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keep in mind im only 19.... last sunday i was at the rail transport museum in sydney australia.... i was asked to help fire up 2 steam locos.. 3526 and 2705. one after the other... i helped clean em both down from head to toe.. oil em both up.. and lit the fires... kept the fire goin to rais steam while the other 2 guys helpin went around and did other tasks... i spent the night in the shed it was frezzing. all day i did small tasks for the drivers and i got a 45 min cab ride in loco 2705.. and was givin a lift back to campbelltown station on the train pulled up 3526... i got heaps of photos.. and the enginemen were so inpressed with my peformance that they asked me to come back next running day to help out.. it was quite a experence ill never forget.. and cant wait for the next running day
You... are one HECK of a lucky sonnova... Congratulations! /JonatanSteam rules! Never trust computers. If you do, they will betray you.I'm the steam freak, ph34r me!!
Nice one mate!! What is 2705?? Tank Engine??"i helped clean em both"Wanna help clean some of our NR Classes?? >Mike Forster< Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com http://www.trainweb.org/aussiepix
so in a few years ill be hopefully up at the zig zag railway in the mountians in western sydney driving their steam engines. gotta start from the bottom obviously... but workin with any part of the steam railways is good enough for me