Australian steam - An Epic Struggle Up Young Bank (video)

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Australian steam - An Epic Struggle Up Young Bank (video)

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3801 - An Epic Struggle Up Young Bank
On Sunday April 12th, 1998, 3801 arrived in Young with a tour from Sydney. It was the first train to travel on the branch in some time, and on the way in knocked quite a bit of long grass over and on to the rail head. Just as the train was due to depart heading south back out of town it began to rain, and with the loco now running tender first it was unable to lay sand. This. combined with the rail head now being covered in wet, crushed grass created an epic struggle for 3801 to make it back up the grade.
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