B1 61264 steam loco blows the overheads at Liverpool St

[1madaboutguitar]

FAKE - VEGAS EFFECTS

[erdblues]

Great video. Bet the smell was something else afterwards as well!!

[ThePlasticNev]

I wonder if they found a burned out gouge in the chimney top? If so it may be down to a slight prime of dirty water up the chimney, it would have flashed over with the high voltage overhead.

[stestepney]

i lke it ...steve

[TheBlueE2]

Ok, that spooked me :P

I was staring at the title thinking, 'wtf does that mean' next thing it happens, lol

[trainlover658]

its just steam's way of saying "thanks for replacing us, now suffer the consiquence"

[mackat4ck]

Steam train is all like "see ya later suckaz!"

[talktalkmodem]

that must of blown the fuses at liverpool street

[talktalkmodem]

oh sorry m8 lol i forgot lol

[talktalkmodem]

plat form 7 is not underground that was platform 16

[SANSPAREIL1977]

@talktalkmodem The ends of the platorms are undergound 1-10, you can see the open part as the camera pans back at the end of the clip

[jamienwr]

@talktalkmodem As I work down at Liverpool Street Station on the tracks I can confirm she is leaving from platform 5. She also blew the overheads again at Maryland (just outside Stratford) which tripped the TPWS on the loco, and then hit the buffers at norwich.

[NJPurling]

What caused the flash-over? Was the wire sagging at a particular place or was it somehow due to the locomotive's exhaust?

61264 was the only LNER loco to end up at Barry. It was also known to have had firebox issues.

I understand these problem areas have been replaced.

Nothing to do with this incident of course, but it shows what the owners have had to do to keep this beast on the rails.

[TheSteamdriver]

I like the way how smoke/steam hangs about afterwards

[TheSteamdriver]

any way its not the locos crew fault its the signalmans because they are the ones that control the points the train just fellow the rails

[Mikal2475]

SHOOT! For a second you could only see a flash then sparks all down the boiler. As a kid I always thought Steam locos couldn't go under wires because of this.

[Isochest]

Steam & electric get on fine:-))))

[ShaurntheSheep]

never know the EMU might have said some thing bad so the steam engine tourt it some manors

[dankerthanclanker]

only one word for that......woops

[JJ37405]

I bet the driver of the 317 got a right eyeful of that one!

[trainkid1]

haha that will teach ure modern crap

[regentv980]

yes but stop swearing it is so crude

[jules46443]

i bet you would've if you were there

[Sephy69]

personally i dont think this should have been allowed to happen. im all for steam locos, electric whatever but not only that is a hazard. what if that brought the line down? awesome video though and lucky catch! 5*

[Isochest]

It shouldn't happen. I have a copy of a 1954 guide to the Woodhead Route for BR drivers advising them never to let their locos' chimneys rest under OHLE insulators. Soot deposits are a no-no. I'm sure the driver concerned was ware of this, but the pots between the catenary and gantries was probably duff. Don't blame the steam loco nor electrification, the latter I'd love to see loads more of:-))) Steam & Electric traction can co-exist fine.

[back2frinky]

Was there a danger that someone on the loco could have been electrocuted?

[Isochest]

Not at all. The problem was soot on the pots.

[mackat4ck]

@back2frinky No. The train is grounded so the current travels to the ground.

[TheSteamdriver]

@Isochest get over it happend its 2010 not 1954 the guid lines have proberley changed by now and so what if a few modern trash don't work they would only break down further down the line and H&S are just fun killers I mean come on they think everything is a hazard everyone lives on the dangerous side of life every day any time of the day or night any thing could happen any way its fun to live dangerousley as far as I'm concerned H&S can go to hell

[Isochest]

It doesn't bother me apart from as you say, H&S dysfunctionality. The rules in 1954 would have been based on common sense not technically illiterate lawyer speak as today. All life is risky. And how safe is rail compared to road. No comparison. Game over on that one for the roads lobby and on many other counts , too!

[dasy2k1]

chances are that the insulator that flashed over had a small crack, probably been fizzing for weeks, the steamer only speeded up the inevitable

[mukkaspec]

Who cares ? It's Great !!!!

Send a few more through there i say . Bring those wires down & put a halt to those damn Pendo's everywhere .

[amosbriz]

I believe that as a result of this incident steam traction is now restricted to Platforms 1-10 at Liverpool Street - ie the ones under the Victorian trainshed rather than the office block. Love the way the steamer carriers on merrily out of the station seemingly unaware it has just stuffed the job up for everyone else!! lol

[SANSPAREIL1977]

This was about platform 7 I think?

[SiriusHardware]

I've always wondered why this doesn't happen all the time with steam under overhead lines - now at least I know it does occasionally happen! Nice rare footage, thanks!

[edwardianeccentric]

Open access...beautiful...

[richa8685]

Very predictable, but not everyday you get an old girl like that under the raft at liverpool street, in the days of steam alot of locos had a diagonal stripe on the cabside warning crews that it was banned from working under OHL routes , nice video though,

[RocksNotDead101]

Like the 8fs?

[GhostLiger]

ROFL! Who in their right mind would knowingly put a steamer through a station with such a low ceiling! I mean gees anyone with sense should know what happens when you blast a jet of steam directly onto electrical stuff -_-

Wish I could've seen that happen in person though ^^

[Isochest]

the insulator must have been duff.