Great video. I wish I was living in that time seeing these great locomotives.

@BelbinVideo

4 ай бұрын

It was a great time, Dave, but then you'd be an oldie like me haha.

Absolutely brilliant footage of working Garratts, what a way to get your heart racing. And to actually see steam working on the Toronto line, thanks for sharing.

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate, plenty more to come haha

@EveleighSprag

Күн бұрын

Graeme you have some brilliant footage here, I really like the early morning shots at Toronto.

That's fascinating!!! even more fascinating is the forethought the gentleman recording this for future generations, I'm born in 73. Not sure if the sound is dubbed but steam is coming to the end of its era, you can tell how they steam and look, like a beaten slave, a scruffy, uncared for dog given a bone to chew on, yet faithful, they don't complain, keep going and going, dreaming of a time, in the workshops, the holy grail of the dark arts by the planners, fitters and boilermakers, the boys in Westinghouse on the mezzanine floor, hands, tools, care and knowledge, breathing new life to the engine, I should stop drinking now 😥my goodness

Fantastic videos. Good old NSWGR. Classic.

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Helmut, glad you enjoyed it.

Some pretty rare shots here - Toronto line steam, the goods yard, plus the Wangi Wangi branch. Thankfully Phil captured them for us to enjoy! I played this on my 55” tv with volume up! Huge appreciation for posting this one.

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Andrew and I'm pleased that it was OK on the big TV. Some people seem put out when the old films aren't 4K quality.

@andrewr2825

2 жыл бұрын

😀I think Graeme the “evocativeness” is the quality, and on the big screen, considering the equipment used then, it’s transferred to digital reasonably well.

Wonderful and magnificent. . .

Good old days, sadly gone, so too Broadmeadow loco. Great video.

the segment from 4:32 on sounds incredible!

Simply wonderful! That last clip fo the 38 was truly magnificent. Thanks so much for all your work. :-)

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Terry, glad you enjoy them. Great to be able to share with others who remember such times.

Some GREAT footage of 6029 there!

This is amazing footage - thank you!!! That has to be the best shots of working Garrets ever filmed in Australia.

Excellent video. Classic New South Wales Railway.

Amazing film of one of my favourite locomotives, the garratts. 🙂

It's astounding to me how in so many ways Australian railways are similar to American railroads. Those old coal hoppers are VERY similar to a lot of steam era hoppers that could be seen here in the States, especially the 2 bay hoppers. The Garrat type engines were truly magnificent at well.

@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044

11 ай бұрын

A mix of British and American practices some gauge confusion with gum trees and 🦘

@ChargerusPrime

11 ай бұрын

@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 yeah lol

Thank you for sharing

Absolutely awesome footage thankyou

Grande! As youngsters in Ireland, mon ami, we always loved it when the trains passed by at a leisurely rate, as it provided us a great chance to bounce a few ripe tomatoes off some of the pork-pie-faced blokes who stuck their mugs out the window/door openings. Mon Dieu, what fun. ESPECIALLY if they were holding a pint a' bitters that they then dropped!

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. Now I need to find a "pork pie faced bloke" to bounce a ripe tomato off. Alternatively, I wonder could I bounce a pork pie off a tomato faced bloke. I'll keep you posted.

@amelierenoncule

2 жыл бұрын

@@BelbinVideo Well, mon ami, that all depends...on the amount of bitters (or stout) that YOU have wrapped yourself around. But make haste to recognize that a PP is considerable more expensive than a tomato, of any variety.

One of your best videos yet mate! 👌

Serious slipping at 7:10! It's like writing an essay - a lot of slip, but only going backwards!

@chopperking1122

2 ай бұрын

if they were running low on water the lack of weight would cause wheel slip

WOW , they ran up until that late .bazz

The glory days of steam.

Thank you Mr Belbin for filming all this history, I was born in March 72 so I don't remember any of this, I wish I was born 30 yrs earlier. Was this filmed on super 8 film?🇦🇺🤠👍

@BelbinVideo

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin. Filmed on 16mm, this lot.

One thing I noticed. that some of fireman on those engines had not trimmed their tenders just A BIT LAZY and OH&S was not a big thing and if a lump of coal fell off the tender and hit someone in the head it was just bad luck! you could always find coal along the side of the track in the bush I WAS ONLY 7 but I lived in North Gosford in the 60s so I i was Lucky to see lots of steam.

When NSW had a real railway .....

@aussiejohn5835

2 жыл бұрын

When a real train had a guards/brake van.

Where is this from, if it’s a DVD or VHS what is it called?

@bruiser3601

2 жыл бұрын

Days of Steam

*tronta