7029 Clun Castle races along the Great Western Mainline | Cathedrals Express to Salisbury

7029 Clun Castle races along the Great Western Mainline | Cathedrals Express to Salisbury | 2/3/24

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3 ай бұрын

Today’s video is of GWR Castle Class 4-6-0 7029 Clun Castle on Vintage Trains’ first tour of 2024, “The Cathedrals Express to Salisbury”; complete with a Cathedrals Express headboard. The tour originated at Birmingham Snow Hill, steam hauled in both directions via Leamington, Banbury, Oxford, Didcot, then along the GWML to skirt Reading, and then to Basingstoke and along the old LSWR mainline to Sailsbury. The weather was very mixed, being quite cold but with sunny spells, rain showers and even snow in some places.
I started out from my local at 06:59, meeting my friends ‪@blackcountrysteamvideos8021‬ and Charlie, before alighting at Leamington for a shot of 7029 accelerating up the hill from Warwick. Despite the dull conditions and concern of potential bowlage, this shot turned out very well for me. I then headed down to Banbury and Oxford, meeting ‪@adtrainvids9569‬ for the trip to Basingstoke on an XC Vomiter, also meeting ‪@harrymorris5748‬ once I alighted. As I arrived, Basingstoke station as in a bit of chaos with a broken down train on the mainline platform, so I had to wait an additional 20 minutes for my service to Andover. Unfortunately this also meant that the SWR service in front of 7029 was running 6 late, which meant she only really cantered through Andover as fairly low speed following a single caution aspect. At that I travelled back to Basingstoke to meet ‪@LukeAlfordUKsteam‬, ‪@harrymorris5748‬ and ‪@adtrainvids9569‬ for a few hours in the spoons there.
After that we took the 14:48 XC service up to Reading and took a train to Goring & Streatley where we set up for 7029. She was due, rather unusually, on the fast lines from Reading, so we were expecting a fast run, and that’s exactly what we got, as she absolutely blasted through on the down fast, really pushing her 75mph limit. This shot felt very authentic, as a Castle at high speed on the GWML with such a headboard would have been a regular sight in the 1950s. I was very happy about this shot so in high spirits I headed back to Reading and took an XC train northwards to my next shot. A quick interlude on the video is a clip from my friend Luke from Hatton Bank, so a massive thanks to him! Meanwhile, I alighted at Dorridge and headed to Bentley Heath Crossing for the final shot, where 7029 powered nicely through bathed in the crossing lights. After that I headed home.
A massive thanks too all who made today possible, to my friends, XC, Chiltern, SWR, NR, Vintage Trains and the mighty 7029 and her crew. Thank you also to my secondary planner who helped choose some shots! Today was a very fun day out indeed. I hope you enjoy as much as you did!

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@spudflap 3 ай бұрын

Fab video, the old girl really flies! Love the last shot on the level crossing when she bursts into the light and then disappears again into the dark in a shower of sparks, superb...

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much and absolutely she does! I'm really glad you enjoyed the final clip. Regards, Dan

@spankflaps1365 3 ай бұрын

Goosebumps on that second pass

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Haha thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Regards, Dan

@GWRJoe5043 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic final shot on the level crossing

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Yes I did quite like the effect of the sparks and lighting. Regards, Dan

@user-ou8rf5tc4s 3 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful girl, wonderful stack talk, and beautiful green countryside! I'm jealous. Living in Arizona, such green is hard to come by, even in our mountains. A beautiful video. Thanks for capturing it! ❤😂

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Haha thank you! Certainly a very beautiful loco and the team turn her out brilliantly. I'm very glad to have a commenter all the way from Arizona! Regards, Dan

@GreatBritishRailways1 3 ай бұрын

Dan, Great captures and excellent coverage. It was a good job I didn't have my hi-viz on at Leamington 😂 and I was on the bridge at Bentley Heath. Regards, John

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much John, and what a pity we were with each other unknowingly! I'll have to be sure to say hello next time now I remember lol. Regards, Dan

@Tristan_303 3 ай бұрын

Another good video, i know how much you love these castles as you told me

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Yes they're lovely machines and I think what I saw proves it. Regards, Dan

@blackcountrysteamvideos8021 3 ай бұрын

Nicely filmed Dan. Looked the part with the headboard

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much mate. The headboard was fantastic, and made the train feel very authentic! Looking forward to our next outing. Regards, Dan

@JBTEvans 3 ай бұрын

Great video, really enjoyed that high speed shot at Goring & Streatley!

@afcbgord1 3 ай бұрын

seconded

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you both very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it and yes it really was quite spectacular. We were talking about it all the way back to Reading. Regards, Dan

@richardswiderski4985 3 ай бұрын

Great video Dan Clun Castle is Looking good.

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Richard, she certainly does and Tyseley turn her out immaculately! Regards, Dan

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

I caught the other tour which was going to Chester behind the other steamer of 44871 and I was at Tamworth and she was absolutely roaring its way through

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

That's great you got to see that Scott. It's been a while since you were able to watch some steam. Regards, Dan

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043yeah indeed mate

@michaeltaylor1869 3 ай бұрын

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 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! If all goes to plan I'll be out this weekend. Regards, Dan

@Tristan_303 3 ай бұрын

I may come to Leyland on 16th March to see the Birmingham-Bound steam there

@WhisperingWiltshire 3 ай бұрын

i saw 7029 at Salisbury on the return

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

That's great! I hope you enjoyed that. Regards, Dan

@rarerufus8864 3 ай бұрын

Cracking final shot at the level crossing with sparks flying - those (smuts) that are invisible during daylight. Just shows how easy it was during steam days for lineside fires to catch hold in high Summer, although there was proper trackside maintenance in those days so it didn't happen often.

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Yes, that is a big draw for night time shots! Now that the railways have a very centralised approach to control and maintenance, it's indeed true that it has become far easier for lineside fires to take hold. Regards, Dan

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

1:15 that announcer sounds like he’s shouting to everyone to stand back

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, I suspect some staff do that to ruin people's audio because everyone was following the rules. Regards, Dan

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043yep

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

1:13 looks like clun castle is invading the southern region And its a shame that this loco wasn’t going flat out at Andover

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

That's it Scott, and yes it was a shame as it's what I'd hoped for but Goring made up for it. Regards, Dan

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 3 ай бұрын

@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043yeah Dan

@kellyashfordtrains2642 3 ай бұрын

Obviously, you're a mad nut for steam engines like me.

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Haha you could certainly say so. I do go out for them a lot lol. Regards, Dan

@MatthewRailways50033 3 ай бұрын

Nice video 👍👍👍😎😎

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 👍! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Regards, Dan

@brianwillson9567 3 ай бұрын

Funny green coach at the back?

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 3 ай бұрын

That's a class 47 diesel, I wish it wasn't there at all lol but thankfully it wasn't working. Regards, Dan

@brianwillson9567 3 ай бұрын

@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 and the funny thing is that Brush 4s are now more historic than many steamers, eg black fives, were at the end of steam . Eg, black five in, say 1970, 20 to 35 years old, class 47 today, 60 years old.