Australian steam locomotive Garratt 6029 - cab ride - Tarana to Bathurst - September 2018

Awesome stuff. I hope this is kept for ever more, a thing to treasure. Kudos to those who keep this era alive.

i spent many years of my life as a fitter on NSWGR overhauling these garratt loco,s what a great machine!!--so thanks to YOU & the people that saved this BEAUTIFUL MACHINE from the gas axe.

These days she has it easy hauling light weight passenger trains with a diesel hanging off the rear to provide extra power and speed on steep grades. In her service days she worked very hard every single day and often double headed with one of her sisters or a standard 2-8-0 goods loco. She wasn't bought or built for speed but for heavy haulage. Today she has bright sparkling paintwork but in her service days the only time she had bright sparkling paintwork was when she was repainted after an overhaul. She was never cleaned and none of the Garratts were so they were just plain filthy. She's now received red lining which they all had when they first entered service. This really is a unique view and Bevan knows who to ask to get permission for a filming cab ride. His son drives for Southern Short haul Railroad, a large private operator.

As a child i lived in Southern Africa my dad work for Rhodesia Railways in the 1960,s so Garratts are my favourite Steam Loco ...

Fantastic filming. This reminded me of when I was able to ride in the cab of 6039 in November 1977. And in March 1978 at the Cardiff workshops 50th anniversary celebrations.

Beautiful; absolutely beautiful. Remember the Garratts from my years at Yunta (SA), when they did the Peterborough / Terowie / Broken Hill run and how sad it was to see them laid up and being cut up for scrap on the salvage line at Peterborough after Standardisation.

Brilliant video, certainly is an impressive beast. I once had a footplate ride and a fire on an ex South African Railways NGG16 Garratt on the Welsh Highland Railway in the UK and thought that was big (well they are for 2 foot gauge) but this is on another level!

3:00 - In case you were wondering, in Australia and other "civilized" countries, pressure is measured in Pascals (Pa), which is defined as one Newton per square meter.

Nice flat fire there I worked on them between Gosford and Broadmeadow late 60’s as a NSWGR Fireman.

Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

My late husband did work on this wonderful loco during restoration

Rock solid video.

What's not to like! It reminds me of a footplate ride I had in South Africa on a GMA 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt.

The dispersal pattern of the automatic coal was interesting.

What a beautiful locomotive, loved and respected........

Nice! reminds me of my cabride on a NZR (National Railways of Zimbabwe) 16A.

That engine has got more power than an Aussie Tank!

I recall the Garratts pounding up Denistone bank in the 70s.

Fantastic you were so lucky to get that chance I imagine

wonderful