1009 Beyer Garratt returns to service

QR Queensland Rail restored this locomotive back to operational standard and this video is the first revenue service after restoration

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• beyer
• garratt
• 1009
• steam
• locomotive
• engine

[steamtrainmark]

Nice video Ken, what other treasures you got stowed away?

[cnsylvester1]

@steamtrainmark _ I'll have to look Mark.. Most are section cars now. K

[cnsylvester1]

Paul, back in 197o's I was a little kid my dad would take me to the Redbank Steam Museum each year. The small museum was full of locomotives. I clearly recall dad saying to me "you see these engines here, they'll never run again".Since then I've seen DD171051, AC16221a, BG1009, BB18¼1089,A10#6 all returned into service together + the creation of The Workshops Museum.Would have been ridiculed for years had I have predicted this back in 1974.I reckon good things are still out there. Never give up.

[pyrofella]

Update on my previous post.... I went Queensland and to my dismay, the Garrett is now just on static display at the Ipswich Workshop Museum... I was informed that they have no plans to put her back in steam.... What a waste....

I settled for a trip on the Mary Valley Rattler instead....a C17steamer that runs from Gympie to Imbil....it was great.

[pyrofella]

I'm heading for Queensland in later this year..just so I can ride behind this beauty...she's doing trips out of Ipswich in October.. can't wait.

[Zappyguy111]

I remember this old train... Fond childhood memories these days. I can't wait until they have it up and running again.

[Palifiox]

@EpicureMammon The problem with the Garratt and all tank engine designs is that the axle loading decreases as the water is used up, reducing adhesion and traction. This is not a problem over relatively short runs. QGR Garratts were frequently used on the Rockhamption to Blair Athol for the high grade steaming coal. Total of perhaps 400 km with watering points along the way. Low capacity bridges on the central line in the early 1950s needed light axle loadings, Garratts offered this.

[choirboyfromhell1]

I hear the American accent at the end..."Right on Time". Of course it is...it isn't an American train.

[JimTLonW6]

Seriously impressive loco!

[EpicureMammon]

@granskare I think that Garratts are better around tighter corners and the trade offs to achieve that benefit weren't worth it or even necessary on US railways. Maybe they would have been very useful on some lines, I don't know. They definitely are neat looking.

[JBofBrisbane]

@granskare - I have noticed that, but Anatoly Mallet was hardly a U.S. citizen.