7029 Clun Castle: Solo Thunder Up The Lickey Incline

[@RickyNowis]

7029 has dominated Lickey Incline, goes to show the power of these steam locos. Great footage :-)

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Absolutely stormed it! Thanks for watching 😄

[@robmasterman]

What a sight Kris, the sound of that Castle made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on edge...Superb work as always...Thanks.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Cheers, Bob 👍 Certainly made the ol' ears tingle as she thundered by!

[@allan5919]

Super video coverage of the two steam locos.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Cheers, Allan 😄

[@sightscreen66]

Thanks. Great capture of the tip over the top of the incline to the level.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Thank you, Brian 😄

[@modeltrainstipsandtutorials]

Beautiful sight - thanks.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Thanks for watching, Peter.

[@TheStephengthompson]

Super shots Kristian , what a sound from the Castle and I think your editing style works well 👍🎥

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Much appreciated, Stephen. Thank you 😄

[@callumthornelow2936]

Excellent footage Kristian. I hope Vintage Trains grow to be one of the "big boys" now they have their own T.O.C.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Cheers, Callum 👍 Indeed, it'll be interesting to see what the future brings for them.

[@howarth004]

Well done with the captures

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Cheers, David.

[@eastmidlandstrainspotter2014]

Great video of the 2 steam engines

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Thanks!

[@JoshMallard96]

Jolly good video

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Thanks very much, Josh 😄

[@kipsome45]

Absolutely bounded up there…could have taken 9 I reckon. How sad to see Lickey under the wires.

[@tomsun6123]

Curious to know what you were filming at the 2:50 mark? Great video by the way.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

Many thanks. My knowledge of plant life is zilch, though, I'm afraid, so I couldn't tell ya 😅

[@tomsun6123]

@@SpeedToTheWest Ah no worries.

[@davidjohan99]

It's a Gall rose growths caused by hymenoptera Rose hips ..Often found on wild or species roses, robin's pin cushion is a harmless growth on the stems of roses. It is caused by a gall wasp. Amazing wild plant life beside railways! 🙂 Great Video btw...That Castle made light work of Lickey!

[@hamshackleton]

Shame about the 'tunnel of scrap iron' - that's progress!

[@AndreiTupolev]

Has there been unassisted solo steam up there before in preservation? It's always been doubleheaded or banked before I think. I think the limit for a single loco in steam days was four.

[@SpeedToTheWest]

48773 in January '99, on load 7, and 5690 'Leander' in March '06, on load 6. Those are the only previous solo, unassisted runs in preservation, as far as I am aware.