A VERY SOOTY BLACK 5 Including A Water Refill AND Two CLASS 47/57s At Carlisle!! | 25/5/24.

[@ianpark1906]

My all time favourite steam loco.. no flash.. built to get the job done! Which they did .

[@Barbarapape]

Now that is what i call a sooty exhaust. Decent steam coal should be white, anyone with washing outside would not be happy! Still great to see live steam back at Carlsile. Thanks for another great video.

[@TRAlNVlDEOS]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@MrSteamywindows]

No coal burns white: the condensate of steam is white (steam itself is invisible). Ideally, the exhaust should be light grey indicating there’s no holes in the fire and it’s not too thick. The thick clag we saw here is indicative of the fact the regulator was closed, there’s a round of fresh coal on and doors were likely closed and the blower just cracked. As soon as the regulator was opened, the clag cleared

[@RaggyAl1971]

Nothing unusual,the loco is coasting so there's less air being drawn through the fire bars into the fire.

[@loco42041]

Soot? It's smoke from the coal.

[@Barbarapape]

@@loco42041 And cheap coal at that, good "steam coal" is now very expensive.

[@christopherbentley5216]

Excellent video. But,is the p/w being stripped of funding? The amount of foilage on the p/ w is 3rd world. What on earth is happening??

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Something to do with H&S in proximity with the public. Yes, absolutely disgraceful

[@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf]

Unfortunately it's the crappy Eastern European coal we now have to use! It's awful,yet we here are sitting on billions of tons of the stuff. JG.

[@pinkfemme100]

Must be some rough coal to smoke like that.

[@mrgrumpy771]

Polish these days

[@andysnashall6140]

Shame all steam operations have the growling cupboards parked on the back these days!

[@TRAlNVlDEOS]

Not all, WCR sometimes don’t have a diesel and the same with Vintage trains!

[@jonathanhasnip3700]

Nice one 😁👍

[@TRAlNVlDEOS]

Thanks!

[@barry5787]

Fireman on the back foot, main line don't like that. Good vid as usual .

[@juleshathaway3894]

The fireman most definitely NOT on the back foot. As others have posted the loco was coasting with the regulator shut so there will be smoke. The fireman would be building his fire for the work ahead.

[@barry5787]

@@juleshathaway3894 Too much, too late, back foot.

[@juleshathaway3894]

@@barry5787 The fireman is an old friend, I’ve known him since I joined the 60009 support crew in 1990 and he was firing for Scotrail even then. Did you notice how the smoke cleared once the regulator was opened? Are you a fireman Barry?

[@barry5787]

@@juleshathaway3894 Changes nothing.

[@juleshathaway3894]

@@barry5787 Thank you Barry, says it all. Have a nice day 😁

[@rsqyoung]

Shame you can't capture the beauty of the smell.

[@johnbarthram2761]

You never saw track like this in my days on British rail absolutely disgusting, even sidings were kept clear of weeds !!!!!!!!

[@TRAlNVlDEOS]

The reason there are so many weeds in the station is because the weed killer isn’t allowed to be sprayed in the station because of health risks the track outside of the station is mainly clear of weeds, thanks for the comment! 👍