Ravenglass from the footplate- River Esk

Thanks to Driver Ryan for letting me put the camera on the loco.
Take a virtual ride on a return trip from Ravenglass to Dalegarth on board River Esk on the footplate. See the driver at work tending to the fire as well as driving the loco.

[@geoffhurrell8478]

Very professional driving - no fiddling about!

[@barry5787]

Ryan, always cool and calm, the master of the short toot.

[@1magnit]

It would be good if we knew what the gauges and knobs are for? I'm guessing that the big long silver lever is the throttle? Last time I was there was on a school trop at the end of 1973, Barrow Boys Grammar school. When it got to a steep part and slowed down to running speed, kids were jumping out, running alongside and jumping back on. They got yelled at by the teachers. Hard to imagine these days?

[@skippersnbshorts4919]

The silver lever is the regular that makes the train more forward. One of the gauges is the pressure. The 2 glass things are the water gauge. One of the things he was twisting at the start was a drain cox (this lets out the steam) the thing was ticking at the start that’s the injector this puts water into the boiler
Hope this answers your question

[@skippersnbshorts4919]

Not regular regulator*

[@traincentral]

The ticking is indeed the air pump creating air in the system

[@ianpow4563]

Fascinating. The mask insanity even extends to the Ratty.