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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 15, 2019 17:57:54 GMT
That's just brilliant, you can't beat a bit of steam! Never actually travelled on a proper longish distance steamer on the railways, only local little preserved tourist railways for visitors, like the local one at Leighton Buzzard which is enthusiast ran which they coincide with a car show every year. Like you I've been on a couple of local preserved railways but they were Christmas trips when the kids were young and the engines were done up like Thomas, Henry, James etc. The longest one Annie and I did go on though was from Venice to Zurich on The Orient Express. That was back in '88 a year before our twins were born. Thankfully there were no murders nor were there any minders but it was good to see everyone getting into the spirit and getting togged up in the period clobber for dinner that evening. Sam.
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Aug 15, 2019 18:39:41 GMT
For some reason the video won't play for me, but the thumbnail pic looks good Sam!
Because I just about missed out on steam being a thing on British Railways, and because I grew up with them rumbling around, I'm a little bit more appreciative of earlier generation diesels. The distant growl of an English Electric Class 37 at full chat a couple of counties away on a still summer evening remains one of my favourite sounds of all time.
But I understand the love for steam engines, and to see one in action is always a pleasure to behold. And The Ladykillers just wouldn't have been the same if it was diesels dah-dahing (I don't know how to write the diesel loco horn sound phonetically!) away below them as the gang members gradually find themselves being dumped into the freight wagons!
Forever may they run.
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Post by Villain on Aug 15, 2019 19:11:12 GMT
I often see these preserved locos being moved around at night while I'm working freight trains on the WCML and occasionally on the ex GWR line from Paddington to Brum, and Midland Mainline from St.Pancras to Leicester and beyond, they're very often driven by two of my old workmates who are enjoying their post retirement 'jollies'. It's quite a sight to see the front end of 'Flying Scotsman', 'Duchess Of Sutherland', 'Union Of South Africa' or 'Britannia' coming towards you out of the dark at 75mph I can tell you. I've blagged a few cabrides on them in the past when I've had the chance, they don't half buck about at speed, even on well maintained continuous welded track! A couple of years ago I got called out to take a late running container train up to Crewe in the middle of the night and caught a lift back to Rugby on a Black 5 hauling a single 'support' coach, the smell and noise was unforgettable even at 45mph. Villain
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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 15, 2019 20:26:25 GMT
For some reason the video won't play for me, but the thumbnail pic looks good Sam! Uploaded to YouTube now: Sam.
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Aug 15, 2019 21:44:25 GMT
Cheers Sam Excellent stuff. How nice of your train driver to keep the right pace so that you have the perfect side by side vantage point. And how inconsiderate of that Waterloo bound South West train to get in the way and bugger it up! Pretty good what you got though.
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Post by Cartman on Aug 15, 2019 22:18:11 GMT
Great stuff Sam. As Villain said, steam locos are a very impressive sight when working hard. It reminded me of about five or six years ago when a special working called The Scarborough Flyer used to come through my local station, Handforth, on Friday nights on its way back to Crewe. I used to go down to the station at about 10 on Friday evenings to try and get photos and on one occasion a group of about five or six rather noisy and giggly teenage girls were on the platform, waiting for the next train to Manchester.
They were messing on their phones, talking about the X Factor, Love Island and whatever else girls of that age are into, when a loud whistling sound appeared and Duchess of Sutherland came belting through with 14 on, leaving clouds of steam and smoke in its wake. Every one of the group was open mouthed and amazed, "omg what was that, it was like amazing!!" none of them had,presumably ever seen a steam loco before!
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Post by Dirty Epic on Aug 16, 2019 7:43:41 GMT
Cheers Sam Excellent stuff. How nice of your train driver to keep the right pace so that you have the perfect side by side vantage point. And how inconsiderate of that Waterloo bound South West train to get in the way and bugger it up! Pretty good what you got though. That SWR train was probably running late too... they seem to be most of the time these days.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 16, 2019 23:28:06 GMT
I often see these preserved locos being moved around at night while I'm working freight trains on the WCML and occasionally on the ex GWR line from Paddington to Brum, and Midland Mainline from St.Pancras to Leicester and beyond, they're very often driven by two of my old workmates who are enjoying their post retirement 'jollies'. It's quite a sight to see the front end of 'Flying Scotsman', 'Duchess Of Sutherland', 'Union Of South Africa' or 'Britannia' coming towards you out of the dark at 75mph I can tell you. I've blagged a few cabrides on them in the past when I've had the chance, they don't half buck about at speed, even on well maintained continuous welded track! A couple of years ago I got called out to take a late running container train up to Crewe in the middle of the night and caught a lift back to Rugby on a Black 5 hauling a single 'support' coach, the smell and noise was unforgettable even at 45mph. Villain Nice one Villain. As ever I bet the braking is the skill in driving it. I know from electric stuff of various vintages that there is quite a difference in performance so i bet on these locos compared to more modern stuff the difference is greater. I often see these preserved locos pass me at Ealing Broadway on the ex GWR. I've seen the Scotsman a fair bit often the locos will have those Pullman coaches Sam speaks of. They really are the Rolls Royce of the railway world . Marvellous, thanks for the upload Sam
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