Great Train Race 2023 - from onboard 6029 & 5917's Trains - Hunter Valley Steamfest

The great train race in the NSW Hunter Valley with four steam hauled trains between Waratah, a Newcastle suburb and Maitland, along a quad track section of the Main Northern Railway. The line being closed for the race.

This is a collaboration with ‪@video_mitch‬ created with our combined videos from onboard my train 5917’s and Mitch's - 6029’s.

The 2023 Great train race was a special celebration as the previous three years the race was cancelled due to Covid & floods, hence the four trains, usually there are only two.

Locomotives:
3801: 4-6-2 “Pacific” locomotive, built for NSW Railways by Clyde Engineering, Sydney, Australia in 1943
5917: 2-8-2 “Mikado” locomotive built for NSW Railways by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA in 1953
6029: 4-8-4+4-8-4 “Garratt” loco built for NSW Railways by Beyer Peacock, Manchester, England in 1954
R766: 4-6-4 loco built for Victorian Railways by North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Scotland in 1951. This locomotive was originally a broad gauge (1600mm) loco and has been converted to standard gauge (1435mm)