After last weeks' look at Kiwi trains, Rhys got in touch to point me at this video.
He tells me, "We see the
longest lasting and last Fell incline in the world. The locos had 2
engines running at different speeds (one on a center rail) and it
required 5 locos to haul a 250 ton train 3 miles up a 1 in 15 incline.
The 2 engine "beat" is really something else."
It's not the last Fell incline, the Snaefell on the Isle of Man is still running, but the Fell brake is only used as an emegency device now, and unlike Rimutaka, the trams never used it for haulage.
This is a fasincating film for all sorts of railway views. Mutiple locos in a long good trains? Wow! And I really like the "Tin Hares" too.
Thanks for the tip Rhys.
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Had this as a vhs video thirty years ago; great to see it again
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