Iron ore & coal to Consett, mid '60s

[@peteratkinson922]

I enjoy the contrasting sounds of the 9f and the diesel banker.

[@48firefox]

These 9Fs certainly had a hard life, nice vid.

[@sarahgardiner1649]

That was rather nice. Poor old 9Fs leaking steam from everywhere they shouldn’t!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

2:18 The steam loco was so weak, a diesel had to push the train up the hill. No wonder these polluting steam locos were chopped up, and the scrap recycled to make more modern traction.

[@mick35w]

@@PreservationEnthusiast diesel was struggling to you idiot,

[@ColinH1973]

Done any more please, Tom? Thanks for this one.

[@alanwann9318]

Love the sound, iron ore is heavy

[@dannygillingham7904]

Wow, nice! how awesome!

[@spookmore]

Steam natural power,amazing,don't need oil,electric..

[@KennethMyers-h6h]

Neglected and scruffy, yet these fantastic 9f locomotives were still slogging away, they were withdrawn years before their time, typical governmental waste of taxpayers money.

[@bigmontanamitch]

Always surprises me how stinking puny European trains are compared to the USA, Australia, or Brazil for instance. I suppose that’s the weakness of using chain links instead of couplers.

[@gquayle]

No, it's just the loading gauge is more restricted, so less room under bridges ect. Because of the smaller trains that we started with

[@Beatlefan67]

The Island we sit on is a mere 603 miles tip to tip. The places you mention are a little larger, not to mention the loading gauge restriction imposed from the very beginning using what was effectively, carts on rails. Just be grateful we invented railways.

[@ColinH1973]

Bit harsh!

[@lizlawrence4553]

Our locomotives were perfect for the job. So yank shut the fuxk up.

[@peteratkinson922]

Yes. U tube commentitis. Ends with virtual fisticuffs😢​@@ColinH1973