Prewar LNER Gresley pacific locomotives

[@panchopuskas1]

I remember standing on Doncaster station platforms when I was a kid watching these magnificent beasts come and go......brings back great memories....thanks for posting......loved the names of the A3s.....famous racehorses....

[@barrymidgley7553]

I lived in Leeds and spotted at York and Doncaster.All these images are pre nationalisation so obviously livereid as we knew them I like the original A4 names

[@trainlover11playzgoodbyetr4]

@@barrymidgley7553 I'm in wakefield

[@trainlover11playzgoodbyetr4]

Thorpe

[@mikewellsworth5477]

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[@j.j.ennder3243]

Ah, that sounds amazing, I'd love to have been in your shoes and experience that

[@aegontan686]

Imagine being designed by the same person and being rivals with each other... that would be Gordon and Spencer

[@johnsplayworld2402]

2:49 wow! Thank you for adding substitute by the who on your video barry midgley!

[@barrymidgley7553]

Always been my 2nd favourite band behind The Stones as a youth we used to see a local band in the local pub. They played a lot of the Who and we requested Substitute time after time others got fed up with it after the 4th time in the night.Also Legal Matter

[@redbertbillinton8499]

4:33 aw yes My personal favorite A3 pacific of all... Sandwich.

[@dariusthedmirconsolidation3494]

What??????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnd8892]

Thanks for this. Interested to see some 6 wheel coaches in some shots.

[@Shark30006]

Nice video with music.

[@keianakbar9892]

Gordon's doncaster brothers and cousins

[@paulcaswell2813]

Brilliant research. Good to see the P2s tacked on the end, even though in Gresley years they weren't Pacifics!

[@lmgbros7723]

They should have been kept as Mikados, in my opinion. Thompson did a terrible job as CME, and I’m glad none of his pacifics were preserved.

[@thatoneguythatlikesship]

Flying scotman 4472 12:03 Gordon 4473 12:08

[@JoaoPedro-wh1xj]

Gordon is older

[@JoaoPedro-wh1xj]

Is 4470

[@northern1369]

In my opinion silver link (2509), Papyrus (2750) and Clock'o the north (2001) deserves to live on.

[@Bluegoose-df7if]

Muel 2 you say it

[@TuxedoHobnob]

Unfortunately they were scrapped

[@dubsy1026]

Great music taste

[@crazytrain4380]

Love the music.

[@johnwalton6642]

Taste and talent. This will be a hard act to follow.Many thanks for sharing .

[@johnsplayworld2402]

6:37 also pinball wizard!!

[@SadnessLostJunior]

Gordon - my favorite Gresley engine

[@MdickieFilms]

14:38 the hush hush or the galloping sausage

[@johnsplayworld2402]

9:49 baba o riley!!!

[@barrymidgley7553]

I collect steam train images for my personal use.I have all named steam locos from all 4 regions I buy , collect and swap

[@joelcartagena953]

Most of these LNER Pacific engines do look very much like Gordon and Spencer. But I think Gordon was originally built in a slightly different design and with a different styled tender.

[@joelcartagena953]

You know I think this would be a lot better if you used the music themes from Sudrian Afro instead.

[@samanli-tw3id]

Were these engines ever used in freight trains?

[@johnd8892]

See 8:17 for one example. Less commonly photographed but fast fitted goods like fish trains common.

[@samanli-tw3id]

@@johnd8892 Fish trains? That sounds familiar

[@johnd8892]

@@samanli-tw3id Some more LNER Pacifics on freight in this rare video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYnOpIWceJZnmrs

[@Shark30006]

My favorite A3 and A4 are Papyrus and Silver Link

[@johnd8892]

My fave 7:07 2560 Pretty Polly.

[@michaeldavis8999]

A great collection. However, I would love to know who made the first couple of songs. Your music selections were great. Thank you. Michael

[@barrymidgley7553]

The Who,my 2nd favourite group behind the Stones.Im a 60s child

[@Adamguylol]

can you do more like LNER B12s?

[@crazytrain4380]

I love woolwinder and book law.

[@fredongaminghacks3411]

7:01 that's gordon

[@johnd8892]

Gordon is imaginary or toy for kiddie winkies who should not be on KZbin.

[@cheezmander2557]

The first ones were basically Spencer

[@shroomzed2947]

And the later ones are basically Gordon.

[@cheezmander2557]

And flying Scotsman

[@pootispow0]

I thought Gordon was henry LOL

[@Shark30006]

Empire of India should have been a candidate for preservation. It would have been donated to India if the Indian Railways were interested in buying the locomotive for preservation upon being withdrawn from service under British Railways.

[@esteute2640]

6 of those a4 survived the're sister only got in the cutting torch:(

[@crazytrain4380]

Did you put the flying Scotsman in the video because I could not see it?

[@Alextrains502]

Cool

[@henryhild7404]

Where the class a3 bad designs becuase they had a lot of upgrades to them. Please some help me put

[@barrymidgley7553]

A3s and A4s were great designs and produced excerlent service from when they were built in the 1930s to the end of steam in the late 60s

[@henryhild7404]

barry midgley ahh thank for replying I guess it makes sense because they would of replaced them if they weren’t good.

[@tonymaries1652]

The original A1 Pacifics built by the Great Northern Railway and the A3s which followed had service lives of up to 40 years. I think far beyond expectations when they were built. They were upgraded because they were good to start with and it was worth spending the money to improve their performance even further. Hence the A1 was followed by the A3 with long travel valves and other improvements. And there were various improvements in the 1950s to eliminate the problem of wear in the conjugated valve gear and the Kylchap exhaust to improve steaming from the more variable standard of coal in the post war period.

[@Bluegoose-df7if]

Humorist looks cool

[@FazbearEntertainment414]

Where is the A0?

[@barrymidgley7553]

dont understand ???

[@FazbearEntertainment414]

How do you not understand?

[@crazytrain4380]

What is the first song called?

[@robkiger3434]

I didnt know LNER Gresely had engines with 8 drivers and a 4-6-4 I thought there was only 4-6-2s of course I'm American so I'm not fully in depth with British engine as I am with American locos.

[@barrymidgley7553]

There was only 1 4-6-4 that started as no 10000 hush hush and was then rebuilt to a4 streamling and became 60700 or the unnamed streak There were 6 2-8-2s nos 2001 to 2006 which were then rebuilt as A2s nos 60501 to 60501

[@robkiger3434]

@@barrymidgley7553 that cool I didnt know that. Thanks for the info.

[@barrymidgley7553]

@@robkiger3434 check out the post 20 extinct Us and Uk locomotives If your American then you will find it interesting

[@johnd8892]

@@barrymidgley7553 also the even less known Mikado 2-8-2 P1 freight engines 2393 and 2394 from 1925 but scrapped during the war. Thought of as too powerful for weak couplings and for trains bigger than refuge sidings. Lots of Gresley 2-8-0s of course.

[@jrbenton4831]

you forgot flying scotsman

[@barrymidgley7553]

No I didn't 4427 or 60103 is there

[@gabrielstrainsproductions6541]

@@barrymidgley7553 FLYING SCOTSMAN'S ORIGINAL NUMBER WAS 4472 NOT 4427

[@barrymidgley7553]

Just a typing error,pity that's you only have negative comments@@gabrielstrainsproductions6541

[@gabrielstrainsproductions6541]

@@barrymidgley7553 screw off

[@ionehkontehdiabo7627]

@@gabrielstrainsproductions6541 lol ur a douchebag

[@mikevf8066]

hello my friend 2564

[@anamarijacovic3503]

Where is Gordon he is LNER A0

[@johnd8892]

Fictional kids character.

[@backonpro5679]

Fictional children’s character

[@saturnswachter841]

Thats Lot of 4400 locomotives

[@williamsmith9507]

Subscribed! Absolutely fabulous. Thanks.

[@georgebaker403]

Ben Clark

[@northern1369]

-Insert Name Here- Those are LNER stablish number, but after they came a part to BR they became 60000

[@thierrywiththomasandfriend646]

Hi

[@IDontKnowMathsSorry]

Flying Scotsman use to come by on my home town

[@johnd8892]

Some rarely seen snippet footage in colour of a P2 shortly after conversion to a Pacific : kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYnOpIWceJZnmrs Hope you like it as I did with your slideshow. Found the whole vid interesting.

[@saturnswachter841]

1 like and 1 subscribe 10/10

[@LhanzDaBoi]

12.02 is flying Scotsman

[@Parovoz0251]

oH mY gOdNeSs! iT’s SpEnCeR aNd GoRdon. Now let me continuously degrade pieces of history by constantly associating to them a kids show that came decades after these were designed.

[@bird20040]

Ikr i knew i grew up with that but i got more intrested in REAL STEAM LOCOS since some were near by 1 is close to a grocery outlet a 1 at a park and well thats all

[@j.j.ennder3243]

degrading, only because it's being compared to a "kids show"? Chill tf out (and maybe read some of the Railway Series books if you haven't already? The first one was written in 1942 XD)

[@Parovoz0251]

@@j.j.ennder3243 I’ve read the RWS and keep up there with the show. I’m just saying it’s pretty dumb and annoying to reduce them down to this.

[@j.j.ennder3243]

@@Parovoz0251 well I don't think they're really reducing it to anything is the thing, and I do value the history of these locomotives. It is annoying to see people constantly mention Gordon or Henry or any other engine for that matter when it isn't relevant but the show is pretty iconic in a way and a lot of those types of people seem to be really young. I find it cool that you've read the books though! I grew up with the books and the show, though I can't say I keep up with the show anymore...

[@conor-rants-about-stuff]

#naked

[@johnsplayworld2402]

13:25 hahahahahhaaaaa!!!! "cock" o the north hahahhahaaaaaaaa!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@backonpro5679]

They also had wood cock, which I’m pretty sure was renamed to dominion of Canada

[@michaelwells6797]

Utterly ruined by the bloody music.