Steam Locomotives At Speed #3
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Date: 2020-03-23
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MG
More enjoyable preserved steam footage. Thank you. Some of your Gloucestershire based locations are very familiar to me. In 1951, family circumstances meant a relocation for nine year old me from London to Gloucester living with some older Aunts. My paper round soon after enabled me to buy a bicycle so I could get around. Those bridge and station locations you stood on were once very familiar to me. Having stood there in those far away mid-1950s watching the steam locomotive action and even travelling under those bridges on steam trains on more than a few occasions. If only my limited paper round income could stretch to a Camera. Image capture far more expensive back then. Now pressing a button on a mobile phone can produce first class images and footage. I saw some impressive stuff back then. The junior school I attended had it playground right up against the raised railway bridge brickwork in the City centre in London Road. There, just about every passenger train would see its locomotive detached prior to going on shed for coal and water for return trips. They would wait fully on the London Road Bridge for several minutes waiting for the signal and points changes. These impressive locomotives included brand new Britannia Class Locomotives with names like Apollo, Venus and Mercury resplendent in BR Green Livery gleaming in the Sunshine in full view stopped on the bridge. Following construction at Crewe Works, they were transferred to Swindon for detail changes to suit mainline use on the Western Region. Not only that, one after another long freight trains up from South Wales with base materials to fuel the Nation's manufacturing. No end to those. One included a most unusual locomotive up from Wales. I never knew such things existed but, I repeated its number many times in my mind so I would not forget it. That worked. to this very day. Aged ten, I could not afford the 2/6d ( 12. 5 pence decimal ) to buy the Midland Region Ian Allen Locomotive book as well as the Western Region addition. I can still remember that number 47976. A Beyer Garratt articulated Locomotive. Those images are still very vividly clear in my memory. Sadly never to be in hard copy or even digital transfer now. One of the penalties for being born poor and permanently skint. On the other hand, I would have excelled at being a millionaire. Great days gone forever but never forgotten. . Keep the good work coming. Much local to me content appreciated by this life long transport enthusiast.
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More enjoyable preserved steam footage. Thank you. Some of your Gloucestershire based locations are very familiar to me. In 1951, family circumstances meant a relocation for nine year old me from London to Gloucester living with some older Aunts. My paper round soon after enabled me to buy a bicycle so I could get around. Those bridge and station locations you stood on were once very familiar to me. Having stood there in those far away mid-1950s watching the steam locomotive action and even travelling under those bridges on steam trains on more than a few occasions. If only my limited paper round income could stretch to a Camera. Image capture far more expensive back then. Now pressing a button on a mobile phone can produce first class images and footage. I saw some impressive stuff back then. The junior school I attended had it playground right up against the raised railway bridge brickwork in the City centre in London Road. There, just about every passenger train would see its locomotive detached prior to going on shed for coal and water for return trips. They would wait fully on the London Road Bridge for several minutes waiting for the signal and points changes. These impressive locomotives included brand new Britannia Class Locomotives with names like Apollo, Venus and Mercury resplendent in BR Green Livery gleaming in the Sunshine in full view stopped on the bridge. Following construction at Crewe Works, they were transferred to Swindon for detail changes to suit mainline use on the Western Region. Not only that, one after another long freight trains up from South Wales with base materials to fuel the Nation's manufacturing. No end to those. One included a most unusual locomotive up from Wales. I never knew such things existed but, I repeated its number many times in my mind so I would not forget it. That worked. to this very day. Aged ten, I could not afford the 2/6d ( 12. 5 pence decimal ) to buy the Midland Region Ian Allen Locomotive book as well as the Western Region addition. I can still remember that number 47976. A Beyer Garratt articulated Locomotive. Those images are still very vividly clear in my memory. Sadly never to be in hard copy or even digital transfer now. One of the penalties for being born poor and permanently skint. On the other hand, I would have excelled at being a millionaire. Great days gone forever but never forgotten. . Keep the good work coming. Much local to me content appreciated by this life long transport enthusiast.
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Geoffrey
I was the fireman at Crewe sheds 5A in1947 Galatea was there often and there were 2 Streamliners in the sheds at Crewe in 1947 City of Birmingham 6235 was one of them. These films are great to bring back my memories I am now 87, I fired The City of Glasgow in 1950 before I went into the army in November 1950, and in 1952 I was coming back from Italy to be demobbed, I went past the wreckage of the train in Harrow and Wealdstone I was sad to see the City of Glasgow again. I have fired these engines from Crewe to London and Glasgow I loved that job. Geoff Hillyard01270760246 Sandbach
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I was the fireman at Crewe sheds 5A in1947 Galatea was there often and there were 2 Streamliners in the sheds at Crewe in 1947 City of Birmingham 6235 was one of them. These films are great to bring back my memories I am now 87, I fired The City of Glasgow in 1950 before I went into the army in November 1950, and in 1952 I was coming back from Italy to be demobbed, I went past the wreckage of the train in Harrow and Wealdstone I was sad to see the City of Glasgow again. I have fired these engines from Crewe to London and Glasgow I loved that job. Geoff Hillyard01270760246 Sandbach
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russell
11: 09 the guy driving white truck slows down to look even. magnificent sight of the two engines and backdrop of the trees and hills. could be 1950s apart from the catenarys lol. doing what the animals live for. speed under their own power. and nice clouds of steam. hardly any pollution unlike diesel. even though I like diesel. steam trains happiest at speed. afterall they make their own power. love em.
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11: 09 the guy driving white truck slows down to look even. magnificent sight of the two engines and backdrop of the trees and hills. could be 1950s apart from the catenarys lol. doing what the animals live for. speed under their own power. and nice clouds of steam. hardly any pollution unlike diesel. even though I like diesel. steam trains happiest at speed. afterall they make their own power. love em.
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Geoff
I remember as a boy hearing and seeing the engines pulling the trains up out of Sheffield Midland, through Heeley. The exhausts were some times more like a 'bang' as the power was on so much. The smoke and the sparks flying all around, and the pride we felt, if the driver, or fireman waved at us on the bridge. :) We could sometimes hear them shunting all night as they were making the trains up.
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I remember as a boy hearing and seeing the engines pulling the trains up out of Sheffield Midland, through Heeley. The exhausts were some times more like a 'bang' as the power was on so much. The smoke and the sparks flying all around, and the pride we felt, if the driver, or fireman waved at us on the bridge. :) We could sometimes hear them shunting all night as they were making the trains up.
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RJAS
Liam and Phil, many thanks for yet another superb compilation. I have seen most of the content more than once before and am equally happy to watch them over and over. As well as your line/location knowledge, your addition of speed information has added a great deal to the already spectacular shots. My favourite sequence: the double-header at Elvanfoot, with many runners-up. Kind regards, Bob.
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Liam and Phil, many thanks for yet another superb compilation. I have seen most of the content more than once before and am equally happy to watch them over and over. As well as your line/location knowledge, your addition of speed information has added a great deal to the already spectacular shots. My favourite sequence: the double-header at Elvanfoot, with many runners-up. Kind regards, Bob.
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Amélie
Grande As youngsters in Ireland, mon ami, we always loved it when the trains passed by at a leisurely rate, as it provided us a great chance to bounce a few ripe tomatoes off some of the pork-pie-faced blokes who stuck their mugs out the window/door openings. Mon Dieu, what fun. ESPECIALLY if they were holding a pint a' bitters that they then droppedHo-Ho-Ho. as Monsieur Santa would say.
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Grande As youngsters in Ireland, mon ami, we always loved it when the trains passed by at a leisurely rate, as it provided us a great chance to bounce a few ripe tomatoes off some of the pork-pie-faced blokes who stuck their mugs out the window/door openings. Mon Dieu, what fun. ESPECIALLY if they were holding a pint a' bitters that they then droppedHo-Ho-Ho. as Monsieur Santa would say.
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Anubhab
How much power rating an electric heater should have so that the working pressure of most steam locomotives is developed within 10 minutes? If the tenders of steam locomotives had place for adding a big bank of batteries that could receive power from tender mounted solar modules. then the use of coal can be reduced greatly
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How much power rating an electric heater should have so that the working pressure of most steam locomotives is developed within 10 minutes? If the tenders of steam locomotives had place for adding a big bank of batteries that could receive power from tender mounted solar modules. then the use of coal can be reduced greatly
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Peter
When steam is run right Somehow American steam that still runs seems like it's weak and can't go fast, and needs 2 modern locos to back it up for a small passenger train. The Chinese had some bad ass steam not too many years ago actually doing work, with multiple engines pulling coal up and down mountains.
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When steam is run right Somehow American steam that still runs seems like it's weak and can't go fast, and needs 2 modern locos to back it up for a small passenger train. The Chinese had some bad ass steam not too many years ago actually doing work, with multiple engines pulling coal up and down mountains.
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Trevor
These magnificent engines and their shiny carriages are a delight to watch. The love, care, patience and expertise that has gone into their restoration is admirable. I do just wonder, however, how all that black smoke belching from the chimney is going to help us achieve zero carbon emissions.
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These magnificent engines and their shiny carriages are a delight to watch. The love, care, patience and expertise that has gone into their restoration is admirable. I do just wonder, however, how all that black smoke belching from the chimney is going to help us achieve zero carbon emissions.
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MrJacksonBollock
I'm lucky enough to live on the line just by Ashford Bowdler, Duchess of Sutherland came past last weekend and sitting in my car at Ludlow station today, heard the unmistakeable pheep of an A4, turned out to be Union of South Africa It's a magic location that's for sure. Ace video.
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I'm lucky enough to live on the line just by Ashford Bowdler, Duchess of Sutherland came past last weekend and sitting in my car at Ludlow station today, heard the unmistakeable pheep of an A4, turned out to be Union of South Africa It's a magic location that's for sure. Ace video.
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