Double Headed Castles- 5043 & 7029 fly up Hatton Bank- plus 4 Castle line up at Didcot. 4/3/23

[@williamsanger3868]

Magnificent, Thank You

[@JakeBSteam]

Great footage as always Luke, was great to catch up with you again. Cheers, Jake.

[@GreatBritishRailways1]

Luke, A great video and I especially enjoyed the race with IET 😀 Good to briefly meet up at Hatton. Regards, John

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Cheers John. Always a pleasure to see you and Andy on the travels.

[@i.c.d.-videos1901]

Awesome footage, it was a great trip onboard 👍🏻.

[@SHGPMedia]

lovely stuff

[@technoandrew]

Great shots!

[@jcmgt]

Fantastic

[@railwayscene]

Stunning video, topped off with a great finale. Loved it.

[@sirhcsteam]

Good shots, I was filming at Budbrook /Warwick Parkway Regards Chris

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Chris thank you. I saw your video. Amazing sound and sight.

[@SimonTog]

Well done video Luke :)

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Cheers Simon

[@KINGANDCASTLE]

Well done.

[@46245col]

Just perfect.

[@LiamsLocos]

Absolutely fantastic mate! Was a pleasure having your company also, those castles are special man.

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Cheers mate. Will be imprinted on the minds of many for a long time. Including that assault on Hatton 👌🏻

[@trainsacrossthenorth]

Incredible! The final shot was amazing!

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Thank you.

[@peteraustin3918]

I was on the train, and possibly the most frustrating bit was when the IET left just as we got into Oxford on the way to Didcot so we had to come to a dead stop. If he'd waited 2 minutes we could have roared through... But hey ho, a cracking day for everyone. So many great videos and photos to look at as well.

[@robertbate5790]

Brilliant !!! Loved the shots of Didcot, and fantastic finale !!!

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Thanks Robert. They deffinetly left me and my mate lost for words with the performance on hatton bank

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Brilliant video Luke. Loved the Hatton Bank ending mate, those castles far outshone any of the units that go up there nowadays despite heavier loading. Great to see you today too man. Regards, Dan

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Cheers dan. Oh mate don’t get me started on units 😅 great to see ya today man

[@charliemcclair3974]

Class video mate!

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Legend!

[@ronfisher2-railwaytravelvideos]

Splendid stuff! I was at Oxford and Banbury for the return run and was rewarded by a high speed run through Oxford with the regulators in the roofs as they made time from an earlier P.W. slack. That footage is on my YT channel, but the footage from Didcot will have to wait until I've got more time.

[@jamieleestransporthub]

A very nice compilation of the castles today mate, shame I wasn’t able to see it but it sure looked like a fun day! Loved the part at the start with Clun and Earl racing a 800 out of Oxford! Kind regards Jamie

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Thanks 👍

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

7:31 look at this magnificent photograph with 4 castles side by side

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Worth seeing Scott. You have another chance soon at Tyseley. Are you going?

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@blackcountrysteamvideos8021 well I’ll try that Luke

[@SYKAROST]

Loved that opener Luke, imagine once that 800 driver recovered from his surprise he said 'sod that'!! Spoke to crews at Snow Hill as it was obvious at Warwick that they deliberately held back to make sure that Stratford had cleared and Alistair Meanly said 62 mph through Hatton station..... pretty effortless!! Nice to catch up at Didcot.... Regards, Brian.

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Thanks brian. I planned on doing Leamington but the l crowds had already gathered so stayed on and tried out Oxford for something different. The noise at Hatton north was incredible. It raced around the corner into view and then the sound of them both followed like thunder. Glad you had a good day. Was nice to see you again at didcot.

[@SYKAROST]

@@blackcountrysteamvideos8021 Cheers mate, glad you had a successful day & no doubt we'll catch up again somewhere. I've enjoyed the various lineside videos because we were mid train with Windows shut so didn't get the same 'noise benefits'...lol.

[@sirdinadan795]

Double Headed Dinadans

[@peterberry5442]

Excellent...what is better than one Castle???......FOUR CASTLES !!.......i just hope everyone reads their history books to read how the Castle Class seriously influenced the design and future design of LMS and LNER express locomotives. Without the Castles there would have been no Flying Scotsman, to mention just one!

[@tram6214]

Get Video Mate .

[@blackcountrysteamvideos8021]

Thanks Luke.

[@HeavensGremlin]

Track through Oxford looks ropey as Old Nick....!!!