BR 70013 Oliver Cromwell at Carlisle (10/08/08)

[mststv]

Nice one Dave, its sister, 71000 is good, but this is brill !  5*

[G5BTB5G]

@mststv 70013 sister is 70000, 71000 is it cousin

[G5BTB5G]

The other support was 48151 one as it acted as the rear barrier coach for 70013 leg and had to be return to Carnforth. 48151 ran light from Manchester Victoria.

[theamateurbasher]

Thought as much. Thanks for commenting G5BTB5G!

[scott5175]

Brilliant! definitely 5 stars!

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers Craig.

[jonny7england]

Yet another brilliant piece of footage..thanks very much for sharing it with us

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks jonny7england!

[Dunky1962]

really good video of Olive Cromwell, would you know if 70000 Brittania is still with us? i have it as a working model. 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers Dunky1962! Yes, 70000 is still with us, but it's currently in pieces. But she'll be back soon enough...

[Dunky1962]

thank you for that!! i can't wait to see her running.

[theamateurbasher]

It'll be a long time, but I'm sure it will happen. Two Brittanias working in the 21st Century? A more than fine prospect indeed...

[theamateurbasher]

Meanwhile, more 1T57 material available, and photos on my fotopic if you wish to take a look.

[Dunky1962]

i will, i have been working away, i always enjoy looking at your pictures, i am working my way through about 600 e-mails at the moment lol so your update will be in there:):)

[theamateurbasher]

I wouldn't know how many times Brittania has been rebuilt (apologies, I accidentally deleted your comment - hope you'll excuse my mistake.) Cheers!

[Dunky1962]

no worries mate, i am having trouble with the max comments thing, it is a pain lol i'm colour blind and youtube has to keep changing the colour of the words so i can't read them !!! arrrr

[rymer94]

oh very much soo thats as close as ill get to see 71000 lol but it was a great turnout to see the locos used on this charter, i was coming to carlisle anyway but i only found out the day before i was coming that there was them locos on a charter did you enjoy it?

[theamateurbasher]

I sure did. I managed to cop all four locos in three seperate locations; 48151 at Lea Green (Merseyside), 70013 at Kirkby Stephen and here of course, and 45407 and 45231 at Carlisle. A spectacle only made possible by good co-operation with WCRC and Network Rail and, not least, the unsung heroes of railway preservation. Thanks again for viewing!

[rymer94]

yes i agree, wasnt 48151 known for setting lineside fires? and yes they have done well restoring oliver it looks very well, notice how they have wrote oliver cromwell on (has someone stolen it) me and my dad were having a big discussion about it and thats the only thing we can think of of why it has no name plate

[theamateurbasher]

48151's mishap earlier in the year was well and truly forgotten when I saw her speeding through Lea Green.

70013's nameplates haven't been stolen (not this time anyway). She was running in the same condition as she was in 1968, with the names painted on.

[rymer94]

oh because watching some videos of her first start out of gcr shed she had a plate on.

[theamateurbasher]

She'll have her own nameplates back on now, this was just a one-off.

[rymer94]

oh ok

[rymer94]

and at 1:44 thats me with my dad

[theamateurbasher]

Cool. Hope you enjoyed the spectacle as much as I did!

[rymer94]

great vid 5* i was infront of OC as it arrived in, OC arrived in about 15 mins earlier than it should have done, i would have videod the black 5's out but i went up north a station to get the locos at kingmoor and came back earlier than expected to film OC depart from carnforth as i said great vid am gunna rate it 5* and add to ma favs

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks rymer94! Great video yourself, hope you don't mind this being the response.

[TheRailFan]

OC is looking really good .,,nice vid and thanks 5and a fav ,,im not gonna be able to see this loco when it passes Bathspa in September im gonna be on my Hols so im glad i seen it on here and thats a great whistle !!

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks TheRailFan!

[ogauger]

awesome mate!5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers 0gauger!

[ralph5407]

We actually ran early quite a lot of the time, and were well up arriving at Carlisle. Early arrival at Appleby, and also left 10 minutes ahead of time.. Arrived at Hellifield about 20 minutes up but for some reason had to wait for our due time before being allowed onto the Clitheroe line. Again a few minutes early into Blackburn. Left a few minutes down but was not on board for the final bit.

That extra support coach was I think one belonging to WCRC, Hogwarts Express???

[theamateurbasher]

Funnily enough, I was walking onto Carlisle station just as 70013 was rolling in; what perfect timing! I've just found out that the extra vehicle belonged to 48151, and 70013 was taking it on her way back to Carnforth. Cheers ralph5407; hope the event was great for you, as it was for me.

[GWRDec]

cool video mate, i ain't sure but i think the other suport coach belongs to 48151 as it looks like the 1 used by the loco when i saw it on the scarbough spa express last wednesday 5*

[theamateurbasher]

Thanks GWRDec. 45407 and 45231 shunted the particular vehicle into the stabling road before backing onto 1T57.

[GWRDec]

they probs didn't detatch the 8fs support coach at the point were another loco took over, only a guess mate

[theamateurbasher]

I think you're right, seen another video of 1T57, of 48151 at Manchester Victoria without it's vehicle.

[robmasterman]

Nice shots there David, the loco looks superb, I remember a trip behind it around Lancashire in 1968..happy memories..5*

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers robmasterman!

[AndrewNeilClarkson]

Where's the nameplate?

[theamateurbasher]

Very interesting question, I assume the 'souvenir hunters' have been at it again... LOL! 70013 was running in the same condition as she was in 1968, hence the lack of her nameplates.

[theamateurbasher]

Cheers for the comments so far guys.

mststv - I too say 60009 at Lea Green, but made a mess of the photos. :-( Oh well, better luck next time.

woolybak8 - I would think 1T57 was pretty much running to time; all four engines performed impeccably, especially 70013.

HSTHoward - Good luck for seeing 70013 at Tonbidge.

[HSTHoward]

awsome video 70013 is going to canterbury ( via tonbridge ) and i hope to see it 5*

[Woolybak8]

Nice one Dave, extremely lovely to see Oliver Cromwell actually run a successful tour, as the others had been cancelled! Was it running an hour early by any chance?

[mststv]

i saw 60009 on the north wales cost express