The Front Window 10 - LMS Black 5 45379 - The best "Black Five" sound on record? 

Joe Beard Thanks for the comment Joe, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

TrainTrackTrav Thanks! While I'm a Southern fan by nature, They were without doubt one of the most numerous, and versatile locos, backed up by a great noise!

Probably the best loco ever built! Go anywhere, do anything, up anywhere!

@Classic Britain I believe the black five was an improvement of the hall of GWR design as the GWR designer took the ideas to the LMS

@@VehicularBrit they sure were! The fact that there were so many of them built speaks volumes!

kinetic .rail Sure is.

Thanks very much for your comment, glad you enjoyed it! I'm sure you will find British steam an enjoyable experience later in the year, fingers crossed the weather will be positively Australian by that time ;)

Matt Seymour Thank you 😀 The locos always put on a good show going up the climbs.

They sure do! think went behind Lord Nelson and that breezed up it!

Matt Seymour Nelson barely broke a sweat on a 5-coach load. She was built to pull huge loads at speed, so not really comfortable trundling around at 25! A brilliant loco though, and unique.

Yes you could tell she wanted to go faster and was just whispering rather than barking! as you say 12-15 coaches would be more like it on steap gradients!

@@VehicularBrit very true it wouldn't have been very hard for a Black five either. Very capable locos

mattyrallye Thanks! They always build up plenty of steam during the run round at Alton, so they're nicely prepped for a run up the bank! Plenty of good crews up the Mid-Hants, who really know how to get the most from a loco!

Ben Broomfield I can only agree with that!

ADMIRALSCORNER Couldn't agree more!

I know, don't worry - I was just saying what I was thinking. It is a brilliant loco, I 100% agree. I gather she isn't in the best of health at the moment though, she is in the shed with a few bits off her. Yes, the MHR is a great line, it's really nice to have the gradients in both directions unlike so many other lines, as you say it allows the locos to work a bit harder, particularly the smaller ones.

Thanks for your comment - yes, the Black 5's are very likeable locos for many reasons. The water you see flowing, is coming from the injectors that push water from the tender into the boiler, at pressure. The injectors have an overflow pipe which can be seen leaking water if the injectors aren't quite set right, or they are old and worn. From conversations with the crews of this engine in particular, I gather that the injector on this particular loco is quite old and therefore not as effective as it could be, which means some excess water flows past it and out the overflow pipe. Furthermore, that side injector is the "exhaust" injector which takes steam pressure left in the exhaust after passing through the cylinders, and directs it to the injector. These types of injectors are only effective when the loco is running and the regulator is open - which isn't happening when the train is stopped. This means there's no steam passing into the injector to push the water into the boiler, therefore the water just gets gushed out of the pipe. A little wasteful I suppose, but I think the valve that controls the water inlet may be a bit worse for wear, so it doesn't close fully - so a bit of water leaks by. Hope that helps!

it surely has. thanks so much. very detailed answer. I saw the prices online for riding in certain trains and very expensive indeed. The engine sounds very powerful too

No worries, glad I could be of help :) Yes, it does tend to be reasonably expensive to ride. An adult ticket at the Watercress line is £16, and that's generally similar for most heritage railways. If you want to ride on a mainline railtour, you can expect to pay over £100, though.

I was looking at the cathedral express website I think. on steamdreams. but only £16? wow

spompeytransportvideo Hi Mark, thanks for getting in touch. Yes, please feel free to use the sound from this video! All I would ask is that you could add a credit in the video description, maybe with a link to my channel. You should be able to use one of the RU-vid download websites to get hold of the clip, if that does not work you can get in touch with me via email and I can send you the original file :) Thanks again

Many thanks for obliging, yes I will indeed add a link and credit on the video....much appreciated....Mark

spompeytransportvideo Not a problem, glad to be of assistance.

Please send me some details of your project and I will decide afterwards.

Correct, one of the Bulleids tender tanks, but I can't remember off the top of my head which one.