VR racehorse R761 shows her pace (2)

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4 жыл бұрын

Steamrail's R761 has been a tour workhorse for over four decades, and on her recent trip to Shepparton with steel cars in tow she was allowed to bust the normal 80 kph limit on the Melbourne-Seymour section. There were surprisingly few cars on the road as the sun was going down we took advantage of the opportunity to 'pace' the loco south of Mooroopna and again south of Murchison. Awesome result...
(DOWN journey) Glenroy Bank, Wandong & Tallarook (UP journey) Mooroopna, Murchison, Mangalore & Tallarook.

Пікірлер: 40

@StanGreen-bj2dg 9 ай бұрын

What a great video, showing the locomotive's true performance without an annoying diesel engine ruining the performance and aesthetics. The pacing part is magnificent, always are. 👍👍

@kimballthurlow577 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant cinematography, and example of the steam era engineering. Thank you.

@michaelperkins5858 Жыл бұрын

The pacing shots and that last evening runby were fantastic. The rest was very good as well. Thanks for posting!

@jquarters1896 Ай бұрын

R761 is my absolute favorite r class.

@markielinhart 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! What a loco! 👏🌹✌️

@neiltoatasi6892 3 жыл бұрын

Pure beauty

@cliffleigh7450 2 жыл бұрын

Great pacing shot!

@beagle7622 5 ай бұрын

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

@Steven_Rowe 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from NSW and I think they are the finest looking loco in the country. I like the 38s but not the streamlined version, they looked like a barrel vacuum cleaner in my opinion. Sad that 3830 is out of action.

@cozmoandfriends9238 2 жыл бұрын

Well you got your own r class in nsw with r766 undergoing trials after being converted to standard guage

@Steven_Rowe 2 жыл бұрын

@@cozmoandfriends9238 I would like to see it run. I think it would look great in a nice blue livery

@thegaminggallimimus4429 2 жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Rowe navy blue and gold is nice, like the old VR logos, what kind of blue were you thinking of though?

@Steven_Rowe 2 жыл бұрын

@@thegaminggallimimus4429 yes navy and gold would look sensational and how nice to see a rake of those blue spirit of progress coaches behind her.

@JTT0509 2 ай бұрын

Well ill be damned. There is a hudson in preservation!

@johnd8892 Ай бұрын

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 KZfaq videos recording their use in preservation and a few from their normal service from about 1951 to 1967.

@backonpro5679 Ай бұрын

There are A LOT OF HUDSONS

@blackbirdgaming8147 2 жыл бұрын

I was never much a fan of Australian steam, but it’s really started to grow on me. How fast can this locomotive go, and how fast is it allowed to go? Greetings from the USA.

@symphonyofsteam 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, thanks for your interest in Oz steam. That particular loco was only doing about 80-90kph at the time, although she will comfortably sit on 115 or a bit more. Our 'official' records of speed are not impressive by UK and USA standards, someone will correct me, but around 85mph is our top speed set by a Victorian Railways 'S' class. Although I'm sure those from New South Wales will let us know that their 38 Class has done more! Of course unofficially, I'd love to know what has really been achieved...

@alistairwhite2906 2 жыл бұрын

@@symphonyofsteam there's stories around from the West Coast Railway days that the speedo's they were using on the R's were slightly out of calibration. They were allowed to run up to 120km/h on the speedo, however that was around 140km/h track speed. Which is just over 85mph......

@smitajky 2 жыл бұрын

When it was in service it was permitted 70 mph which was the Victorian Railways max permitted speed. The wheel diameters were large by Australian standards but small by overseas standards giving the maximum available HP at between 40 and 50 mph. Suiting moderate grades with light passenger stock. They were extensively used on goods trains where they were not really well designed. Heavy loads at low speeds were not intended. When first introduced they double headed the heavy Overland to Adelaide where they faced a 20 to 30 km upgrade of 1 in 48. (2%). Their relatively large boilers to tractive effort enabled them to perform reasonably well on the sustained gradient where some other types could "run out of steam" after a while. Particularly the much older C class.

@blackbirdgaming8147 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the info everyone!

@matthewdempsey6583 2 жыл бұрын

n the 1960s, as the railway preservation movement began to gather momentum, a small number of R class locomotives found a new role as power for excursion train services. In this role they were able to fulfill their intended role of high speed passenger travel, with speeds of over 80 mph (129 km/h) being recorded.[18]

@Ian-qs3fz Жыл бұрын

she looks like she’s very similar in design to a Pennsylvania K4

@LukeWatson99 Ай бұрын

This footage is clearly sped up. You can tell by 1:30 that the whistle steam doesn't act like that. What a shame

@symphonyofsteam Ай бұрын

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...

@kerryjames7150 Жыл бұрын

Ohe of theese days one of these steam locoa is going to blow out a cylinder or valve end and cost a fortune to repair , keep the boiler water down .

@richardperrow9952 Жыл бұрын

What speed was the train 🚂 going.?

@beagle7622 5 ай бұрын

In mph around 70.Downhill a little faster . Compared to a S Class diesel they were pretty equal.

@begnamo3657 4 жыл бұрын

Why a second upload of the same video?

@josh3801 4 жыл бұрын

There was a minor glitch in the original upload. Tex has fixed it.

@begnamo3657 4 жыл бұрын

@@josh3801 Ahh I see

@symphonyofsteam 4 жыл бұрын

Theres a nasty digital glitch @ 1:01 on the first upload - but I couldn't replace the vid or it would trash the url which had already gone around the traps...