BR Class 9F - Driving & Firing - From the Footplate
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Oliver Smith-Myatt does Somthing he thought he would Never do in His Life... Driving a Steam Locomotive the BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0.
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This must be your biggest childhood dream ever, I'm very proud! :)
Indeed my friend
@@ACG895 without face
When you were going uphill and all. That was exactly the reason why American steam trains utilize automatic coal augers to feed coal into the boiler at a constant supply
@@LaZeRJET Hi lazer
This is my dream job
My grandpa’s boss, Jeremy Hosking, owns 92212 and it’s good to see her out and about again after a period of repair
damnnn bro
A huge flex
You look so happy driving the 9F, We're glad to have made this your lucky day. And we will keep on cheering you my friend
I'd love to do this one day so that I can experience what my grandad did. Never got to meet him as he died before I was born but he was a driver through from steam to the electric age of trains. Thanks for sharing!
17:44 “I’ll cross that of the bucket list”
I just found out something about this train! It was actually saved from Barry scrapyard I saw the number 92212 on it (the one in the video) and I’m glad it got rescued by passionate enthusiasts who were will to preserve these magnificent engines
Why, yes, you’re correct. It was a little naive of me to call it a “train” when it requires carriages or wagons to be a train. Apologies for that small error, as at that time, my knowledge of steam locomotives was rather limited at the time.
8:51 that moment u see Thomas the tank engine in the right side
yeah hehe boop lol
LaZeR JET imagine driving Thomas
Edward Laughner yes you are right imagen driving thomas
Mariel Cordero I WILL START EVEN THEY DONT COPLE TO THE TRAIN XD LIKE IN THE TV SERIES
Violet Rose Hello
Oliver, you are so lucky. YOU DROVE A FREAKING 9F
i know it's the Best ever
id rather drive the super class
LaZeR JET I’ll be doing this in July
I am doing a similar thing at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in the near future! It looks like you had a whale of a time! :D
iamhankham i always thaught at the nymr you only second man it and don’t get to drive or fire
Dolphin, not whale.
I did it over twenty years ago at the age of 17 one of the best days of my life
Love the way you distribute the coal in the firebox!
To be early is to be on time to be on time is to be late to be late is to be left. This is what my band teacher says when it is marching band season and you did this a day before my 18th birthday
That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen someone do
This is awesome man! I'm so happy you got to fulfill your dream, and this is an awesome video. A 9F is certainly a big loco to drive, and you must have felt so alive. Great video, and super happy you got to do this!
Edit: Yeah, the one problem with having to drive one of these things is that it is constant shoveling and shoveling (:P
Must have been the drive of a lifetime for you :)
Glad you were able to do something like this
I’m going to call you mister Oliver from now on -Toad
Love the 9F. Great video
Well don
Done
Thank you
So far Ive been on Oliver Cromwell's footplate while it took the dining train on 7th July. It was a surprise by the volunteers for me. :D
And while visiting her on the day of her 10th birthday, Tornado while she was at NVR. beautiful locos indeed. Once been on Flying Scotsman, hopefully next month September, my year is complete. :D
Lovely video and loco. This is the loco that pulled my train on the Bluebell Railway in 2013
wow cool!! i took a cab ride in Southern Railway 630 at the Tennesee Valleyy RR museum, and i slipped and almost fell in the open firebox... but the engineer caught me
What a fantastic, half an hour, enjoying your dream with your own. Well done. Well presented.
Looks like you had an amazing time!
i did my friend
LaZeR JET glad you did! I hope to do something like this in the future
I saw a Union Pacific 844 IRL and got a cab tour. It was amazing.
Watching you shovel reminds me how much I appreciate oil-fired engines.
You're a natural! Well done my friend, this is effectively my dream experience! By the way the fireman instructor was so funny 😂 17:36 funny fireman and brilliant whistle blast!
Incredible experience on my favourite steam engine. Well done and thanks so much for sharing!👍🇦🇺😎
This video was very well made. The quality of a true professional. Keep up the great work.
17:40 AHAHAAAHAHA X'DD
i love that guy wtf XDDD
anyway. x'3
i love the genuinity in this, it makes great 'company'... i hope the rest of the videos are like that ^^
Joogster123 Average Fortnite player you said It too
Ima bann (ya boy beast ace) if I can
very good video. been to poland a couple of times driving and firing steamers on public services. 70kph and shovelling as fast and hard as you can, and in the dark. when the pro does it it looks easy but OMG its hard work, coal all over the floor. the driver cursing. trying to remember the injectors (more finicky than BR ones) and the blower and the blow down. driving is easy in comparison. no wonder firemen were the younger and drivers ex-firemen. driving through a fresh snowfield was the highlight. magical
What a wonderful video. Quite well done, plenty of hilarity, and thoroughly enjoyable.
Thank you for sharing this. It must have been a fun super day. A piece of special history to remember. Best Wishes Robert. :)
you are a very kind person!
my dad owns two class 50s and having footplate rides and sometimes even driving in the yards is amazingly fun
Congratulations on being fireman of the BR 92212 for a run out and back!
I can't stop watching this video as it's so addicting
Nice video mate good see that your Diving trains now and great job
Yes indeed
The smart thing about steam locomotives from America is that they had a pedal for the fire box door so they could open and close quite easily
Also power reverse
Bullied pacifics do as well, doesn't achieve much
Damn. You drove a steamer. Good god damn job dude
This was the best video of a train i have ever seen
I love how the fireman was making faces the whole time
amazing Oliver (hope you don't mind my calling you that) I really enjoyed this video and can see that you enjoyed it very much- well done
I have a funny footplate experience...I live in the USA, I was taking a shop tour and every body was taken in the cab of a switch engine. They took us down the line and back. on the way back we were aloud to shovel coal. A 12 year old boy stepped up. He wasn’t strong enough, he swung the shovel but, didn’t open the fire box with a pedal. Coal went everywhere.
lol
Well done, must have been much different from a virtual experience.
If I Had A Penny Everytime You Shoveled Coal I'd Be Rich XD
Mariel Cordero, That engine playing as Thomas is a J94 Hunslet Austerity tank engine in disguise, all of the E2s have been scrapped.
Obviously
The E2s were nothing but Lemons to the BR
I came across this by accident but you know, I found it a great video.
dang the br standard class 9f is my favorite steam train
Last time I saw this locomotive it was getting new wheels, nice to see it going again.
Great video! It looks like you had a lot of fun! I never knew that the UK had any 2-10-0s.
Best Video Yet, cheers from America!
Lazer jet this is your first time driving the real steam engine
Yes
Wow Mr LAZER JET your are awesome driving 9f steam locomotive
Thank you
Is it just me or is he doing this introduction of the train and getting into the train like Jeremy Clarkson
You were flawless driving a 9F!
I guess the railway went "Go Big or Go Home" when picking the engine for the footplate experience!
13:56 a middle ground between the two would be a steam-powered traction engine (steam tractor)!
An American 2-10-0 steam locomotive has small drive wheels and is rather short in length, but it is tall!
wow oliver! that looks like so much fun! :D Great video mate!
-sam :D
6:44 😂😅😅😆😆😅😆😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i can't stop laughing at his emotion at the camera
The fireman at 17:39 hahaha class
You need to do this more! I think this awesome and I wasn't even there!
You got to do things that are on my bucket list
Wow awsome driving!
Amazing video and your commentary was like top gear fantastic
Murdoch! Glad to see you
Dang cool
I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXCT, Leyland 510, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7 Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXCT, Leyland 510, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
14:09 I had this exact feeling when I was told to fire a baldwin 2-8-0 on the V&T for the first time as I didnt know what the hell I was doing, once in a lifetime
Can you do a race against the 9f Southern Pacific 4449 big boy and the Flying Scotsman I think that would make a great race
Bro that face that man made made me laugh so hard
driving a 9F lucky looks like it was alot of fun if very hot
Congrats lazerjet you are really lucky to have such a experience like that oh and i just went to the georgetown loop railroad in georgetown colorado and so you're not the only one with such an experience:D #Subscriber
Black 5's are brilliant engines and id love to be able to have a go at firing one one day if I grab the opportunity but id love to work on a Jubilee even more as they're my fav class of LMS engine. It's just too bad though that with the 9F's they're barred from running on the mainline thanks to their centre driving wheelset being flangeless and fears that it might derail on points when they havent even looked it up to see if it would happen.
Iv had a go on a couple of industrial tank engines as a trainee fireman.
Wow, it really WAS a torture! I hope your hands are now okay Oliver! And by torture, I mean the shovelling.
Cracking video Oliver.
Regards
Jake
Your lucky to drive the 9F definitely got to drive the best engine at the Mid Hants that was currently running at the time in my opinion
Now that I’ve seen laser jet operating a steam locomotive I am jealous and want to cry I’ve only been in 3801s cab once and I loved it I mean I know how to operate one and I’m 11 so it’d be my dream to volunteer at the nsw rail museum
Laser Jet did you get soot in your eyes?
Lol I was thinking the same thing, there was soot everywhere in the cab
I rode behind 4501 in the open window snack car and unexpectedly got a huge chunk of soot in my eye, was not fun lol
River Line Rail Fan Id by honored to be slammed by some soot by a beautiful engine
@@journeythroughtherails5294 Trust me its no honour and no fun, i sometimes drive 7 1/4 inch gauge engines at the great cockcrow railway (im training) and once while driving a black 5 i got soot in one of my eyes and had to drive the loco back the staion with only one eye and still looking out for all the signals, that stuff stayed in there for ages and was very unconfortable and yet i consider myself lucky, ! Once a friend of mine got a piece of soot in his eyes and had to go to hospital to get it removed !
@@lorenzosdeadchannel i was kidding mae
Wait guys the 9f is the black 5 and schools class mashed together
"the shoveling was nonstop!" I think you found out why all the huge American coal burners were stoked mechanically lol
And why we moved to oil burning
@@LegoWormNoah101 They used whichever was cheaper and most available.
Nice fireman work
I noticed that he’s actually driving a steam train I thought he was going to be driving the evening star but nope he is driving a massive steam loco
Uuuh Evening Star is in static display in the NRM
I got to drive that loco too when me and my dad did the basic driver and fireman experience. But it was light loco. I guess you did the advance driver and fireman experience.
Amazing! Soooooooooo jealous right now, I'd love to do this! :0
THAT WAS AMAZING, Good job at driving the 9F class , Can’t wait till I’m 18 😉😂
Thank you
Lucky lad, well done!
Brilliant ! I am sure you loved it
What a day! Looks fun!
hope you had a great time i do this on the swanage railway but i do it a lot. i am a passed fireman. i can agree its a work out.
I volunteer on a narrow gauge line I have learned (I am sure you have too) that steam engines, despite the beauty, are dirty beggars
Icklebean03 Your Comment Made Me Cringe
Footplate experiences are awesome arent they :D as a side not as soon as you said I wonder what I'll be driving I had an advert for a car immediately start playing hah
I subscribe and hit that bell and I left a like keep up the good work
Can you imagine fireing a 9f at 60+mph on a well over 1000ton goods train over the Mendips
This is a great video
Hey Lazer you did a great job driving in my opinion
lazerjet i spoke the the guy in the cab and he said that you cut out some of the funny faces he pulled
Watercress line nice my guy
As far as I know, there isn't a program in America like this where people get to volunteer for this kind of stuff.
On an express hauled by a steam locomotive the fireman shovels around a ton of coal for every 50 miles. But the driver did help out!
U ARE THE BEST UA-camR EVER
You paid a trip on the real life Murdoch
This 9f really belongs to Jeremy Hosking
joke of the day: "because we were going uphill and the FIRE BOX of the 9f was so humongous the shoveling was TORTURE"
oliver: Get it? Fire box? Torture?
The crew: OUR EARS!!!!!!!!!!