I just can't understand why 9 people gave this the thumbs down! In the heyday of steam, the only way to film something like this was from an aeroplane. This is an excellent piece of film and whether by luck, chance or maybe planning, has produced one of the best pieces of film of steam in action at speed. Well done to the cameraman/woman.
@MrDaiseymay9 жыл бұрын
You have said it all William--no point in me repeating it.
@larrytrask34919 жыл бұрын
64k views, 9 morons, that is better than average. Kudos to the videographer. This is poetry. Just beautiful !
@PieAndChips7 жыл бұрын
Harry Potter fans
@owenmeschter98887 жыл бұрын
Maybe they didn't like all the trees in the way. They're still dumb tho
@MrJimbaloid7 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Erny_Module10 ай бұрын
I worked at Tyseley many years ago... probably in the 1980's - I'd have to check. We had two main line engines back then - Clun Castle and Kohlapur, plus two GWR pannier tanks, B1 Mayflower and the Lady Armaghdale. At the back of the top shed was the graveyard, and that's where Earl of Mount Edgcumbe stood - just the frames, boiler and driving wheels - everything else had been stripped, so it just stood there, quietly rusting away. Every so often, the question came up of what to do with it - it came *that* close to being cut up. I have a box of photos somewhere that I took of it in it's derelict state, and I did a painting of it. I grew quite attached to it in an odd way. I only recently learned that it had been restored and actually looked like a proper Castle again! Hello again old friend.... you're looking considerably better than me after all these years!
@antonypatterson1452 жыл бұрын
This has to be the best recording of a Steam Locomotive at speed I have ever seen- Incredible
@lukewheeler48884 жыл бұрын
I love how you Brits really let these old girls stretch their legs. Cheers from the US 🇺🇸
@bigben50514 жыл бұрын
We don't have too much choice in some ways. These old girls have to keep up with everything else as our railway are quite busy :)
@sawspitfire4224 жыл бұрын
75mph is nothing for a castle
@julianbassett51724 жыл бұрын
My Uncle Ralph (RIP) drove Castles from Cardiff to Tenby.
@XenoMobilePhones4 жыл бұрын
@@julianbassett5172 lucky you
@richarddutchholland47804 жыл бұрын
Julian Bassett my dad was a fireman out of Cardiff to Paddington....Canton Sheds
@iainnunn502311 жыл бұрын
GWR Castles rank as my favourite locomotive and this video amply defines why. Awesome and handsome engines built to precision by the finest British engineers designed on global best best practice of the day. Beautiful.
@bcshelby49264 жыл бұрын
...I wish that here in the states more steam locomotives would have been so lovingly preserved. So many were lost to the scrapper's torch including a number of rather "iconic" ones. Incredible to see these grand old ladies still pushing 90 - 100 mph. I look forward to when I can make a visit and hope to time it out to take a run on one of them.
@linwood1319 жыл бұрын
Running like a 100 ton wristwatch what a sight
@aniruddhapal68382 жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to this video if I want to see train action. This is an excellent piece of film. The sheer brilliance of mechanical hardware and design is aptly evident as the train paces through the countryside.
@Jiskpirate8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful to see her running at full speed but still in the centre of the screen. Beautiful shots.
@waynenob15 жыл бұрын
That is a beautiful train. My favorite all time train, that's coming from the States.
It's a British thing that some outside the UK understand. It's very personal, we feel attached and responsible to these machines. There's a pride you don't often find.
@oddviews10 жыл бұрын
I have a serious soft spot for the GWR. I worked for them from 1959 when there were still plenty of steam trains all over the country. And all over the country I travelled free for many years enjoying myself as a young man. Now I live in Thailand and it is just wonderful to see and hear these wonderful machines doing nothing different from those old days. Thank you for the time, effort and skill you show in these videos that will give me pleasure into my old age!
@alistairsandilands1358 Жыл бұрын
Poetry in motion. Beautiful!
@rogerredding526919 күн бұрын
What a beautiful looking locomotive ? Running like a sowing machine , love it 💓 thanks for sharing this video .
@davidfmelbourne34734 жыл бұрын
There is nothing more beautiful than a steam locomotive at speed. The greatest contribution the Victorian era made to transport and it's both miraculous and glorious that some of these engineering masterpieces are still available for us to see in action and ride on as well. Knowing that most of these trains are restored, maintained and operated by volunteers supported by donations just makes it all the more special.
@wasitacatisaw836 ай бұрын
There's something magical about an 80 ton 90 year old glorified kettle keeping up with motorway traffic. Magnificent.
@musicurio3 ай бұрын
Is this not one of the BEST videos ever of a wonderful old machine doing exactly what it used to do, and STILL can do so many years after it was made? What a testament to the designer and engineers, and restorers. Thanks so much.
@AceEngineeringWorks11 жыл бұрын
I just keep coming back to this video. Such a treat and running locally to me.I love to see the motion working, great camera work too.
@jordanjohnyeates757710 жыл бұрын
The true power of the GWR.... amazing.....
@vean200411 жыл бұрын
The last time I saw anything like this was back in 1960 when travelling down to Cornwall, approaching Taunton, 'Usk Castle' ran neck and neck with us at Cogload Junction. It was only for a minute or so, but these things stay with us forever, don't they?
@Thursdaym22 жыл бұрын
Those were the days, down the old A38.
@mauricelaidler47895 жыл бұрын
Just fabulous. Thanks for sharing. My one and only train set, when I was a kid in the early sixties, was a Hornby Dublo 'Cardiff Castle' Castle Class engine with two or threes coaches, an oval of track, a de-coupling section of track and a very heavy cast metal transformer. I absolutely loved it. I was mesmerised watching the running gear moving. At the age of 62, I wish I still had it.
@barry57874 жыл бұрын
These vids are so good, they capture the very essence of steam locos. Old technology, very heavy kit flying here there and everywhere and it all comes together to defy the none believer.
@jerry368528 ай бұрын
I used to stand on bridge in the 60s as they passed through, I still remember it like it was yesterday.such memories.👍 you can’t beat them. Also the deltic’s lovely sound.
@steamandsmoke974 жыл бұрын
One of the best 3 minutes spent in my life is watching this video with "A walk in the Black Forest" by Horst Jankowski playing as background music. Just seems to match the sheer classiness of a GWR Castle and the way she effortlessly glides along the rails, practically waltzing.
@richardananedickinson4812 Жыл бұрын
Brought back happy memories of my railway career I was a fireman at old oak common 81A back when the trains ran to time I have fired quite a few castles in my time if the driver set it up perfect you could have an easy time but if he decided to work against you it was hard work
@Bazzabear112 жыл бұрын
Churchward, Collett, Hawksworth, Castles - legends all, and British engineering at its best. I grew up with the Southern Railway, but would cycle over to Maidenhead frequently to watch Castles and Kings at speed. Awesome and unforgettable. Thanks Ben - great video, and how I envy the crew!
@everythingGWR12 жыл бұрын
I dont think I've ever seen a more exciting bit of video of a Castle in full flight. Fabulous bit of filming.
@logotrikes3 жыл бұрын
Magnificent sight. And the camera person did a fantastic job of staying in frame. Magic.....
@alistaircoulson11067 жыл бұрын
I get the impression that she's not even trying. Magnificent loco - thanks for posting.
@Rainhill18296 жыл бұрын
Year after year, still my favorite video on KZbin.
@petersaupe74556 жыл бұрын
One of the finest bits of film ever seen.I live a few miles from this track and as youngsters we would race the trains as this piece of the M5 road was the Cullompton bypass.We used to meet by the old Little copse cafe and try and keep up to the roundabout below Charlie Goffs garage .I had no chance but my brother had and has a 500 Speed twin and he could.
@richarddutchholland47804 жыл бұрын
Peter Saupe that’s pretty awesome 👍🏼
@thebadger2101 Жыл бұрын
Bloody brilliant!!! Could watch this over and over again!
@rogercorbett36019 ай бұрын
Just love watching this video, congratulations on the way you caught this so beautifully
@philipbradshaw4050 Жыл бұрын
Superb loco and filming. Best I have ever seen.
@Belfreyite8 жыл бұрын
The Camera work is magnificent and the action on the footplate silhouetted against the sky is brilliant. Bravo!!
@robertbate57903 жыл бұрын
Well done to the car driver for keeping such a steady pace!!! Brilliant filming.
@keithdurrans80702 жыл бұрын
This took me back to 1960, when I got the last stopping passenger train from Bristol to Swindon via Badminton as a 10 year old. 5068 Beverston Castle. This is a fantastic record of the day they tried to reach 100mph. Wish I had been in the UK for it.
@portobellotent97311 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sight! Absolutely first class camera work! Thank you and thanks to all for hard work preserving this engine in running order!
@SydFlix11 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sight that is. Power and elegance perfectly combined. Great piece of film!
@morrisvanmokum61749 жыл бұрын
How on Earth does a video like this get thumbs down? There are some very strange people out there in cyberspace.
@ottovonmaybach8 жыл бұрын
+Morris van Mokum They are sour Gresley freaks
@pf329008 жыл бұрын
I can only guess because of the trees getting in the way.
@Jiskpirate8 жыл бұрын
Americans with dozens op pipes along their boilers
@Jiskpirate7 жыл бұрын
tman008 The majority does however :(
@superpadave27 жыл бұрын
tman008 American locomotives aren't ugly, they're ruggedly handsome, they look like locomotives, not like they're made out of plastic, Still, nice to see any steam train at speed.
@aschliov10 жыл бұрын
i must watch this once a week when i feel down or overworked it brings such joy and emotion watching a crew hard at work bring that loco to live. i think a big thank you to all that saved and restored this mighty loco for all to young to see this type of working on the main line wonderful simpily wonderful. wipes a tear from eye:)
@andrewwilliams23534 жыл бұрын
The old GWR just got everything so right. Mechanically and visually !
@brianclark87095 жыл бұрын
To whoever the cameraperson well done indeed. You deserve a medal. What a beautiful sight!!.. Wonderful engine working flat out and going along magnificantly. Excellent work by the fireman, on the mark and not blowing off. You can keep your diesels and electrics long live the Swindon expertise. I left the railway as a firemen at Cardiff Canton/ East dock, we had "The Earl" with us. I can never recall it being this clean!. God Bless the GWR.
@trevorcox30208 жыл бұрын
Just how beautiful is that
@stephenwilliams12694 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I drive on the M5 frequently and I have never noticed the section where the railway is so close to the road. How lucky yo have captured this footage. Its awesome. Such a magnificent locomotive.
@paulkibbey405512 жыл бұрын
Truly poetry in motion.I must have travelled the main line behind GWR express locos but it maybe hard to believe but I am not old enough to remember. Many thanks for posting.
@snellredbrook12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film... green with envy....passed this way last week and said what a view of the line if only we could stop and film...you had the right idea...
@jasperedwards817 жыл бұрын
What a thrill it must have been to actually be present to get this footage. Well done. Thanks so much for posting. Have watched this dozens of times it's so good.
@markiliff11 ай бұрын
But how sad to have been driving with eyes on the road ahead
@richarddutchholland4780Ай бұрын
@@markiliffwell it’s a sacrifice so we get this absolutely amazing gideo
@gerry2844 жыл бұрын
very good vid as a ex gwr man 46 yrs service that was good worked on all loco's from B;ham.
@petersaupe74554 жыл бұрын
To add to my previous posts,the really amazing thing is this used to happen several times a day in the days of steam.Even now in 2020 the times to London are not much shorter than when I used to go to Paddington from Taunton in the late 1950,s.Some trains stopped at Tiverton Junction a mile further on from were the filming stopped.I used to get the returning empty milk trains early in the morning to get home .
@HeavensGremlin10 жыл бұрын
OMG....WHAT a sight.....I know that road so well......what timing....and so great you used your gumption to get this epic footage.... Kudos to you.....I'm almost in tears watching that...........!!!!
@enikata73493 жыл бұрын
Look at her go! Such a marvel of mechanical engineering.
@helenteague17349 жыл бұрын
Absolutely terrific piece of film. I shall watch it again and again. Well done!
@petersaupe74557 жыл бұрын
This was an every day sight in my childhood.My uncle lived in Cullompton and we often watched trains race up to Tiverton Junc tion station.They really sounded great as they climbed up to Willand. As a youth we used the Cullompton bypass as a race track which is now part of the M5 and tried to keep up with trains.
@jamestownsend55733 жыл бұрын
Best video ever of the most elegant of the GW engines. Shame about the double chimney, still...you can't have everything. Brilliant! Many thanks.
@ads10664 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous, the "Sewing Machine" ticking and throaty growl reminds me of the King's thundering along from Snow Hill to London Paddington, sight and sounds never forgotten, great parallel filming along the Exe valley (Cullompton), Magnificent machines unfairly scrapped before their time, with the fitting of double bast pipes and 5-row superheaters in the late fifties/early sixties gave these locomotives many more years life before their untimely replacement by dubious diesel hydraulics. Well done Ben Jervis!
@ichabodon5 жыл бұрын
What a marvellous bit of filming
@kebl059712 жыл бұрын
Thought I'd commented on this one but it appears not - which is quite an oversight! Fabulous bit of film, I enjoyed it very much indeed, right up there with my all time favourite pacing sequences. Thankyou! Tim
@bmwnasher9 жыл бұрын
Great video, what a truly beautiful site, I remember these as a boy in Paddington station. They were always spotlessly clean. Thanks for posting
@vincentneale26207 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful sight to see this lady doing her stuff - camera work first class
@hughhogarth334311 жыл бұрын
Excellent, well done Ben, nothing encapsulates more the power and grace of the Castle loco..congratulations.
@highphysics36176 жыл бұрын
Wow!....that's a busy steam engine. Brilliant footage. Who couldn't enjoy watching that??
@owenmeschter98887 жыл бұрын
My favorite british steam engine. Highballing. In english countryside. So beautiful.
@Colin214548 жыл бұрын
Great capture, poetry in motion
@MrJimbaloid7 жыл бұрын
That's why people put all that work into restoration. That's simply AWSOME.
@jimyoung21889 жыл бұрын
Magnificent i keep coming back to this
@paulcaswell2813 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the double-page spread of 'Berry Pomeroy Castle' at speed in the Bradford Barton 'Great Western Steam in the Midlands' volume.
@JPoulAndersson8 жыл бұрын
Incredible footage, absolutely flawless film work! Thank you!
@johndavies58264 жыл бұрын
This is a lovely piece of controlled driving. The engine is running fast and smoothly. Now and then there is just a whiff of steam from the safety valve, showing full pressure is being maintained but without any wasteful blowing off. The real hero of this performance is the fireman. You can see him bending his back and packing it in without much time for rest breaks. Remember the big Great Western shovel can hold up to 20 pounds of coal. That's hard work!
@PaulDavies-r5w13 күн бұрын
Great video shows the Castle what apacy and smooth machine it is.
@timcaldwell43054 жыл бұрын
It does my soul good to watch this. A wonderful sight and great camera work.
@davesowden49073 жыл бұрын
That’s ace! The only time I’ve seen a steam hauled train on that section of line was when Braunton passed me heading towards Exeter a good few years ago. I was on the M5 heading north. And driving!
@stuarthawkins70452 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage, weather by planning or fluke, it's just brilliant 👏
@wossisname45402 жыл бұрын
Quite remarkable! Thank you. I was looking for a John Huntley film of a GWR "Star" on the wheel lathe at Wolverampton (which is breathtaking). Harry Lee (stalwart of the West Somerset) was very fond of that class and he would have really been impressed by this video! He was a real gem, and so is The Earl!
@martinbayliss38684 жыл бұрын
Art and science combined to absolute perfection. There is a God!
@MusiGig Жыл бұрын
man this is heavenly!
@johnfarnell2194 жыл бұрын
brilliant video ,brings tears of joy every time i watch .
@МПС_СССРАй бұрын
Small, beautiful and fast!!! That what I say about British steam engines😊 Respect from Russia🇷🇺❤
@timw69283 жыл бұрын
That thing is hauling arse absolutely magnificent
@Hard-Boiled-Bollock6 жыл бұрын
Nothing looks better than a GWR Castle or King at speed
@davidellis2792 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic piece of camera work,what a beautiful sight seeing the best of British Engineering still working all these years later,it just goes to show how this country has lost its way over the years,we were world leaders in trains and ship building as well as car and truck building and what have we got now??? Mac Donald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken,it’s a sad country we now live in,it’s no wonder the country is Skint we have to buy everything from abroad because we don’t manufacture anything anymore, it’s sickening.
@jonathanparry78242 жыл бұрын
its no surprise, as the standards of living goes up the workers want higher wages and soon manufacturing starts to become un profitable because their is always another country willing to do the same for cheaper. im sure if people were still getting paid a few shillings a week we would still be making everything
@antiussentiment8 жыл бұрын
I was interested in the speed too. Assuming the footage is at normal speed. I timed 10 wheel revolutions and got about 2.2 seconds (with an actual timer on my phone) A 2032mm wheel travels 6.38 meters every revolution. Doing a little arithmetic you get about 105km/h (or about 65 mph for the Luddites). Great to see..
@chriswheable898 жыл бұрын
poetry in motion!
@Rosie68577 жыл бұрын
We're all Luddites - that's why we're here. What are these "km" and "mm" you mention? All speeds, speed limits etc on the railways (and roads) are in mph, and distances, even on official track diagrams, are in miles and chains and the dimensions of locomotives are in feet and inches, tons (proper ones) and hundredweights (all right, 50 kg if you must). The point about units is that they must be familiar to their essential users. Not much point me telling you that on Oct 19 last year I had a huge party of like-minded old nutters to celebrate my 27,000 days on this planet. What age is that? Well.
@antiussentiment7 жыл бұрын
Umm.. did you really want to try to do that calculation in feet and inches? If we want following generations to carry on the interest/care for in beautiful Victorian engineering? WE old types should probably learn to describe it in terms they easily connect with ..or we can make it snobby and inaccessible..
@Rosie68577 жыл бұрын
When you said that the Castle's driving wheels were 2032 mm in diameter I had no idea if that was right or not but assumed it was. But if you'd said they were 6' 3" I'd have said immediately, "no, they're bigger than that". Millimetres and kilos etc are simply not the language of steam in the English-speaking world and very few steam enthusiasts think in metric. All the literature on steam is in Imperial units so going metric is a bit like speaking Hungarian, with all due respects to the Magyars.
@antiussentiment7 жыл бұрын
Rosie6857 oh well, hopefully I'm wrong.
@panchopuskas14 жыл бұрын
A joy to behold.....
@bkendlerA412 жыл бұрын
A fantastic film. I'm amazed that the traffic on the M5 allowed you to keep such a steady pace. A wonderful pan-shot. Barry
@1977ajax2 жыл бұрын
Great footage. Well done for capturing this.
@christmasduck211 жыл бұрын
Great video of the simple graceful lines of GWR loco powering along well done.
@Guy_de_Loimbard2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing all that reciprocating mass doesn't just fling itself apart at those speeds.
@christophernewman50273 жыл бұрын
Please don't ever delete this video...
@paulcasini475910 жыл бұрын
Finest loco of them all a Castle more than a match for anything Crew Doncaster or Eastleigh built Swindon the home of the very best
@MrJimbaloid6 жыл бұрын
Paul Casini the greatest engine of them all was MALLARD.
@WashingtonSAFC5 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha.... Southern Loony.
@paulcasini47595 жыл бұрын
@@WashingtonSAFC Im not from the South !!!!
@paulcasini47595 жыл бұрын
@@MrJimbaloid Not a match for a Castle ever !!!
@paulcaswell28135 жыл бұрын
V2. Could do anything ;-)
@hughhogarth334311 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Ben....just brilliant, tons of nostalgia also. Thanks.
@hughhogarth334311 жыл бұрын
Chris, Your Profiles of Castles, absolutely brilliant. Do youhave info on "Restormel Castle" when painted 'lime' green? OK, so it was back in 1950, (I'm 76) and was a locospotter back then! Also,wiukd love to do a trip in a Pullman hauled by steam on GWR but cannot find any info on how to get details of bookings/schedules. Your help much appreciated. Please keep up the excellent work that you do. Robert H in penzance.
@JCisJD9 жыл бұрын
and full marks for such steady filming at high speed!
@therailwaycatuk54772 жыл бұрын
Amazing footage!!!!! Have yet to get lucky enough to spot a steam loco on that stretch of the M5. One day!
@lawrenceogden21622 жыл бұрын
brilliant video
@robertcrewdson86115 ай бұрын
Fantastic video. Thanks for posting.
@northstar195011 жыл бұрын
Absolutely cracking upload and thanks for taking the time to do this and share this superb recording with us all.
@brawladdie112 жыл бұрын
Wow! So steadily filmed, it's a remarkable achievement.
@1964dangerous11 жыл бұрын
coming down from taunton to Exeter I would think.....majestic grace and power,,,churchward and collet got it spot on for the GWR.
@dineshbugalia72974 жыл бұрын
These steamy Queens are at best of their glory in Britain only...I can drive alongside all day
@RussellCooper9 жыл бұрын
Great piece of filming, absolutely loved it. Thanks for posting.