I dont know much about the guy but he seems super stoked to see 4492 back in its old livery its a shame they never put the chime whistle we sent them from the GVR for this engine great video none the less
I was 6, it was 1959 and my big brother of 10 took me trains spotting at Hornsey, I always loved the Gresley locos but one Saturday afternoon a fitted good train on the down main came through, it was a streak and non other than Mallard, what stuck im my mind was how spotless the loco was, it shone and was farcbetter than the bans it was pulling. Later on I got to see A3s with German smoke deflectors and the gn coal rail tenders I loved them
Yes, I remember just wandering up to Mallard at the head of an afternoon train at 'The Cross'. No crowds no other watchers and N2s toiling up from 'the Drain' past Kings X down suburban. Being only born in '48 I do recall A4 Seagull in BR blue on a football special at Denham with, I think, still coaches in teak probably 'teak' painted steel carriages by then.
@@johnjephcote7636 ah the drain I loved it. The N2 were off Suburban duties in 59 and Cravens DMUs took over. I loved and remember the quadarrt sets pulled by type 2 sulzers till around 1966 but normally boring Brush 2s. Nothing was better than a Sulzer pulling an 8 car Quad set up the steeply graded hotel curve into platform 16. Happy days now all history.
What a wonderful tribute to a great railway man. His books on the time he ran the Kings Cross are essential reading for those who wanted to know how post-war steam thrived. Peter was the person that single-handily kept the A4's at the front of the fastest trains when diesels are first introduced. He proved that the Peaks and others couldn't do the job: the Deltics were the only loco that matched the A4 for power, and it was 1962 before they replaced the A4's on the Scottish/Newcastle services. He kept the A4s working many fast diagrams for a long time afterward. Hat's off and RIP, Peter Townend.
Do you remember "The wrong type of leaves on the track excuse , these magnificent machines all weather ,am now getting fotos on the Spanish steam era, too far from me . That rocking old Chinese loco got lots of comments on its condition , but at least she still goes !
My childhood was taken up with steam trains - fantastic!! Never really thought about feeding them though, but this videao gives us some idea about the constant shovelling done by the fireman! He must have shifted a few ton of coal just on one long journey, let alone a lifetime . . .
Upper Silesian Narrow-Gauge Railway is the oldest continuously operating narrow-gauge railway in the world. Hundreds of kilometers of tracks with a gauge of 785 mm connected mines, steel mills, factories and power plants. Since 2002, the railway has been operating as a tourist railway providing convenient access to the Nakło-Chechło Lagoon and to the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry. At the Bytom Karb Wąskotorowy station there is a collection of historic rolling stock, a small museum and the Bytom Karb Wąskotorowy signal box and control room.
