6023 King Edward II First Depart from Kingswear plus a Special Celebration. 29th June 2018
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2018
- The 3rd of 5 videos documenting the arrival and operation at, and departure from the Dartmouth Steam Railway.
On a sweltering summer day 6023 makes her first “smokebox forward” depart from Kingswear, in difficult back-light the heat is tangible. As she gets into her stride we can hear the effects of the blast pipe modifications designed by Dr Jos Koopmans, made necessary by the shortening of the chimney in order to fit the mainline loading gauge. This involved converting the original single blast pipe into four mini pipes, resulting in not so much of a “bark” as a “woof”, and a slight whistle if you listen closely. However there is no doubt in my mind that keeping to a single shortened chimney was worth all the pain as to me it looks nicer than a double chimney. Later in the day “The Blue Thing” as it is affectionately known on the DSR, stops to pick up passengers at Greenway Halt sporting a J4A code on the smokebox in celebration of a “Happy Couple” on-board, associated with the railway and on their way to a reception in the Bay. Again the heady atmosphere of summer is almost overwhelming as KEII lifts the train with ease up the 1 in 75 to the overbridge at Coombe Lane where the regulator is closed for the coast into Churston Station at the top of the climb. The crew are clearly getting used to this very powerful locomotive hauling a diminutive seven coach load and with a high fire risk due to the very hot and dry conditions, in fact the "fire train" was seen hurrying down the line as I was packing the camera away, let's hope it wasn't too serious!
Bloody marvellous video.perfect background and beautiful scenery, thank you so much!
Thank you very much for this great clip of the glorious 6023! I really hope we will see it tear along at
Hi Alan, wonderful shots of a beautiful steam loco and train. Cheers, Norbert
Thanks once again for a beautiful post. Even as a Southern man I must agree with other comments she looks magnificent .Hope to see her this weekend.
Brilliant video Alan. Nice to see KE11 working well. Superbly captured at Kingswear. Enjoyable watching as always. Kind regards C&A
Having watched your videos of the King arriving and the gauging trials, it was good to see the loco doing what she was designed to do.
Hello Alan another lovely video.
That was a brilliant series of well-thoughtout tracking shots. You obviously practiced them beforehand (a pity other don't do the same). I suspect all were tripod mounted as there was only one very brief bit of camera shake. This was a real pleasure to watch. Might I add that the soundtrack at the join of the 2nd and 3rd sections didn't miss a beat. Well done.
Nicely captured, Alan. Good to see 6023 down this way. Hoping to get to see her later in July. Hopefully the ground may not be so dry then. Keith.
Excellent Alan, planning to do those very same shots when Im next down in Dartmouth. Waiting for cooler weather! Geraint
I really enjoyed that vid of the "almost forgotten" King Alan. Thanks goodness for band of supporters who persevered through various technical challenges, described in excellent detail here. I hadn't known that a redesign of the blastpipe had been involved, but great credit is due to the team in producing a loco worthy of tackling the network once again and with exhaust sounds not that far away from the original design. I'm thinking of the sounds of her restarting from the little station. I'm inclined to agree with you regarding the appearance of the reduced height chimney. The more squat appearance conveys to me a sense of brooding power something like the rebuilt Bulleid Pacifics. I'm not a GWR expert but I do admire the locos, and enjoy watching them in action. As you may notice I live north of the England-Scotland border and my alliegences tend to be ex LMS and Caley. However that doesn't prevent me looking admiringly at other company's products. Thanks for the post. Best wishes. Ken
jolies prises de vue !
Fantastic shot there Alan I believe the next port of call for king Edward ll is the mainline hopefully she would be available for the mainline until 6024 king Edward l comes back from the overhaul
Thanks for so many good videos. Good quality, sight and sound... almost like being there. BTW, do all trains stop at Grenaway* Halt, as your vids suggest? Having a halt on the grade like that would tax most locos... but your 57xx vid puts the lie to that! Is the halt there for visitors to Agatha Christie's house? *It was pronounced Grenaway when I was a lil' tacker, and, yes, we'd say Dit'sum, too.
How hot does your summers get? I live in Tennessee and at our peak in August daily temps will be over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.....not counting humidity......cheers and keep up the good work
I found my way back to this video because I recently acquired an N-scale model of KEII to run on my working diorama of Churston. As far as I know, she didn't run a service to Kingswear, so this is a very special event you have filmed here. I am so pleased to make a re-acquaintance with this video, and to read your remarks ... very helpful when I take the module to shows. I've recently learned that the Kings had inside bearings on the second pair of wheels - so I am happy that I can see that in action. I see she is numbered 6023, whereas my model is 6021... is that an inaccuracy from the model's manufacturer?
Nice video clips. Looks as though they were going quite gently to avoid lineside fires.
I reckon the King looks fine in blue😊
Making light work of the gradient
Is the West Highland Line Observation Car not meant to be at the rear of the train?