'On The Footplate of 48624'@ GCR 2016 Winter Steam Gala(Part 2):

[@thanhtun9975]

I love the steam train because my father is a old steam-train driver.🚂🥰

[@nicko7054]

Hi Brian. Well worth waiting for this video!. Fantastic footage from aboard the 8F at the Winter Steam Gala 2016!. Regards, Nick

[@SYKAROST]

+Nick Short That's appreciated Nick, glad you enjoyed it. I assume you have checked out my playlist of all the other GCR footplate footage ? Regards, Brian.

[@5901961589]

No I am not family. Alan certainly is the best and most knowledgeable driver.

[@5901961589]

Alan is a great driver. What he doesn't know about steam engines you cannot write on a postage stamp.

[@SYKAROST]

XX..... ? I'd be interested to know how much he paid you to say that....... Are you family lol. (but yes, you're right!!).

[@mattseymour8637]

Very good video! He drove her really well and not once had a slip! How much does the windcutter train weigh?

[@SYKAROST]

Thanks Matt, glad you enjoyed it and Alan is a very experienced former BR Driver used to handling such mineral trains much longer and loose coupled. As a rough estimate I would say the 14 (empty) mineral wagons & two Brake Vans featured would be around 180 tons. Thanks for your sub, cheers, Brian.

[@mattseymour8637]

+SYKAROST so nothing for an 8f to pull really? How much weight would they pull in Br days?

[@Chauffeur231]

Bonjour d'un chauffeur Français. Alain ANGELINI, from Lisieux, Normandy.