Brilliantly done! There never were more beautiful and well engineered steam locomotives than British ones. I love the crackling exhaust on these gradients. Thank you.
Somrthing of the "Wow" factor here particularly the opening scene on Dainton Bank - sight, glorious exhaust sound and birdsong. Great captures allround, many thanks for posting, most enjoyable
Excellent filming by all involved.👏👏. Excellent locations for filming and following the train going past. And thank you the volunteers ladies,men, boy's and girl's for the work on these locomotives.
Superb! Loved the inclusion of Fawley Hill. Every time I see a video of that gallant climb, it puts a big grin on my face. Quite a contrasts to Pacifics and the rest on the likes of Dainton and Hemerdon. Cheers!
Apart from the outstanding footage, I'm amazed by the quality of the sound. What kit do you use? A real pleasure to watch, especially during these hard times.
Awesome footage of loco,s doing what they were built for. Is it safe to assume that the diesels in tow ( where there were some ) were 'parking-off'?? 😎
"STEAM TRAINS AGAINGST THE GRADE" - A POINTLESS EXCERCISE ??? Totally pointless, when there is a Diesel loco hanging on the rear of the train, and is clearly providing much of the power as seen at 4:10 Indeed such behaviour was banned in British Railways days, as seriously Dangerous. Heavy "Swingers" on the rear of the train such as a 128 ton Class 47, can result in the lighter carriages between, to derail in curves. Because the tail end weight tries to stretch the train out in even a gentle curve. Resulting in the lighter weight vehicles between, trying to go in a straight line. It's the Laws of Physics. Which is also the reason why in Steam days, banking locos were NOT normally coupled to the train, as they were only their to push. If they couldn't keep up, they would simply get left behind without "stretching out the vehicle in between !!!! But of course todays railways are a "headless" chicken. There's NO ONE in overall control. And most "Franchises" have NO railway knowledge, except how to "squeeze" money out of that limited length Franchise. Hence the BR Rulebook (written in 150 years of blood) was thrown in the dustbin. And its "simplified" Network Rail replacement is written in non technical plain English (because the Civil Servants couldn't understand the BR Railway technical language), and todays "rule book" nonsense, is full of serious and dangerous ambiguity. Hence since BR the number of derailments and similar incidents annually is roughly twice as much as in BR days !!!! There's another downside as well. Famous train timing specialists, such as Charles Roues Martine (recorder on City of Truro's famous 103mph dash down Wellington bank), and Cecil. J. Allen (who should have been on Mallards famous 126mph run, but was indisposed) would today have no job. You can't time a train when you cannot ascertain how much power is being provided by a loco added to the rear of the train, or when it's even providing power. So the "Art" of train timing, which could reveal how much power the engine was actually developing, has gone, like most things modern, in the proverbial dustbin !!!! By an ex BR senior Mechanical Engineer !
Omg! Great film as usual! I love that at 10:30 the little kid is so excited to see the train! Totally adorable!
Many thanks, Chris! 😃
Brilliantly done! There never were more beautiful and well engineered steam locomotives than British ones. I love the crackling exhaust on these gradients. Thank you.
Many thanks! 😄
Filmed, edited and presented with your usual excellence, many thanks.
Many thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😄
Somrthing of the "Wow" factor here particularly the opening scene on Dainton Bank - sight, glorious exhaust sound and birdsong. Great captures allround, many thanks for posting, most enjoyable
Fantastic footage, very well done.
Many thanks, Peter!
Superb footage.
Many thanks, Adrian :)
Absolutely superb. I loved every minute of it. My favourite shots were of 5043 on Sapperton and 60009 on Hemerdon.
Thanks very much!
Excellent. Well done.
Wonderful painstakingly done very nostalgic bringing my childhood memories of the steam age.. thanks .
Many thanks, Peter 👍
Thank you, J.C. 😄
Excellent filming by all involved.👏👏. Excellent locations for filming and following the train going past. And thank you the volunteers ladies,men, boy's and girl's for the work on these locomotives.
Beautifully done. You can almost smell the coal smoke and steam!
Thank you! 😄
These old steam engines are amazing, they definitely developed lots of horsepower!!
Superb! Loved the inclusion of Fawley Hill. Every time I see a video of that gallant climb, it puts a big grin on my face. Quite a contrasts to Pacifics and the rest on the likes of Dainton and Hemerdon. Cheers!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😄
Lovely - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 😃
Tangmere looks awesome @ 48:54....
Eardington bank is pretty awesome! :-)
One of my favourite locations to film at on the Valley. Thanks for watching, Sammy! 😄
Oops! Spun the wheels @ 54:30. And again @ 1:09:00.
Apart from the outstanding footage, I'm amazed by the quality of the sound. What kit do you use? A real pleasure to watch, especially during these hard times.
Awesome footage of loco,s doing what they were built for. Is it safe to assume that the diesels in tow ( where there were some ) were 'parking-off'?? 😎
Can you do another one of these
I do have another one or two planned 👌
How long the width of the railways?
Standard Gauge: 4ft 8.5in
Is Flying Scotsman in here????
No.
Nice to see but bit too long for me ..
@Darren Laws True ..but a lot to go through ..so if kept to 15 min and less easier to digest ...
"STEAM TRAINS AGAINGST THE GRADE" - A POINTLESS EXCERCISE ???
Totally pointless, when there is a Diesel loco hanging on the rear of the train, and is clearly providing much of the power as seen at 4:10 Indeed such behaviour was banned in British Railways days, as seriously Dangerous. Heavy "Swingers" on the rear of the train such as a 128 ton Class 47, can result in the lighter carriages between, to derail in curves. Because the tail end weight tries to stretch the train out in even a gentle curve. Resulting in the lighter weight vehicles between, trying to go in a straight line. It's the Laws of Physics. Which is also the reason why in Steam days, banking locos were NOT normally coupled to the train, as they were only their to push. If they couldn't keep up, they would simply get left behind without "stretching out the vehicle in between !!!!
But of course todays railways are a "headless" chicken. There's NO ONE in overall control. And most "Franchises" have NO railway knowledge, except how to "squeeze" money out of that limited length Franchise. Hence the BR Rulebook (written in 150 years of blood) was thrown in the dustbin. And its "simplified" Network Rail replacement is written in non technical plain English (because the Civil Servants couldn't understand the BR Railway technical language), and todays "rule book" nonsense, is full of serious and dangerous ambiguity. Hence since BR the number of derailments and similar incidents annually is roughly twice as much as in BR days !!!!
There's another downside as well. Famous train timing specialists, such as Charles Roues Martine (recorder on City of Truro's famous 103mph dash down Wellington bank), and Cecil. J. Allen (who should have been on Mallards famous 126mph run, but was indisposed) would today have no job. You can't time a train when you cannot ascertain how much power is being provided by a loco added to the rear of the train, or when it's even providing power. So the "Art" of train timing, which could reveal how much power the engine was actually developing, has gone, like most things modern, in the proverbial dustbin !!!!
By an ex BR senior Mechanical Engineer !