Chasing BR 4MT 76079 on 'The Cambrian' - 20/08/09

[crazeyspivey]

If America could once again make these fine machines, we could turn around this economic collapse and be the envy of the world.

[andygin]

@crazeyspivey Aya. This is one of the last steam trains made in my home town. Bolton, Lancashire, England. Shes a beauty eigh x

[crazeyspivey]

@andygin Yes........a masterpiece. Forget the Mona Lisa, this is IT!

[gibbo675]

Starts to fully super-heat at 1:11

[21C5CanPac]

Ah! this makes me want to see the mid-hants standard 4's in action! now!!!!

[letmadnessbegin]

@RailtourTom45407 that's exactly what I thought

[HSTMichael]

it looks abit un-realistic

[letmadnessbegin]

@HSTMichael how do you mean?

[D335Media]

Chief what speed was this at....

[letmadnessbegin]

@D335Media I would say she was probably doing about 50 mph at the end although it's just a guess. Thanks for looking and commenting =)

[CutterCub]

best video i have seen yet of pocket rocket. Fantastic mate

[letmadnessbegin]

@CutterCub thanks very much =)

[blackfivemr]

thats cracking that mate

[letmadnessbegin]

@blackfivemr thank you =)

[danzwook]

haha, awesome. Did the same thing back in 2007, was brilliant, can't believe how much time has passed since then! recently saw the cambrian (couple days ago) with the black five on, but sadly didn't get a chance to attempt the chase again for old times sake :(

[letmadnessbegin]

@danzwook thank you =) it was your video that gave me the idea to do this although it was a pure luck moment when it happened. I've plenty of videos of this years cambrian to upload but sadly none like this =( ah well, maybe next year

[D335Media]

God I love that engine.

Good chasing, I've seen people get pulled for that!

[letmadnessbegin]

@D335Media thank you =) we were very lucky to be there at the right time and have a clear road ahead

[funkyneil2000]

Really good effort. Awesome vid!

[letmadnessbegin]

@funkyneil2000 thank you =) It was a pure luck moment

[andygin]

Fantastic, got goosebumps. Im from Bolton where this train was built. Brill.

[letmadnessbegin]

@andygin thanks mate, it was a fantastic experience. What luck that she was right there and that we had a clear road ahead. Shame she won't be on The Cambrian this year.

[capitalrail]

Awesome video -  congratulations. I was out of breath just watching it.

[letmadnessbegin]

Thanks mate :-)

[wayne205stevens]

I have to say that was fantastic one of the best videos I have ever seen! It made me all tingly just watching and hearing it!! thanks for such an amasing vid!! 5*

[letmadnessbegin]

Thanks very much :-)

It was certainly an amazing experience and worth doing again

[SteffanLlwyd]

Magnificent. A bit of sand on, about 30 percent forward gear, wide regulator and away it goes. Great way to treat a locomotive with small wheels and a good capacity for acceleration. That is, get up to line speed quickly and keep it there.... no mucking about.

[letmadnessbegin]

Thanks she also makes a great noise I reckon :-)

[GWRDec]

Brilliant, loved the start when you can only hear the engine! one thing i've allways wanted to do this, chasing a steamer from the road!

5* and faved, fantastic work

[letmadnessbegin]

Cheers mate , we were going to film her leaving the station but as we were approaching the bridge she was just leaving and we knew about the road alongside the line and luckily there was no traffic so it all worked out perfectly in the end :-)

[MrCraigbaldwin]

brilliant video.five stars. is the handycam any good i am thinking of buying one.

[letmadnessbegin]

thanks yeah it is a very good camcorder although i was going to get canon fs200 but nobody had any in stock but then i found this one and im glad i got it :) the only thing i dont like is that it has no external mic input but i only really wanted that to reduce wind noise but i made do with a wind muffle and it works pretty well.

[OldVideoPro]

THAT was worth doing! Well done. (What the word needs is a £50 Steadicam) :-) but that was excellent. A very unusual view. 5 Stars! *****

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 Stars! I went on this the other day, and really enjoyed it!

[OnlyIfYaReady4This]

Love it!! How fast? 60mph?

[letmadnessbegin]

Thanks. At the end it was probably doing about 50-55 mph