Australian Trains 69 - Hotham Valley Railway Steam Ranger 12/07/2017

A ride on the Hotham Valley Railway steam ranger service. Steam has returned as summer has gone, and its very wet LOL this is our first visit tot he steam railway, in Western Australia. Located in Dwellingup, this is one of the services run on the line. They also run a dining service, and a woodland service, and details can be found on their website There are several loco's parked around the station site, but it is unfortunate that they are not on general display for the public to view whilst waiting for the train, that said, the staff were very nice and did let me get some photo's of the shunting locomotives outside the shed. The locos on the train were an ex midland railway, English Electric F class loco number F40, and the steam loco was W class W920 The line runs down hill from Dwellingup, but on return, the steam loco has a challenge climbing the 1:30 grade, but does have a little assistance from the F class. Unfortunately 2 coaches were removed from this trip, as the first trip had 5 coaches plus the locos, which would have made them work harder. all video was done with my iPhone, and trying to keep the water out of it was a challenge.