The A1 Peppercorn's in their Heyday

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  • @soundnicetome
    @soundnicetome 8 років тому +24

    And so they may remain....one of the best classes of locomotives built...could be a rough ride at times...but an A1 would always get you to your destination. Thanks for posting this video...brings back many memories for me?

    • @philipmancera5796
      @philipmancera5796 5 років тому +1

      Gordon would be very proud.

    • @henryhild7404
      @henryhild7404 5 років тому +1

      soundnicetome how do u mean a rough ride ?

    • @henryhild7404
      @henryhild7404 5 років тому +3

      No reports say they gave a rough ride, not that I can find anyway

    • @ironphilly2366
      @ironphilly2366 3 роки тому

      tornado: hi

  • @rweezy3604
    @rweezy3604 6 років тому +13

    In their Heyday, the A1s were truly powerful and magnificent machines

  • @Haltwhistle00
    @Haltwhistle00  11 років тому +8

    Glad you enjoyed it! The music is "I Vow To Thee My Country". It is the instrumental, Orchestral version by Gustav Holt.

    • @Rudymira2
      @Rudymira2 7 років тому

      Haltwhistle00
      From the Planet Suite?

    • @philipmancera5796
      @philipmancera5796 5 років тому

      Haltwhistle00 this was also played in Winston Churchill's Funeral video.

    • @paulcaswell2813
      @paulcaswell2813 4 роки тому +3

      It's from 'Jupiter', from Holst's 'Planets' suite.

    • @philipmancera2505
      @philipmancera2505 6 місяців тому

      ​@@paulcaswell2813 and also played in Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Video.

  • @DavidSanchez-ks4ub
    @DavidSanchez-ks4ub 10 років тому +6

    Looks like these engines never suffered from flat spots, they always smooth out their wheels when starting a train.

  • @adammiranda357
    @adammiranda357 4 місяці тому

    Even though we have Tornado to carry their legacy, I still wish some of the original A1s got a chance to be preserved.

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Рік тому +1

    All of the original peppercorn A1 locos are scrapped as of today except the brand new loco 60163 tornado which arrived in 2008

    • @bluerazor7049
      @bluerazor7049 9 місяців тому

      Which is a shame but at least Tornado is the new and now sole member of the A1 Peppercorn class.

  • @jimward8095
    @jimward8095 2 роки тому

    Watched these magnificent machines in the day...never realising that they would go....fantastic steam??

  • @ChrisMemphisBoy
    @ChrisMemphisBoy 5 місяців тому +1

    Is this the class that great northern of the A3s got converted into

  • @philnewstead5388
    @philnewstead5388 4 роки тому +1

    Hard to think it was over 50 years ago. I grew up in Potters Bar and was regularly taken as a small boy to see the steam trains. To think that the Deltics and the HSTs that subsequently took over front line duties on the ECML have themselves passed into history.

  • @w33shy26
    @w33shy26 2 роки тому

    Such a beautiful steam locomotive, now their legacy loves on in Tornado... which as of writing this is in bits as it in overhaul... but still beautiful non the less

  • @Nubfist
    @Nubfist 3 роки тому

    British steam locomotives of the 20th century are (in my opinion), the most beautiful machines in the entire world

  • @howarth004
    @howarth004 12 років тому +3

    those where the best days

  • @jazzman1626
    @jazzman1626 7 років тому +1

    Very enjoyable indeed!

  • @julyleonard
    @julyleonard Рік тому

    My favorites are WP Allen (BRWS) & Tornado.

  • @looneyirish007
    @looneyirish007 4 роки тому +2

    every one of them scrapped. Sad that not even one was saved from the original 49

  • @WPAllen
    @WPAllen 7 років тому +1

    Such beautiful engines. Did anyone know that 60157 Great Eastern was going to be preserved but Blue Peter was instead after a miscommunication?

    • @robkleinherenbrink5690
      @robkleinherenbrink5690 7 років тому +1

      60114 W.P. Allen . No. The Owner of Blue Peter wantend to buy an A1. Butt They where al scrapped after 1966. So Blue Peter was an Recomended purcase. Because it was stored ore something. However There was an atempt so save 60145 “Saint Mungo”. Butt The People that wantend to save 60145. Didnt have the Money

    • @araucanoraptorargentinus3973
      @araucanoraptorargentinus3973 2 роки тому

      Source?

  • @Masire0009
    @Masire0009 7 років тому +1

    The A1's are a fantastic type of engine. It does make history happy that Scotsman became an A3 but left only but none A1's left. But, Scotsman does have the A1 feel and is still a great A1/A3.

    • @dubsy1026
      @dubsy1026 7 років тому +1

      This isn't the original Scotsman type A1, this is the one designed by Arthur Peppercorn in the 1940s. Tornado, built in 2008, is still around today. Scotsman is very different to these locos IMO.

    • @Masire0009
      @Masire0009 6 років тому

      I totally forgot Tornado existed...

  • @robkleinherenbrink5690
    @robkleinherenbrink5690 7 років тому +9

    Sadly, none of theys beautifull machines where preserved, butt we have 60163 Tornado, the first steamlocomotive built for the 21st century

    • @BlockedUser420
      @BlockedUser420 7 років тому +1

      yeah how ever the plans for no 60163 are like 56 years old or something tornado was built after the peppercorn A1s where scrapped cuz tornado was made in 1994 - 2008

    • @jonnyp841
      @jonnyp841 3 роки тому

      @@BlockedUser420 you dont say..

  • @foxcell
    @foxcell 11 років тому +2

    if only a blue police box was a valuable then back in time I'd go :-D Good Video

  • @michaelnaisbitt1639
    @michaelnaisbitt1639 7 років тому +5

    The Britannia,s the Duchess the Princess Royal class and even a V3 but no one thought to preserve at least one A1 ?? If it was,nt for Tornado being built from scratch no example of a A1 would exist

  • @Shark30006
    @Shark30006 7 місяців тому

    Shame that none of the original Peppercorn A1s were preserved. It would have been better if we had ten original Peppercorn A1s in preservation

  • @Creeperboy099
    @Creeperboy099 6 років тому +8

    Makes me wish that more Pacifics and E2s survived

    • @jmtrainz2582
      @jmtrainz2582 4 роки тому +3

      The E2s were shit.

    • @XenoMobilePhones
      @XenoMobilePhones 4 роки тому

      Aye. Thomas deserves to ride the rails again.

    • @jmtrainz2582
      @jmtrainz2582 4 роки тому

      They were a failure, couldn’t steam, weak, too big.

    • @samstainer7455
      @samstainer7455 2 роки тому

      @@jmtrainz2582 Utter bollocks. I worked with an ex Gateshead driver who had driven everything on the ECML, he reckoned they were "cracking locomotives", "unbreakable" he called them.

    • @jmtrainz2582
      @jmtrainz2582 2 роки тому

      @@samstainer7455 You’re saying that LBSCR E2s were on the East Coast Mainline, part of the northeastern region?

  • @Shark30006
    @Shark30006 Рік тому

    60145 Saint Mungo should have been the candidate for preservation.

    • @theaccountofmine.8779
      @theaccountofmine.8779 5 місяців тому

      Last withdrawn I believe, though I think having Tornado was ultimately the better outcome. She’s largely original in her design, just factory fresh and with some of the kinks ironed out. I think she’s more impressive than a preserved A1 ever would have been, the sheer dedication and ingenuity that went into her, really a work of art. But then again, Mungo would’ve definitely been a star had she escaped the torch.

    • @Shark30006
      @Shark30006 5 місяців тому

      @@theaccountofmine.8779 , it would have been better if we had two original Peppercorn A1s in preservation: 60145 Saint Mungo and 60158 Aberdonian

  • @SkyeSoarer04
    @SkyeSoarer04 8 місяців тому

    Well at least we have Tornado to carry their legacy

  • @thewillofabeast9079
    @thewillofabeast9079 Місяць тому

    Allen from British Railway Series

  • @directedbydave9798
    @directedbydave9798 10 років тому +3

    To bad saint mungo,a A1 that was planned to be preserved,was scrapped.atleast we have tornado to represent mainline steam

    • @WPAllen
      @WPAllen 7 років тому

      Diesel Dave14 I thought it was Great Eastern! I hope they build more A1s, like WP Allen and Great Eastern and Kittiwake and Patrick Stirling.

  • @crewelocoman5b161
    @crewelocoman5b161 Рік тому

    The Peppercorn A1s in their Heyday.

  • @michaelcoley7649
    @michaelcoley7649 3 роки тому

    Why no description or commentary; and what’s with the apostrophe?

  • @Mustang525
    @Mustang525 Рік тому

    Why does it look like these locomotives were painted very dark grey

  • @ukball6497
    @ukball6497 6 років тому +1

    Are you using I vow to thee my country?

  • @5nemo
    @5nemo 11 років тому

    Enjoyed the clip, can you tell me the title of the music?

  • @michaelnaisbitt1639
    @michaelnaisbitt1639 7 років тому +1

    I never understood why the A4's were preserved the A2's the A3 the b

  • @davidantoniocamposbarros7528
    @davidantoniocamposbarros7528 3 роки тому +1

    At least Arthur Peppercorn had a much better image then Thompson

  • @BlockedUser420
    @BlockedUser420 7 років тому

    GUYS you know 60163 well there a replica but there plans to build them are over 60 years old

  • @steam1303
    @steam1303 2 роки тому +1

    2:40 "express engines don't haul freight". THEN EXPLAIN THIS

  • @thebignoob1569
    @thebignoob1569 4 роки тому +1

    Bruh imagine scrapping all 49 of these.

    • @thebignoob1569
      @thebignoob1569 4 роки тому +1

      Imagine rebuilding Gresley’s first pacific into something hideous.

    • @thebignoob1569
      @thebignoob1569 4 роки тому +2

      The B1 was the only good Thompson design, rest were mehhh

    • @thebignoob1569
      @thebignoob1569 4 роки тому +1

      Left the locoyard for scrap ;)

    • @thebignoob1569
      @thebignoob1569 4 роки тому +1

      Tbh the A2/3 wasn’t that bad

    • @daylightman8459
      @daylightman8459 3 роки тому +2

      Hey! The K1’s, O1’s and L1’s weren’t that bad! They’re Thompson designs!

  • @starlighter191
    @starlighter191 8 років тому +1

    What was the music you used?

    • @kylekustka
      @kylekustka 8 років тому

      sounds like the game civilization 5s soundtrack

    • @Haltwhistle00
      @Haltwhistle00  8 років тому

      I can confirm that it is "I Vow to thee my Country", instrumental version

    • @davidwhiting1761
      @davidwhiting1761 8 років тому +1

      This melody was originally part of "Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity" from Holst's "The Planets". The melody is heard somewhere near the middle of the movement. I performed it as a senior in high school. This particular chorale section has been adapted and rearranged for several things, similar to the hymn section of Sibelius' "Finlandia". Of all the arrangements I've heard of the Jupiter chorale, this has to be one of the best.
      If you haven't heard the original, I personally recommend looking it up; it's well worth the time :)

    • @starlighter191
      @starlighter191 8 років тому

      I know the song. I happen to have it on cd

    • @phillippawelch5746
      @phillippawelch5746 7 років тому +1

      This is a version of Holst's Jupiter, commonly called Thaxted, it is elsewhere on youtube: ua-cam.com/video/87Xkr8z3lEo/v-deo.html

  • @daystatesniper01
    @daystatesniper01 5 років тому

    And if the people in charge of the A1 trust used their heads they could run Tornado with the names and numbers of long lost examples ,but in their "wisdom" they don't/won't