता णंतणंतू एक त भी णद😮 णंतणंतू ऊेणऊणऊे जो ज़ जो😮 एक तुम जज छज्जे 😮णूछछजू एक ऊऊछछ जे एम मेरे ण घर मंतूराम ण😮णथ😮तो मर त😅😮त😅
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I've always said the Ozzie's are phuckin' crazy. They spend years and millions restoring and preserving some of the finest steam engines still in steam anywhere; and then they race them! Just because they've got a bit of spare, four track main line they're not using! We Brits, on the other hand, spend years and millions restoring and preserving the actual finest steam engines anywhere and then we cherish and love them. By putting huge trains behind them, loading them up with nerds with stop watches, pointing them at the steepest, longest hills with rails on and.......flogging them uphill as hard and as fast as they will go. I can't see anything mad about that? Seriously though, those locos (and their trains) were beautiful. Full credit guys, that was spectacular. And look at the crowds - that's the way to do it.
And all these beautiful pieces of industrial age ingenuity were built to be workhorses and used. Not polished up & admired from a distance. Lot of machinery to maintain, best way to honor builders, engineers and workers is show off and use these locomotives. They can still out-pull diesels, just not efficiently. Great video
Паровозы стоят на консервации. Это транспортный н.з. в любой стране. Возьми хоть попрыгню́ в нынешнем конфликте: когда им расхреначили тяговые подстанции, а тепловозов не хватало -- подключили паровозы. Скорость и пропускная способность не та, конечно, но сколько-то они там протелепались. На безрыбье и сам раком станешь. Так что восстановление и обслуживание таких старичков -- дело государственной важности для любой страны.
In India, we had hundreds of fit steam locos when they were phased out, but most got scrapped with myopic decisions and some got plinthed before stations or museums despite being in perfect working condition. Most people here have been meticulously brainwashed in believing everything that gives off smoke is a scrapyard garbage and a danger to the country's prosperity and must be torn apart, and that's why even diesel locos are being prematurely scrapped here let alone reviving and restoring classic steams, and people turn a blind eye to thermal power plants burning millions of tons of coal to produce their so called clean and green energy. This video brings me so much happiness and joy, hope to witness something like this with my own eyes someday, thanks for sharing this.
I think that pedestrian bridge was sagging just a hair! Great video. Astonishing that there is a 4-track mainline somewhere that can be tied up for a race like this. Fantastic! Made my day!
Большое спасибо! Отличное видео! Организаторы этих гонок, просто СУПЕР ЛЮДИ!!! Ещё раз, спасибо большое! С наилучшими пожеланиями, Артемий из России!!!
This is without a doubt the coolest steam locomotive video EVER! I love these machine and am always encouraged to see enthusiasts restore them into working condition again. Well done guys!!
Great video! The trains are beautiful, rolling masterpieces in the most picturesque settings. I’m in Indianapolis Indiana, half a world away, the camera work, drones and the editing made this possible.
Never thought i would ever see a Garrett still in operation. Back in 2015, here in the US, the Union Pacific started restoration on a Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotive. Restoration was completed just before the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike back on May 10, 1869. I never got to see the Big Boy in person! It is on my bucket list.
The Puffing Billy Railway, just outside Melbourne, Victoria, operates two Garrets. PBR is a narrow Gauge tourist railway that was formerly part of the state railway system dating from the early 1900's, but has operated as a tourist railway from the 1960's. They have many unique Loco's, including the only narrow gauge Climax ever built. The garrets often operate "Double Headed". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QqoOZERiFR4.html
4014 is a BEAST. I got to see it in person when it came through St. Louis. Even sitting idle on the tracks, you could feel the heat radiating off the boiler. Big piece of machinery.
This is one if the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The sheer power and majesty of the iron horses from days gone by. While they may be relics of a time long past, the steam locomotives of old layed the foundation for the very world we live in now. May the thunder of pistons and the hiss of steam be sounds carried across the rails forever.
I’m a big diesel electric nut, but this has to rank up there with the best rail footage out there. These beautiful rigs can’t be beat. Thanks for posting!👍
The people along the way have no idea what a treat they are witnessing! I rode a train back in 1944 or 45 and still remember it. Now towboats!?! I've done that. But still,,, the steam train,,, hope to ride one more time in the short number of years I have left!!
It should be noted that The Great Train Race, isn't the trains racing each other, but rather all trains racing a Tiger Moth Plane flying overhead. I will also mention that the principal sponsor of the race is the Australian Rail and Track Corporation, the owner of much of the country's standard gauge railways. The company, in turn, is owned by the Australian people via the Commonwealth Government.
Such a beautiful sight. These machines are restored by volunteers in their spare time. The train museums in Oz do a great job and everyone should go and visit these places to see such engineering from many decades ago. I would probably get to work on time with these steamers as the new generation trains seem to be late or break down.😮
Poor 3801, just couldn't get any traction at the start. She was left for dead. How did they get the trains to run against the stop signals without triggering the brakes
Locomotives in this country aren't typically fitted with trip gear to interact with the train stop attached to the signals. Alternatively, where trains are fitted with trip gear, the train stops can be suppressed (lowered) so that they don't interfere with the train.
Didn't know a Garrett is still operational! Amazing! Over here in the US, the Union Pacific brought back to life a Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 articulated locomotive weighing in at over 1,500,000 lbs, 132 feet long, and 6,000 horsepower . Just incredible.
this isn't a simple formula one race that you would typically see. This is something predecedent. There is something legendary about seeing such giant machines at speed and seeing them competing with each other... as they fly away, spitting fire. Roaring until they get to the last station. This, is the true experiecnce i would like to see.
Nagyon köszönöm ezt az élményt. 55 éves elmúltam és én még utaztam gőzmozdonyos vonaton. Mikor elindult a 4 gőzös... Hát megkönnyeztem. Annyira meghatott. Eszembe jutott a gyerekkorom mikor utoljára élőben hallottam a mozdony hangját. Nagyszerű látvány volt a 4 vonat. Szívesen felszállnék újra egyre. Hallgatni a csühögését. Talán már sose lesz részem benne.
That Garratt keeping up with all those purpose built express trains just shows how tough those engines are, that locomotive has torque that could make a tank blush
Wonderful weather, great video and editing, beautiful engines, excellent track and grounds and so well done I could almost smell the coal smoke. Also loved the restored diesels. But this being nostalgia, I can also hear mom complaining 'cause the smoke from trains passing our house raised havoc with her line of wash. 79 y/o USA.
Something like this will never happen in the states, not only because the big class 1 railroads wont allow it but the government wont allow it, the cities wont allow it and the public wont allow it, BUT if it was possible I'd say the top four contenders would be the Norfolk&Western 611, Nickel Plate 765, Union Pacific 844 and Santa Fe 1522
The most exciting video I have ever see. Words cannot describe it. Amazing, fantastic, unbelievable just out of this world. A lot of childhood memories. I remember I used to watch them all the time mesmerized watching all those moving parts of the engine when I was a kid in India. Thank you so much for the video. Sheer joy.
Four fabulous steam locomotive hauled trains in parallel run? Not even could imagine. But you made it real, thanks for your gigantic efforts to make it real. I think these locos can attain great speeds (though here the main aim is to make a parallel run, not to show their speed). 👏👏👏
