The STEAM TRAIN that ZIGZAGS uphill

Awesome stuff! What was the purpose of moving the loco briefly back and forth in the shop at the very beginning prior to leaving?

this is not the worlds last zigzag railway, cass scenic railroad in west virginia also runs "zigzags" or in us terms switchbacks as well

I would recommend the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia for more zig zags on the mountain route to the summit

Love to meet you one day, You inspire me to go outside ❤️

Does the train look like Henry from Thomas and Friends?

The Fireman. Could pass for Belmo the Ausi . Bowlers cousin 😂

So interesting. Thanks!!

I love the interlocking tower. Those used to be everywhere in America before centralized traffic control. Now there’s only a couple few left. Even at that, they are computer controlled rather than lever controlled. Ex. Fostoria, Ohio.

Some one in trouble get the sand paper out rub each point 50 times I had to touch them

Very interesting seeing and feeling how the steam engine works. Amazing machines.

What about India (Darjeeling) and Equador/South America (devil's nose)? Don't they run anymore?

thanks Mike

That signal guy really didn't convey much confidence in his skills 😅

Z means go reverse to and fro.
S pattern go a direction ahead.

I'm a disbilty person I'm in love with all trains from bathurst love trains

Casey Jones is ready, watch your speed.

how fast does this train go?

Been on the big train 🚆 5 times great day

Hi Mike. If you want to go for a train ride in Nova Scotia on a locomotive contact me.

Great to see that you're on Nebula. I already have a subscription, but I don't use it enough.

I love the sound of the switch room. The mechanical clicks are beautiful. Well done!

So cool! Standard or meter gauge?

I think the two men who are operating the engines are like pilots. They have to manage very serious mechanisms

Greg was so cool, Greg is my favorite

to deliver it from usa to aus in those days is cool

How do they keep their peckers from smelling like Koala?

I think I’ve been here before when I was like three or four

come to Cass, WV and ride the steam trains here. switchbacks there and they use shay and climax locomotives.

Great video, it was so much fun!

man i love your vids they are always a blast, i have been enjoying your vids for over 2 years now and i still love them!

Maybe not interesting to you, but the stick/key is also called a semaphore. In computer programming a semaphore is still used to assure only one process can pass through a specific piece of code at a time.

Did you visit the small arms museum while you were there? They have a huge collection of vintage to modern day firearms. Really cool place even if your not really into guns, they have them from WW1 and there is quite a bit to learn and discover. Awesome bit of history.

Why Americans have to steal uk place names rather than thinking of their own 😂😂

The Zog Zag Railway was the first ever railway I ever visited back in 2010. I went back in May 2024 for the first time in 14 years, and I got to ride on the cab of that engine! If you noticed in the workshop next to the steam locomotive, is the boiler of another one of their steam locomotives that they're restoring.

World's only ?

Nah. There's multiple switchbacks on the Himalayan Mountain Railway.

Great video! I did some reading after they mentioned they are using US equipment. I’m a WWII historian on the side, I never knew that the US Army Transportation Corp designed a locomotive based on an Australian one and sent them over to help during the War. If I’m ever down there this would be a cool spot to visit!

There is an operating "zig zag" switchback train operation still in Oregon at the Hood River Railroad (who, according to their website is one of 5 switchback lines still in existence in the USA)

Watching this, you should go to the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. Do a collab with Hyce (Mark Huber), and ask him to teach you the nuances of operating and maintaining a live US narrow gauge steam locomotive.

There's a one-way zig zag at Roaring Camp, I know they have a train that goes to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk but I think it's a separate route/ticket

Train is just cruising on rail, but the system, information, control, communication and other stuff is very interesting to learn. Sometimes it pretty complicated to me as regular person but the engineering and how train operator communicate to the rail controller is absolutely genius I think.

Had I known about this when I was in Sydney in '87, I would have ridden this! (I did ride Puffing Billy in the Dandenong's!)

Thnax for this vid, now I've got another thing on my bucketlist. 🥰 The only thing it's on the other side of the planet. 😪

Shouldn't they have given you eye goggles to wear?

Santa Cruz California has a zigzag railroad

I just want to note that my statement regarding this being the last operating Zig Zag Railway refers to its entire purpose and length is the zig zag, while other railways may have a switchback element to them within their track somewhere.
My apologies if I did not make this clear.