"A TPO from the Footplate!" of Britannia Class No.70013 "Oliver Cromwell"

[john1801rambo]

certainly looks more than the 25 mph speed limit!!!

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@john1801rambo That's because we reached about 40mph.

[dasy2k1]

@john1801rambo Mail drops/pick up gear dosent work below about 40mph.

the line speed on the GCR for non passenger carrying stock is 60, passenger carrying trains are limited to 25 unless they are fitted with secondary door locking

[spiccybaby]

The way to drive a Britannia is full regulator and use the cutoff effectively, so I've read. So hoiking it wide open like that is the one true way :) Fabulous!

[BREGmatt]

woooooow. the way he was yanking them levers lol awesome

[noblinkingnamesleft]

brilliant to see that footplate view. My grandfather was a steam loco driver so it's in the blood. I filmed Olly hurtling through Hitchin last Saturday, northwards by days and southwards by night.

[crankupchris]

Now thats how you drive an engine!

[bcschmerker]

Thanks for the vid of a British locomotive cab layout on a revenue run; I can identify some of the critical underway controls but have a problem ID'ing the injector controls (for boiler feedwater) and the reverse/duty-cycle lever (for the radius rods on the valve gear). BTW, which controls for the fireman are out of view to the right on this example?

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@bcschmerker Unfortunately the injectors are pretty much obstruced in this film so it makes it almost impossible to point them out for you, but the reverser is situated down by the drivers legs.

[LMSStanier]

Great stuff.

[mikevalesenior]

Ho my God this is a great vid brings back many happy days with my dear old dad

[Ardinj]

I like how it was the inspector saying open it right up (or so i think it was).

[SteffanLlwyd]

Fine beastie!

[pedanticmongrel]

I was stood lineside for this! Epic stuff!

[Jack60163]

He likes that whistle, so do i!!!!!!!!!!!

[thunderchild21]

FANTASTIC footplate action. 5 stars.

Jeff

[dithbmine1]

overacktingggggggggggg

[44871matt]

Brilliant Video, she is a might beast, how fast where you going in this clip ?

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@44871matt I think we reached around 41-42mph.

[erniegannsmate]

If I am ever fortunate enough to get involved in something like this I will get off that footplate half deaf, dusty and shattered but with the biggest Cheshire Cat grin ever. Superb!

[foreversteam]

I find it so amusing when a steam locomotive comes past, all the people on the platform move back - It's like they're doing the "mexican wave" or something - spectacular! I mean one has to marvel at the awesome power of these machines and their abilty to really muscle a load into action and the skill of the driver/Stoker to keep everything operating as efficiently as possible.

[TheSteamdriver]

@foreversteam that is everybody except for me I will stand as close as I can to a steam engine

[locomotive1804]

This is what it's like on the footplate of a steam locomotive. You've got to concentrate all the time and you must be fit!

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@locomotive1804 Yes, it's certainly quite laboursome!

[JimTLonW6]

Very impressive, interesting the amount of footplate action; is it just me or did these engines have rather a poorly designed footplate layout? It struck me as curious how often the driver had to get up and that regulator looked really difficult to operate.

[RailwayFanatic92220]

@JimTLonW6 I'll give you my honest answer which is I don't know. I suppose that on the main line, the dirver wouldn't have to open the regulator wide open from nothing, we only had 3 coaches and even then it slipped underneath the brige!

[ScottishRails]

Lucky!

[EastMidlandsSteam]

:O id love to drive it!

[gamisbion]

Oh, yes!!!

[Easternregion]

Hearing the sound of the exhaust and ghostly whistle from on cromwells footplate just sends shivers down my spine Brilliant :D

[sherbydip]

u lucky person!!! i think i might have to watch this one more time to hear that chime again..

[RailwayFanatic92220]

There's more of it in my GCR Autumn Steam Railway Gala Videos including the mail drop!

[pur0wn3d]

1:10  wow!!!

[RailwayFanatic92220]

That's my favourite bit aswell! I just only wished he'd held down the whistle for longer!

[tractor255]

I was going to say the opposite - every loco has a whistle, not many bark like cromwell...

[planejunky]

I never tire of hearing those chimes, wonderful stuff!

[RailwayFanatic92220]

Me niether!

[and60007]

brilliant video what a loco 70013 is

[RailwayFanatic92220]

She's certainly impressive!

[73096std5]

great vid 5*

[RailwayFanatic92220]

Thanks!