70013 Oliver cromwell high speed test run 130613

[@scopex2749]

Theses regal locos are BUILT to be driven hard or it does them no good, the same as ONLY driving a car to the local shops 2 miles away all its life! It will coke up and fail. Cranky a loco up to 60/70 then it ‘blows the cobwebs’ out! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧

[@abloogywoogywoo]

You make a valid point. Alas, there's nothing the smaller railways can hope to do about this problem.

[@sydneymartin6941]

Hello again l am surprised seeing a left hand drive locomotive ours were all right hand

[@DavidDrinkell]

One of my treats as a very little boy was being taken to watch the up Norfolkman tackling the bank into Colchester station behind a Britannia - it was usually 70005 John Milton in my mind's eye, but Oliver Cromwell must have featured sometimes. Later, I watched Oliver Cromwell being unloaded from a road trailer onto the rails at Bressingham Gardens.

[@peterbuckley265]

A FEW YESARS AGO I SAW 70013 OLIVWE CROMWELL TAKING WATER AT UPPER HOLOWAY STATION, WHEN PASSERS BY ON HOLLOWAY ROAD ABOVE PAUSED TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE CELEBRITY. OFTEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC DO NOT REALISE SO MANY STEAM LOCOS, OR INDEED ANY, ON THE MAIN NETWORK NOWADAYS AND THESE SIGHTS CARGH THEM WITH A GRREAT SUPRISE

[@RB-hx7rd]

Nice to see s loco at speed rather than shunting speed on heritage lines!

[@abloogywoogywoo]

If the Beeching Axe didn't screw over the railways, and Local Authorities refusing to safeguard routes, instead selling them off to Sustrans or housing developments (sometimes for as cheap as £1, yes £1 that's how little they cared), nearly every line would be like GCR.

[@railkrishana5071]

Wow superb

[@imanarif1]

Nice journey with train when i was a kid

[@soldier-Dave]

British engineering at its finest!!

[@tridentmusic5570]

Well, Fairly high for a loco on a "preserved" railway (better than 25 MPH!) At least the GC having authority for exceeding the normal limit allows interesting views like this. Come on Craig, did you get 2nd valve? (to match the "air-smoothed" haircut ?)

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

75 is very high for a preserved line, and thankfully the GCR is able to off these special facilities like no other line can. Will be in high demand when the two GCR lines are connected and provide 19 miles. Also a huge money generator for the railway.

[@bobingram6912]

30mph???? looked and sounded about 70mph😀😃 Still as angry as ever even inside the cab!!!!

[@rogerhill138]

Sister loco to William Shakespeare and Iron Duke I used to watch pulling the Golden Arrow.

[@GrrMeister]

*On the Great Central Line - Loughborough to Leicester North. **2:22** Crossing the Swithland Reservoir Viaduct*

[@benters3509]

Pulled away smartly. How much on the back?

[@gecko36a]

NICE VIDEO I LOVE THE "BRITS" ITS A PITY A FEW MORE WERE NOT SAVED.

[@peterbuckley4827]

STUPID THERE ARE NOT MORE BRITTANIAS SAVED WHEN THERE ARECIRCA 18 BLACK 5S STILL AROUND BUT NO COUNTIES OR GRANGES, OBVIOUSLY THE SAVING OF LOCOS WAS NOT PROPERLY ORGANISED WITH EVERYNE ACTING TOGETHER TO CORDINATE RESORCES TO ENSURE EVERY STEAM LOCO CLASS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED, WAS SAVED WITH NO MORE THAN 6OF ANY ONE CLASS SAVED,

[@theextremeanimator4721]

@@peterbuckley4827 A "Country of Glamorgan" and a "Betton Grange" are being built

[@peterbuckley265]

I HAD COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX WITH A ? HYMWK FROM GLOUCESTER TO ROSS-ON-WYE AND THE COUNTY ALONE TO HEREFORD IN AUG 1963 ON MY WAY THE FIRST TIME TO THE LICKEY INCLINE - HAPPY STEAM FILLED DAYS !!.

[@samhope6310]

@@peterbuckley265 Stop fucking shouting and whinging, it's economically impossible to save everything.

[@southjerseyboy2844]

How fast did they get her going? She looked to be doing almost 60

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Bit more than that!

[@garryferrington811]

What an engine! Not that common for British locomotive designers to plan for seating.

[@GNRA1GreatNorthern1470]

Imagine if this was normal for the GCR

[@ssphoner1755]

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[@aberavon]

I hate these so called big speed runs. Most is line side views. Very little footplate working where the most interest is.

[@barbaradyson6951]

Was the Cromwell repaired after it broke down.

[@HughFromAlice]

Loved it....….☁☁☁☁☁⁘⁙⁚⁛…. Hᴜɢʜ….Lɪᴋᴇᴅ…..ツ

[@oilevil4132]

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