GWR Royal Mail train demo Didcot Railway Centre

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 Stars!

[RocksNotDead101]

Nice fast accelaration

[Skoda130]

That's a fast start for an old steamer!!

[gaz318]

It only had two coaches on, featherweight load!

[justandy333]

@gaz318 - they dont exactly have the room for more than 3 on that little stretch of track.

[Khips]

Holy shit, i haven't seen that in ages. i moved to the states 5 years ago now, but i used to go see these all the time. i was lucky enough to be there when they had the Flying Scotsman come and do it =D thanks for the video man!

[squeakyadam]

They did that until the 70's, I used to work on the railways.Before the train got to lineside bag apparatus, they'd open the door and just put a bar across. Though it might look dangerous it was all to the Post Office/Railway rule book and staff properly trained. In darkness the staff could guage exactly where the train was i.e. so many clicks on the track joints over say a viaduct and then the apparatus

[KJH115]

They still do... that was done this year...

[steveouk2007]

lol they wouldnt be allowed to do that these days