Copyright of this video is always acknowledged to Kevin Derrick of Derrick Enterprises (c)1990, formally of Kalamunda, Western Australia.
Filmed and Directed by Kevin Derrick, narrated by David Moore and edited by Mark Casey.
WEST AUSTRALIAN RAIL ROVER
Through our lenses we bring you the romance of steam at its very best through lush green dairy country with beautiful wildflowers in bloom and on into the Jarrah Forests of the Darling Ranges in truly glorious scenery. That unique smoke and steam atmosphere of steam locomotives at work on a cold crisp winters night is captured for you to enjoy once more along with the sounds of yesterdays railways.
Features:
- Mainline steam activity from Perth to York, Northam, Calingiri, Collie, Bunbury, Boyanup, Donnybrook, Toodyay and Gingin. Featuring steam locomotives from classes Pm, W, G, and Dd hard at work in the very best lighting conditions for memorable photography.
- See steam excursions through the beautiful scenery of the Avon and Lunenberg Valleys in glorious sunshine.
- Visits to East Perth Locomotive Depot and to Collie in the last days of steam, also the early days of preservation includes 3801's visit in 1970 from the 16mm colour archive collection of Jim Gregg.
- Spectacular footage of 'The Dwellingup Forest Ranger' along the beautifully scenic Hotham Valley Railway, West Australia's steepest and most spectacular section of railway, enjoying views of lush green dairy country with magnificent displays of wildflowers before climbing the Darling Range into the heart of the Jarrah Forest.
- The changing face of the Westrail network as we examine scenes already gone forever with electrification.
- We ride on board one of the powerful ex South African Railways Ng15 locomotives of the Bennett Brook Railway at Whiteman Park.
- Visit the Hotham Valley Railway's line through the bush to Etmilyn with the 1897 vintage G class steam locomotive recreating the old logging railways of yesteryear as she pounds up Holyoak Bank.
DURATION APPROXIMATELY 69 MINUTES
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