Didcot Railway Centre - 11/06/11 - Featuring 60163 Tornado

After filming 34067 'Tangmere' on 'The Welshman' I headed east to Didcot to see BR Class A1 4-6-2 no.60163 'Tornado', recently re-painted into British Railways Brunswick Green and sporting BR's early emblem. She arrived at Didcot on June 9th and will be staying until June 17th although the 11th was the only day she would be in steam. This gave the opportunity to see three of the UK's newest steam locomotives in steam together, these were 60163, Fire Fly and the recently completed GWR Steam Railmotor no.93 which by the way looks and sounds superb.

We start off the video with Tornado trundling along the main demonstration line. We then take a look in and around the shed with Mogul no.5322 & Pannier no.3738 on display outside. We also see no.4079 'Pendennis Castle' which looks to be nearing completion & the frames of County Class no.1014 'County Of Glamorgan'. Moving back outside we see Tornado moving on shed to be displayed to allow us to get a good look at her in her smart new livery. Moving on we see no.93 making a loud departure from Burlescombe Station on the branch line then arriving back whilst at the same time Fire Fly arrives on the Broad Gauge line. Fire Fly is then see departing with no.93 following suit. After having a ride on both broad gauge and Railmotor (which I didn't film) we move to the turntable where Tornado is already half way round, so I couldn't really get a good spot to get her all in. She then gives a whistle and makes her way back to the yard to move onto the demonstration line. The last four shots show her running up and down the line with her two coach train.

Filmed on a Panasonic HDC-HS60 HD Camcorder.

Enjoy.

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[NickRatnieks]

The steam rail motor really is something special!

[letmadnessbegin]

@NickRatnieks it's an unusual machine, sounds great though =) thanks for your comment

[AN21files]

Great video. Really enjoyed (great on full screen). 5*

[letmadnessbegin]

@AN21files thanks mate =D

[EMuksteam]

Brilliant video with 3 new engines .There was quite a few people there .Looked a great day.Thanks for posting

[letmadnessbegin]

@EMuksteam thanks mate =) Certainly was a good day, quite a busy one for me. Weren't quite as many people there as I was expecting though.

[TheWierdFish]

@letmadnessbegin Sounds like an angry bee when it's coasting, lovely to drive from the quiet end but a bit confusing at the engine end.

[letmadnessbegin]

@siobhan104 thanks mate =) not quite 4, Tornado, Fire Fly & no.93 are all new builds and the King is a restored original. It's just doing running in trials and passenger workings on the Mid-Norfolk Railway at the moment. Yeah would be nice to see more of 'em restored to working order rather than being static exhibits.

[siobhan104]

Very good mate. That livery suits her just right. Pity the King wasn't there for you then it would have been 4. (Whats it doing in Norfolk anyway?). Forgotten half the locos they have at Didcot, 5900,6998 7202 etc. Wonder if they will ever steam again? Very enjoyable.

[BristolCastle]

@letmadnessbegin

It takes me to upload a 720p 10mins video for about 6 hours, i have tried to upload a 1080p 5 mins but it will take more a day.