5029 Nunney Castle slogs up Hemerdon and Dainton 10/07/11 

Whenever I need my Nunney fix I come back to this. A wonderful demonstration of guts and determination.... and that brilliant sound. Thanks again.

I have to say that these footages of Nunney slogging up Hemerdon and Dainton really made this a fine event, it was such a close call though! While at Dainton I could hear the Castle slogging up the bank and thinking "is she gunna make it??" Pleasure seeing your fine work from on board the train

Hiya. That's a great video you made there. The power and effort were magnificent. Sad that Mr steamforever does not live up to his name. I'm a fan of all steam and I admire the men who designed and built these great machines from all the Big Four Companies and British Railways. Long Live Steam. Right I've had my rant. Your vid is a like. Thanks for sharing.

Great vid, brings back lovely memories of a trip to Plymouth and back with 2 Black Fives, when one was down the pan the other hauled that one and the whole caboodle over the top of Hemerdon at less than walking pace. Would love to see a video of that, was fabulous onboard.

Cracking bit of footage with a real Loco ! well done & thanks as I could'nt get there ! none of this tornado chuffety chuff stuff !!....Malcolm WSRA PW

keep up the good work & will see you somewhere I'm sure...cheers malcolm

And this is why i love the GWR

Amazing video ,well done 100% GWR Power...

@stephengthompson Thanks Steve. Yeah it really did just keep going...and going....and going!

@6024kingedward1 The load (8) was *less* than was allowed in steam days, which was routinely 9, and there has been a case with 10, though 2 of them fish vans but from nearly a standing start (that would have bent your ears!). This performance was not up to those standards - a steady 15 mph is quite feasible with 8 - but obviously there were steaming problems, for whatever reasons, and the crew did well to keep going at all. A very well-produced vid, though.

Unusually it picks up BEFORE the tunnel. They must have done something to improve the performance. I was on a train recently (Voyager) that came to grief here - grip. Had to back back get another train.

Wow!! How much extra was the load than what would have been allowed in steam days? If it were raining It might not have been such a good day!....

she sounds like I feel on a 3 mile run!

@magic1ond Thanks.

GWR forever!

oh oh and there's more...

Thanks for that, though I don't think Dainton gets steeper than 1 in 38.

@steamforever Cheers,as an LNER man I can't agree with you,but then 60163 could never beat 5029 in a sound battle,actually nothing other than my one and only favourite loco could...even then it only just equals 5029!

Wow wow wow that's all I'm saying ps that sticking his head out in the next carriage need to grow up great video though

@alberta45562