Bluebell Railway - 'Brighton Works Weekend' 24/08/2024

[@bobingram6912]

What a great piece of visual history, see you had to pack your wellies again!!!🙄 Superb potted history to get us into the swing of things and then sit back and enjoy the proceedings - you excel at the detail.👍👍👍 Beachy running well, Fenchurch still packing a punch, almost looked as if she was speeding round that curve!! Top marks to Bluebell for keeping up the standard. Thanks Matthew👍👍

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thanks very much, Bob! The rain played a heavy factor across the morning, effectively causing me to scrap and rewrite my plan for the majority of the day. Beachy really is a stunner - the camera doesn't do it justice. I had hoped to squeeze in a couple more clips of Fenchurch, but the rain made it inviable.

[@PeterMason-i1h]

A tremendous achievement by everyone involved in the construction of Beachy Head. And a worthy addition to the Bluebell's roster of steam locomotives. Thank you for sharing this video.

[@bobmather8814]

You impress as much with your scenery shots as with your steamy shots. Thanks for sharing.

[@ph4ntomtr4in]

Beautiful locomotive. 😊

[@leotheanimemanyt0367]

6:48 I think I can see me sitting at the very back of the last coach on the seat that's closest to the window that's next to the lineside photography area. Or maybe I was at the second window on that side of the coach I dunno. But yeah awesome video mate 👍

[@dirks.4172]

Brilliant. Thank you for this fine video. Best wishes Dirk

[@frasercottrell2184]

enjoyed watching your awesome KZbin video today.

[@stuartaaron613]

Beautiful video!

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thank you

[@TrainBloke38]

Its to nice an Altanic operating again. I doubt this will happen, but it would be interesting to see Beachy Head and GNR 251 double head a train

[@SimonTog]

Very nice video :)

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

@@SimonTog Thank you

[@lazerclaw]

Another good video mate well done

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thank you

[@HarryApps-Drsyn]

Beautiful video the southerner

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

@@HarryApps-Drsyn Thank you

[@juanantoniopedroza1421]

great video

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

@@juanantoniopedroza1421 Thank you

[@threepea1151]

I just don’t understand why they would wanna paint it into BR Black, makes absolutely no sense, nobody wants it in BR Black, paint it Umber Marsh for Christ sake

[@alexfogg381]

Only time will tell, maybe they will? Can we just appreciate the fact that the UK has a standard gauge Atlantic type locomotive that is operational, for the first time since the The 1970s, when one of the two Great Northern Railway Ivatt Atlantic's had a valid boiler ticket.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

This was covered in the comment section of a previous video, but I'll post it here too: 1. The group wanted this recreation to be a 'spiritual continuation' of the original, picking up where the original left off when it was withdrawn. 'To right the wrong', as they put it. So they decided to launch it representing 32424's final configuration. 2. 32424's service with BR is still an important part of the locomotives history, which equally deserves recognition, especially as it was the last Brighton atlantic in service. 3. Fundraising and advertising for the project was done on the basis that 32424 would appear in this final configuration. See point No1. 4. It would require some mechanical alterations to authentically carry any other livery. 5. He who pays the money, makes the choice. 6. Preferences over paint are simply a matter of opinion, and stating that "nobody wants it in BR Black" just because it doesn't align with your opinion is inherently incorrect. It's a shame that, even after 24 years of building the loco, the efforts of the Atalntic group get overshadowed by the usual opinions over paint.

[@TheLNERbuff]

@@alexfogg381the boiler for this is actually off a scrapped GNR Atlantic!

[@AndreiTupolev]

I suppose that was what the membership of the society wanted, I agree entirely, I don't understand why anyone would prefer this to LBSC or even Southern olive green. People say "it's just a coat of paint," but it's not is it, a lot of time and effort and expense goes into painting a loco, it's not like slapping a can of paint from B&Q on your garage door

[@AndreiTupolev]

The argument that they wanted to "right the wrong" of not preserving one of the originals by painting it in the livery of the organisation that scrapped the originals seems very very odd indeed