Frampton Comes Alive! (thanks to a “Five”). The Great Britain XVI, 21st April 2024
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Those of a certain vintage and musical persuasion will quite understand my use of this title when describing the thrill of “live” performance. In this case it is the wonderful combination of weather, location, acoustics and spectacle which provide the show on what was at the outset a disappointing prospect for this last leg of the Railway Touring Company’s annual steam extravaganza.
Scheduled as double-headed it was a real disappointment to find only 44871 on the front as it takes the train over the Usk at Newport in dull and cold conditions shot from the bleakest of multi-story car parks. Further along the line at Bishton Level Crossing under the watchful eye of a new found friend, the bleakness unfortunately continues as the once open views down the track are now totally enclosed by the most ugly of overhead steelwork, the oven effect producing the most extraordinary heat haze as the sun begins to break through.
After a service stop at Magor we pick up another long distance location in ever improving weather at Oakle Street on the long straight approach to Gloucester but unfortunately just as a local resident decides to mow the lawn!
However, all frustrations are forgotten in the Golden Valley where, despite the need for a push from the 47 on the rear and the intrusive crossing warning beepers, 44871 looks and sounds fantastic from track level on the approach to Sapperton Tunnel as photographers capture the scene from a packed “gallery” over the tunnel mouth.
It is probably well known by now that the second steamer was taken off at Swansea because the full formation would not fit into the platform, leading to many scratched heads and questions as to why the 47 wasn’t taken off and given a separate path to Gloucester!
Chapters:
0:00 Titles & Newport
1:08 Bishton Level Crossing
2:31 Oakle Street
3:37 Frampton Mansell
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Great to see the 5 in action
Hi Scott, nearly missed your message! Looking forward to more good stuff this year. Best regards, Alan
A fabulous video of the Black Five at speed. 👍
Thank you for your kind and very much appreciated comment. Best Regards, Alan
Excellent sequence of shots and "Frampton Comes Alive" which I have is arguably one of the best live albums ever.🚂🎸👍
Nice to have pressed all the right buttons for you there Stephen. Many thanks for your kind and very much appreciated feedback. Best regards, Alan
Brilliant video. I was there when it passed over Newport Bridge. Lovely steam loco
Hi and thank you for your kind and very much appreciated feedback. Best regards, Alan
Excellent shot. Like ! ! !
Hi and thank you for such a kind comment, I really appreciate it. Best regards, Alan
Excellent video Alan great selection of locations. Nice to capture the Black 5. They are fantastic work engines with that unmistakable whistles .kind regards C&A
Hi folks, here we go again for another season! Many thanks for your kind and interesting input as per usual, I really appreciate your support. Best wishes, Alan
A proper signalman, Fantastic.
Hi Michael and thank you for your valued input. It was just like the old days! Kind regards, Alan
Over head cables & steel structure that supports them are a real blot on the landscape.Horrid things ! Anyway, great vid with some brilliant shots, thanks very much. BTW, got the "Frampton" bit ok. Goodness, we are getting on a bit.
Hi Barry and thank you for your kind feedback and critical comments on the overhead paraphernalia! Ironically that shot was taken as the line passes the site of the old steelworks, so maybe that's where all the steel went??! Best regards, Alan
My thoughts. Think how many steam locomotives could be built with all the steel and copper that is used to construct the electrification eyesore.
@@physiocrat7143Think of the damage the resulting thousandfold increase in emissions would do. What a stupid thing to say 😂 The Swiss manage just fine with overheads going through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Being against electrification (especially in beauty spots) is a particularly weird obsession pretty much unique to Britain and it’s one reason why we lag so far behind so many parts of the developed world. We even managed to grossly inflate the costs of HS2 thanks to Tory MPs insisting that a great long tunnel be dug through the Chilterns. Thanks to that, everywhere north of Birmingham is being shafted 🙄
@@markydh83 Thousandfold increase in emissions? Have you done the maths? In practice there is little difference in fuel consumption when diesel is burned in a steam engine or a diesel-electric locomotive. The way to cut energy consumption is to keep speeds down eg 30 mph for freight and 90 mph for passenger trains. Emissions from rail transport is such a tiny proportion of total emissions that we shouldn't even be thinking about it, except in relation to air quality on trains and in stations, and internal combustion engines are the villains. If diesel oil is burned in a steam locomotive then you avoid toxic emissions.
The energy consumed in building rolling stock and infrastructure, including electrictrification infrastructure, is a significant proportion of total consumption, as is energy consumed by on-train heating and ventilation systems. The diesel at the back of the steam train is there mostly to provide extra electrical power for the H&V. If the carriages were steam heated, waste steam could be used at negligible extra cost instead of the thermodynamically inefficient electrical systems.
Electrictrification should be used primarily for routes where traffic is very intensive eg on less than 10 minute headway.
Here in Sweden there are thousands of miles of electrified track which should never have been wired as the traffic is so sparse; it just makes the system unreliable. I was once stuck in a forest for 4 hours due to wires coming down. It happens somewhere a couple of times a week. Horrendous amounts of energy are wasted in arcing in cold weather, not to mention the wear and tear this causes.
The elephantine British OHLE is something else again but even with lighter systems the trail of gallows and goalposts does not enhance the landscape.
Sweden and Switzerland are special cases as they had ample supplies of hydro and little coal or oil. They also make the systems vulnerable; Sweden went over to wood fired steam during the war, which is carbon neutral!
I’ve seen that loco twice at stoke works once on its own and once when it was with 45407
Challenging day out for you Alan, having said that you once again came up with the goods.
Thanks for making the trip into 'foreign parts' .. 😅atvb t ..
Hi Terry, a day of frustrations all 'round but what else would I be doing.? Looks like it's going to be a busy year down this way so we needed a bit of practice! Best regards, Alan
I see its mostly the Black 5's in action for this years Great Britain. I'm guessing due to lack of loco availability, also good captures
I think you must be right Thomas. Many thanks for your kind and much appreciated feedback. Best regards, Alan
Queen Elizabeth’s (II) birthday. What a treat.
Hadn't realised. Many thanks for the kind comment. Best regards, Alan
The photographic benefits of 3rd rail electrification are clear.
Couldn't agree more! Many thanks for your valued response. Kind regards, Alan
Great steam sounds but a black five up Sapperton at full chat. No. That was done by Earl of Mount Edgcumbe on a previous Great Britain with no need for a diesel. I believe it was the fastest unassisted ascent of the bank.
Hi and thank you for your valued comments. Full Chat is not a comparison but just another way of saying Full Regulator, Full Throttle etc. and although the 5 had assistance, it still had the regulator to the roof, hence the great sounds. Hope you were there to see the Castle smash it.
Kind regards, Alan
Should have been there 23 . 5 2019 with 44871 . Had nothing to compare with that .. 9 coaches ,No Diesel . That really was a Black 5 on full chat .
Super video :)
Many thanks for you kind and very much appreciated feedback Simon. Best regards, Alan
nice video
HI Ravi. Thank you very much for your kind comments on my latest uploads, I really appreciate it. Best regards, Alan
What's not to love about Bobby the Black 5? My head isn't clear enough for a story, due to hay fever nipping at my nose.
It's that time of year Kelly. Don't blow too hard or yours eyes will pop out!! Keep smiling, Alan
"Five goes on a tour", sorry Enid🙄🙄 Well, that was a cacophony of unwanted sounds, the crossing warning to attract idiot cyclists and the Sunday lawn mower man, - oh, and I never did find that Camel😂😂😂 Does it really take that much steel to hang a few wires on, is the juice heavier down yonder??!! Third rail, lot neater!! Thanks as always Alan, hope your standby is on and you're in tune for the rest of the season. I'm off for a slice of Humble Pie🥧 Best wishes 🚂👍👍👍
Hi Bob, as my "best boy" says: "it never goes to plan on our first shoot of the year". I guess the Western Region Network Rail must have shares in the steel industry for so much over-engineering. When you think that Swiss railways have been using overhead wires since before WW1on the flimsiest of structures in snow and ice with less problems than we are constantly hearing about around Paddington overhead wire failures it makes you wonder. Anyhow, we had a great weekend and met lots of nice folks, so can't complain. It's going to be busy down here this year so the practice was needed! Best wishes, Alan
And Peter Frampton was also in Humble Pie of course!
@@SteamclipsI think it’s worth pointing out that linespeeds on the various Swiss narrow gauge rail lines in the alps rarely reach more than 35mph at best. The faster the line speed, the more robust the infrastructure (including the rail electrical supply) needs to be. Even in Switzerland.
@@markydh83 Hi, my comments to Bob were a little tongue-in-cheek as he would have appreciated. Thanks for you valued input however. Regards, Alan