6029 blasting up Tumulla Bank.

[@perrymaskell3508]

Hats off to the original surveyors who could plot out such an incline. Lovely video.

[@Harry_Gurvich]

Had to look up where on earth "Tumulla Bank" was! Got it mate....not far from Sydney, down under. Greetings from near Atlantic City, New Jersey in the US of A. Fine looking locomotive you have there. A great restoration job on #6029. Well done!

[@mr99gto]

She is a grand locomotive to say the least, granted I have to admit, the videos I took does not do the shear noise this thing creates any form of justice.

[@Denis12555]

Saw this loco in Canberra back in about 2,000 and thought to myself you are absolutely beautiful, but I doubt you'll ever be in steam again . Well , she's back in no uncertain terms . Hope to see her in steam someday . 😊

[@AleksVeraAVB-fk2bg]

Brilliant! Hats off to everyone who made that possible.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Epic sound of 6029!

[@hcrun]

Great stuff! Thank you for the vid.

[@waynemather6560]

Was a great weekend. 6029 performed beautifully.

[@brucewilliams8714]

A great shot in that superb location, it reminds me of my chasing days. I'm delighted you panned - too many videographers don't.

[@mr99gto]

Thank you very much, I do try to emulate the works of many of the better videographers, though I often come out as more tryhard than anything, lol.

[@glynluff2595]

Fireman doing well look at the exhaust! That is heat!

[@mr99gto]

@glynluff2595 yeah, the firemen who ran her on the weekend had her dialed in to a tee.

[@jamesburnside3023]

Awesome video like the bridge shot

[@chrisbarnes2823]

Nice Garret!

[@tjr4744]

What a beautiful sound :)

[@davidmorrison2739]

We ent up the bank three days ago in the XPT- not nearly as much fun as a steam train. There is a good video of The Flying Scotsman and 3801 doing the climb on a frosty morning in the 1980s (without a diesel tacked on).

[@MySteamChannel]

Beautiful noise

[@douglachman7330]

DIESEL DEAD ENGINE IN RESERVE in case of breakdown on the main west line. Reasonable rules. This is in Australia west of Sydney nearing Bathurst Im thinking.

[@crazylesfarkas4486]

Correct
Compulsory back up on main lines

[@greghayes9118]

A mere Spare Handkerchief....

[@britboy2883]

Has the locomotive been converted to oil fired or is it extra water in the tanker on the rear of the engine?
Just spotted Esso on the back of the tanker so is it oil?

[@mr99gto]

No she's still a coal burner, the tank behind her is an ex fuel tanker converted to carry water for the loco.

[@britboy2883]

@@mr99gto thankyou for the info, quite a unique locomotive and well worth preserving.

[@rwhb1]

Just doing a job…. What a job!

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

THe diesel does not appear to be assisting. I assume it's coupled on for providing hotel services?

[@voidjavelin23]

And also return service

[@crazylesfarkas4486]

@@voidjavelin23
Compulsory back up, to operate on all main lines there must be back ups etc

[@haydenrichardp3712]

It’s from across the pond.

[@gregmorley1997]

Great engine not even working hard, back in the day when the 60s worked for a living they'd be hauling twice that load

[@davidhull1481]

What the heck kind of locomotive is that?

[@mr99gto]

So this is an example of the many different kinds of garratt type steam locomotives that operated here in Australia.
Specifically a former New South Wales Government Railways AD-60

[@davidhull1481]

@@mr99gto Ta. It’s a new one on me.

[@MK-sf6su]

Die Garratt Lokomotiven sind schon eine Klasse für sich. In Europa hatten wir die Mallet Lokomotiven, zB. die Bayerische Gt 2×4/4 :)

[@davidhull1481]

@@MK-sf6su That’s easy for you to say.

[@thomasarmstrong3804]

PITY About the Diesel

[@smitajky]

You're right. It seems to be smoking even more than the steam engine. This was always a trait I noticed with NSW diesels.

[@localcarthief]

@currentbatches6205 Theres no loop at Wimbledon so the diesel is required.

[@philtucker1224]

Clearly a fairly steep incline, is this in India?

[@tomshaw9065]

Sorry, this is in New South Wales Australia

[@philtucker1224]

What country is this in please?

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

NSW Australia

[@gregking7926]

Mallet?

[@mr99gto]

Sadly no my friend, this is a garratt, a 4-8-4+4-8-4 garratt to be precise

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Everything here as far as the eye can see looks like it would go up in flames with one spark !! What could possibly go wrong here eh ?

[@jrea424]

Not far wrong, the North Yorkshire railway actually aren't allowed to run steam trains during the summer months because of the risk of setting the moors on fire.

[@colinstickland3130]

Steam trains in Aussie. Thought you only rode camels .

[@mr99gto]

Generally we run our steam locomotives on the mainline during the winter months to reduce the risk of lineside fires, despite how dry the grass looks, it's really not & trust me, I spent a lot of time in that grass during the weekeend. lol