STEAM LOCOS IN PROFILE: GWR Saints

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Another new UK steam engine gets the 'Steam Locos In Profile' treatment, as we look at the GWR Saint 4-6-0s. 77 were built in the early 1900s, none were preserved but a 78th was completed in 2019 using parts from a Hall.
This is an original documentary produced by me and my friends, starring my creations and myself.

[@joshslater2426]

Getting new SLiPs every couple of months this year has been a godsend, even if they’ve since become privatised. It makes me wonder if we’ll get anymore Paint Your Engine videos.

[@robertbate5790]

I started work on BR in 73, in my teens. The older men around me were all old school father to son characters. Even then in the very early days of preservation the Saint was proposed as a 'new build' from a Hall. Even more radical was a County rebuild from an LMS 8f proposal !!!! One such rebuild did come about on the West Somerset with the rebuilding of a large prarie tank into a mogul. Again fuelled by the number of praries saved. A great video, love the style. 👍👍👍

[@johnjephcote7636]

In '74 I was at Barry, liberating washout plugs from an unmodified Hall to one alongside, the subject of a preservation attempt. We put the plugs into the tender for safety. In the end, the Hall became the subject of another rebuild. I cannot recall the names of either loco or what the rebuild became. All I have from that is a cabside handrail in use holding a bathtowel. The pretty fireiron yoke and chain disappeared in a house move...

[@joelightrailway2362]

Oh yes, a review of another new built steam locomotive, hope the next new built steam locomotive to be reviewed is Tornado. The Saint is my personal favourite tender loco from the 1900s and I really love the loco with the compartment coaches at Didcot every time I visit.

[@peterwills5533]

"A stairway of heavenly engines".... clocked what you did there.... made me smile. Thanks a lovely vid.

[@LolLol-xy4rh]

My god Chris some of these shots done by your camera are worthy of becoming calendar photos

[@mikebrown3772]

Always loved the Saints. Just as sacrilegious as using a Hall to make one I removed the wheels from a 00 Flying Scotsman to convert a Triang Hornby 'Albert Hall' into a Saint in the 1970s. I still have it somewhere.

[@dj_efk]

Great video - I particularly enjoyed the anecdotes of Great Western men who worked with these in period, brought a new dimension to/ something I didn’t appreciate or know to the Saint story.

[@johnjephcote7636]

When Cardiff's last Saint was 'called home' (to Swindon scrap) the shed polished her up a treat. She looked so good that at Swindon they simply put her onto fast goods duty ...until the 'powers that be' discovered where the loco had go to. I modelled Saint Benedict from a old cast West Coast kit, throwing away many parts that should never have been whitemetal. I scratchbuilt the EM underframe and boiler fittings and the bogie tender off 'The Bear' (as in 1935). She has drop down footplate as the later Saints appeared a bit more decent with the skirts a bit lower.

[@invisibleman4827]

13:08 that's such a beautiful shot

[@simonvancoevorden295]

How lovely was this !

[@NextEevolution]

Great to see the GWR Saint finally completed! I always thought it was a shame that, along with older pre-grouping era designs like the Saints, the younger Hawksworth era 4-6-0s were lost to the cutter's torch. Hope we can see you cover the Counties in the near future!

[@TrainBloke38]

Great episode of Slips as usual. Also the bit about a saint reaching 120mph made me laugh. I doubt these locos could've reached those speeds

[@Sim0nTrains]

Brilliant video Chris, GWR locos are gorgeous

[@laurieharper1526]

Loved this. I first saw Lady of Legend at Didcot in 2022. Standing next to those 6ft 8 drivers was awe inspiring (the more so because she was parked next to the blue King). That autumn, she was a guest at the Great Central gala, where they ran her double-headed with a Hall, which was a wonderful sight. Thanks Chris.

[@lukegreen5341]

1:33 This GWR Saint Class Express Steam Locomotives Looks Fantastic. Thanks Mate. XXxxx 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[@FlyingFoxandBambi4475]

That was an amazing episode. I like the GWR Saints.

[@RailwayBiscuitTin]

NEW SLIPS, TODAY IS A GOOD DAY

[@josephbroom829]

“Babe wake up!!! Chris Eden-Green just posted a new Steam Locos in Profile Video!!!” Seriously though, you are a master of your craft at these. Even though the videos involving just one locomotive, you somehow do not make it boring to see the same exact loco again and again and again. You are a fantastic story teller and always make us fellow steam locomotive enthusiasts smile, reminding us why we love these beautiful machines so much!

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Good old Churchward. Without that Swindon Meccano system of his, Lady of the Night would've been a Tornado level challenge ... and we know how many std gauge new builds have made it into service so far. Even 42424 had a boiler and tender on hand (both in need of rebuilding) to give the Brighton Atlantic project a kick start.

[@JaeV2000]

Another fantastic episode Chris I remember whizzing past you while behind 2999 on the way back to Cheltenham earlier this year

[@mels1811]

Brilliant video Chris

[@DangerAngelous]

It's been a great year for SLIPs! Buckets of inspiration for me coming to the UK next year to see as many railways as I can, cheers Chris!

[@PaulDavies-r5w]

Great video always enjoy the change of locomotives looking forward to covering new builds like the 3mt tank,p2 ,clan and patriot when they are finally available keep going Chris.

[@countluke2334]

Always great seeing the notification for a new SLIPS episode! Much appreciated in these dire times.

[@ryankelly8902]

Well done for once again bringing me new admiration for another type of steam engine Chris.

[@warrior3456_]

I wish american steam locomotives looked as cool as the british ones

[@stephendavies6949]

Lovely locos, the Saints. I have a Hornby St Catherine, in similar condition to your St Patrick. Really enjoyed the video.

[@modelrailfan37]

Great episode! I’m not the biggest western fan in the world, but can’t help but appreciate how much the Saints changed loco technology due to its size and three cylinder design. I am interested in purchasing some DVDs, and I was wondering if you mail them as oversized letters, as I live in Canada and don’t want to pay crazy postage.

[@profcraneporter]

Poor County of Glamorgan lol, though amazing SLIP, would love to see her at some point IRL

[@rolandharmer6402]

Brilliant photography and editing.

[@alexanderbeck5063]

A fantastic way to end the work week! Excellent work as usual Chris!

[@ExpressRhubarb]

smashing stuff mate! a real beauty of an engine too!

[@FlashCameraStudio-d7d]

ah Lady of Legend the replica of a GWR Saint this should be interesting nice one Chris.

[@rogercook6360]

What a wonderfully well produced video, the content and quality are outstanding in all respects... Long may it continue. Thanks Chris !

[@Jiskpirate]

Good video! I expected you to do some “good old GWR” cab explanation on the footplate! Haha

[@thomasladyfan]

Another great episode! Well done Chris! 👏🏻😄 Keep up the good work & don’t stop being awesome! 😄👍🏻 Can’t wait to get a copy of Volume 7! 😉👍🏻

[@gquayle]

Thank you for another wonderful episode Chris.

[@joshuaW5621]

You are a saint when you upload (pun intended).

[@samthe2107]

Excellent video, thank you very much for all your hard work

[@RG-Models86]

Fantastic work as ever, Chris 👍

[@kenharris5390]

Another excellent presentation. Thanks, Chris.

[@colinfeilen988]

Hugely enjoyable narrative Chris !

[@coffeeee90]

Stella episode as usual Chris, thanks for all your hard work 🙂

[@robertbate5790]

@@coffeeee90 Stella, now there would be an interesting new build, lol 🤣. Beautiful looking locos. I believe it was Kay's did a white metal kit in the 70's.

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

A well engineered videos. Thank you.

[@fishw]

Was wondering when you'd get round to this... though wasn't sure if would be a Sole SLiP A great vid, well done and thank you

[@MercenaryPen]

just a thought, maybe in a few more years there might be enough locomotives for an entire gala weekend of new-build locomotives

[@knuckles1206]

6:05 Well theres a SLIP Tip for you. If your EV's battery's running low and your in a hurry, just buy a Saint Class!

[@diamondjubilee7754]

There was even an attempt (not sure if it's true or not) made to preserve another Saint - no. 2937 'Clevedon Court', in 1953. A man named Sir Arthur Elton even went so far as to buy this engine and transport it to - ahem - Clevedon Court. Unfortunately, this was as far as it went, before the engine was immediately handed back to BR, sent back to Swindon and cut up for scrap.

[@MajorMagna]

Regarding the Saint's being "second mouse", they were actually the third, as the NER Class S (LNER B13) 4-6-0s made their debut in 1899, though they were nowhere near as good as the Saints.

[@ChristheXelent]

Fourth if you count Dean's Crocodile of 1896, yes. But the point of them being a pivotal design still stands.

[@nathantew946]

Oh when the Saint go steaming in! I want to know it number!

[@TheSteamdriver]

😂😂😂😂

[@mattsmocs3281]

Now after watching this, I wonder if there is enough loose hall class parts to make one new hall out of them since there's all these restoration projects and parts that just exist, especially whatever they didn't use with this machine so let's build Frankenstein's hall

[@conncork]

Love to see a STEAM PROFILE of an L1 2-6-4t

[@ChristheXelent]

There aren't any preserved, though

[@Samanthasrailadventures]

​@@ChristheXelent one to do a painting of maybe

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

It's evolving, just backwards *Paying my respects for Bride of Lammermoor.*

[@tjmfarming9584]

Excellent episode as always, Chris. But a question did pop into my head in regards to comparing the Jones Goods and Saints. If those 2 are 1st and 2nd mouse, what does that make the Highland railway Castle's? Those were passenger versions of the Jones goods built between 1900-1917, so around the same time as the Saints, and like many a loco from the Highland, all are lost to time for right now anyway. That'd make quite the sight, actually, a Highland Castle on a double-header with a Great Western Castle.

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Nice video, Like😃

[@WatchVidsMakeLists]

Hallelujah 🙏

[@Jimboliah3985]

1:19 Story of our lives.

[@Spud607]

Isn't there 6 episodes? The T3s, the Quarry Hunslets, 96xxs, Saints, LBSCR Atlantics, and the Fitzwilliams... 🤔

[@ChristheXelent]

The two Hunslet episodes and the 9400s will go out on later releases. The outstanding one is the L&Y 0-6-0s, which will go out on Vol7

[@Spud607]

@ChristheXelent ah ok. Thanks for the clarification! I'm still looking forward to the new DVD either way! 😄

[@TheUMRSchannel]

So, does tggis mean we're not getting anymore Sole SLIPs?

[@hamshackleton]

It's a shame that You-tube are now stuffing pairs of adverts in every five minutes. It ruins the video you put all that effort into making.

[@olivergould3878]

What happened to the Lancashire and Yorkshire One you did?

[@hornet1068]

Is it just me? or are GWR loco`s, like this, `Pretty`, to me they are uncluttered on the outside with nice lines and just seem to look `Right`! or am I weird?

[@theextremeanimator4721]

1 hour early!

[@britanniaolivercromwell5006]

Have you ever thought of releasing a sort of ost of your work as the music really great

[@ChristheXelent]

It depends really if people are willing to buy it. I'm still surprised people were asking for it on DVD soon after it began

[@lonewolf4215]

Its almost as if this standardisation thing has some merits to it...

[@ethmister]

Great loco, shame it's management is a bit flawed.

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

Highly irritating Jeremy Clarkson type commentary but I stayed for the images, some of which are superb. So thanks anyway.