International Railroad Discussion > Project 6029: The Goulburn Trials

Disappointed that an post made earlier today on this topic was deleted, Bevan Wall, the photographer, was contacted. Bevan referred us to the Project 6029 Blog, which contains all sorts of information and interesting images, including a link, there, to the wonderful video, recorded yesterday (August 14, 2014), of this locomotive making its maiden voyage since recently having been restored to service.

Project 6029 blog: http://blog.project6029.com/2014/08/goulburn-trials.html

The locomotive is ex-New South Wales Government Railways 6029, 4-8-4+4-8-4 (Beyer Peacock / Manchester 7531 / 1953), Beyer-Garratt type, standard gauge, thought to be the largest serviceable steam locomotive in the southern hemisphere.

I watched the video, it was compulsive viewing, to see a standard gauge Garratt of that size at speed was breathtaking.

The video in the blog is good watching.

JBWX