Impressive, I had never heard about this place. I have to ask: is the breakvan "original" or is it a breakvan body mounted on another truck's chassis? The spacing between the wheels looks so small ! Thanks for posting
Unfortunately the incline is so steep that they had the diesel on for braking power to avoid a runaway. I can attest to it not taking anything more than its own weight.
When I'm a passenger, I'm always disappointed because I can't see the loco. 😆 Oh! Now I see a _Fawley Hill Railway Driver's Eye View_ thumbnail right next to this comment. Maybe you'd like to put that in RU-vid's search.
Marginally steeper than the Hopton Incline on the Cromford and High Peak Railway at 1 in 14,which was the steepest on the BR system. It also featured one of the tightest turns,the Gotham Curve.
The Tanfield Branch had a section of 1 in 11-it would take two N10s to push 2 x 21T hoppers up the bank, The tool vans turned up one day with FOUR engines pushing them up the bank, it did slacken off to 1 in 21 after the 1 in 11,
I heard rumours that this might well be the last open day at Fawley. Hopefully not because it is always one of my favourite days - the museum alone is excellent
Magnificent catches of the trains coming y abd pass, i like it 5 stars. Thumbs up. Keep up the perfect work, my friend, just liked and subscribed, Greetings from Portugal to the UK.
Maybe be too little too late but such a steep preserved railway could really benefit from a battery electric loco. Especially one that can regenerate energy while braking down hill. It would limit a lot of the wear and tear and consumption on any steam or diesel which is not going to get any easier when the youngest steam locos left are around 60 years old.
Luckily this is a very short line so it doesn't get through too much coal. The main draw of it is the steam working hard for many people, myself included.
Such a fun ride. It's a shame the engine couldn't be directly behind the coal wagon but they didnt trust the brakes. Their usual engine should be back from overhaul next year, but the Kerr Stuart was very impressive.
1:13 thats nothing for a west coast logging railroad,roaring camp has a grade of 1 in 10 and there was a line that tried 1 in 5 that used little Americans to seesaw there way out of the valley with 1 log car.
Since uploading, I've found out about these. The railway themselves were advertising as steepest standard gauge railway in the world, but its possible they meant the steepest to use non specialised equipment. I'd love to visit the Cass scenic railroad some day!
I used to ride on a loco at a brick works which in a book I have says the loco stands on the 1:9 gradient. It could be a misprint and mean 1:19 but it certainly was like seen here. Fantastic sight and sound
Wow, maybe. Some industrial systems had very steam gradients. Maybe a climb to a coal drop or something as you'd certainly be limited to a wagon or 2 on such a steep climb.
@@LukeAlfordUKsteam They only hauled 2 wagons of clay or 3 Hudson, I think or could of been Chas Roberts, V hoppers of stone from the quarry. There were 3 locomotives and I only got to ride on two of them. Happily the 3rd one is preserved and I hope to get a footplate ride on that one day.
Looking at that, it does seem somewhat dubious for them to advertise as the steepest in the world. I'll update the description of my video. That said, most of the steeper examples are on metros or use specially geared engines, so this railway certainly is something special.
Pretty cool, lucky dry sunny day, might be a struggle in the wet!! Various random wild life on the tracks made me chuckle, no not some of the passengers... Hope any coupling inspection/risk assesment was signed off, would have preferred to see the diesel 'downhill' behind the guards van to be honest. 🤔👍🇬🇧
Yes, the deer especially seemed pretty unphased by the train. They've even got a lemur enclosure in the park grounds! I can't imagine how difficult the climb would be with slippery rails. Glad you enjoyed watching.
Nah mate, can't you hear the bark? The echo of the thunder? That diesel's there for safety my friend, it's barely moving it's own weight. Those little shunters are giving everything they have to give, make no mistake.
Having been there for some of the diesels solo runs, you would hear it if it was taking anything over its own weight. It's true it was putting in some work as in a normal running day the engines would only be paired with the 2 wagons, diesel was needed for brake power on the way down. Thanks for watching!
Sounds like the steamer may have slipped a bit after the 2:05 point by the footbridge, and again right after going off screen after 6:40; it ain't gonna be slippin' if it ain't workin'.
Thanks, most of these locations are overbridges, there's a few along the whole length of the line and all of them are good for spotting from. Then the 2 foot crossings are next to Blake Hall Road and pensions road, you can see where the footpaths go from on openstreetmaps.
@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329when the boiler ticket expires it’s going to didcot to be stripped for parts to make an LNWR Claughton 4-6-0 and the remaining parts will be used to keep 45699 Galatea going.
I’ve seen several videos of this Clan Line run and in all of them the loco is producing white exhaust with very little clag. Does anyone know why, or what it was burning on this run? 3:34
Sorry for the late response, but the answer is that no one really knows. I believe they got the coal from a polish retailer, but whether its polish or Russian origin, we will probably never find out... Thanks for watching!
