Locomotive 3801 Relaunch & Inaugural Service
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- čas přidán 20. 03. 2021
- Join us aboard 3801's first passenger service since 2007, from Central to Rhodes, accompanied by vintage electric set F1 - all in real-time!
This historic occasion was filmed on Friday 12 March 2021 and captured by eight fixed cameras, along with one drone.
Video includes highlights from the official relaunch ceremony.
![Australia's famous 3801 steam locomotive [AH004]](/img/n.gif)
It’s really thrilling to see the regular city trains blowing their horns as they go past like paying respects to such a legend on rails
It was for this event only. We’re normally ignored by these weekend warriors and freight driver fuckwits.
Well, in the UK quite recently, some fellows have tuned the whistle of #60532BluePeter to sound like a New Zealand 5-chime, similar in sound to #NSWGR3801.
Steam locos are cheap to maintain. They are Majestic beauties .So preserve it for ever
I have a U.S. locomotive engineer license and am qualifed on steam. When I travelled to Australia to watch my wife compete on one of the U.S. teams during the Sydney Games the only day she was not competing was when 3801 was running their Long Lunch train. How could I possibly pass that up? I even got an invitation to ride the footplate on the way back into Sydney. One of the things that I found awkward was that in the U.S. the engineer sits on the right and the fireman works from the left. I would normally put my back onto the cab in order to throw from right to left into the firebox. With the fireman having to fire from the opposite side I would have had a hard time firing from left to right instead of right to left. Thankfully I just got to watch and enjoy myself
I was lucky enough to be one of 4 apprentices chosen to work on this beautiful beast when she was overhauled at the Eveleigh Carriage Workshops back in the late 60's. I can still remember a constant stream of workers just coming around to look her over as we worked on her. We gave her a full repaint and sent her out looking every bit as good as she does here. Great to see that this Grand old Lady of Australian Steam has been brought back to her former glory and is in service once again! Cheers, Doons
I was fortunate to fire on 3801 many years ago when Channel 10 were doing a documentary. I was at Enfield when It came back from its trip with some carriages that needed to be taken to Meeks Rd sidings. Great experience !!
My great grandad drove this train :) I’m really sad that I could never see see him drive it he would be so happy that they restored this 😢
Bless you 3801 and all that care for you. I lived in Blackheath NSW for 27 years and it was always a marvelous treat to see you come roaring through our village. I have now retired to the Tasmanian NW Coast and truely miss the Emu Plains railway folk
The best video I have ever seen in my life. I enjoyed myself very much as I kept watching this video. 10/10 recommend.
Such an AWESOME effort to everyone involved in 3801's restoration , it makes me proud to be an RTM member ; Many Thanks to everyone involved.
3801 is an iconic locomotive, glad to see it running again!
I would Love to see 3801
I personally think it be interesting if you guys arranged with Steamrail Victoria for 3801 to make an ambassador trip to Melbourne again now she's back in fine fettle again. Would do good for promotion I'd say, and of course 3801 did it before and did it well, and could do it now if the facilities for effective cooperation between the NSW Railways and the Victorian Railways stand. Just food for thought when the COVID restrictions ease off for 2022. Regards from England, steam buff Samuel Farris.
So great to see 3801 running again.
Brought back memories of seeing it hauling the Newcastle Express past Argenton Primary School ( just north of Cockle Creek station) in the 1960s. Always on time and around 11am during recess time.
Gee I loved the NSWGR during those times...cups of tea or coffee and sandwiches, or a dixie cup icecream served to your seat on the the Newcastle Express as it barrelled along. 😊😊
Beautiful! If you have been unfortunate to never ride on a steam train then you have missed some magic in your life.
Seeing this old girl back where she belongs makes me so happy cant wait to see her back at her home station for steamfest
My Pop Billy Watts ran a 3801 on the central west line it didn't make enough money to keep it viable so they took it up to the north coast line
I never met my Pop he passed before I was born I sure hope he was riding with these guys one more time
The soundtrack from my childhood really, and it meant holidays! Mum and I would catch the steam train from Binnaway to Sydney to see families on the coast, each year, train to Kiama, train to Newcastle, bliss, just bliss. We would settled down for the night in a sleeper with bunks and freshly laundered crisp white sheets and wake for an early morning cuppa as we came into Central. Honestly, it was always amazing and I so appreciate being able to listen and watch and travel back in time. The last time I caught the overnight train (the Mudgee Mail) was in 1967 after my wedding, before flying back to Darwin where I was a student nurse and my whole life was ahead of me. Thanks.
There were certainly a lot of good times to be had on those express trains often hauled by 01 and her sisters. Trains like the south coast daylight, southern highlands express, Riverina express, Newcastle flyer, the Fish and chips and so on, all put country regions within a day or overnight travel from the big smoke.
❤😂🎉🎉😢😢😮😅😅😊😊❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉😢😮😮😊😊@@flamingfrancis
From 25 mins in, that is sensational.
Awesome job by the thirlmere train museum she looks and sounds better than ever
There goes our little cousin! So nice
To see some of the I5’s lineage getting so much love!
Wow!! Breathtaking parallel running especially in the Sydney yard. The drone footage is amazing and the video overall is fantastic. What a great job of restoration of 3801 and F1.
The whistle certainly has not changed...I remember listening to it back in the 50's when she used to haul the Newcastle Flyer. It was always audible when nearing Tuggerah station to warn for the gate crossing of the Entrance Road.
I love the imagery from the camera looking down into the firebox...special memories there.
The 3801 whistle is haunting. Hauntingly beautiful. Hauntingly exciting. And hauntingly terrifying.
@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns And very loud when you are right near it repairing it, as I can testify to (with industrial deafness).
Being from the UK, I never really thought much about Australian steam traction. Looks like I missed out. A great looking locomotive...
Beautiful to see her back! In fact I went on it on the relaunch weekend and she's brighter and faster than she used to be!
Wonderful !!! 3801 such a beautiful part of our Rail history.
a real credit to all that took love and care in restoring her.
For various reasons I couldn't get to Sydney for this epic event, but this CZcams clip viewed from my PC in the comfort of my home makes up well and truly for not being there. My last experience of 3801 was on a Moss Vale round trip back in 2005, doubleheaded with 3830. I look forward to seeing it again next week in the South. I've just watched Pannier P Productions clip of the Transport Heritage 'caravan' travelling south to Albury today. The maker of that clip is a teen railfan and today would have been his first face to face sighting of the green machine. Congratulations to all concerned for a wonderful restoration and for this great production of the launch.
A great little video i worked goods trains with that engine in the sixties at Enfield,
You all do it right when celebrating the reincarnation of this beautiful engine. From other videos I've seen, you do railroading right, mixing the old with the new and getting the job at hand. I need to move there just for the railfanning!
The Legend is Australia's No.1 Legend of Steam without any doubt. Let's hope & pray she will be on the rails for many more generations to come. Fantastic sight to see The Respect all the other trains paid to such a stunning Legend indeed. 😍
In mentioning our (NSW's) pride and joy we should always pay due recognition to our Victorian mates for the magnificent original Spirit of Progress they totally produced. Another Aussie effort based on an English loco (S class) and an absolutely brilliant set of carriages. Well worth a lookup online.
Great work! Not much of a train guy but that thing looks and sounds so slick, its great. A credit to the workmanship and efforts of everyone that contributed.
As a retired Union Pacific engineer in the USA, wow , what a legend you all have. Roadbed looks great, love the signal system, but I didnt understand no headlights. We had to have them all the time plus ditch lights. Anyway loved the video!!
3801 has a headlight...it is right at the pointy end of the streamlining encased. there are also small lights on eeither side at the same level. All of our locos have headlights
Probably he was too used to his old employer's two big steam locomotives (#844 and #4014)...
Wow , what a beautiful locomotive ! Timing is perfect, real tight.
3801 a true legend of steam absolutely Beautiful.
The best Vlog I’ve ever seen. Just love it!
Sounds awesome. Great to see her back.
Charging along, epic video
Thanks so much for sharing
Its nice how her crew compartment is painted
Outstanding video, well done indeed!
Just beautiful. Thank you!
Fabulous video, brilliantly constructed. Congrats to all involved!
3801 is simply majestic...
20 years in the remaking, dumped the German boiler, Thunderbird 2 is rolling again
U see this is 3801
I love the fact it's still coal powered. Wonderful.
I love the 3801❤❤❤❤❤❤
A fantastic effort on the restoration and a very well made video. She sounds like she runs beautifully and Congratulations to the Driver, I don't remember his name, but I do remember taking him for a ride on the Mary Valley Rattler in Gympie QLD in the early 2000's. Cheers Adrian
Magnificent - there is no other word
Beautiful!
Just fabulous. Going on her on saturday. Cant wait
Superb doc and presentation! Like those footplate views with the all green firebox front: impressive!
Spotless! Not a bit of grime or grease anywhere!
All-new boiler suits too! :-)
Magnificent !!!
I can just recall when the 3801 and the Flying Scotsman at Spencer Street station, think it was back in 1988.
Walked the foot plates and was very imprssed.
welcome back old friend
ayy 3801 welcome back!
thnx for retaining heritage
great to see her back from us in the old uk, IM sure sure R kenington would have been with you down - under to see it off,regards 4472 support crew !
She has never looked so good! Last I saw her was I'm guessing just before she was sent off for refurbishment about 25 years ago at Steamfest in Maitland.
How can anyone not love the old Steam trains.
Just amazing! and I missed it all - how stunning it looks with its shiny new coat, what a sight to behold! But, what about the Red Rattler running alongside! another striking renovation? Just how busy have these dedicated people been!! Such an experience indeed, striking images and sounds, could almost smell that delicious coal and oil (the down voters must have no blood in their veins!) Marvellous!!
What a satisfying "hobby" it must have been for (presumably) many old blokes otherwise retired and thus keeping themselves occupied. Am very envious.
Back around 1994 (guess) my wife and I took our elder daughter and her fiance on a trip on 3801 to Blackheath and back and they were like a couple of kids in Disneyland. I well remember people at level crossings waving, semi-trailers hooting their horns in appreciation - fabulous memory.
I remember, too, my aunt putting my brother and I on the Flyer at Ourimbah to return to Sydney around 1950 and when mum collected us at Hornsby she asked "now were you good boys and didn't put your heads out the windows?", "no, we chorused" whereupon she said "then go and look at yourselves in the mirror in the toilets". Poor old Mum.
@@richardwhite3272 Yet another great memory Richard, I also recall the turntable at Katoombah where these great giants would be turned around for the run back. Thanks for sharing!
Top class cinematography Vedio i am Indian born Australian citizen my dad loves steam engine we love this Vedio mind blowing particularly this green stream train beautiful
Great work 1 & all , would have loved to be there , but Covid and personal things kept me ( and many others ) , away !
My heart...
Excepcional!!
loco firing 101 - SHUT THE DOOR when pouring it on except small crack for top air - man it's hard to watch this with door open! Amazed the driver didn't even notice either.
Imagine if all the preserved 38s were running together
Great idea but a big ask...I'd be happy to see one preserved from each of the three workshops where Aussie ingenuity manufactured them.
such a beautiful piece of engineering. Are there any preserved railways this can run on in NSW or is it confined to solely the times you can get access on the network?
should release the full footage onto a DVD
Interesting to see the pacific national crew filming from the NR Class at 24:25
great
Not an easy task nor cheap. On top all that it came out excellent.
Cool
Oh hell yea she’s ha k and I’m so gonna go there
👍Very nice!👍Thumbs Up & Like
Nice video...as a rail enthusiast one can feel the train only by the chugging sounds. Those who lived in that era can only witness this.
Steam power is still indirectly used to power the electric locomotives. how? The thermal power plants which generate electricity uses steam turbines.
The old girl is back....
Fantastic work! 👍👍👍👍👍 (Don't let Turnbull see this)
Great watch . surprised at how clean she burns that coal.
Disappointed that the video isn't 38:01 long! Would have been a nice touch.
That would have been awesome if it was
sweet i was born 1987 and wish as a kid to go on the steam train but they where all gone by the time i was 18 now im 34 i am existed to get on it i as a kid played mad eclectic massive steam train cirtys
Curious about why the Fireman was leaving the firebox open when he wasn't shovelling coal into it. I thought that it was best left closed when not shovelling coal into it. Is that not the case?
Gorgeous. Curious about the design, I would have thought 3801 large enough to have a proper tender with mechanical coal feed to the fire box. I imagine the fireman would be working near non-stop on a high-steam run.
The track alignments don't allow for it to run very fast
Was Her new boiler built in Germany?
With the apparent fascination and love of steam with the public, I wonder if the NSW government now regrets scrapping so many of the steam locomotive fleet.
Keeping the fire doors open like that sure isn’t doing the boiler any good.
What is her story?
How or why is it the red rattler is running the two power cars in front..
I would love an advanced 3801 in train simulator
Bossman Games
There is one in TANE
That spark looks a bit overpowered with 3 motors & 1 trailer? But at least you Sydneysiders can actually run them because we will be all dead and gone if ever they let them run the old sparks again down here.
Is there a reson that the fireboxdoor is open the whole time? Here in Sweden we keep it closed as much as possible, if its possible it should even be closed after every shovel. Would be intresting to know if its a diffrent design or if its just a diffrent way of maintaining the fire.
The firebox door being open allows for more secondary airflow, as such the fire doesn't get as hot as it normally would. On this trip the engine is not working hard and had more than enough steam without needing to close the firebox door.
Wondering if that also relates to the like of coal just inside the firebox doors. Looks odd compared to what I’ve seen of other firing?
@@spacemarine88 Hi old mate. Who we the crew working this trip? I'm sure I recognise the Driver from a trip I did at MVHR back in early 2000. He was a fireman then, and obviously a electric city train driver. If you know him, please tell him congratulations for me. They did an awesome job on the restoration. Better than anything QR ever did. Cheers Adrian
@@spacemarine88 Thanks for that Steve. I was also observing the coal pieces being shovelled. Are they screened to a specific sizing before going into the tender.
I also read somewhere that there used to be two firemen who worked in tandem at times when the energy demand was really high. Thinking of sections like Cowan Bank or outer western sections.
@@flamingfrancis size wise I am unsure, but it’s always been one fireman on 38’s.
6:57 Is that guy seriously just looking at his phone when it goes past? Haha
where is 3830 ?
Confused American here, Where is the whistle valve because I don't see a big overhead cord the driver yanks on??? it feels so wrong hearing the whistle and not seeing that motion. Also why the big pile of coal by the firebox doors? that seems very inefficient to my inept eyes
Toonish roolish steamish. 2good luck
There is just something about steam locomotives.
Its nice to see 3801 back in steam again, but if they continue to run the loco under load with the fire hole door wide open all the time, it won't be long before the inner firebox walls will be suffering from stress cracking, from my limited times on the footplate on steam trials in the 1960's that practice was forbidden, as it allows a large amount of cold air being drawn in over the fire which chills the heated inner fire box walls, continual operation will damage the boiler, brick arch or no brick arch, but maybe the old hands back then didn't know what they were doing, by that I mean the loco inspectors, boiler inspectors, who spent their entire life on the footplate or inspecting damaged boilers due to incorrect firing.
And it dosent even look like the fireman is spreading the coal correctly
@@radiation3041 disagree, firing technique is correct for this type of firebox, the coal used is smaller in size than was available back in the 1960's as coal suppliers today don't supply coal for steam locomotives only for power stations, so you have to adjust the firing technique to suit size and type, for example Newcastle steaming coal versus Western coal, that would clinker, blocking the fire grates, the crews would struggle to clear the clinker off the grates, and they would tell you " the more you play around with it the stiffer it gets" thats why they referred to Western coal as "DICK COAL"
Nice to know👍 it would probably be too expensive to make a different size coal only for occasions like this
@@radiation3041 CORRECT as the way mining is carried out today is different then seventy years ago, manual versus mechanical, the coal was screened to a certain size back then, today it is crushed to a certain size by the process of wall mining, screened to ensure it meets customer requirements, then washed to removed dust prior to transporting.
Man 3801 towers over that f set maybe,if it was a w set or Tulloch the f set would’ve towered over 3801
To bad we can't get a really good Train Sim that can properly get this and other great steam lomotives modheled and usable with a Fireman (clears Troaght) Train Sim World
Didn’t have speedo’s when I fired them I’m 71
@Transport Heritage NSW I did a request video for the Canberra - Eden railway line
what? the line doesn't even exist!
@@mdgfb05 well the government is planning to restore it and extended through eden
@@percyengineproductions061 no?
@@mdgfb05 yes search it up
@@percyengineproductions061 You are partly correct. I have seen the proposals and I have seen the abandoned track which parallels the highway when travelling towards the coast. I believe that the proposal has been set aside once again.
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In case you don’t know 38’s where good for 100 + mph
3801 maximum speed was clocked at 112kph / 70 mph.
vs the tiger moth
Think you might be referring to a promo film that was done in Victoria where the plane took on the steam hauled Spirit of Progress that ran from Melbourne to Albury from 1937 on the Vic gauge line. There was a video on YT at one time. From memory the SOP was slightly slower than the record set by 3801 / Newcastle Flyer and that is on relatively flat terrain as opposed to the remarkble terrain of the northern line to Newcastle.