People put lives on line when steam train fires up

By John Thistleton
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:17pm, first published August 26 2014 - 5:03pm

Canberra steam train volunteers call their mighty Beyer-Garratt train a "man breaker" because the largest, most powerful locomotive in Australia is so tough to operate.

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