I've been busy capturing railway movements, steam and diesel galas, aircraft movements, airshows, steam rallies and other transport events of interest, and look forward to sharing the content here.
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When these left original service, it seemed crazy to think they would still be working in the 2020s. It may be secondary roles, but they are still a very useful engine 😉
What will you do when there is no dirty coal or dirty oil. Hydrogen created to order is clean and can produce large quantities of steam to drive your steam engine, not a joke just a lack of thinking outside the coal box. Almost back to the future. The billionaire JCB manufacturer has done his homework he has converted the basic diesel engine block with a different controlsystem that burns Hydrogen.
I was there that day on the shuttle. Beautiful pair of locos though I wish to have heard more of "Witherslack Hall" barking along the line but sadly I had to get off at Dunster. Still it was a lovely day.
That 'Hellfire' was something else! 50's are the best sounding locos for my money. Unfortunately when I was there on the Friday the planned double header didn't happen due to mechanical issues with 'Rodney'
Well, I really enjoyed watching your video. Blue Peter is a beautiful piece of railway history renewed. Rejuvenated and running with the precision of a sewing machine. I'm going to view this again. My wife will have to watch Hercules Poiret alone tonight. thanks for putting this together, and yes I have subscribed. I'll be looking forward to future content down here in Queensland.
What a waste of a good video. It’s not a lot of use if you don’t say what the “damage” is. Ok, so a comment says it was a failed gasket - where? And how did a gasket fail on a new build? Comments please. Also, I am not in the UK but I am still a steam fan. Is that a steam head as opposed to a petrol head?
By the looks on the faces of the crew on the failed engine, I'm going to guess they probably had one of "those" failures. That's the one where it doesn't matter how hard you shovel, the pressure gauge is only going down....... and then you grind to a halt in the middle of nowhere wondering what the heck you're going to do next. Probably one of the most embarrassing things that could happen - certainly for the fireman (or woman). That would be consistent with a main steam pipe leaking in the smokebox. When that happens you don't have a chance of making steam. On the footplate it can be hard to know what's going wrong, and it feels like you're at fault. Hence the wonderful and slightly bemused looks. 😅
Interesting to see how Yeovil Junction looks nowadays, as it was one of my loco-spotting haunts in the late'50s and '60s. I did visit Yeovil Railway Centre a couple of times in the '80s and early '90s when we still lived in Yeovil. I think it was for the visits A4 "Sir Nigel Gresley" and a Stanier 8F loco.
Back in the 80's my wife Marrianne and I saw Clan Line at Salisbury along with Flying Scotsman. The Clan Line crew invited Marrianne onto the footplate, and gave her the VIP tour. When I tried to get on the footplate they weren't so keen! Very nice video, Ta.
My only visit to Minehead by train was steam-hauled in 1962 (the year that Butlin's opened there, although that's not where we were staying). No suspicion of what was to come: the good Doctor and his axe were not even a bad dream then.
My goodness, what a collection of beauties. If ever there's such a thing a steam locomotive porn, this it it. I hope Betton Grange is back in action soon. Being a new build, I suppose she's bound to have teething issues.
You cover these events exceptionally well. Seeing all the shunting and what goes on is always more interesting than just seeing the train arrive and depart. Excellent.
Nice to see Clan Line back working and in immaculate condition. I remember putting £5 towards it's original purchase which was a lot for an apprentice in those days
Great line up of all these GWR locomotives. It also show how related the Grange, Manor and Hall are, you need to look carefully to see the differences between them. As essentially the Grange is a Hall with slightly smaller wheels, and the Manor was a version of the Grange with a slightly smaller boiler and a lower axle loading. A Hall boiler is used in the recreation of Betton Grange
Try building one you would find your statement very wrong, yes they share GWR std parts but they have different main frames and numerous other bits, that are unique to the locomotive.
