4965 and the St Valentines Express 12/2/2011

February 12th 2011 saw the start of steam on the mainline in the East Midlands, 4965 Rood Ashton Hall worked the St Valentines Express, working from Tyseley to Leicester and around via Sheet Stores Juncton, Burton and back to Tyseley.

4965 has rarely been doing solo work since its return from overhaul in 2009, so it was a chance to see a Hall working solo on the mainline.

Only two useable shots were caught of this run, the first at Daw Mill in Warwickshire were the Hall makes an impressive roar through the colliery. The second scene captures the Hall at Elford in Staffordshire on its final leg of the run, the regulator is shut off as she passes the bridge.

The shots were filmed in 4.3 instead of 16.9 for many reasons, so for the time being just admire what you see here.

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• rood
• ashton
• hall
• st
• valentines
• express
• daw
• mill
• elford

[molzips]

Both locations were good and the camera work excellent. The weather was extremely kind for us yesterday. Thanks for sharing. Regards,

John

[GreatWestern175]

@molzips it was sunny in some areas yes, it did spit down with rain at odd times, shame the sun had gone in at the first shot, would've had a nice glint on the Hall

[robmasterman]

Another two superb clips Ry, great to see the Hall on its own, all enhanced by fantastic lighting on the day...Bob

[GreatWestern175]

@robmasterman thanks again, in my view it could've been more better but then you can't always expect what you want, performance, weather and coach loads.

[TangmereTornado]

Only two usable shots maybe, but two fantastic shots they were! One of my favourite locomotives in action, and that first shot is astonishing in particular. I was literally thinking "a whistle here would make it perfect..." and then it came at 0:46, and was a hair-on-back-of-neck moment. Great work, thanks for sharing :)

[GreatWestern175]

@TangmereTornado Well I did a 3rd shot at Kingston on Soar near Nottingham but that shot was a write off as the engine slowed up as it was being signal checked so that didn't bold well. The first shot really showed the Hall in full cry

[Postie218]

That was cool. Anyone notice how smooth the tracks are compared to the crummy tracks here in the USA ?

[trainfart]

Fantastic shots!!

[NapierNimbus]

lovely shots

[gre2g]

fabulous stuff!

[Mikelandscaper]

She a sweet and smooth runner too. Along the lines of Green Arrow in charm for that matter.

[MG06ZT]

Great shots.

[EMuksteam]

Super video She looks great.

[northwestrailfan1]

thats a super steam video mate thats a liked and fav