The Great Train Race - Steamfest 2023

Watch the 2023 Great Train Race from Burton Automotive Hunter Valley Steamfest 35th Anniversary event

[marvwatkins]

When it comes to today's steam revivals, Aussies just know how to do it right! No other country could achieve a 'race' of 4 trains. Kudos galore!

[leokimvideo]

Poor 3801, just couldn't get any traction at the start. She was left for dead. How did they get the trains to run against the stop signals without triggering the brakes

[TheGadgetPanda]

Watching a race between four classic steam engines was not something I expected to watch and be fascinated by this morning. Thank the gods for the quirks of the Youtube algorithm.

[Trains-With-Shane]

Don't get me wrong I love Formula 1, British Touring Car, WRC, and American LeMans series... But THIS is a ❤

[latecomerr]

I was in the UK in 1959 and everything was steam! It was a fabulous experience and etched in my memory at age 84!

[PharaohDeathMask]

This must be the most exciting steam train video in existence. Excellent filming and editing. I wish that I could give you a hundred "Thumbs Up".

[CXensation]

I bet Stephenson shed a tear in his grave ...

[ironphilly]

other countries: lets keep our trains in good condition
aussies: 3 2 1 GO

[WingnutARC]

It is good to see the old iron horses still riding the rails. Outstanding Video

[concorde]

I think that pedestrian bridge was sagging just a hair! Great video. Astonishing that there is a 4-track mainline somewhere that can be tied up for a race like this. Fantastic! Made my day!

[rogerwhittle]

I've always said the Ozzie's are phuckin' crazy. They spend years and millions restoring and preserving some of the finest steam engines still in steam anywhere; and then they race them! Just because they've got a bit of spare, four track main line they're not using!

We Brits, on the other hand, spend years and millions restoring and preserving the actual finest steam engines anywhere and then we cherish and love them. By putting huge trains behind them, loading them up with nerds with stop watches, pointing them at the steepest, longest hills with rails on them uphill as hard and as fast as they will go. I can't see anything mad about that?

Seriously though, those locos (and their trains) were beautiful. Full credit guys, that was spectacular. And look at the crowds - that's the way to do it.

[mikegross]

I got so caught up in this "race" that I didn't want it to end!

[peter]

Spectacular! Formula 1 and the Isle of man are great to watch but this beats them hands down! What sights and sounds!

[PplsChampion]

so epic, i wish train racing was a bigger thing. Gran Trainismo on playstation 5

[alpha_charlie_]

In India, we had hundreds of fit steam locos when they were phased out, but most got scrapped with myopic decisions and some got plinthed before stations or museums despite being in perfect working condition.
Most people here have been meticulously brainwashed in believing everything that gives off smoke is a scrapyard garbage and a danger to the country's prosperity and must be torn apart, and that's why even diesel locos are being prematurely scrapped here let alone reviving and restoring classic steams, and people turn a blind eye to thermal power plants burning millions of tons of coal to produce their so called clean and green energy.
This video brings me so much happiness and joy, hope to witness something like this with my own eyes someday, thanks for sharing this.

[carcaridon]

Looks like Gordon and Percy have been going to the gym of late.

[peterhart]

Great video! The trains are beautiful, rolling masterpieces in the most picturesque settings. I’m in Indianapolis Indiana, half a world away, the camera work, drones and the editing made this possible.

[nrgcarrington]

Can someone explain how two of them swapped lines early on in the race? Surely there can't be a diamond crossover that they could use so close together?

[JudahHarris-nw]

Fantastic. No other word could describe this Steamfest.. Beautiful locomotives. Great shots. Great sound. Greetings from Germany..

[timcowan]

This has got to be one of the top ten railway videos on YouTube.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧😊