Flying Scotsman 60103 from the Footplate on the Watercress Line 11:00 service Alresford to Alresford on the 7th March 2020. (Video is recorded in HD so allow time to load) More images on my instagram '@altondigitalimage
I wonder how fast The Flying Scotsman is going when going tenderfirst? I hope about 60 to 75 miles per hour can be achieved when The Flying Scotsman goes backwards.
Fun fact: FIRE MEN OF A STEAM ENGINE SOMETIMES GET PROMOTED TO BE A DRIVER OF THE SAME ENGINE OR ANOTHER ENGINE. BUT IT OCCURS RARELY EVEN BACK IN THE OLD DAYS BECAUSE IF THEY ARE PROMOTED THEY NEED TO ADAPT BEING A DRIVER OF A ANOTHER ENGINE. IF HE GETS THE CHANCE TO DRIVE THE SAME ENGINE HE WILL BE A BACKUP DRIVER, INCASE OF EMERGENCY. THATS THE FACT FOR TODAY BYEEEEE👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋😘😘😘😘
That was the common route of promotion to driver back in the steam age. Shunter, loco preparation (oiling, starting fire, coaling and watering), fireman, relief driver, driver.
What is the signal the driver is acknowledging from that box to his right every so often? I can't believe it's cab signals on a tourist line using a token system. Some kind of alerter?
It’s the AWS. It’s a warning system that trains in the UK use (even modern trains today); when it is approaching a signal at caution or danger, a horn sounds and the driver has two seconds to press down the lever and cancel the horn or the emergency brake will automatically apply
@@AutoUnder Only two seconds ? Here in Italy the driver has 5 seconds to press a pedal, but the horn sounds every 55 seconds. The trade unions believe it is very stressful. I guess it is different on high-speed-lines. I apologize for my shaky English.
@@giovannigino3675 AWS has been in place since the 1950s so all drivers are used to it and pressing the button when the horn sounds just becomes second nature to them. There is also a foot pedal on more modern trains that the driver has to keep pressed down at all times but they have to release it briefly every minute when a buzzer sounds to confirm they're still responsive; if they release the pedal when the buzzer isn't sounding or they fail to release the pedal when the buzzer is sounding, then the emergency brake will apply
Fantastic! Like being there! Spent time on many footplates around the world. Awesome stuff. Just subscribed to your channel and please do the same for me Train Lord in South Australia. Cheers.
Alright, okay I have to ask. The driver is looking out the window the fireman and the other guy are doing their thing, and the whistle blows! 3 different times! Nobody touched it! What gives?
The sound of the entire train is also temporarily muted when the whistle blows as well so I think the first whistle sound has been added to the video. You can see the driver pull fhe whistle cord on subsequent blows so it looks like it's just the first one.
Nothing wrong with any of those whistles. The fireman is doing most of them. Obviously, it's connected by a rod across the cab. 18:10 - 18:25 specifically shows this.
I am amazed. You are so lucky because you live in Europe. But not those who live in Asia we will see a steam engine rarely. And BTW your video was nice. The flying Scotsman is one of my favourite steam engine of all time
@@Altondigitalimage yeah we have steam engines.but They will run only on our independence day. BTW I am an Indian. We two steam engines currently running. One is the oldest steam engine ever. She is 163 years old. It is made by British in British India. Another one is azzah or azzad. It's nickname is azzah. I don't know the real name. It also a old locomotive. It runs on independence day.
Fired on this engine just before it was purchased Grantham to King's Cross She was a rough rider them could hardly firer here you just hang on coming down Stoke bank to Peterborough but she was a good steamer
