34058 Sir Frederick Pile being moved ready for her departure to Southern Locomotives Sellindge. Music by Epidemic Sound Copyright Owned Rebirth of Earth - Phoenix Tail
The UK is the envy of many countries that are trying to preserve their railway history In my country it is extremely difficult to bring a locomotive back to steam a lot of government interference to go through yet you have so many people involved in the restoration of steam locomotives good on you mate
Named after a great Army man of WW2, his book is as fascinating as this loco .He was responsible for the anti aircraft defences /guns etc in the UK 🇬🇧 😊
I would love to see 34058 Sir Frederick Pile in steam someday when he is restored from scrapyard condition to his rebuilt condition and I would love to see him run on the mainline network in the UK.
Last time I saw this locomotive it was in a right sorry state! This was at the Avon Valley Railway where I understand work was being carried out on the motion. It does look like some more work has been done since it has been at the Watercress Line, but judging by the flanges on the tyres it still looks like the amount of work still needed is extensive! I wonder what state the boiler is in?! It is the best thing for this locomotive that it`s now in the hands of SLL
@@tobys_transport_videos yep, this is Bulleid number seven for them. Not including the two Merchant Navies they sold to Jeremy Hosking (one then recently operational, one an unrestored hulk like this). They also restored an Austerity and a BR 4MT tank.
@@tobys_transport_videos Easily. I don't know when they're going to find the time to do it, especially with the Sidmouth project to get their teeth into next... and Brocklebank after that... and of course Freddie needs a new tender, so unless they just use one from their pool of tenders, they'll have to build another...
To think, there are enough Bulleid Pacific's surviving today, that if all restored, could easily run main line trains services from Waterloo to Exeter and Bournemouth again!
i have been to the yard at sellindge many times i can confirm this loco will be sat there with all the other coaches and other locos rotting away in the middle of the scrapyard
Optical illusion from zooming at an angle. There are 2 rails together on that point section, the wheel flange is running (correctly) on the rail which is farthest away.
