Certainly very impressive film. Would the 'between the rails' shots of the train running over the camera perhaps suggest a certain amount of pre planning of this film?!!
112 mph correct. According to raliway historian OS Nock this was done on level track 'with no special effort' from the driver. Apparently the engine ran very smoothly but the carriages less so! Sir Nigel Gresley ribbed the senior engineer responsible for the track that it wasn't too good.
The engine was doing 105 -110 for 30 miles or so. Eventually someone went through the corridor tender & told the driver to slow down!!
OS Nock reckoned this was the 'natural' cruising speed of A4s.
yeah but also silver jubilee was only pulling 6 to 7 carriages an average express train had atleast 10 same on mallards record run only 7 carriages and most likely lighter weight carriages aswell with a full load 14 loaded carriages could probably average 75 90 mph but i doubt over 100 with that amount of weight behind it
Really nostalgic and exciting video! I wonder when the shot of the train going over the camera was recorded? It can hardly be a spontaneous thing to do! Jim
0:12 That's Jack Taylor on the footplate!
MrComedy01 4 weeks ago
Wonderful!
MGDriver99 1 month ago
I wish trains today were this glamerous!
AtleeDeltic 3 months ago
lovely loco
eoin730 6 months ago
104? she touched 112 twice on that trip as the commentary says.
gibbon92 6 months ago
@gibbon92 Oops! My mistake - sorry!
Quarkman0 6 months ago
Shame Silverlink was not preserved. I would have been nice to have seen at least one Silver A4 live to preservation. Just a memory now though :(
Damocles178 10 months ago 3
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Damocles178 10 months ago
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paullubliner 7 months ago
@paullubliner That much is obvious but all the same I agree :)
Damocles178 7 months ago
Just watched it again; love the excitement in these old news films!
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
Film powinien być zadedykowany Polskim Kolejom Państwowym
Szkot2 1 year ago
Not as awsome as a 'Duchess'
tandrewl 1 year ago
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paullubliner 7 months ago
Certainly very impressive film. Would the 'between the rails' shots of the train running over the camera perhaps suggest a certain amount of pre planning of this film?!!
JimTLonW6 1 year ago
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paullubliner 1 year ago
Britain should still be designing and building high speed trains.
stepheng1483 1 year ago
wow! man I wished I live there!
andersinnevada 1 year ago
nice one
TopGearFan09 1 year ago
The 104mph caption is wrong, the top speed was 112mph on this run,
Chafford1 2 years ago
112 mph correct. According to raliway historian OS Nock this was done on level track 'with no special effort' from the driver. Apparently the engine ran very smoothly but the carriages less so! Sir Nigel Gresley ribbed the senior engineer responsible for the track that it wasn't too good.
The engine was doing 105 -110 for 30 miles or so. Eventually someone went through the corridor tender & told the driver to slow down!!
OS Nock reckoned this was the 'natural' cruising speed of A4s.
HughFromAlice 2 years ago
''Mr Gresley comes down the corridor and shouts in my ear, ''Easy up lad, do you know you've hit one hundred and twelve twice? Go a bit easier!''
dodchorn 2 years ago
yeah but also silver jubilee was only pulling 6 to 7 carriages an average express train had atleast 10 same on mallards record run only 7 carriages and most likely lighter weight carriages aswell with a full load 14 loaded carriages could probably average 75 90 mph but i doubt over 100 with that amount of weight behind it
RamzyJB666 2 years ago
super chef d' oeuvre a+
gazoil5 3 years ago
Imagine standing there at 0:51
MCK90s 3 years ago
Lol, at 00:50, its whistle sounds somewhat like a whistle on a Lionel steam train from the postwar era.
Driverman2008 3 years ago
Brilliant piece of video, enjoyed every second of it, thanks for posting it
Jonny7railways 3 years ago
Brilliant video
Ohyewildthong 3 years ago
Still can't beat my Duchesses lol. Excellent video, a real treat (even if it is a "foreigner" lol). I love these old films of steam trains.
LMSStanier 3 years ago 2
One of the more well known videos. I love the first 5 seconds or so with the music and the overhead shot. Really captures the sense of speed. Great!
MasterTubeTheatre 3 years ago
EXCELLENT!!!!!=D
Driverman2008 3 years ago
Excellent!!!!
Steam1989 4 years ago 2
Fantastic!!!!
richardyingren 4 years ago
Incredible. Yes, we have lost so much over the years!
hillwills 5 years ago 2
Love this video!
monkeypayson 5 years ago
Pure Magic. What a lot we have lost over the years.
chansfor 5 years ago
Superb video, more of these, please!
livesteam 5 years ago
Really nostalgic and exciting video! I wonder when the shot of the train going over the camera was recorded? It can hardly be a spontaneous thing to do! Jim
JimTLonW6 5 years ago