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Was a very active day seeing the Pullman coaches behind an 08 was a bit of a strange one 😂

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Really is an excellent bit of kit credit indeed to those looking after it 😎 Always good to have a top railway by your doorstep Severn valley is 2 hrs from me but always worth it for a day out

Really pulled out all the stops was great to watch wish I’d got there a little earlier to get a better spot to watch it

Literally pride of place as you walk into the great hall can’t miss it top engine

They have a lead loco and it’s almost that loco pulls the train the other may only offer for support up a gradient so wouldn’t be pushing as such

Thank you very much love my trips to railways and I am equally as passionate about making videos of my trips and it’s brilliant it can bring joy and good memories to so many

Thank you I know how lucky I am getting to so many railways and until last August I’d never been before just went on a standard running day couldn’t fault it so wanted to go back Hopefully one day you’ll get to experience it in full glad my video gave you a bit of that

Lms have never been my favourite but they all have their uses and in preservation these br standards are the most modern option still 60+ years old 😂 i enjoy southern and gwr but everything has its place and purpose in preservation and satisfies someone’s joy in the hobby

Oh did you not see a day out at the bluebell railway with a sneak peak of beachy head ?? 😂 Do you understand what sneak peak means not a ten minute video 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Thank you wasn’t the easiest filming when going on a family trip with 3 kids running riot but they loved it too 😎

Beautiful railway that’s for sure I’m sure most of the stations along the line are exactly the same which is perfect in preservation it would feel you’ve never been away East Grinstead is strange to explain it completes the set is best best description as the aim of travelling through the eras a modern station ending is fitting and a great place to see the engine run round especially if your lucky enough to get a cab visit

@@Hicksonssteamadventures Sheffield Park was a very quiet country station in the days of British Rail. It is now the bustling terminus for the Bluebell Railway, and it has been considerably altered from as it was originally. Looking at the Bluebell very critically, you say it isn't preserving anything. From the point of view of the casual visitor, it is the best heritage line in the country!

​@@AllensTrains Exactly, it is the best heritage line in the country, but you can't have both. What was once a quiet, sort of 'Farmer's line' now has bars, buffets, gift shop, etc. At the same time, it has an incredible wealth of artefacts, makes a great day out and I love going there, but the original line, where there might have been two people and a milk churn waiting on the platform are long gone. It a balance between originality, and creating something that people want to go and see. If people don't come, then the line would fail, just as this line did in the 1960's. I guess I am thinking back to the time of 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' !

@@xenon53827 The Titfield Thunderbolt is an Ealing comedy about locals who band together to save a branch line. Although it is a comedy the film made a serious point and arguably provided much of the inspiration for the Bluebell Railway Beeching was just looking at costings and not looking at the wider implications of closing railways. Although Beeching is the most hated man in the universe, his cutbacks provided the railway "preservation" societies with their opportunity!

@@AllensTrains I have a copy. It wasn't all Beeching's fault. The transport minister at that time was Ernest Marples, who also either owned or had shares in companies that built motorways, so no conflict of interests there... Also, Beeching only put forward proposals for closure, it was the government who had the final say. The railways were loosing money, so they mostly said yes. After it had all died down, apparently, the railways were still loosing around the same amount of money, so much for that then. And yes, it did become a boon for the heritage scene. If I remember correctly, wasn't it Richard Beeching himself that was given the honour of reopening the Bluebell? I seem to remember his speech contained something along the lines of, "If I hadn't closed this railway, then I wouldn't have been able to reopen it."

Thank you very much!

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It’s amazing the memories that stick with you at railways not always the most positive mine was getting stung at grosmont waiting for sir Nigel Gresley when I was a kid and the lady in the cafe putting vinegar on it 😂 Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻

@@Hicksonssteamadventures indeed! One memory that sticks is eating an egg sandwich in the tunnel approaches to the old Birmingham New Street station in the steam age. I learned that steam loco exhaust drifting through an open BELCLWAT sliding window enhanced the eggy-ness of the egg in a rather nice way. It was probably a Castle up front as the train was the CCE. Probably had to be the right coal from the right coalfield😉

@@stephensmith799 I would have thought you would have had to be in Snow Hill?

@@SWRural-fk2ub I was travelling on the Up CCE another time when he got out at Snow Hill ‘to stretch my legs’. The train started and he wasn’t back. I had a fright because I was only about seven or eight. Then he appeared at the door a bit out of breath and flustered. The carriage had stoped by that giant clock. Weak summer sunshine made its way through the murk.

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Thank you so much for the lovely feedback can’t beat a day out at a steam railway

​@@HicksonssteamadventuresActually, you can. If only 'coz it's not currently possible to do Caernarfon - Porthmadog - Blaenau and back by train in single day. Just sayin'! I'd like to second @fredscratchet's comment. A most enjoyable clip. Thanks. 👍

With it being such a big deal in railway preservation it gets hidden out of sight but was really excited to see it a volunteer let me have a sneak peak but was only allowed a minute but was very excited to get to see it the bluebell railway want to keep it away for the big reveal day coming up in a few weeks which is fair enough title is I get a sneak peak which is true in fairness but will get many more videos of it I’m sure

Typical bloomin' gricer .... you want the moon on a stick, you do. The official launch isn't for another 7 seeks or so (23rd August).

@@TheHoveHeretic did see some people have been lucky enough to see it running today so won’t be too much longer of a wait but will be worth it

Walking around with tears in my eyes all day 😂worth it for the sound and the smell of an engine working hard that’s for sure

@@Hicksonssteamadventures agreed