Steam loco's 85 'Merlin' & 131 on the RPSI Sanata Specials 2023

[@ldegmtrainspotter]

Lovely rail movie! Awesome images with 85 & 131 steam locomotives in action! Great drone captures! MEGA LIKE All the best Andrew

[@Spud607]

I'm just in from my first stint of stewarding. Great to get a bit in before Merlin's retirement for overhaul. :D

[@RailVideosNI]

Great footage as always mate.

[@SouthernYard]

Excellent footage Stephen. The drone scenes at the start were superb 👌

[@irishrailtrains]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it 👍

[@Irishtransportspotter]

Great Content there Steven

[@irishrailtrains]

Thank you 👍

[@James-ih4gz]

131 did well shes like a poket rocket just keeps going wont stop

[@MU-2]

Top notch video! My great grandfather, grandfather and uncle all worked on the Irish rails as train engineers. As a matter of fact, my uncle started out as his father’s, my grandfather, fireman. Does anyone know of any books detailing the types of steamers used from the early 1900s up to the sixties? I live in the States and would like my grandchildren to know more about their heritage. Best wishes.

[@theaccountofmine.8779]

A good book is Locomotives of the GSR, it might be a bit pricey depending on where you get it but I’ve had it described to me before as ‘the green bible’, it has a plethora of stuff in it :)

[@irish_trains]

Fantastic video! Do you have a new camcorder? The non-drone shots looked crisper than usual.

[@stephenMc-b1j]

What type of fuel are they using to heat the boiler?

[@irishrailtrains]

As far as I'm aware, they burn wood to heat the boiler.

[@Thebigfour1923]

Irish steam is almost better than british