Retro Steam n the Lune Gorge

[fgh456pc]

Very Interesting

[MusicPredominates]

Just watched this (i am from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). This video seems the best one as far as technical description and scenery and steam is concerned on Youtube ! We have never had water-troughs in Australia so this is very interesting !

[bernieholland775]

This is all very interesting indeed - not only for the motive power but also for the great variety of rolling stock - along with all other viewers I thank you for sharing this wonderful footage with us - this is a priceless record of events which would otherwise have vanished in the mist of history.

[Isochest]

Yes, it's better without the motorway. Ernest marples needed millions of us mugs driving cars to subsidise road haulage. Rail was never inefficient and would be cheap as chips with more electrification.

[ricjuk]

modern life is rubbish...

[cpmcintosh1]

Well you look at the state of the locos, they were always filthy, but this is the end of steam ,the leaking steam all points to neglect, why mend whats to be scrapped next week

[Mr46238]

hello all, has some one got photos of the tebay bankers in say 1966 to 1968, i was on loan to tebay shed from carlisle 12B if so could you send copys to me at robert_uk_1942@yahoo.com . thank you for your time .

[integrator14]

Wonderful nostalgic viewing of my playgrounds in the 50’s. I lived on Winfell Terrace Tebay overlooking the sheds where my dad was a driver and used to ride on the bank engines especially on Sundays when I could get a good shower at the sheds. (Better than the old tin bath).

I probably should not say this, but boys will be boys and we did at times put small fish or eels we caught in the Lune into the troughs.

[Mr46238]

@integrator14 who was r dad at Tebay i was from carlisle upperby 12b shed i was on load to tebay

[BaseTurnComplete]

Amazing. Lots of things on this are notable. Locos taking on water at the troughs - not too much footage of this exists.  So many (all in this film) of the trains are freights on an important passenger line - so much freight moved by rail in those pre-motorway days. Also the consists of the freight trains are so mixed - 16t minerals, 12t vanfits-a-plenty, long-wheelbase ferry-vans going to the continent; a variety of parcels vans, conflats with early containers. A real gem this film.

[shigattaganai]

what country is that

[Mr46238]

thats me on 75024 driving on the shap banker in 1966 i was only 24 ys old i was the fireman , the driver was firing , i am ex upperby 12B man

[Ljotulfson]

Absolutely wonderful!

[ossianuk]

Fantastic film I was fortunate enough to have a footplate ride on this journey as a child in the 1960's well remember the crew throwing the cigarettes attached to a lump of coal to the singalman at scout green. passing.

[capmodesty]

they may have been more high maintenence than the diesels that replaced them but by lord, even in their unkept state they still did the job and looked far more majestic doing it.

[christmasduck2]

Excellent nostalgic viewing takes me back over 45yrs ago

[upatebo]

Why did the drivers leave the cylinder cocks open?

[waltony1]

arguably some of the best action shots of late steam on Shap ever taken, especially the footplate shots, which are very rare. I have not heard clanking side rods for over 40 years, as you don't hear these on preserved locos ( they are too well maintained). Certainly brings back memories of my youth. Also, the commentary is excellent, coming as it does, "between shots2. 10+ out of 10.

[MiLLwallpaul231258]

What can one say but fantastic......even tho i'm a southern man thru and thru you have to admire this.thanks for posting

[RailMon]

Thanks for your kind comments. I used to go up to this area as a boy and saw first hand the beauty and the grime. Of coarse this video was taken before the M6 was built, so it was much more peaceful.

I still go up there regularly and in spite of the motorway, its more beautiful than ever. Especially in Autumn when the colors are fantastic in the Lune Gorge.

[thesinglesculler]

I agree. Wow

[JimTLonW6]

A lost world! I remember when going on trains when I was little how there were freight trains everywhere; these views recaptured that time. It was also interesting to see the operation of taking water from troughs. There must have been very few locations where this could have been done.

[onetwoeight2]

fantastic!!!

[GavinS1965]

Brilliant!

[alvanjudson]

Great recordings. Thanks. Very nostalgic for me having been born and raised in Shap.

By the way Tebay is pronounced "TEE BAY" not "TIB AY"

Cheers,

[60037]

Stunning footage, best bit surely that filthy dirty 9F giving it rocks yet still despite the scrapyard condition it looks in the fireman has got the valves to lift !

[UKTrainMan]

Absolutely beautiful footage really very interesting so a big thanks for uploading it, truly fantastic. 5*s and added to favourite videos. Many Thanks!

[LMSStanier]

Ditto the above. I love footage like this. It's priceless. Have faved it. Thanks for posting.

[gordon1066thomas957]

Five Star priceless piece of documentation par

excellence ! ! !

[gordon1066thomas957]

Brilliant priceless piece of documentation !

[Jonny7trainspotting]

I loved this video very much..it was sheer jy to watch and listen to..it was like being transported back to those good old days when you didn't mind getting covered in dirt to be close to real living legends of everyday traffic..thanks..

[trainboy94]

Does anybody know where you can get British train DVDs in the American format???????

[160rpm]

It might be easier to just get a multi-format player. Or you could watch them on your pc :)

[andyg3]

amazon . com ?

[leeky7]

Superb! One thing that strikes me now is the sheer amount and variety of freight traffic even as late as 1966-8.

The class 4s 75024/6/7 had all been on the Cambrian section as well in the early 60s. I have a rather faded photo of 75027 at Penmaenpool shed taken in 1964! They worked the Ruabon-Barmouth line pretty well exclusively after the GW Moguls faded away from it in 1962-3. The Southern fitted all their allocation with the double chimneys to alow them to deputise for class 5s if needed

[SteffanLlwyd]

Wasn't it horrible in August 1968? I remember visiting the Talyllyn thinking 'It's all over for the big stuff'. How wrong I was. But there was something about the grimy old railway that can't be preserved...

[Jonny7trainspotting]

Boy oh boy..I agree with you about the gimy old stuff statement..it's what made loco's look really used..sounds stupid but..they looked more loved..

[SteffanLlwyd]

My wife and I enjoyed a run Liverpool St. / Norwich rtn. on Sept 20 behind 70013. Very sure-footed. There has been a lot of criticism of Brits. for being a bit unsophisticated, but they sure made steam and pulled well, I reckon!

[Pwndlolhaxbbq]

I watched that from the lineside near Norwich, looked great

[SteffanLlwyd]

I may have given you a wave..... Thousands turned out, weather was fine and the East Anglian beer in Norwich was wonderful stuff. Grand Day Out, Grommit!

[TonyonPiano]

5 Stars! Steam just as I remember it as a kid. Great to see engines 'banking'. Some of the later BR Locos featured here would have no doubt been in service until around 1980 or beyond had steam not been ended in 1968.

[andyg3]

great video

thank god people filmed these things, or we would have no archive of them.

[lordmash]

Im fairly certain that this film was mainly shot between Tebay and Shap Summit and serves to remind us of the 4 Railwaymen Colin Buckley, Darren Burgess, Gary Tindall and Chris Waters who were tragically killed there

on the 15th of February 2004 when a railway carriage ran away down from Shap summit.

Thank you for a great film.

[turbosauer]

Great footage and sound. An excellent insight in british steam. Thank you for sharing this video with us.

[osnocksdisciple]

Fascinating footage and very nice to hear synchronized sound instead of some of the pathetic attempts at dubbing which marr some old footage. And just think, if Joseph Locke had listened to George Stephenson proposal for a coastal route from Lancaster to Carlisle, we wouldn't have had any of this entertainment amongst the fells! ;o) Thanks, Jo. Thanks RailMon; nice video, thanks for posting.

[moseno9]

One fact that was wrong in that otherwise great footage, 75026 was not 1 of a few that had double chimneys, Nearly all of the Southern allocated 75xxx had doubles and so did some Western ones aswell.

I tell you what 75027 got around a fair bit, she was an S & D engine aswell!

[northerner2]

Excellent post !!

Thanks for this.

From Brampton, ON.

[RailMon]

My pleasure northener2

Hugh.

[hirsutetone]

Splendid stuff! Is this from a commercial producton? If so, what is it? I want more!

[mihaitudosa]

That is really awsome, thank you for posting this footage!

Greetings from Romania!

[SteffanLlwyd]

My wife's grandad was one of the few drivers on the Cambrian system who prefered 75XXXs to Manors. Nice to see them again as filthy as I remember them.

[JimTLonW6]

Amazing all that freight!

[khankadet]

Hey Hugh, these are brilliant and you've got more! I can hardly wait. They've transferred to "digital" so well. Thanks for sharing. Chris

[DADRENO]

Courtesy - B & R Videos!

[crazyh0rse]

Yes, and I am sure those of us who bought the original dvd/video would feel less cheated if others who enjoy this clip did the same.

If everyone only watches free stuff, the video companies will stop producing them.

[metadyneman]

If people didn't watch the free stuff like i just have.. then I might not actually go out and buy the dvd because i didn't know it existed. This snippet is superb and I have enjoyed every minute of watching it here so put your moany claws away and be safe in the knowlwdge that i will now buy this dvd because i saw some of it on here!

[DoctorTankEngine]

what is the name of this DVD?

[ryskinner]

This is some very interesting history here! Very historic in seeing how steam engines were in the 50s and 60s, especially in the midland and northern areas!

[Sadistic12]

a massive pat on the back for you mate, any more please post!

[RailMon]

I will do my best. To be honest, I have lots of good stuff. Its knowing where to start.LoL

Hugh the RAILMON.

[RailMon]

The clip features activity in a particularly beautiful part of Cumbria, the LUNE GORGE. There are so many vantage points from which to film steam & diesel hauled trains, its perfect. I posted the clip after seeing 01276 clip of a train on the viaduct at LOW GILL.

Railmon.

[LMSStanier]

If you have more of this then have you considered creating a dvd or series of dvds to then sell?

I'd buy. I'd be first in the queue of course.

[RailMon]

Well its funny you should say that LMS Stanier, but I do produce several DVD's. 3 for the East Lancashire Railway for sale at various exhibitions and 2 for the The Duke of Gloucester Locomotive Trust. to generate funds for its upkeep & maintenance. A trailer for one of these can be found on my channel. I will post you a link to it shortly. Many of the clips on my channel are from my DVD's.

Regards from Railmon.

[cattleman6420012000]

This is a lovely video and indeed so interesting.