Banitis Гр-319 / Gr-319 Ferdinands steam engine en route from Aluksne to Gulbene, Latvia

This is Gulbene-Aluksne narrow gauge railway, located in Latvia. It is a 33 km remaining part of 212 km long line Stukmaņi (Pļaviņas) - Valka built in 1903. Track gauge is 750 mm. The line is a state culture heritage site and is in regular operation, usually under a diesel locomotive and occasionally under steam. Currently used Гр (Gr) type steam engine is borrowed from Estonia, it was built in 1951 in Germany. (banitis.lv).
Filmed 27 July 2017 while Withworth Media were filming an episode of "Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys". (www.whitworthmedia.com/shows/c....
The following stations are seen in this video (in order of appearance):
- Paparde - steam engine replenishes water there.
- Stāmierene
- Birze

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Marvellous engine.