A Garratt Goes Again Part 1
NINETY MINUTES of top steam action as narrow gauge Garratt loco G 42 triumphantly returns to service after a 42-year lay-off.
In March and April 2004 Victoria's Puffing Billy Railway completed a 27 year restoration project of 2' 6" gauge 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 Garratt locomotive G 42 with a series of test trips and official launches on the Belgrave to Gembrook railway.
This production features EVERY test train, with much footage exclusive to Steam Media.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- 12 & 16 car trains on Emerald & Fielder Banks;
- first Garratt/Na cross in over 40 years;
- a 19 car night test train on Emerald bank;
- PBPS launch train to Cockatoo;
- brake tests on Emerald & Fielder banks;
- first public passenger train since 1962;
- test equipment explained
and much, much more....Join the world's only operational 2' 6" gauge Garratt in scenes taken from lineside, cab, in track and parallel roads making 90 memorable minutes of 'Garratt action'.