O&K No. 1 leaves the workshop - 27/4/2013

Saturday, 27th April 2013, saw a massive shunt at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway. The purpose was to extract O&K No. 1 from the workshop in time for the Mayday public steam train rides.
This video shows the cavalcade of coaches being carefully extracted from the workshop and Carriage Gallery. There was a shuffle of stock as well, with the unique Ulster Railway coach No. 33 coming under cover at last. It's a bit rough-looking, but it last ran in 1920, and was built in 1862!
The entire rake of coaches (and one UTA van) was unbraked, calling for a careful and skilful shunt from the crew. No risks were taken when shunting such old and unique rolling stock. The video is edited slightly, the real operation took a bit more than three minutes!
More videos to follow as time allows.

[@mikebni]

Thanks Bart... I've been upping my game recently, the Hero3 with extended battery pack is great for cutaways, especially with the Wi-Fi for monitoring and the 4 hour battery life.

[@robmasterman]

Something I've been fortunate to capture several times Mike...The Big Shunt when stock needs to be marshalled....Regards...Bob

[@mikebni]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed that. It was a long and bruising day for me. :)

[@mikebni]

Thanks Tony. It was good to see you on Mayday as well.

[@mikebni]

It is fascinating Bob, isn't it? This was a work of art, with very limited siding space, and was really interesting to watch and capture with multiple cameras. It's also good to do something different from the usual main line run-pasts as well!

[@mikebni]

Hopefully we'll get a chance when the 80 class is finally withdrawn. I've got many happy memories of travelling home in the driving trailer after work, with the power car at the far end of the train, bouncing gently on the suspension and those great big spring seats on the jointed track. Top position was the seat right behind the cab on the left, plenty of legroom and you could hear everything that went on in the cab!

[@BartBusschots]

Looks like it was quite the operation! Cutting over and back between the two points of view worked very nicely!
Bart.

[@mikebni]

It'll be good when that 70 class coach is back in action. Such a shame that it's the only remaining example of its kind. :(

[@EnterprisingRailFilms]

Great vid! I'll be working on mayday @the railway, see you soon. :)

[@irishrailtrains]

Lovely video mike like from me.