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symphonyofsteam
Australia
Приєднався 13 жов 2009
A collection of steam locomotives and railway clips from the late 80's to now, featuring all kinds of engines in all kinds of places doing all kinds of work... I hope you enjoy!
Narrow Gauge Night 12A & NGG129
Saturday 13th July a special train carrying no passengers was run to Lakeside and return for training purposes. 12A did the honours, but for the return trip NGG129 just happened to be at Lakeside after running the 'Train of Lights' and joined 12A for the run home. 7 degrees, drizzle and the moon trying its best to break through the clouds - perfect narrow gauge weather!
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Puffing Billy 5A makes an appearance..?
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Tuesday 25th May 2024 on the narrow gauge line Puffing Billy loco 7A ran a load test run to Menzies Creek, unpainted and sporting 5A plates... just for fun!
Transport Heritage NSW Garratt loco 6029 - Bathurst to Wimbledon Shuttles 2024
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King's Birthday Weekend in June 2024, Garratt locomotive 6029 and Diesel 4501 crossed the Blue Mountains to spend the long weekend giving locals (and interstate visitors) the chance to ride behind the largest running steam locomotive in the Southern Hemisphere. The one-hour long journey ascends the famous Tumulla bank, a five kilometre stretch of steep curves upon steep curves, a Mecca for stea...
Transport Heritage NSW Locomotive 6029 - Bathurst to Wimbeldon - Riding the Train
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On the King's Birthday Weekend, June 2024, Garratt locomotive 6029 and vintage diesel 4501 made their way over the Blue Mountains to Bathurst, where they spent two days running shuttles for the public to Wimbeldon and return. In railway talk this means a run up and down Tumulla Bank, a notorious steep climb that negotiates many sharp reverse curves for over five kilometres. It was a magnificent...
Essendon Steamrail Shuttles around Kensington featuring D3 639 & A2 986
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Take a beautiful Saturday morning in Autumn, sit in a funky coffee shop with your favourite friend or book, and about every thirty minutes have your peace shattered by two century old steam locomotives! What a perfect day. I was going to drive around the suburbs (as usual) and try to find special spots to film the train, but after my second coffee I felt called to spend the day around Kensingto...
R711 & T364 & S301 Bendigo Easter Sunday 2024
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Been a while since I've been out, and what a lucky day we had (except for the late return). Caught it at Digger's Rest, in the fog as Gisborne, Taradale Viaduct (with the audio of cars chasing!), Elphinstone and Harcourt on the down and Porcupine Hill and Taradale on the up. Rod Giri was the driver on the down, and he and 711's whistle are a perfect match! Just a heads up for those who know me ...
Two Six Footers Romp Home
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After a successful weekend of shuttles in east Gippsland, R761 leading A2 986 made a great dash in the sunshine back to Melbourne. I zipped down to Traralgon to get the combination of 12 x 6' driving wheels doing their thing. Caught them at Traralgon, Haunted Hills, near Trafalgar, Tynong and South Yarra. (There's a few tripod bumps and things that I blame age & health for, more on that point t...
On Sacred Ground - Encore 3526 & 3642
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Perthville to Georges Plains - a little something from that great King's Birthday Weekend.
On Sacred Ground - 3526 & 3642 Tumulla Shuttles
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This collage of views are taken from the very successful Railway Heritage shuttle trips between Bathurst and Wimbledon on Sunday 11th June. Although nothing remains of the crossing loop and small signal box mid way up the bank called Tumulla, the hill and the railway are still at odds over who has control over gravity. To have the opportunity to see and hear two grand old locomotives prove that...
On Sacred Ground - Bathurst to Orange 12th June
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Once again 3526 and 3642 are heading the train, but this time with no diesel back up and one extra coach added. That was enough to motivate us to join the sheep on the freezing summit of Tumulla, well ahead of the train's departure from Bathurst. Through the still, but biting, air we could hear the locomotives from Perthville, through Georges Plain, then clearly getting as much pace as possible...
Lithgow Zig Zags Again - June 2023
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On Saturday 10th June 2023 the Lithgow Zig Zag Railway - perfect weather, booked out trains and numerous runs up and down the 5k line. I'd never seen or heard a QLD AC16 locomotive in steam before so what a baptism of fire! It's bark bouncing off and around the rugged terrain of the Blue Mountains was breathtaking, and the crew certainly weren't timid about letting her go...
On Sacred Ground - 3526 & 3642 Locksley
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On Friday 9th June, the double header with diesel 4201 at the rear, made the run from Lithgow to Bathurst. Not knowing the roads, I found this massive horseshoe and thought 'this'll do'. Such beautiful scenery and such intense grades! For at least three minutes AFTER I turned the gear off the sound of these barking mammoths kept riding the wind in my direction - just awesome.
On Sacred Ground - 3526 & 3642 NSW Heritage Royalty - Teaser clip
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On the King's Birthday weekend 2023, these two locomotives hauled shuttles between Bathurst and Wimbledon, and a quick tour to Orange. In each case it meant climbing the famous Tumulla Bank south of Bathurst. I grew up listening to the sounds of Tumulla through records like 'Power on the Move' and 'Helper Service', yet never once in my life have I seen the bank, or steam tackling it. What a won...
R711 Does the Ballarat - Geelong - Melbourne Triangle
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13th May 2023, Steamrail's R711 at Rowsley, Ingliston, Bostock, Warrenheip, Elaine, Batesford and Lara. Used a smaller camera - struggled a bit! Hope you enjoy anyway...
The Rattler Rattling through the Mary Valley
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On a perfect Wednesday in April 2023, beautifully restored C17 Locomotive 967, hauling the 'Rattler' from Gympie to Amamoor and return.
Wet & Wild Westcoaster to Warrnambool
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Wet & Wild Westcoaster to Warrnambool
Steam on the Snow Train to Traralgon
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Steam on the Snow Train to Traralgon
True Blues - R711 & K183 Up the ridge - down the plains.
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True Blues - R711 & K183 Up the ridge - down the plains.
R761 Destination: Little Creatures Brewery - South Geelong
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R761 Destination: Little Creatures Brewery - South Geelong
Y + K = Big Steam Weekend Shuttles - Ballarat
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Y K = Big Steam Weekend Shuttles - Ballarat
A2 + K = Big Steam Weekend in Ballarat (Part One)
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A2 K = Big Steam Weekend in Ballarat (Part One)
Pushing & Pulling Around Ringwood - K183 & K190
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Pushing & Pulling Around Ringwood - K183 & K190
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Good old days in SA.....
Baie mooi.
Beautiful!
I fired 12a for this trip 😁
You can fire for me anyday mate!
@@mattcantle3725 it was an awesome run up the hill from a standing start mate, 12a sounded like her old sharp self, fantastic with no slips well done to you
The headlight is so big on the NA class, some of them at least.
😢 I'm so sad that I couldn't really see anything... but... I very much enjoyed the sounds of the engine going on it's moonlight trek. You just can't beat the sounds of steam trains. Takes me back to my childhood when they still ran the Gippsland line and the brand new 'L class' electric engines were beginning to make themselves known. 😊😊😊
Well done ! A night video gives a different perspective , thanks .
Better than the 38s.
Why are so many of them running tender first ?
Most of this vid is from the morning run down to Nigel from the Springs depot, which was mostly down hill. They would go down in the morning tender first with a light train, spend the day shunting, then they would return, funnel first up the grades back to Springs. In 1989 that was a daily Mon - Friday routine. It was magnificent!!!
The whistle show is brilliant.
Good 🤩 video, like
it's 5A! I also subscribed :)
Nice film, but it would be better to make it clear that this is a mash-up of quite a few separate trips.
Love the ex South Africa Garrett
Thanks for showing the closest i will see to a locomotive in photographic grey pulling a train in service.
One NA has been out of action for a few years now and that’s NA is 6A but it’s it that much longer until 6A is back in steam because 6A is my favourite NA and they’ve just put undercoat on 7A to represent I would say a little tribute to 5A
7A dressed to look like now sadly scrapped loco 5A and I’m guessing that’s what 5A was painted like before the loco was scrapped and it’s sad that those amazing narrow gauge steam locomotives 🚂 were scrapped
No. The grey is just undercoat. All the Na locomotives ran in the Green, then red and finally black variations you see at Puffing Billy. This seems to be a welcome one off trip.
Great footage For the best sounds of those 15F you must put your Head phones on. Just Love that Steam.
The whistle on this loco sounds almost identical to the standard New Zealand Government Railway whistle…if it is indeed a privately manufactured whistle could it be that they copied the NZGR item?
This footage is clearly sped up. You can tell by 1:30 that the whistle steam doesn't act like that. What a shame
Hey Luke, I don't often reply to most comments, but I have to state the fact that this footage is NOT sped up or tampered with... Its as it come from the camera. I simply join the sections together...
R761 is my absolute favorite r class.
This should be running every week. Brilliant
gas station on wheels
Old Memories of Steam locomotive
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I’d prefer a GWR whistle
Fantastic video
Well ill be damned. There is a hudson in preservation!
Seven of the seventy Victorian Railways R class Hudsons have been preserved. Of these four are in operational use like this one. Not many months if the year when each does not run a fan trip often double headed. Lots of UA-cam videos recording their use in preservation and a few from their normal service from about 1951 to 1967.
At least 2 in oz..coal burner and an oil burner.
2024-Listen to R766’s whistle!
Nice video mate. There I am on train at 2:44 during Shuttle 1 Ride
Great to see D3639 on the rails again.
What A beautiful seen and steam locomotive
Beautiful! Love the full E consist.
A lot of wheel slip and locomotives going everywhere in reverse lol
Hi Thank you for recording precious moments about Chengde Steelwork Branch. I am a rail-fan in Chengde, China. I am very appreciated your work. Could I use this video as a part of my film of "Beijing-Chengde" Railway? I would enclose the original UA-cam link while writing your name in my film. Best wishes, SkyUniverse
Yes, of course you can use the footage, I'm glad you like it! 23 years ago now and it seems like yesterday.
@@symphonyofsteam Thanks for your great work, which makes me be possible to see my hometown 23 years ago.😀
Is it in the 1990,s
1988 I think, the first time 4472 came to Melbourne for AusSteam.
The fat controller said trainy what are you doing you need look out trainy said I’m sorry sir I didn’t know
The fabulous Hudson, great footage. I am very saddened to hear about your illness, maybe because I am getting old myself and these things are felt more by older people I think. I hope you are able to do the things you love for a good while yet. 😊
Thanks, I never get bored with a 'Hudson' on the Bendigo line.
I wish I could ride in a train one more time where I feel safe. I traveled from Mafeking to Kimberley, often in the 70s, Mafeking to Durban a few times in the 70s.
We'll never see anything amazing like this ever again.
I remember seeing 1 of these near Seymour alongside the 3801 on the Standard Gauge line . They were flying that day. That was the day the R came off the tracks on a faulty new set of points. A lot of crow bars got her back
All Aboard. All Aboard. Enjoy the ride.
The 2 R class locomotives were built at North British Works in Glasgow right next to a Doncaster built locomotive amazing.
Great filming. Precious memories of this event.
Imagine Flying Scotsman met an S class, or even H220?!
S class scrapped and h220 taken out of operation before this
Wow, good footage. The shiny dials and piping just shows you the pride of these railway men. 👌 a lost generation and a heritage that would have been so good for tourism.
This video makes me emotional, solely because of the sounds of the S Class whistle. The S class locomotives mean a lot to me more than any other locomotive…
May I use some audio from this video in one of my videos? (and give you credit), I am adding sound too Original Spirt Of Progress footage and I need an S class Whistle.
HI Jacob and yes go for it, send me a link when the jobs done. That trip was a long time ago. Tex.
@@symphonyofsteam Thank you, I am planning on uploading it on the 86th anniversary of the Spirit (24th of November), I just need to get permission from the people I got the plane audio from.
Do walhalla still own it?
What happened to it?