Nice video! I was the guy you saw at the crossing, it was good to meet you
@ELRTrainspotter2 күн бұрын
@@PHsRailwayVideos thank you! Nice to meet you!
@a.r.productions4 күн бұрын
A very curious event indeed! Nice footage Harry👌 That battery engine is very intriguing but suffice to say, it was the Barclay that stole the show 🤣
@ELRTrainspotter4 күн бұрын
Thanks!! It was rather, errrrm, cold… 🤣
@PhilPage2275 күн бұрын
Brilliant.
@MrRoblox8485 күн бұрын
Great Video! (I wish I was there)
@thatrainperson5 күн бұрын
It was a good day! A bit cold🥶
@knottyal242817 күн бұрын
For me, the Jinty wins the day! Her crew knew exactly how to master the bank.
@clarky235619 күн бұрын
Imagine living in thenmm houses I'd be in heaven
@PhilPage22720 күн бұрын
Did it go through Wigan or Bolton? Please explain how it arrived backwards. Sorry if that is a stupid question.
@ELRTrainspotter20 күн бұрын
Went through Wigan, then Victoria, to Castleton and reversed on there
@PhilPage22719 күн бұрын
@@ELRTrainspotter Thank you.
@JoshHodginsTrains20 күн бұрын
Why is it going bury mate
@Underthethumb220 күн бұрын
It's going for yearly maintenance (not done at bury tho). They take it to bury because it's the closest place with a mainline connection
@Tristan_30311 күн бұрын
Its there for the steam gala too @Underthethumb2 so i think it will stay until the end pf march
@samtaylor85822 күн бұрын
When I was a trainspotting in 1940's/50s I hardly ever saw the blasting of steam from a departing locomotive and even then it was only for a few seconds. Such a waste of energy. Synically, someone once said it was done to spoil the lineside photographers view??.
@stestepney25 күн бұрын
Nice
@bernardjones62826 күн бұрын
The first one 7000 was a bloody mess both driver and fireman should be taken off the roster and retrained. the best double act the ELR ever had was Malcolm Frost and a good mate of mine Nigel Barns. I thought the ramp was going to kill the Castle. The 37 Tractor came up tidy and unfussed but the overall winner was the Jinty ( Sir Mighty Mouse ).
@ELRTrainspotter26 күн бұрын
It was a driver experience, and they were having issues with the water, hence the fireman’s struggles. So please don’t make comments on things you don’t know the full context behind.
@bernardjones62823 күн бұрын
@@ELRTrainspotter On a bank like that the ELR driver would have been at the controls and also both driver and fireman are still in charge of the train and the safety of it and the two persons on footplate experience. So what part of the water issue did they have that caused the cylinder drain cocks to be fully open losing steam and power and the firebox to be grossly overcoaled taking away the full heat from the fire and also i might be wrong on this but the fireman looked like he had been messing about with the water injector valves, not an ideal time to be topping the boiler up when the loco is slipping and not far from stalling.
@ElmtreeLine18 күн бұрын
You get a much finer regulator control with the drain cocks open, slow and steady appeared to work fine, whatever your smoking is fogging your brain.
@bernardjones62816 күн бұрын
@ElmtreeLine So Mr Expert how long have you been driving for BR before you retired, so can you give me and all the viewers of this clip your take on of why it was beltching out all that black smoke from the chimney, why was is steam safety valves were not whispering and why he was injecting water in the boiler at that critical stage. Also why did the driver pull out of the platform a mile or so back knowing that the fire was not coaled light, not full steam pressure and boiler not at three quarters full.
@michaelnaisbitt792626 күн бұрын
The diesels ascended the gradient much more easily than the steamers
@ELRTrainspotter26 күн бұрын
As you’d expect with the added power!
@daigriffiths39927 күн бұрын
When I was much, much, _much_ younger I had a friend who was a BR driver. One day I scored a trip with him; 836 tons of Avgas out of Fawley Refinery for Bournemouth (Airport, I guess), pulled by non other than 33109. Thanks for a half-forgotten memory!
@ELRTrainspotter26 күн бұрын
No worries, lovely memory to have!!
@CollinBlack-j1y27 күн бұрын
Why run 70000 uphill backwards but not in full back gear with the cylinder cocks open. Same thing happened with SNG and Pendennis Castle, running backwards uphill. Is the other end of this line steeper than this grade??
@robertbate579027 күн бұрын
Jinty won on sheer guts!!! 2890 close second. 😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍
@markearnshaw348927 күн бұрын
And small wheels!😉
@alanmcgunnigle418627 күн бұрын
I understand that 2890 was a rebuild of an austerity saddle tank.
@ELRTrainspotter26 күн бұрын
Indeed it was!
@NJPurling27 күн бұрын
Excuse me but 2890 looks like a kit-bashed Austerity, (to me anyway). I welcome the Full-House version with full 'Kylepor' exhaust & coal-pusher.
@ELRTrainspotter27 күн бұрын
No problem, it is a “kit bashed” austerity!
@NJPurling24 күн бұрын
@@ELRTrainspotter So... The coal-pusher would not be possible as the tender draw-gear would probably make fitting a coal-pusher impossible. Unless the locomotive & tender each have buffers...... Ex Longmoor Military Railway 'Foggia'. Then after rebuild to Gas Producer type allocated new number of 3883. It then spent 11 years at Maesteg in Wales. By the late 1960's it had lost the gas producer system. It is pictured with a standard chimney.
@Jonstrains2127 күн бұрын
the first one of britannia is by far my favourite with the cylinders on
@SimonTog28 күн бұрын
Good video :)
@a.r.productions28 күн бұрын
It's everyone's favorite ELR Trainspotter video of the year :D My favorite of the diseasels would definitely be the Hymek! Steam would be SNG and the Jinty, fantastic controlled ascents from both! Great compilation Harry and best wishes for the new year. Cheers Aadil
@PhilPage22728 күн бұрын
I rode behind Britannia and Sir Nigel earlier this year. Video on my channel.
@Yes-o4f8w28 күн бұрын
Legendary! I sure hope to ride behind them double headed on March 15th! :)
@PhilPage227Ай бұрын
Excellent!.
@railmediaproductions3677Ай бұрын
Very nice. It’s good to see 2 Bulleid Pacific’s in action on the ELR.
@JoshHodginsTrainsАй бұрын
Great
@MartinRayton-gx5tsАй бұрын
My lords
@RichardS-qh8miАй бұрын
Walk in the park for that gargantuan torque!😃
@wgj48132 ай бұрын
I once spotted a 22 coach parcel train hauled by Princess Alice ( duchess class) on the down line approaching Preston
@thirdengineer2 ай бұрын
Great video Harry very enjoyable ,thanks Brian
@ELRTrainspotter2 ай бұрын
@@thirdengineer thanks Brian! Hope all is well!
@railwayscene2 ай бұрын
Superb video - great locations.
@ELRTrainspotter2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Avondaleandhalshawmoor2 ай бұрын
Great video!....just a shame of all the bloody gantrys that get in the way
@ELRTrainspotter2 ай бұрын
Thank you! They are a bit of a pain… 🤣
@teamtrains2 ай бұрын
Amazing video of behamas I got at Crewe Warrington and Preston
@PhilPage2272 ай бұрын
Excellent video, i spent most of the day on the HST.
@michaeltaylor18692 ай бұрын
A very nice video well done
@deviousdieselqc2 ай бұрын
Even a Cummins can't beat a class 37
@WheelsonRails7282 ай бұрын
Lovely footage, very atmospheric after dark!
@1219magnum3 ай бұрын
Being from the U.S., I don't know what thrash and clag mean. Can someone enlighten me, pleez? What I do know is that those locos sound very very cool!
@callumcooper16063 ай бұрын
Thrash is “Thrashing the engine” - Just running it hard at high power which creates a lot of noise - Clag is the smoke that accompanies the trash.
@1219magnum3 ай бұрын
@callumcooper1606 ahh, thank u sir. Now that I am enlightened, I look forward to more "thrashing" and "clagging" vids from these UK 37's!
@jeremyrichards83273 ай бұрын
Imaginative photography showing steam in the landscape and the sounds too,even the rail joints.😊
@johndavey723 ай бұрын
What a treat ! We don't get this mixture in the S.West . Thankyou
@SimonTog3 ай бұрын
Very nice done video :)
@ЛЬВИНИ3 ай бұрын
Nice video, Like
@a.r.productions3 ай бұрын
Absolute fabulous Harrington! That 9F was certainly the crowning glory of the gala but, even with my Bias, I'm sure we can agree No20 and 1969 were the crown jewels! I'm sorry to hear and see you got soaked at Springside, but that shot of 20 marching over Brooksbottom viaduct was divine and of course the 9f on the Load Ex was the best form of sheer insanity conceivable 😆 Magnifique! All the best Aadil
@melodymonger3 ай бұрын
Gorgeous footage 🤩. Thanks, I thoroughly enjoyed that 😃.
@MaximumPressureSteam3 ай бұрын
Amazing video. That shot of the big one was brilliant, I'm glad they left the lights on for you! Kind regards, Thomas
@ELRTrainspotter3 ай бұрын
@@MaximumPressureSteam thanks Thomas! It was quite lucky really!!
@Tom-Lahaye3 ай бұрын
Nice idea to run the Load-Ex and make the 9F work. Of course this could only be run once the other trains have all stopped running as this is only possible as one train on the line at the ELR. The length of this train doesn't fit the loops and station platforms.
@ELRTrainspotter3 ай бұрын
@@Tom-Lahaye It was a great idea!!
@v2factoryman3 ай бұрын
Excellent footage of the 15 coach special, difficult to film.
@ELRTrainspotter3 ай бұрын
@@v2factoryman thank you!! It was difficult, very lucky that they left the lights on the station!
@thebear31783 ай бұрын
Nice variation of shots. Well filmed 🎥
@ELRTrainspotter3 ай бұрын
@@thebear3178 thank you! Glad you enjoyed!
@michaeltaylor18693 ай бұрын
I thought the 15 coach was going to be a diner
@ELRTrainspotter3 ай бұрын
@@michaeltaylor1869 was never supposed to be as far as I’m aware
@philclarke32033 ай бұрын
Great video, and best I've seen of the big,15, one yet.👍