A videographer from Southern England with far too much spare time...
With a passion for a variety of heritage traction, this channel is home to scenes from around the UK, featuring preserved railways, railtours, and so much more. So grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy.
Great video you put together from Friday Matt, I was with you for some of your filming so it was good to put a face to your channel. I’m Mike Jamie’s mate.
I knew I recognised you. I've met you before, Great Central Railway for the 40th anniversary of the 'Deltic Scotsman Farewell' with 55019. Glad you enjoyed the video!
We had a fab day at Swanage and Champion taking us up to Corfe Castle and Corfe Beer Festival, loved all the old Diesel Locos ferrying back and forth. Hats off to all the Staff and drivers etc was a hot day, and after the derailment keeping it all going 👍🏼
What an opener, the tone of a 37 and then a 50 fading into the countryside👍👍 Great mix there Matthew. Hats off all round it seems to the organisational and engineering skills of the SR for keeping the event on track (pun not intended!)
I was there on the Saturday of this event, and it was fantastic! Here's the real question though; does anyone know the real way to pronounce the name Wightwick Hall? I heard about 3 different pronunciations and nobody knew for sure 🤣 of course wonderful footage from you as always!
A huge shame that Network Rail's lack of maintenance in allowing branches to foul the loading gauge and clip the roof level brake 'butterflies' (partly putting the brakes on) brought this train to a stand. If the diesel had not been following this would have been far worse.
I was there on Saturday but left about an hour before the derailment. I had a great day, with great locomotives on a great railway. Get the 50s back next year.
Terrific sound from the Manor & Hall combination towards the end. Though I'm a little puzzled by the lamp code on the Pannier at 8:40. According to the manual that should mean Express freight not fitted with continuous brake. Unless it's a Southern code
GB Railfreight Class 73 - 73109 "Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary" was also present during the gala but spent most of the time stabled at the siding in Swanage station. Great effort by all concerned.
The 73 was part of the railtour that came in on the Thursday as the TC set caused an ETS flashover on D6515 due to water in one of the plugs. So the 73 was used only for ETS on the railtour, it was not part of the gala.
Rumours circulating suggest that lineside foliage caught the butterfly pressure release valves for the vacuum brakes on a couple of the coaches, causing a loss of pressure; enough to drag the brakes on the effected coaches.
We weren't there for this one but I salute the staff and volunteers at the S.R. for making it all happen even when 'God's banana skin' is thrown in their path. Well done everyone, I hope the returns made it worthwhile despite these 'little challenges'.
Yea U COuld Say Thad I Had Bad Luck On Friday after vew Loco,s Loco Failed On Line No Other Choice Then Go Back To Londen erlier for my bus back To Netherland Great Video Mate
The drivers and firemen have not got the experience of learning the footplate as they did in steam days. No comparison with heritage rail driving or doing it part time.
@@davidbailey533 NR ought to be ashamed of themselves. Saw entrance to Lime Street the other day and it looked like a jungle. Goodness knows how much longer those walls will last.
And what we don't know is what happened in the 10 minutes before you see the engine. Was there a signal check further back that ruined their run at the bank? That could also account for it, because a Class 7 engine should be capable of taking 9 coaches up Hemerdon with little trouble.
if, big if, proper Welsh steaming coal had been available (no such now) the smoke would not have been thick black & the heat would have been appropriate to this anniversary outing. With the embarrassment of butterfly valves or not. Nb: The southbound steam express services ascending to Whiteball tunnel on Wellington Bank were always ‘banked’ with a steam push from Wellington. My great uncle was Foreman Ganger on the section & lived in the Beam Bridge railway cottages (long since demolished) right next to the bank when I was a child. {That was a thunderous noise for a five year old!}
I'm an East Coast man, and it would have been so easy to start laughing at the GW; however, I think it was obvious that 7029 had a tenderful of bug dust here. The fact that the loco ran at all with that stuff is a miracle.
Sorry to say it looks like poor firing or poor coal, maybe a combination of both? A castle should not be smoking like that. Thanks for the video. Excellent! Edit : On reflection though the valves were lifting, so maybe the problem lay elsewhere?
Two reasons: 1. A big selling point for this tour was lack of diesel assistance, 47773 was supposed to follow the train without being attached to it all the way to London. I don't personally care about this, since assisting diesels are normally only there for shunting purposes and only push when they have to, such as situations like this one, as well as the diesels typically matching the train and being heritage locomotives in their own right, but there's a good amount of vocal people that do take issue with them being on there and it not being there ensures the Castle is completely unassisted to anyone who would otherwise doubt. 2. Even if this wasn't the case, the South Devon Banks have very strict load requirements for steam specifically because of situations like this. The Castle's maximum permitted load over the South Devon Banks unassisted is 9, which is what it has here, 7 passenger coaches + the GUV water carrier and Support Coach for 9 coaches total. It would've barely made it over the top anyway, dragging brakes were enough to make it stall. The 47's weight would push it over that unassisted limit.
Nope, Castles can have 9, that's the load 7029 has here. I think it's different depending on if it's a single or double chimney one, so 5029 might be limited to Load 8 but 7029 and 5043 can take 9.
@bobingram6912 One of the selling points for the tour was the fact it would be unassisted over the Devon banks in both directions. Thankfully, Vintage Trains do keep their Class 47 nearby on excursions should something like this occur. Cheers!
simply stunning, brilliant video, epic camera work as the Western gingerly came around the corner out of the woodlands, sooooo enjoyable, thanks for a brilliant watch
Excellent video, thanks for sharing. Well done to the Swanage Railway for putting on another excellent preview day and event. D1015 is awesome, luckily got to travel right behind it, fantastic loco 😊 Just my opinion, but I thoroughly dislike the LT 4TC, cramped, smelly, hot and stuffy, and bars on the windows ruining filming for customers. I get the nostalgic push-pull, but not for me !
