6024 King Edward 1, The Bristolian. 3rd March 2012 

Very enjoyable to watch, sheer poetry in motion. Built when Britain was truly great. Such a graceful engine. Thanks for sharing. All the best from Scotland. Garry

When you see the crossheads and the rest of the "power pack" working, makes you realize and appreciate the effort that went into making these Swindon built monuments so successful !!

Brilliant shots there, I was at Didcot all day and saw her both ways, she pelted through both times, the first giving us the longest GW whistle i've ever heard! Andy

Hi Kristian and thank you for your kind comments. The year has started well! the good weather and performance, and also a lot of luck in the two "bonus" shots!! Alan

Hi EM and thank you for your comments, I was really lucky to get the Sonning and Challow shots as I literally had only seconds to get both, but it made the day for me. Alan

Hi Andy: thank you for your appreciation. We heard the whistles from the Didcot engine(s) during the afternoon at Cholsey. The footplate crew on KE1 definitely had the "last run" spirit about them!! Alan

Great panning shot at Cholsey Church, very impressive, and then with the power station etc, top shot. Thumbs up!

Outstanding piece of video Alan, fantastic shots of the King pounding through her old home territory, it's a shame she'll be leaving soon. Thumbs up & fav'd

Hi Tim and thank you for the very kind comments. According to Network Rail's document "Modernising the Great Western", electrification starts in 2014 and will be completed in 2016 between Paddington and Cardiff including Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway. So we have between 2 and 4 years to enjoy a clear view of this stretch of mainline. Alan

Hi and thank you for the encouraging comment. The Cholsey shot was my main shot of the day and I was very lucky that the sun went below the horizon just in time!! Alan

Fabulous!

Hi and thank you for your kind comments, we will all be sad when Spud retires for overhaul, there is nothing quite like her on the mainline. Alan

Hi Ryan and thanks for the amusing comment. Don't forget, I've been filming steam from the very start of the Preservation era but it's true that I hav'nt been to these locations for some time. Maybe see you lineside for KE1's last run? Alan

Hi and thank you for the wonderful compliment, it is very much appreciated. Alan

excellent video as always,can't wait to film her when she comes to kingswear for her final run for a while,love this engine and great discription about the video

Hi and thank you for the kind comment, glad you enjoyed. Alan

Thank you for your very kind comments and your subsciption Lee, welcome aboard! Alan

They were meant to bring king Edward ll to the mainline as well but sadly the plans were dropped so they’ve not made plans to get 6023 back to mainline running

Brilliant video Alan, great panning thru out. I do like the shot at Sonning cutting ,that was superb.& a lovely finish with her disappearing into the sunset.EM

Hi Sean and nice to hear from you again. Thanks you for the kind comments, hope to see you lineside sometime. Alan

Super footage and a terrific channel Alan, thanks, Lee.

Thanks for this excellent video. A really finely controlled start at Challow.

Absolutely brilliant, outstanding, superb video, what more can anyone say, the shot at Sonning Cutting was really something special for me, the whole video was excellent, thanks for sharing...Bill

Hi Andrei and thank you for the kind comment. That coach stood out like a bad tooth! Alan

Hi and thank you for the kind remarks, it was a great day! Alan

There’s some good news work is almost done on 6024 hopefully it will be done by now and hopefully back on the mainline after that

@Steamclips Thanks Alan - that definitely increases the incentive to get out and see more over the next couple of years!

I'm having thoughts that you got these clips from seeing my work that I've done in the past. Sonning Cutting and South Moreton being notable spots. A rare glimpse to see a steam service run on the fast line at Sonning as it sometimes gets put onto the slow.

Lovely video, very well edited ,,liked and fav ..thanks for sharing your work ,,from Sean :)

some great locations there..its a like from me....

Hi sir yow clippings are awesome these are grandpas of Indian Railway we missed these beasts, but here in your video we can able to see, But I have one question why these steams got withdrawn Now it's operating or not .... I saw only Oliver chromwell and sir negel griesley , britania

Awesome shot at Sonning. Where'd they get that InterCity coach from though?

Great shots Alan, particularly enjoyed the epic footage from Sonning and the superb lighting effects as 6024 left Challow. Any idea how long we have until the wires appear? Hopefully a while still to enjoy steam on the Great Western Mainline as it should be! Thanks for sharing, Tim

There was some slow motion going on.