Full Journey On UK's Oldest Working Locomotive Built 1863 - Full Cab Ride & Buffer View Steam Train
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2021
- Come and take a ride on the UKs oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, FR20 (Furness Railway Number 20). Coming in at an impressive 158 years old at the time of filming, this stunning loco was built in 1863. This spectacular piece of Victorian engineering looks as beautiful as ever, and was a genuine pleasure to be able to take a ride on board. This video was taken while the loco was being tested after having some recent restoration work.
We filmed the locomotive on the Ribble Steam Railway (ribblesteam.org.uk/) which is a three mile return trip that includes the unique swing bridge. When I say unique I don't even exaggerate, this line goes down the middle of a road (down not across) while crossing the water and having boats either side, all while traffic has been stopped. If you haven't visited the Ribble Steam Railway I would highly advise a trip down. Featuring the impressive line plus a museum on site it is worth a visit any day.
The locomotive in this video is of course the historically important FR20, Constructed by Sharp Stewart & Co to order 440, this 0-4-0 tender locomotive was one of a batch of eight locomotives constructed for the Furness Railway. It was completed in 1863 and is the country’s oldest working steam locomotive.
The rapid growth of traffic on the Furness Railway in the 1860′s resulted in these small four wheeled engines soon becoming obsolescent. In 1870 the first six of the class, F.R. Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 25 and 26 were sold to the Barrow Haematite Steel Co. at Barrow. It continued in traffic until 1960 when diesel locomotives were introduced, it completed 90 years service at the steelworks, and just 3 years short of its centenary! Instead of being scrapped, the two remaining former F.R. machines were presented to local schools. BHSC No. 7 stood in the grounds of the George Hastwell Special School in Abbey Road, Barrow for over twenty years, until it was purchased privately in 1983 and moved to the Steamtown Railway Museum at Carnforth in Lancashire. Following a grant of 97,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and contributions from other groups, the Furness Railway Trust were able to begin the overhaul in earnest. The stripped down frames and motion of F.R. No. 20 were delivered to the Barrow-in-Furness workshops of Marconi Marine (V.S.E.L.) on 18th December 1996. After a total rebuild, including the construction of a new boiler and tender, the locomotive emerged two years later on 17th December 1998, resplendent in Furness Railway Indian Red livery.
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I'm a tram and I approve this video ding ding!!
Thank you 🙂
Brother : you can't possibly be that much into trains that you watch a 1 hour video of one driving
Me : you underestimate me dear brother
It was watched for over 60 hours in it's first day, so you are not alone 👍
"You don't know the patience I have"
I played on this loco when i was a kid and it was a static piece of playground furniture in a small park.
It was painted some horrible sky blue colour at the time and i was about 5 or 6 (Im 58 now) so glad it was restored1
I didn't know that! I have to say it is one of the most stunning locos I have had the pleasure of filming on. There is something magical about it (and not just it's age) and I am glad it is being used.
I spent an afternoon at NRM Shildon driving this beauty .Enjoyed every minute of it.
So lucky to have driven it! I need to get back over to Shildon at some stage for another visit
I wish you would show us a full view of this magnificent engine ♥
My apologies, I did plan on including a photo at the start but I edited my movie before my photos. If you search 'Furness railway 20' in your search engine, this will show you the full loco.
@@TheTouristLine this machine is beautiful :)
What a royal treasure... astonishing video. Thanks, TTL
I am glad you enjoyed it, we had a really nice day filming and of course as an added bonus I got to ride on the train!
Thank you once again 👏👏
Thank you, this is a personal favourite of mine
Really amazing - thanks so much!
You are welcome, I really enjoyed this day
Awesome friend, i love steam.
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words
5:21 The handle for the whistle falling off XD
This made me chuckle, they was testing the loco after a recent refurbishment so hopefully that is the biggest issue they found. If you look closely you can see a little tinfoil pouch in shot too, that was somebodys lunch warming up!
I was working at the NRM in Shildon when somebody shunted this old lady through a not fully open shutter door and damaged her dome.
Nice to see her repaired and running again
I would not have liked to be the person that did that! She is a lovely loco, this was her first loaded run after a bit of recent work so it was a pleasure to have been there really
Love the trains
The Ribble Steam Railway is a lovely place, some fine static examples in the museum there too
Thought this lovely old thing was out of traffic?
Anyways I'm pretty sure it's one of two tender engines at the RSR, the other being GWR Hall class, being restored in the corrugated steel shed with the yellow doors on the left. I think the halls tender frames are around there too...
They was testing it that day after a recent refurb. The first run was solo but the second run had another loco at the back to take some strain off while they give it a run or two
the little red engine that could.....marvelous!!!
It really is a fantastic loco, I am glad you enjoyed it
I have had the honour and privilege of preparing, firing and driving FR20 at Locomotion Shildon an Beamish.
That must have been amazing! It is such a beautiful loco, I thought I was lucky just to stick a camera on it! I am glad I can try to show the world a little bit of what it would be like to drive something like this. I am just glad I got a dry day, Preston isn't known for it's good weather!
@@TheTouristLine FR20 is an amazing locomotive and a real pleasure to have been allowed to do it. Tim Owen is on the regulator and Alan Middleton was the guy that keeps appearing. He was the one walking along the side of the engine and tender. I learnt so much from Tim and Alan and will always be eternally grateful.
By the way, I've just now subscribed to your channel! Cheers!
You are welcome, I have a lot on the cards for this year and I am looking forward to getting out and about again soon
@Neil Forbes i just discovered this channel its very interesting
i understand that the steam engine was the basis for the one in a film called mr toad
I am going to have to have a look for this now!
One of Edwards oldest friends the Furness railway 20
I am glad you enjoyed the video
Forgive me if my memory fails me but this engine is a 0-4-0 tender engine correct? I must say hearing it and seeing it actually operate is quite nice
I can confirm it is a 0-4-0, you are correct. It was such a pleasure to be able to film with it, even better because I was able to take my 2 year old daughter along. Memories like that make for future train fans, and they are the next generation to inherit and look after these machines.
If I could make one suggestion, edit out the inactivity from 51:10 to about 55:11 where the loco(running light-engine at that instant) was sitting idle at the end of the line.
I am always 50/50 about chopping bits, part of me wants to keep it as accurate and as true as it was on the day and part of me does like to cut out some of the static bits. I have left it in on some videos and chopped others down quite a lot to keep them flowing, it is nice to see what somebody else thinks about it to be honest, 4 minutes is a long time to be idle.
@Neil Forbes even though you made the suggestion its entirely up to the person how he or she edits the video but some word of advice wouldn't do any harm
@Neil Forbes that's entirely up to him
Here is the thing about British steam locomotives there very beautiful including the E2 aside from the short coal bunker but the E2 is a beautiful locomotive And aside from the bullies leader class locomotive
I do love the locos we have here, great variety too, big and small 👍
@@TheTouristLine to be honest diesel locomotives looked nice back then but now are just boxes on wheels on wheels and nothing special but if you give them a small adjustment then they will look nice speaking of nice diesel locomotives I believe that the DD51 from the Japanese railways are very underrated in America
The Ffestiniog Railway has “Prince”, a locomotive built in 1863 and also still running for the company she was built for on that railway. So how do you know your’s is older?
There’s also a steam locomotive, in India I think, that is still running that was built in 1855, so the FR stopped calling ‘Prince’ the eldest a few years ago.
Prince wasn't delivered to the railway and put to work until January 1864, FR20 was put to work in August 1863 so just about clinches it. Not that I am taking anything away from Prince, it is a magnificent loco and a pleasure to visit.
It hinges on amount of original material. Has the original design been deviated from when rebuilds were done. Difficult if you don't have any records of the original build.
Probably the qualification would be *Oldest in Britain!*
I Knew This Was The Furness’ Number 20 Engine
It is a magnificent engine, I really enjoyed filming this one.
@@TheTouristLine I'm Sure You Did
But what about Wantage n°2 at Didcot? 1852 so older still.
I cant find any info on that on the Didcot website, can you send me a link so I can have a nosey? It's been ages since I have been there, definitely need a visit soon!
"Shannon" is older but is not in working order.
It’s A Steam Engine
It is a lovely example of a steam engine, I am glad you enjoyed it
@@TheTouristLine I Sure As Heck Did
A general view of the whole locomotive would have helped…
I completely agree. If I could go back and do it again I would put a couple of my photos at the start. Truth be told, I was that excited to get the footage online I did the video before I even looked at my camera!
" total rebuild, including the construction of a new boiler and tender, " - not really the same engine then is it?!
That is a great debate, one engineers and mechanics have had before. I actually don't think there is a right or wrong answer to be fair.
On a steam locomotive, the "identity" is generally based on the frames. at the peak of the steam era, it was normal practice, for locos which were made in large numbers, to be fitted with swap reconditioned boilers when they came in for major servicing. The removed boiler was refurbished and joined the pool for subsequent rebuilds, and tenders were also treated the same way, so changing these items out really doesnt effect the original identity of a loco. It was quite normal for all of these bits to be replaced in normal service.