A channel of various railway bits and bobs that I'm interested enough in to film and edit together, focused mostly around the South West and Central Southern areas of England, with the occasional foray into other regions of the UK.
Equipment I use, as of 2024:
Camera: Panasonic HC-X1500e Microphone: Audio-Technica BP4025 Tripod: Viltrox VX-18M (Legs), Manfrotto MVH502AH (Head) Editing: Sony Vegas Pro 18
Thank you for recording in gloomy weather. These GWR 'Castle class' locos are perhaps the UK's most handsome (if we can say that of females!) locos with their copper double chimneys. Great videography but yes, the sun would have made the sequences superb.
This is very impressive with the engineering of this equipment. Often these steam trains were built decades ago. I rode on a steam train in the Grand Canyon with my wife about 10 years ago and it was a lot of fun.
On a trip to UK/Europe late last year, I travelled behind 'Bahamas' on a RTC tour. Your excellent videography has therefore brought back memories. Well done. I hope your viewer numbers are returning to what they should be: "higher". Is the post at about 5:15 some sort of advance warning of what position a home signal is at? I couldn't make it out.
Many thanks, Edmund. You're correct about the post, as it's a banner repeater which gives advanced warning on the position of the next signal. As for views, a lot of traffic has generally come off the back of my most viewed video, which has fallen into into an algorithmic black hole of sorts in the past 9 months or so, hence the drop off.
The second sequence in particular was not just beautifully shot but also captured the 'stack talk'. My eternal wish from distant Australia is that the diesel would run one section behind, but I appreciate this increases costs (track access fees etc.) and on busier line sections there may be difficulty obtaining a train path. However attaching a diesel detracts from the experience.
A cool run of Lynton & Barnstaple Railway No. 188 “Lyd” at the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway here in this place of England over in the United Kingdom. This is a epic little railroad too, I must say.
I love the huge drivers on the British locomotives. The American ones were big too. I can't stand the ones with the little dinky wheels that look like they're toys or something. Hail the BEEG trains!
