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Its great to see this locomotive still operating regular excursions on the mainline, and especially during its 40th anniversary since restoration in 2024. I still have a video to release about R761's visit to South Australia in the mid 1980's and 1994, but it may be a few weeks before I can get it released as it still requires quite a bit of work.

@@paulusintas8627 Thanks very much for that Paul 👍 I wanted to do something for Tony as I had a lot of time for him, and it was extremely sad to hear about his passing yesterday. I hope you are keeping well mate, it’s been a long time since we last saw each other in person.

Sadly I didn't get a chance to see the roundhouse at Collie. I hope one day I can reach out to the caretakers of the roundhouse to find out if it would be possible to film it.

@railmediaproductions3677 I don't think anyone is allowed in sadly as it is full of asbestos

@@Trainanatic I should have a video out by the end of tomorrow of a few steam remnants that I managed to find around Yarloop last month.

@@Trainanatic Hi mate. I might not be able to get the video about Yarloop released on the channel today. It’s turned out to be a very busy time since yesterday when I replied to your comment, but I will try to work on getting the video uploaded in the next couple of days. I still have another production about Collie’s steam history to go, but this will mostly take another few weeks to be completed.

The local Shire were great to talk to and they were very helpful. It was a fascinating place to visit.

@@armedreptile7889 It certainly is. It will be nice to see G123 back in steam again one day.

@@rsinclair6560 Yes it’s certainly a big undertaking. Did you see M5 steamed for the first time in 5 years last Saturday?

@@allychat8496 That’s fantastic to hear. Did you have a good trip on the Steam Ranger on the 15th of September? It was great to film the Hotham Valley Railway, and I will definitely be returning a few times in 2025.

@@Trainanatic It would have been good to see the Pm class working mainline trips, especially to places such as Collie.

@@Trainanatic Did you ever see Pm 706 out on the mainline?

@@railmediaproductions3677 sadly no it was put into storage before I became a proper train enthusiast.

@@Trainanatic I will have the next Hotham Valley video released today. This one will be about their G class number 123.

@@Felixthecoolguy821 That sounds great. I am looking forward to filming the Hotham Valley Railway again in the not too distant future.

@@Watrainchaser9037 That’s fantastic to hear mate. I will keep an eye out for your upcoming Hotham Valley video. Looking forward to watching it 👍

@@ЛЬВИНИ Thanks very much for that. I am glad you enjoyed the video. I can’t wait to travel back to Western Australia next year.

@@cesarblumenau Thanks very much for this. I am so pleased you enjoyed the video. The W class are a great locomotive, and we are very lucky to have a large number of them in preservation.

I really enjoyed this documentary. I have never been to the HVR... it's on my list. Did you see W 919 at Esperance? Bugger of a museum to get a photo of W 919. I imagine it's still the same as 40 years ago when I was there. Eagerly awaiting your next video.

@@williamwelbourn7932 Thanks so much for that William. I am glad you enjoyed the video, I will have the second production to this series coming out today which covers Pm class Pacific loco number 706 hauling a couple of trains on the mainline for the Hotham Valley Railway. Unfortunately I couldn’t get down to Esperance to film W919 but I am hoping to try to do it on the next visit to WA. I have reached out to the Esperance Museum to find out if it is ok for me to obtain footage of the loco, and I am waiting to hear back from them now.

@@NatalieSella-zu6uc I am very sorry to hear this news, that isn’t good at all. I hope you return to good health soon.

@@michaelnaisbitt7926 It is very sad that an example of an L and C class didn’t survive past the end of steam.

@@adambrinkworth I was hoping to film 621 over the school holiday period but just before the use of the loco on the Cockle Train trips was announced, I had already fully booked another film trip to NSW and by then it was too late to make alterations to the schedule. When I get back from NSW later in the month, I will be prioritising another visit to South Australia as I am keen to film 621 in regular service again.

@@YrinnaRhaizaRibeiroSantos-k6l It’s a beautiful and interesting locomotive 👍

@@Alexander-km8es I will have more steam videos from around Australia coming to the channel soon. I do have a bit more of the overhaul of M5 at the Tasmanian Transport Museum which I need to upload in the near future.

@@railmediaproductions3677 I respect how much you upload videos on your channel because I take time to make my videos and upload them

@@Bushkid11 It was a beautiful afternoon in Devonport on this day 👍

@@railmediaproductions3677 I acn imagine!

@@Alzaar_The_Gunzel Yes I definitely want to do something similar about the S class locomotives at some stage. Its such a shame that all members of the class were scrapped.

@@railmediaproductions3677 yeah it really sucks..

It certainly is. Hopefully it won't be too long before M4 is hauling the regular Sunday service again.

@railmediaproductions3677 yeah, I'm guessing it's getting an overhaul?

@@Bushkid11 I think it’s having quite a bit of maintenance work at the moment. Hopefully it will be back in steam sometime before the end of the year.

@@railmediaproductions3677 oh nice!

@@Bushkid11 I posted an update and photo of the E class at Deloraine on the community tab of the channel a few moments ago.

@@Kebabulon_ Thanks very much for this, I am so glad you enjoyed the video. It was a very historic visit of 4472 to Australia and definitely a once in a lifetime event. The loco was in Australia between 1988, and 1989. The majority of the images and video footage was taken around that time, but the remaining shots of the loco in the UK were taken in the early 1990’s, then 1999, and finally between 2009 and about 2018. It’s an amazing locomotive with so much history.

@@jamesburnside3023 Thank you for that James. Hopefully we will see M6 back in steam again in the future as it was a very popular locomotive on the Bellarine Railway.

@@rsinclair6560 I wish I could have experienced the sight and sound of a steam locomotive working hard up the North East Line, especially with an M or MA class hauling it.

​@@railmediaproductions3677It was spectacular in old worn out Queensland 1300 class (ZC) between Tullendeena and Ledgerwood, losing traction continuously on damp eucalyptus and fern fronds.. Probably one of the best and interesting sections in Australia yet hardly any train enthusiasts explored it. Tasmania really knows how to through away it's unique industrial history.

@@rsinclair6560 Hopefully it won’t be too long before the L&NER are able to get the railcars up and running.

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​@@railmediaproductions3677I think it will follow the route of Derwent Valley. There is better alternative for a cooperative.

@@Bushkid11 In later years the Bellarine Railway also fitted M6 with a 5 chime whistle.

@@Bushkid11 I haven’t forgotten about the Tasmanian videos of MA3, and H6 and the E class in the parks. I will put up a post in the community tab of the channel as soon as they are about to be released.

Ok!👍 also didn't know bellarine railway fitted a 5 chime on it thanks for the info!!

@@Bushkid11 It sounded pretty good on the loco 👍

@@MySteamChannel Great memories. It’s a nice locomotive, it would be fantastic to see the engine back in steam again one day.

They certainly are a lovely locomotive. Hopefully we will see M6 running again at some stage in the future.

@@cesarblumenau Thank you very much for that. It is most appreciated 👍😊

@@PeterFoster-fj7kq That is very true Peter. The steam locomotive is a magnificent example of man’s creation, and we are so grateful to the people who keep these engines running for the future.

Thank you for your reply. You are correct and thanks must go to the people who do keep them maintained as they too should be congratulated. Bravo.

@@margaretcampbell2681 They do some great steam trips around Victoria 👍

@@User-KNEBEL555 Thankfully we can still enjoy the sight and sound of this locomotive running on the mainline today. When I filmed these scenes in November 2022, the engine was in the process of being prepared for a boiler inspection. R711 originally returned to mainline operations in late 1998, and it continued in service until 2002 when West Coast Railway ended their regular steam express programme to Warrnambool. It didn’t run again until 2004 when it was transferred with sister R class number 766 to Newport Workshops. R711 wouldn’t run on the mainline again until 2011, and since then it has travelled many kilometres on most of the remaining 5 foot 3 Broad Gauge lines around Victoria.

@@JacobGrimaR761 Yes it certainly is. I believe the controls for operating a diesel locomotive from the cab of R711 still work on the engine today.

Thanks very much for that Dave. There will be another video coming out tomorrow of sister R class number 761 which I filmed at Newport Workshops on the same day.

@@rsinclair6560 Its a great workshop facility at Newport, and it is certainly a fascinating place to walk around. I know the oil burning system is still the same on R711 from West Coast Railway days, and the controls for operating a diesel loco is still fitted in the cab, but that’s about as far as I know. The ‘Red Devil’ is definitely a locomotive I would like to film one day.

its all removed but likely not destroyed. this is the loco that threw a rod. no r class ever threw a rod. it was blamed on excess horsepower that it got because of the mods. if i was rich and i owned r711, i'd build a set of replacement higher strength rods and put all the go-fast gear back on it. if i was rich i'd build another s class first.

@@vsvnrg3263 I remember hearing about the rod being thrown off the loco, was that back in about 2001?

@@railmediaproductions3677 , i found written info about it. someone who replied to my comment in a video starring r711 told me how r711 with the super mods never had to reverse to get a run-up at the grade through the tunnel out of south geelong station.

@@vsvnrg3263 It was very powerful when the loco was modified for the Warrnambool trips. I wish I could have been around to see it.

Thank you very much for this, I am glad you enjoyed the video. It was nice to go to Western Australia to film some of the steam locomotives over there. I am definitely looking forward to the next visit. Best regards Rowan from Australia.

@@BaltimoreAndOhioRR Thanks very much for that, it is most appreciated 👍

@@JacobHeiseiGojirayashazilla994 She is a magnificent locomotive and a credit to the people who restored it to operational condition. Looking forward to seeing the loco when it runs again in the future.

I was really hoping to film 621 when it returns to steam. On Tuesday morning I booked the next trip to the mainland, but I only found out about 621 running from the 29th of September yesterday and by that stage it was too late to reschedule everything. If the loco is going to stay at Goolwa so it can run the Cockle Train over the summer holiday period, that would be the perfect opportunity to come over with the camera to film it.