saved from Woodham's scrapyard

This was the British Railways 2-6-4T No. 80105 in BR black livery. Built 1955, BR Brighton Works. Original cost £18,206.Owned by Locomotive Owners’ Group (Scotland) Ltd. This was some footage that I filmed back in 1999 after No. 80105's had her complete overhaul going through its first ever moves behind the Romney shed at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway and then running up and down the Bo'ness station loop on December 11th, 1999 with the locomotive performing well enough on a cold wet winters day.
After World War 2, it was necessary to provide new locomotives to replace worn out equipment. So, when the railways were amalgamated into British Railways, the locomotive engineers were given the task "to compare existing techniques and standardise the best". From this came a range of twelve new classes of locomotives to suit different power requirements. The 2-6-4 tank design was intended for heavy mixed traffic duties, and 155 were built for service throughout Britain, of which almost 50 saw duties in Scotland.
In 1952, the first of the class in Scotland were allocated to Inverurie (replacing life-expired locomotives from the Great North of Scotland Railway on services to Ballater, Buchan and Aberdeen - Inverness) and to Polmadie and Corkerhill sheds in Glasgow for outer suburban traffic which extended even to Edinburgh (Princes Street), and to Carlisle (via Dumfries). Later arrivals were shedded at Dundee, Stirling and Perth (the latter working to Inverness). The class was also found at Dumfries, Hawick and Beattock (for banking assistance).
No.80105 was one of a batch which was set to work on the London, Tilbury and Southend section out of London Fenchurch St. It was displaced by electrification, after only 8 years service, to the Western Region for use on the Cambrian Coast sections. The locomotive was then based variously at Machynlleth, Shrewsbury and Croes Newydd, before final withdrawal in 1965, still in almost new condition and in no need of a heavy overhaul.
The locomotive was bought from Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, in 1975 by a group of SRPS members. It is a mainstay of Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway services, but has also visited several other railways north and south of the border.80105 has proved to be an excellent locomotive, free-steaming and powerful, and has more than fulfilled the hopes and expectations of her owners

[@kennethhume8628]

Thank you Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway for all the excellent videos that you put on U Tube , they are entertaining and full of mechanical details that I love to see . Keep up the good work . 👍👍👍

[@RickJando]

These guys know what they're doing,I do like to see the grease going on.well done lads.

[@28YorkshireRose12]

Wow!... That number strikes a very strong chord for me - My great uncle Alfred was; Private 10804, Alfred Fountain, 19th Btn, West Yorkshire regiment (Prince Of Wales' Own). Like this locomotive, it's a number that trips off the tongue, and for some strange reason both numbers resonate for me....... My great uncle Walter was a shunter at York, as was my dad some years later. I have no idea why I felt I needed to say all that.

[@paularowe7651]

Excellent video!

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Glad you liked it!

[@johntait491]

I remember 80060 and 80063 from my schooldays in Callander in the early 60's. They used to work the "Killin Pug", the daily train that took the kids from Killin, Balquhidder and Strathyre to the McLaren High School in Callander and back.

[@Fcutdlady]

Let's not forget Dai Woodham. Without him and his scrapyard in Barry, I wonder what the steam preservation movement would have been like. He said himself he didn't set out to help steam preservation, it just worked out that he did. 297 locomotives went into Barry scrapyard, and 213 are said to have come out again. Some are running happily to this day, and others are being overhauled again. The most famous could be said to be 5972 Olton Hall. Best known to young film lovers as the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films. Not too bad!

[@ZalMoxis]

Well done all round to save this beauty....

[@lancpudn]

The BR standard 2-6-4T loco is my favourite of all time, They were all we got to see when I used to skip school to go train spotting in the early 60s around Bolton, Great vids guys Thank you.

[@ecksfilesbonyuk8]

Same here!

[@NorbertRoll]

Excellent as always.

[@pinkfemme100]

Glad to see that the Birmingham screwdriver is still in use. lol.

[@kellyashfordtrains2642]

There was a black engine numbered 80105, Who at first was silent and then she came alive. Her whistle echoed true, all members listening so, She chuffered up and down the loop, her fire all aglow. Jingle bells, jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride along the railway. Her public now awaits the day when they can ride Behind her in full flight without the need to hide. 80105, I'm sure you'll do just fine, Just get up and then you'll steam right on down the line.

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Already 20 years ago...

[@jacksalvin364]

British Tank Locomotive saved from the scrapyard.

[@aldoroberto4697]

👍

[@Ct-rq8zy]

Is it ever coming back to boness

[@ASH_E46]

80105 is still at Bo'ness however it is currently under overhaul...

[@CosgroveNotts]

This much more interesting than watching a Murican showing how to use a ratchet binder on a steel load for numbskulls lol Lovely viewing. Get yourself a battery impact next lol

[@logotrikes]

Dirty, noisy, and inefficient. Nothing quite like a British steam locomotive, nothing. Long may they be kept in good caring hands....

[@coolhand1964]

There is a video on YT of a steam loco in the US pulling a modern load of double stacked shipping containers around an S bend and up a grade. It did it quite comfortably. Dirty and Noisy, yes, inefficient is a bit unfair. Living machinery, definitely!

[@JeffreyOrnstein]

Great video!