Western Endeavour 1970

during 1970 the standard gauge link from sydney to perth was completed and the rail transport museum of NSW decided to have the first 2 steam engines use it. 3801 all the way. and 3813 as far as Pt Augusta in SA
stripped from "3801 A Legend In Steam" Uploaded by Michael Eady
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• 3801 A Legend in Steam...

[@percyengineproductions061]

this means so much to me!

[@geoffcrumblin9850]

I recall standing somewhere between Central and Redfern waving farewell to my friend as he and his fiancée departed on the journey.

[@iaincaveney7162]

I was 7 at the time living at Bathurst and dad knew someone in the railways because we were in the signal box when 3801 entered the station 3813 was detached due to load limits on the bridge just before the station

[@DeepThought9999]

I was delighted to watch this. I had the good fortune to be in Perth, as a 16-year old on school holidays I think, having flown over with my parents from Sydney for a holiday, just after 3801 arrived there. My Dad took me out to Cottesloe Beach I think it was where 3801 was to be stabled in the rail yard there and I had the opportunity to get up close and take what for me was a very historic photo of 3801 with its driver framed in the fireman’s window. That was a notable trip as we were staying at a large hotel opposite Langley Park in Perth when we noticed a Gypsy Moth biplane circling and then landing on the park. My Dad and I walked down to the park and spoke with the pilot of the plane, finding out that it was commemorating the anniversary of the first airmail flight into Perth from the east. My Dad had been a flying instructor during WWII and had taught many new pilots how to fly the update of the Gypsy Moth, the Tiger Moth. So Dad had a nice conversation with the Gypsy’s pilot. I still have the photos taken on that trip.

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

Fantastic video ready for steam in the 50s.

[@maxwellwalcher6420]

Start from the opening to the C&NW.

[@helmutsandner867]

Excellent video. Enjoyed every minute.

[@percyengineproductions061]

ur welcome

[@brendanwilliams7291]

Hopefully some amount of work can be done on 3813 over time, it’s still sitting up in Dorrigo Museum along with a host of other projects that are waiting to be restored.

[@bobgreen3208]

i wish my dad could say. he was nsw driver.

[@brendanwilliams7291]

3813 isn’t seen coming into Broken Hill, did it come in on another train or come in light engine?

[@percyengineproductions061]

off screen, and it probably depends how it came.