70000 Britannia whistles through Goring & Streatley! | Steam Dreams' London to Bath tour | 22/08/24

Today's video is just a short out and back to Goring and Streatley station on the Great Western Mainline (GWML) near Reading. BR Standard 7 Pacific 4-6-2 No. 70000 Britannia was hauling Steam Dreams' London & Chilterns to Bath tour in place of LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0 46100 Royal Scot which was originally rostered but stayed in Crewe instead. The tour originated from London Paddington and headed northwards through the Chilterns along the Chiltern Mainline via High Wycombe to Princes Risborough, where it turned off through Bicester Village to access Oxford. From there it travelled to Bath via Swindon. After that the tour left Bath in the evening, travelling an unusual route via the Berks & Hants line through Westbury and Newbury, turning onto the GWML at Reading and rejoining the original route at Didcot.
I was at work this morning but having asked my colleague to relieve me of my duties a tad earlier than usual, I managed to catch the 16:28 from my local to Banbury, then the 17:33 GWR service to Didcot. Once at Goring I met ‪@adtrainvids9569‬ and ‪@harrymorris5748‬ and witnessed 70000 come hammering through at full speed with a blast on the whistle. After that I headed back home.
As always thank you to all who made this possible and for my company at Goring as well as LSL, Steam Dreams, 70000 and her crew. I hope you enjoy as I did!

[@georgesandy9523]

Great video mate. I saw her at Chippenham and Pewsey.

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Cheers, I hope you enjoyed! Regards, Dan

[@iandocwra1169]

Chime whistles are always quite special (when they are genuine, not applied to the wrong locos)). Brits and A4s had them and the A4s' speed made them quite spine-chilling with the doppler effect.

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Most certainly with the right locomotives chime whistles are excellent additions! The A4 chime is extremely well known and a favourite among enthusiasts and for good reason lol. Regards, Dan

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

Britannia can be heard half a mile away, usually. What's not to love about her? The only steamy I've seen on the main line, at Chester, is Sir Nigel Gresley.

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

That's great to hear. Yes Britannia is quite loud. Regards, Dan

[@michaeltaylor1869]

Another lovely video well done great camera work as usual I am really looking forward to seeing your next video I hope you get a nice video next time also when is your next video going to be on KZbin bye for now Philip

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Cheers mate thank you! Regards, Dan