Superb Mike, not many railways can beat the NYMR for steam action added to the wonderful scenery. I especially liked the opening shot of 7822 and, as others have commented, they seem to be getting the best out of her now
Thanks. That location is probably the best morning location on the line and we were extremely lucky with the sun which came out only briefly. You can guarantee that they have to work the locos hard and there is no room for pratting about as they do all to often on the GCR!
The GCR has only slight uphill gradients and the larger engines seldom need to work hard. This leads to a lot of 'artificial' running with periods of hard acceleration (to impress passengers or photographers) followed by cutting off. We greatly appreciate drivers 'putting something on' for us, but the overall effect for video can look unrealistic. The NYMR drivers have to work their engines hard in order to climb the gradient, so there is no room for artificial running.
Great vid, but very annoying youtube have changed the options - 360p is awful and 720p eats up too much bandwidth. I was quite happy watching videos at 480p. Hmm!
Thanks Bob. It's a dramatic line, but I still prefer the WSR in terms of scenery for all their incompetence in operating a timetable with a turntable.
suberb video, liked & faved.
railfilmproductions 5 days ago
Superb Mike, not many railways can beat the NYMR for steam action added to the wonderful scenery. I especially liked the opening shot of 7822 and, as others have commented, they seem to be getting the best out of her now
acw71000 4 months ago
@acw71000
Thanks. That location is probably the best morning location on the line and we were extremely lucky with the sun which came out only briefly. You can guarantee that they have to work the locos hard and there is no room for pratting about as they do all to often on the GCR!
steamontheweb 4 months ago
@steamontheweb What do you mean pratting about?
RailwayFanatic92220 4 months ago
@RailwayFanatic92220
The GCR has only slight uphill gradients and the larger engines seldom need to work hard. This leads to a lot of 'artificial' running with periods of hard acceleration (to impress passengers or photographers) followed by cutting off. We greatly appreciate drivers 'putting something on' for us, but the overall effect for video can look unrealistic. The NYMR drivers have to work their engines hard in order to climb the gradient, so there is no room for artificial running.
steamontheweb 4 months ago
@steamontheweb I see what you mean, it really does depend on what driver you get. I've never really really thought about it in that way before.
RailwayFanatic92220 4 months ago
Great vid, but very annoying youtube have changed the options - 360p is awful and 720p eats up too much bandwidth. I was quite happy watching videos at 480p. Hmm!
Christopher125 4 months ago
@Christopher125
Thanks. Typical isn't it. Sometimes I think these people change things merely for the sake of change.
steamontheweb 4 months ago
My favourite line in the UK Mike, so always a joy to watch footage from here, Thanks as always....Bob
robmasterman 4 months ago
@robmasterman
Thanks Bob. It's a dramatic line, but I still prefer the WSR in terms of scenery for all their incompetence in operating a timetable with a turntable.
steamontheweb 4 months ago
See, knew they'd get the hang of how to fire a Manor after they'd had a bit of practice. She was storming along there.
AndreiTupolev 4 months ago
@AndreiTupolev
Yes, it was all rather dramatic
steamontheweb 4 months ago
7822 doesn't look like she was struggling like at the gala.
Mikelandscaper 4 months ago
@Mikelandscaper
She certainly wasn't; she took it all in her stride. The noise was quite something.
steamontheweb 4 months ago