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Ian Docwra
United Kingdom
Приєднався 11 бер 2012
Mainly railways (and then mainly steam) and wildlife.
Sunset Steam Express - 2024 Finale
BR 7MT 'pacific' 70000 'Britannia' concludes the 2024 season of the 'Sunset Steam Express', fittingly on a cloudless evening, seen near Shalford, running late in the delicate fading light.
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'SHERE POWER'
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On the penultimate run of the 2024 season for the 'Sunset Steam Express' through the Surrey hills, BR 7MT pacific 70000 'Britannia' powers uphill from Chilworth towards Gomshall, seen at Little London, near the village of Shere. Choose 4k.
'Britannia' Smokes Surrey!
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The Surrey Hills - the 'Sunset Steam Express' has a sunset at last! BR 7MT 70000 'Britannia' hauls the 13 coach train, plus the idling class 47, over the undulating North Downs line.
'Britannia' Barks To Reigate.
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The 'Sunset Steam Express' was again greeted by dull weather as it traversed the North Downs line on 23 July 2024, seen here between Buckland and Reigate. At Reigate, the level crossing is usually left open to road traffic until as late as possible, so its closure and signal clearance usually produces an effort from the steam loco being opened up and climbing to the station, in this case with 1...
Sunset, What Sunset?!
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The 'Sunset Steam Express' seen at Reigate on a dank evening after a day of heavy rain, headed by 70000 'Britannia'. View in 4K (shot in 8K).
Merstham 'Merchant'.
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The Kent circular 'Belmond Pullman' tour on 30 May 2024, seen at Merstham, Surrey on its return leg via Tonbridge and Redhill to London Victoria.
'28 Back On The Belmond.
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Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35028 'Clan Line' on its first 'Belmond Pullman' working since heavy overhaul, seen powering away from Redhill on the return leg from Dover on 11 May 2024.
Steam At Sunset - 'After The Rain', Re-edited.
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In May 2022, Thompson B1 class 4-6-0 61306 'Mayflower' powers up Gomshall bank in Surrey with the 'Sunset Steam Express' after rain had cleared to golden sunshine. A re-edit of the original upload.
Fifty Years Of 'Clan Line' - 2024
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On 27 April 2024, Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35028 'Clan Line' headed its first passenger working since a heavy overhaul. It was a train to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its first main line run in preservation. It ran from London Victoria to Bath, via the SWML, being given the rare honour of running fast line all the way from Wimbledon to Worting Junction. A flawless run westwards, b...
'Clan Line' Returns 2024
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On 22 April 2024, Bulleid 'Merchant Navy' pacific 35028 'Clan Line' operated a loaded test run from Stewarts Lane to Dover and back. The locomotive had just undergone a major overhaul and this was its first real test before running its 70th anniversary special on 27 April. The train is seen at Redhill, Surrey, having just traversed the line from Tonbridge.
A Very Late Start For 'Mayflower'!
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The empty stock for the 20 April 2024 tour with B1 class 61306 'Mayflower' from Horsham to Bristol ran extremely late from Southall to Horsham, owing to a line closure en route. Here it is seen near Dorking and at Warnham. Unfortunately, operator error meant the camera was set to HD rather than 8K, as I had previously set it to record a long video to see what our dog does when we are out and fo...
Christmas 2023 Railway Miscellany
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A small selection of railway scenes from pre-Christmas 2023 (centred around steam).
Steam Galore - 44871 On 'The Christmas Sussex Belle' At Coulsdon
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'Black Five' 44871 heads the Railway Touring Company's 'Christmas Sussex Belle' away from Purley and traverses Stoats Nest Junction to gain the Quarry line at Coulsdon on 6 December 2023. The mist and fog from overnight lifted just in time. The train ran from Victoria to Eastbourne, then to Hastings and back to Victoria. The loco's exhaust is huge in the cold air. Select 4K quality.
'Braunton' Fast Line to Bath
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The 28 November 2023 'Steam Dreams' run, to Bath from London Victoria via Wimbledon and Salisbury, is seen pounding down the fast line at Hersham, Surrey. Please visit my channel for more steam and various other films.
Auto-Focus Strikes Back! 'Braunton' to Bath.
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A rare westbound run along the North Downs line to Bath, with a more conventional eastbound return. The fickle Canon R5 auto-focus latched onto a small tree branch as 34046 approached - if I had wanted it to do that, it would have refused! Perhaps it serves me right for falling for the temptation to zoom out so far!
Disaster Not Included! - The 'Sunset Steam Express' Of 2023.
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Disaster Not Included! - The 'Sunset Steam Express' Of 2023.
'Sunset Steam Express' - Chilworth, 25 July 2023.
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'Sunset Steam Express' - Chilworth, 25 July 2023.
Woking Variety - Starring 34046 'Braunton'
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Woking Variety - Starring 34046 'Braunton'
'Steam Dreams' Christmas Workings - 2022
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'Steam Dreams' Christmas Workings - 2022
I am so glad I am as old as I am, to remember when this was a normal, daily occurrence.
Splendid, evocative stuff, and great to see it in colour. I remember seeing most of these locomotives in service.
pity it cant be opened up again, it would make a great tourist attraction👍
I was there on that memorable day and have colour slides to show for it. lovely to see film, too. Thanks for posting
It felt harrowing at the end. Like losing good friends.
The ( Gomshall Summit 😝) looks like something in West Virginia ( ? ) ... but ..... my domestic bonfire produces MUCH LESS smoke ( SAVE the whale .. ermmm ) Greta T would NOT be amused .... DAVE™🛑
Yes - I suspect a fresh batch of very dusty coal was being piled on the fire here!
Thank you. I like to think we could have just boarded that train leaving Winchester. Just as I remember it😊
Did you know what locomotive was hauling the train? It would be very interesting to know.
Yes - it's in the video description...
Ian I have just stumbled on this, and wow, its wonderful, your father captured something very special here, and will never be seen again, a superb historical record, you should be very proud of this, and I am assuming that may have been you at the end working the signal Thank You so much for uploading
Yes, that was me! I am hugely proud of the cine films that my father took, in an era when filming was far from cheap! Thanks for your kind comment.
Is that beautiful locomotive a Bulleid Pacific? If so, it’s my favourite locomotive of all time!!
No, it's a BR 'Britannia' class - no. 70000, the first of them, which was named 'Britannia' and which gave its name to the class as a whole. Similar size and power to a Bulleid, but it has two cylinders whereas the Bulleids have three.
There must have been hundreds of feet of film used to record this event,wonder what happened to it just lost I suppose
Superb performance from Britannia 👍
Fabulous 👍
Just trying to imagine that we're back in the days when steam was king. This might have been a regular sight in the late evenings of mid-summer. Nicely shot and thanks for sharing.
All I can see is the railway line, so what’s happened to the train? Ah!! Here she comes!!
Glorious sunset!! Now where’s the Sunset Express?
Indeed - the sound is also part of the experience.
Great footage! I'd like to say thank you because, as a Southern Region railway modeller for the 50s/60s, it's always good to see prototypical instances of non-Southern locos making an appearance. It now means I can allow myself to get an A4 (hopefully Sir Nigel Gresley in LNER blue) and justify its appearance on my layout. I know the first rule of model railways is that you can run what you like, when you like, but that doesn't work for me, sadly. 😏
Ah, brake-van trips, a wonderful way to travel!
She is a special loco.
Those wonderful sounds made by the powerful locomotive are fabulous!! More steam trains MUST be run on the ordinary railway, even if they’re specials.
Glorious sight, a great steam locomotive hauling a train of passengers and staff!!
❤ Beautiful train. It's summer and not so much steam.
Thanks for sharing these films. 1964-1968 were the years I spent travelling here most weekends to see these sights. So glad that your dad was in a position to film these times.
The J94 is by no means a weak locomotive, but gets simply smothered by a couple of brake vans, it shows how steep this incline was.
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Excellent Ian, and great to see the locals coming out and enjoy seeing the train, even on a gloomy evening. I think the damp conditions at dusk added to the atmosphere.
Brilliant video! I saw her at Byfleet & New Haw.
Glorious!! I love the Southern Railway!!
Thanks for posting, and the interesting historical landscape context at the end.
N/E what. England, Scotland, Wales, NI, UK ?
North east England.
Why it not say that @@iandocwra1169
@@colinmcgregor123 I think "BR North Eastern, 1966" describes it adequately for the target audience for the video. Others, of course, can easily look up the places mentioned.
Thankfully most folks nowadays mention the film is based in Scotland, Wales or Eire in the title @@iandocwra1169
Thankfully an awareness of Scoland , Wales and Eire railways is made obvious by adding the country name in the intro.... @@iandocwra1169
You can have any colour you like as long as it’s black 5s… Actually it’s good to see steam footage in colour after all the b/w archive stuff, so well done your dad. Beautifully filmed.
What a glorious sight!! Clan Line hauling a train of Pullman cars!! Very exciting!! Well seen and well done!!
Thank Ian, superb video from years ago, never went but saw many J94 on sheds
Is it going back on the Pullman service?
Yes - starting on 11 May.
Absolutely wonderful! You are so lucky! Thank you for sharing.
You wern't totally 'bowled' Ian, but very annoying all the same. You did really well considering though, and what a fabulous sight No.28 made!
Thanks, Jim - yes, it could have been worse, and I managed to make a feature of it! I had hoped to able to use the other platform but, if everything had run perfectly to time I would have had a stopping train sitting there as 35028 passed! As it turned out, that train was a minute and a half late so I would have been OK. It's the nature of the beast...
This is lovely news!! Clan Line has been worked on for years. It’s about time they got her back to streaming the VSOE Pullman cars!!
It is good news, but she's only been out for overhaul for about nine months, I think. Perhaps it seems longer...
!! What a shame... how annoying. It wasn't a total loss, though. 👍🏻
Waw, no diesel locomotive at the back this time.
Sounds like a Serious lack of Communication
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Great capture Ian! I nearly saw it, but didn’t get to the platform in time at Godstone. 3 x roadworks and a long diversion delayed me 🙄
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Nice vid. It's always good to see Clan Line. It was the first Merchant Navy Loco that I saw. From a bridge just outside Bournemouth station in the 60's while on a family holiday, so this brought a few memories back.
Thanks so much for sharing your Dads wonderful cine films........
Weekend engineering work - now there’s a fly in everybody’s ointment 😮
Indeed but it's very poor that the planners seemingly didn't know, and that the public information site 'National Rail Enquiries' doesn't have anything either!
What a gorgeous locomotive!! I wish I had been on one of the carriages behind her!!
Thanks for posting. Do you know what caused the blockage at Wimbledon?
No, but there is an engineering train at West Sutton so some form of work looks to be happening. I can't find any reference to engineering work or service disruption there, so it's a mystery so far.
For me see this material is fantastic.Thanks from Valencia .Spain.You have an great work, is a Jewell.
Great film. Reminds me of when my parents took me on holiday to Swanage in 1958, I was brought up on GWR but I well remember pulling into Salisbury and seeing Southern Region engines for the first time and, much to the consternation of my mother, as soon as the train stopped I was out and rushing up the platform to the newsagents to buy a Southern Region Ian Allan ABC. Since then I've always had a soft spot for the Southern. Great memories