Very interesting video

5.5 million tons of coal used a year on the LMS alone! And we wonder why we have global warming today? When coal was king across the railways and ships of the world the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere is unimaginable and because the effect is cumulative it is still there

The use of unscreened coal made the fireman's duty more difficult for sure, having to break the large lumps and obtain somewhat evenly sized pieces. The fines and dust in between would not do the fire much good as well, flying up trough the tubes and causing sparks and lots of smokebox char. I assume it was cheaper for the railway to buy this coal instead of sized coal.

12:29 may be wrong but I think that is Alfreton Tunnel

Very instructive and interesting. Thanks! :-)

How did the fireman watch for smoke when running at night?

Good morning Sirs as a former italian rail tecnician, i appreciate very much this merveilleuse video... BRAVISSIMI! , My compliments... Greetings GOOD LUCK, Angelo

Take a drink everytime the man says "Black Smoke."

Very instructive 👍

I used this video as a tutorial for firing the LMS Black Five (by Bossman Games) for Train Simulator. It works flawlessly.

Very helpful... That accent tho, sounds like hes talking about "controlled farting" xD Well I suppose you can also increase the heat a little by farting into the firebox...

I wonder if the animation was done by Disney or MGM or some animation studio like that.

how many pounds can one of these shovels hold

Stupid cow in the first story risked her kids lives. No excuse.

haha im jelly af i flew this exact aircraft down south on saturday haha

2000/2100 class it has to be

Fireman duties require multi responsibilities of maintaining proper protocol of overseeing the boiler ,s water/steam levels as the locomotive keep a full head of steam.

Thats is an unholy amount of slack in the back of the tender!

Ah, I found one! Jeez, the noise!

Yeah, not enough flare - had plenty of runway to just roll out further. The first time the tires squeel is the only warning you get on retractable Cessna's. Those little square wheels lock up pretty easy unless all the weight is on them. Between the length of C-210 flaps and the slow speed they retract, I don't think retracting flaps on rollout has any measurable effect on things - more important to just keep the yoke back until slow enough to turn off.

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Very interesting these LMS training films; watching this I feel sure I could fire a steam engine myself with no further instruction!

I was a fireman at Willesden Junction from 1960 to 1970 I don't remember this.

I am sure I never saw this film in the early 60s as a trainee fireman at Willesden, little and often was the rule (no cash) was coal and rule 55 was the main one

this was the train my grandfather built in honour of his wife elizabeth im glad it is being enjoyed by so many people

Budding engineers would never be taught this in school today as it does not satisfy any modern agenda..inclusion, etc.

One in each corner and one down the back! You expect Blidsworth cobbles and get dusty slack...

Fascinating, thanks for sharing.

theres me in the station master uniform walking up the platform when he stoped because i was doing tickets with ken=D

Great vid, thanks for uploading

These LMS training films are pretty good. I like this one, after watching it I feel sure I could fire a locomotive despite never having done so before!

Useful tips for my 5" gauge loco!

Excellent vid. Very informative. I've loved steam engines all my life since I lived near engine sheds as a boy but have only now realised the significance of the different colours of the smoke. Amazing. Old vid but very good information. Thanks.

I'm a driver on the North Norfolk Railway and I have shared this excellent film with my mates via our volunteers website. In a very simple and straightforward manner, this film lays out the necessary actions to keep that needle on the red line. Great Stuff!

Very interesting indeed, although I note that they left out a few common scenarios, like what to do when entering a tunnel. If you were to follow their advice to the letter in that scenario, you'd have flames blowing back into the cab & someone would probably be hurt or killed. One should always remember to close the firebox door, dampers, and blower fully before entering a tunnel.

Really interesting information. Steam locos are simultaneously simple and complex .

love it

Flaps up..then brake...and it's just practice so no need to mash the pedals mate...other than that..good approach but there wasn't much of a flare. Don't force it down! :)

yeah its called the maylands

Yeah, there's a secret gear only drivers know about... it's part of the initiation process, and is only used on quiet trips ;)

Going a bit fast, aren't you Nathan?

300 bucks + depending on what you want' different models etc

How much for one of those go pros?

I wanted to, but there was a note from michael saying not to as he was going to be in to clean all the stuff off it at some point in the day.

you should of used the Christmasy Gemco

this is a classic well done driver myselfe good footage there as i am a locomotve freight driver my self

sorry it wasn't my fault

that was taken yesterday mate, they got the superheater fixed. Might be out next week because the firemans side injector is playing up. Unfortunately there are only 2 weeks left in the bbr steam season, and i'm not able to get out to bbr again on any of those days :(

Hi Nathan, Top footage man! Hope you keep taking great footage like this - when was it taken ie. What date since you told me NG15 had tube problems?

thats Doug's NEW phone there carsten ;)