Yesterday, I checked off a bucket list item by riding behind "Flying Scotsman" over the Settle Carlisle line. Just north of Ribblehead Viaduct, the engine slipped badly (I suspect foul play as it was the only slip on the entire run). I was in the third coach behind the engine. The grade here is 1%.
I commented to a fellow passenger during the run that there would probably be several YouTube videos already posted by the time we returned to York. This is the first one I encountered after walking back to the hotel from the station.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWODfV02zjI
This morning, there were even more videos posted, including one done by a guy flying a gyrocopter. There were 2 of those following us north from Ribblehead. On the return trip, there were a couple of people chasing us in ultralights. Gyrocopter video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lyeP8SHenSw
The Brits take railfanning really seriously.
Andre
Thanks for posting those links, Andre.
andrechapelonThe Brits take railfanning really seriously.
They certainly do, as do the volunteers who've helped to preserve so many of the sites and so much of the equipment from the steam era.I'm always impressed by the generally clean stacks evident when watching British steam in action.
Wayne
doctorwayne Thanks for posting those links, Andre. andrechapelon The Brits take railfanning really seriously. They certainly do, as do the volunteers who've helped to preserve so many of the sites and so much of the equipment from the steam era.I'm always impressed by the generally clean stacks evident when watching British steam in action. Wayne
andrechapelon The Brits take railfanning really seriously.
Yessir, Wayne. And not just the Brits. Was in Holland some years ago on a trip to sample my wife's Dutch heritage. Our first overnight was in Hoorn, just north of Amsterdam. The next morning we took the stoomtram from there up to Medemblik. Before we got on I was all over the engine house where the volunteers had three additional small steamers that had been fabulously restored. And those along with a string of beautiful passenger cars, an interlocking tower, etc. If I could just screw up the courage to learn to post photos here (let's not reopen the flap over the Photo Bucket folks, please), I'd slap up a few. Probably time to jump into the pool . . .
In the interim, here's their website:
http://www.stoomtram.nl/en
John
Can't post anything off my phone as I'm in the UK (Porthmadog, Wales at the minute). Yesterday, we rode the West Highland Railway from Porthmadog to Caernarfon.
Here's a video posted last week that shows Garratt #87 on the Caenarfon train, including some pacing "footage".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdfACQrVU4
Today we went from Porthmadog to Blaenau FfestNing on the Ffestiniog Railway. Our locomotive was "Earl of Merioneth", built in house at the shops st Boston Lodge in 1979.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WGgN1xfpxU
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Ain't that the truth about "clean stacks"! I've noticed that from the MANY YouTube videos I've watched about British steam railways. You can't get anywhere NEAR the 611 without getting COVERED in SOOT!
Mike C.
andrechapelon Here's a video posted last week that shows Garratt #87 on the Caenarfon train, including some pacing "footage". https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGdfACQrVU4
I love US articulateds, from logging mallets to Allegheny's. But, my, those B-G's are quite lovely, also.
And so was that 2 foot gage observation car with "Pullman" on the letterboard.
There's a fine scene with the 2 foot train making a 90 degree crossing over what looks to be standard gage.
And. Beautifully photographed.
Thanks,
Ed