The Journey back Home - Cab ride on C17 967 to Beaudesert

[Trifu22]

easy with the cuttof there :))

[fletcherhf73]

Doesn't 1:03 to 1:30 sound like QR SMUs and IMUs at a station lol

[fletcherhf73]

I rode this train once back in 2004. the train only run from logan village not bethania. It's a hame they don't run anymore

[chickin0430076522]

that train didnt survive long lol...

[paul1089]

theironhorse12, these locomotives, the C17's do have a brick arch inside the firebox.

tweetsie12190 the wheel arrangement for the C17 is 4-8-0.

[tweetsie12190]

wat weel aragement is it

[theironhorse12]

What amazes me is the fact the firman leaves the doors open while shoveling in coal, does the engine have a brick arch? If it dont, he is letting the cool ait hit the crown sheet and letting the hot air out. Another thing that supprises me is the engineer yanking that throttle back so hard, he could have lost all of the steam pressure doing that. Oh by the, Im American, what does the word "Floging" mean?

[dude1049]

These engines are good, in fact there great, they hold there heat really well, and to loose 175psi in a c17 instantly is a very difficult thing to do, and and flogging is an australian railway term that means your over working your engine, heanse flog the fuck out of it

[125sloth]

Should still be running, but because of "questionable" handouts to them by the then Howard Government, along with in fighting they had to close down.

As an ex rail investigator from Victoria, I can see why they were stopped crossing onto the main line into Bethania station, (where they originally went to), had to terminate at Logan Village. I sat in the train once, observing the "crew", not once was a continuity check done on the air brakes throughout the train. No wonder QR was concerned.

[spacemarine88]

967 now resides at the Mary Valley Heritage Railway, it is undergoing repairs before its return to running order.

[paul1089]

It sure is.

[Engineer5344]

paul, would you happen to know where 967 currently is now. seeing as this railroad has closed down now.

[nickwa165wa165]

is this aus?

[Engineer5344]

why, do the guys that run it say they don't want it to be on youtube.

[paul1089]

I already have but strictly not allowed to.

Not sure it's a good idea to broadcast that footage.

[Engineer5344]

get down a bit in the coal bunker. alsot looks like the crew is getting down to business. good job paul. great stuff as always. you think some time you get some cab ride footage in the AC16 221

[cb512]

No chance of that I am sorry to say ..... Maybe if they are very lucky at a station

[paul1089]

Sorry if anyone thinks the footage is dodgy but this was the 1st time we had used a vidcam. Thought I should point this out.

[spacemarine88]

Good stuff, loco seemed to get up a good turn of speed