Steam Train Erupting From A Tunnel

Note: I had tried to upload this as MPEG2, but the upload kept crashing. It has therefore gone as MPEG1. Sorry.

Ex-LNER and BR steam engine 61994 "The Great Marquess", a Gresley K4 2-6-0 designed for the West Highland Line, emerges from the tunnel at North Queensferry, passes through the station, and climbs up onto the Forth Bridge. This is on the return leg of the SRPS Edinburgh & Fife Circle railtour.
Smoke continues to pour out of the tunnel for some time after the train has passed.

http://www.lner.info/locos/K/k4.shtml
http://www.srps.org.uk

Filmed: Sunday 18th May 2008.
Camera: Panasonic VDR-D310 w/ Hama UV filter.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BR
• LNER
• SRPS
• Steam
• Train
• Rail

[Addicted2gaming]

Why am I watching a video of a train.

[Gordanovich]

@Addicted2gaming Because you clicked on it?

[acps110]

Why does the signal at the end of the platform take so long to drop to red? Shouldn't it go red as soon as the engine passes?

Lovely video. That engine was working hard!

[Gordanovich]

The signal is triggered by the train passing over the track circuit, which must be further up the hill towards the bridge, beyond the crossover track. I presume this is so that if an engineering train (for example) is blocking one track the signal can still be cleared to green for the other (I know they do operate single-line workings sometimes for engineering purposes).

[oscar3112fc]

haha i work on the trains, are u all jealous????? and yes i stop at north queensferry from time to time, god u people need to get a life

[Gordanovich]

"god u people need to get a life"

And the third place trophy for having a go at rail enthusiasts on one of my videos goes to... you.

We all have lives, thanks very much.

I presume the trains you work on are multiple units - Turdostars, Splinters, etc? If so, then i'm afraid I don't find them very exciting. I'll stick to kettles and big diesels. So no, i'm not jealous.

[deepblue69uk]

I'm not a rail enthusiast as such........however......how can anyone not love seeing some of these monsters of the rails chugging along. Its great to see such old pieces of technology being kept running. A steam train is far more exciting to watch than some diesel, though they have their place too.

So leave trainspotters/rail enthusiasts or whatever you want to call them alone. Least they have an interest...some people are so boring they have no hobbies at all!!! Thanks for the vid Gordanovich.

[TNZvideos]

Great video! I really love trains, I think this is the only non-New Zealand train I've seen.

[MrCagivaman]

@nicholasbreeden It's all to do with the coal. Depending on where it was dug and the chemical make up of the earth. Thats according to a friend of mine who is a Geologist and steam railway nut !!!!!!!

[MrCagivaman]

@oscar3112fc Sitting on your arse all day reading the Sun and looking for something interesting from your nose. Welcome to todays modern railway system in the UK. Some years ago, people had pride in their job. Obviously, that seems to have escaped you, WANKER

[squishy62]

Some day I hope to take some people I care alot about on a nice steam train. Awesome majestic way to travel.

[kjrehberg]

@Gordanovich Good firemanship means the burn is clean. The black smoke is only displayed for railfans (or trainspotters). In the days of steam the goal was to not have any black smoke, meaning an efficient and complete burn. Today, railfans like black smoke, so you see it, but when mainline steam was the norm, black smoke was frowned upon as it indicated inefficient burn of fuel.

[animesis]

@FordExplorerFanatic

ah, as someone whos grown up around fires, properly stoked coal and properly maintained fires do the opposite, they DoNt smoke as much

[animesis]

apologies, just saw this

"It's because US mainline locos had automatical stokers while nearly all European steamers were handfired. A stoker delivers huge amounts of coal but is not very precise and lots of coal gets grinded, so a good load just goes through the chimney. An able fireman can maintain a firebed without letting it smoke, especially when he has good steam coal to shovel into the engine. So if You see a European loco again You easily will recognize if it's well fired or not!"