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@@Mr_Tea_Rexx no S class survived to preservation. I just had a look hoping somehow one had. Unfortunately all were scrapped before the preservation movement has gained enough traction. There's some tenders from the class still surviving to this day though, plus various name plates etc.
I thought all tenders survived in various locations, the suddeness of the scrapping prompted preservationists to ensure that H220 Heavy Harry wasn’t also scrapped amid the fervour of officialdom to embrace diesels.
From a golden time in Australian manufacturing when nothing was a problem and we were right up there amongst the very best. These locos looked picture perfect in their day. I believe four of them were built. Note a young Robert Gordon Menzies in the background at the opening ceremony.
@@darylatkinson8802 It seems it wasn't so much they were a failure as they were very limited in the lines they could run, and the newer diesel locomotives were more effecient on those lines. The S class didn't do a bad job, the diesels just did a better one.
When I travelled on the Southern Aurora in 1978, the dining car staff wore the white uniforms with the VR wings. There were not too many photos or movies of the streamlined S class. One gem was a photo of the front doors open revealing the smokebox door of the S class. The streamlined shell was a sign of the times, the S class was a handsome looking loco in it’s own right. I wonder at how much weight the shell added.
I agree that that it was a travesty that these 4 magnificent locomotives were scrapped before any preservation society’s had as opportunity to preserve them. Even without there cladding they were a fine looking locomotive.🇦🇺
The R class solved this with an automatic stoker. S class fireman had to hand shovel about 7 tons of coal, to feed the hungry fire between Spencer Street and Albury.
Yes a disgrace. All four S class Locomotives were streamlined around 1937. All were scrapped in streamlined condition over the 1953 to 54 period after the B class diesels were placed in service.
@@johnd8892 thanks for the info, didn't realise they were all streamlined before scrapping. That's even worse, they were such a beautiful looking loco!
@@ilaser4064 some more detail on the S class in the Power Parade vid on RU-vid. About 35 minutes in the S class has some brief coverage. Unfortunately bot problems on this channel stop me posting a link, but a search should find it. A few seconds of rare colour film of the train also scattered around RU-vid.
When I was a kid, Mum and I did a return journey to Sydney. Fantastic for a child. Still impressive in 2023. the Albury gauge change to 'standard gauge' was accepted as a 'must do' in that era.
If only their was streamlined S class Locos preserved, they were such gorgeous and forward thinking trains. VR (Victorian Railways) was the golden age of the Victorian Railway network.
They were the victims of the idiotic theory that the world was running out of coal! Why couldn't they understand that coal is a product of nature and that like everything else in nature it replenishes itself! If that's not so how come steadies are back in force all over the world lead by none other than the legendary Flying Scotsman!!!!
Buzzy Gaming. I have provided four video links, mostly in colour, of the E class in use around Newport until the late sixties. I put quite a bit of effort finding them and lining up the E class segment. However all my efforts seem wasted ad the channel either supressed them or have not approved them. A shame.
@@TrainsDirectVictoriait could be an E 2-4-2, and the only E class with that wheel configuration with the VR in 1937 was E236, who’s preserved. If true, this could serve as the only footage of the locomotive before its preservation.
I wonder what Sir Harold Klapp and everyone else involved in the existence of this beautiful train would say if they knew that she now spends the bulk of her time locked away in sheds! What an insult to them and to her! Get her back out on the track!!!!
Ps: I remind sceptics that this train is built of rust proof corrosion free corten steel! She is built to last! She is meant to have a very long life on the rails! Now, in 2023 she would be ideal for taking people on scenic excursions tours all over Victoria! She deserves to be seen!!!!
May I use your footage fron an up comming video, I like most likely will use the entire video however alot of it will be blured in the background of photos?
Depends really, certain cars back in the day used ice boxes to circulate chilled air, while others were cooled by having small mechanical fans, which would circulate air by bringing cold air in, and pushing hot air out.
Lighting was provided by gas or electric lamps, with tanks or batteries on the undercarriage of the cars. Water was also kept in large tanks also on the bottom.
A RU-vid vid called Power Parade might be of interest to you if has photos and or videos of all the steam types in the Australian state of Victoria if you want to know more New South Wales Australia railways had some impressive AD60 4-8-4+4-8-4 locos I could provide a link to if you want to see more. That is if links were not suppressed on this channel.
