Our curators answer YOUR QUESTIONS | Curator with a Camera Q&A

[@NatRailwayMuseum]

Thanks for joining us for this Q&A video, which was fun to make (despite the racket of construction work at the museum when we were filming). Already looking forward to the next one! Our apologies to Flying Scott and Ralph Freeman, there was a mix up in the document Anthony and Bob are reading from in this video that meant Flying Scott's name was attributed to Ralph Freeman's comment about Deltics.

[@rudycarlson8245]

I do got a question about Mallard you probably had this before but when is the last time that she was in steam? I know she ran briefly in the 1980s

[@TrevorMcGregger]

@@rudycarlson8245I believe the Mallard had left standard rail services in the ‘60s but of course will still run on rails sometimes, though not an official service

[@rudycarlson8245]

@@TrevorMcGregger for mallard to run again she would need a total heavy overhaul and the people at the museum of afraid of spending the money on her the big question is why?

[@Biker_Gremling]

Curator with a camera is legit one of my favourite video presentation series ever done by a museum of any kind.

[@artfedigan5543]

Went to York with family in tow in 1985 from the states. The reason? Michael Palin's "Great Railway Journeys" which ran on our PBS station. Absolutely fantastic museum! Thanks so much for the "Curator with a Camera" series. Brings back memories of our visit.

[@jacksnorth4074]

I'm really enjoying the curator with a camera series! Please keep up the good work 😊 I would love to see the Q1 in an episode!

[@lukeslocomotives]

Thank you so much for answering my questions! I'd love to see Green Arrow going, thankful that she is still on your vehicle strategy! Also, completely understand will the Scotsman, remember reading something that only applies to Scotsman and the Castles, that ones with a double chimney can take one more carriage than single chimney ones or something? But yes, thanks for taking time to answer! 😊

[@Steven_Rowe]

I would love to see Green Arrow going. They sounded so amazing.

[@RichardMaguire110]

I remember going to York in 1975 to see the collection. I travelled with my father on a charter train to get there. I remember that day very well and loved it.

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Thak YOU guys for making these. :D And welcome to the new faces! :)

[@KateRVN]

Dear Anthony and Bob, thanks very much for answering questions from your viewers! From a cameraman perspective: please can you add in some B-Roll footage/images of trains/carriages/parts of trains you may be talking about. It just helps non-seasoned train enthusiasts understand better. Thanks again to you both and the team for putting all of this series (and the next), together. Hope to see you in York soon!!!

[@NatRailwayMuseum]

Thanks for this, good to know for our next Q&A, which we'll be filming soon. :)

[@citricamoeba]

Brilliant video, thank you for answering my question! I've always been curious as to why York was chosen over a place like Doncaster, which had it's own engine works and is of course very famous for producing the LNER Pacifics, and now I know! Looking forward to the next season of Curator with a Camera!

[@oceanix7472]

You all do a great job! Thank you for putting in the effort to craft such an engaging channel.

[@LegoJamTrain567]

Such a good episode, keep it up with Curator with a Camera I enjoy seeing some of the more unusual items in the collection. Great answer to see my question answered.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Great. Canadian fan here. Oh, maybe a retrospective of the trains used in "he Railway Children"

[@GuyChapman]

Loved this video. My wife worked for Tony Marchington - a man known for truly terrible jokes - and one of my earliest memories is watching the Pegler run over Digswell viaduct. I could not be happier that you are looking after both Scotsman and the second most beautiful machine designed at Salisbury Hall, Mallard.

[@HaddaClu]

7:22 - Why did the UK railways seemingly never adopt a powered stoker for the locomotives? In the 1920s the US had made them mandatory by law on new builds and older ones of certain size and above were to be fitted with them as well. It was found that stokers not only made life easier on the fireman, but also increased fuel efficiency - which saved money and the railways saw added benefit.

[@anthonycoulls7301]

British Railways and the National Coal Board tried them out in the 1960s, but the writing was already on the wall for steam. Poor maintenance meant that BR soon removed the ones on the 9Fs so fitted, but some NCB locos kept underfeed automatic stokers on some locos into the 1980s. We have one of these Hunslet stokers in the collection.

[@chrisoddy8744]

On the whole, British tenders weren't as big and they were never far from a depot with fresh coal available - so there wasn't much need for automatic stokers iirc

[@Olivers-trains]

Fantastic video. In terms of Deltics I saw D9000 running in September and should hopefully be seeing 55009 at York in May, would be brilliant to have KOYLI working again as I never got to see it run and it would be brilliant to see DP1 run. Could you look around DP1, 41001 and the APT-P at some point in the future

[@jgodfrey546]

Question at 07:00 mark Could not a rudimentary analysis be made between the Duchess of Sutherland & UofSA/Bittern/Sir Nigel Gresley...?

[@ritchiesiepman5511]

Can you do a video about the GNR Stirling Single? It's my favourite 19th Century steam locomotive and i would love to hear the history about it since Wikipedia doesn't give much info

[@uries15]

One for Bob: Whatever happened to the Leningrad Cowboys?

[@Steven_Rowe]

I realise there are some foreign locos in York which is wonderful but one loco I would LOVE to see is the NSW AD60 garratt. THEY are 484 + 484 and were built by Beyer Peaacock in 1952. One is restored to working order but , a few are simply languishing never to even be cosmetically restored This is great British engineering and deserves to be in the NRM. What I would like to see in steam is the Ivatt C1 Atlantic.

[@Sim0nTrains]

I honestly would love to see curator with a camera on a Pacer. Just wondering on something that I would like to see. Could there be a future curator with the camera on the LNWR Electric MBTO No. 28249 please? Awesome Q&A

[@jaydenfox9586]

How do railway loops work in changing a train’s direction?

[@moelSiabod14334]

Gents, can i please ask , what was the purpose of the vaccum gauge fitted in the drivers desk on APTE. It is not a standard duplex gauge so i doubt it is anything to do with brakes, what level of vac. was so important to require a gauge Infront of the driver ?

[@thatlittlefox.]

0:16 whats that american looking loco behind you?

[@railwaysetc.]

Great vide: very nice to see! Is there any chance that it could be possible to do one on the class 20?

[@lexitdn]

Can you please do a video on the Q1 it would be great

[@OfficiallyOliverWalker]

What are your top 3 engines in the NRM collection?

[@alecwaddington7993]

Hello, Stockton and Darlington 200 is coming up soon, is there any plans to overhaul any locos for that?

[@samj7927]

Maybe doing on the Chinese locomotive you got in the background

[@generalsquirrel9548]

12:02 pov: mufflers aint required so we dont fit them (If mufflers where already invented)

[@alexgallagher4594]

Why did the UK not adopt coal screws?

[@anthonycoulls7301]

I answered this a couple of days ago, see the reply earlier

[@bussesandtrains1218]

@@anthonycoulls7301 can you tell me?

[@dianekivi5349]

Why no curator with a camera say looking @ a signal box?

[@johncarey3775]

I have a question about mallard and the duchess of Hamilton why are these locomotives no running around England like Flying Scotsman?

[@xjxnebxg]

i think it’s expensive to get them overhauled but who knows

[@The8224sm]

Could someone please tell me why GWR locos were driven from the right-hand side? It seems so illogical.

[@derekheeps1244]

Is this the correct place for future questions ? or is there a specific email address to send questions to ? What I'd like to know , is there even the most remote possibility that , on 30th November next year , 2024 , Flying Scotsman might be permitted to attempt to reprise his record run of 30th November 1924 , when he reached the speed of 100 mph for the first time on record ? Incidentally , how was this record run authenticated ? Was there a dynamometer car , or was it done by 'officials' with stopwatches or somesuch ? Assuming safety inspections beforehand , and any required permissions being obtained , what might the chances of this be , given he already can routinely run at 75 mph ? Could he even attempt 101 mph , 100 years after the original attempt ? Tornado did it , as an A1 ( which I presume Flying Scotsman was in 1924 ) , so why couldn't Flying Scotsman equal or better that speed now , as a recently rebuilt A3 ?

[@NatRailwayMuseum]

Hi Derek, we keep an eye on the comments across all of our videos, so here is fine. We have a lot more Flying Scotsman action coming up in 2024, so keep an eye on our website and social media channels for updates. There's also the Flying Scotsman newsletter if you'd rather get updates sent to your email inbox: my.railwaymuseum.org.uk/account/create/brief The LNER Dynamometer Car in Great Hall, which recorded Mallard's 126mph achievement in 1938, also recorded Flying Scotsman's 100mph run on 30 November 1934. To see Bob's tour of the Dynamometer Car, have a look at this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKmWhXqGmq6ghcU Thanks for watching!

[@BaileyChap]

Who here recognised flying Scott?

[@scottn7cy]

Watching this I kept thinking it needed a good Top Gear into such as"In this episode Anthony and Bob learn their viewers are morons."

[@bryantan863]

Hey National Railway Museum, I have asked you which I had told 3 weeks. Why have any of you responded to me?

[@billoddy5637]

You really shouldn’t be reading KZbin usernames. That’s a slippery slope.

[@bryantan863]

You 2 listen to me carefully. It does not matter whether you should follow the BR standard or not. What matters you and the others are the owners of Flying Scotsman. Plus, the owners should make the decision of whether to follow the BR standard or not. It is not a matter of opinion, I do not care if anyone agrees or disagrees and other things. It is a matter of law. Alan Pegler made his decision when he owned Scot back then.

[@frostedbutts4340]

Lmao nobody asked.