Hunter Valley Steamfest Great Train Race 2023 - 4 Steam Locomotives in Action!

The 2023 Great Train Race from onboard Garratt 6029's train.

Steam locos were 3801, 5917, 6029 & R766, with the race between Waratah (Newcastle) and Maitland.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - The start line, last to arrive
02:04 - The race begins
07:43 - Sandgate, 3801 overtakes
14:11 - Tarro, trying to overtake 5917
18:31 - Thornton, 5917 overtaken
23:07 - R766 overtakes
25:01 - East Maitland
28:08 - High Street, Maitland
30:24 - Maitland Station

[NW-gicp]

3801 was just toying with the other engines 😂

[reedbender]

Made my day...when too many locos are never enough

[Plateaudweller]

Actually heaps of praise should ho to the Hunter Valley coal industry for maintaining 4 lines in such good condition....and for the royalties they pay towards our roads, schools, hospitals etc.
Wondering how long it took for the soot to clear from the valley post race. 😜 A great event regardless.

[TimMutterer]

Norfolk Southern did it for the NRHS back in 1987 with the 611and the1218 in Virginia!

[Bammer]

Where do the tracks overlap one another or the trains cross each other?

[nickprehna]

I actually have the 3801 as a model train myself, it’s my first ever model steam train I got I currently have 2. The other one I have is the City of Lichfield which is a British Steam Train. Which actually speaking of why don’t other countries like Britain, America and Germany bring down some of there’s to compete against some of Australia’s own steam trains. I would love to see that.

[FMAChet]

Lovely footage, I was wondering if you recorded the rest of the Great Train Race as well. Would it be okay to use some of the footage of it as well for the Great Train Race segment? With credit as well.

[Maitlandgarbo]

Nice mate. I was on 6029 as well my video is up if you want to watch it

[TimMutterer]

A Once In a Lifetime Event would be if Union Pacific would shut down the Nebraska Main from Gibbon to North Platte and race 844, 4014 and 3985!

[nghngh]

The only reason for a Thumbs down 👎 is due to constant change in screen direction.

[marcomiranda]

There's something about steam locomotives that are quite mesmerizing for me. I was watching a ten minutes clip about a vintage train running, fully satisfying. Then my wife asked me: "why are you watching that?". In my mind: "You wouldn't understand". 😍

[MosheFeder]

What an amazing event! Thanks for showing it to us.

[johnhallford]

What a neat event. Great video. Thank you for sharing