44871 & 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' on the Great Britain III, Warrington Bank Quay 08/4/10

Day 3: Arguably the UK's most prestigious rail tour, the 'Great Britain' returned with a vengeance for the third time over the Easter holiday time in April 2010, once again running from London to the south west, then up to the highlands of Scotland and back to London, using a variety of Steam Locomotives and Heritage Diesels.

Todays video shows day 3 of the tour, running from Bristol Temple Meads to Preston, using a pair of steam locomotives that brought the curtain for British mainline steam back on 11th august 1968, Ian Rileys newly restored LMS Black Five No.44871 and the National Railway Museum's BR Standard 'Britannia' class 7MT No.70013 'Oliver Cromwell', these 2 locomotives were used in the 15 Guinea Special, the final passenger workings undertaken by British railways using steam locomotives. here the pair are seen passing through Warrington bank Quay station, very, very late after problems at the water stop at Crewe, however the pair pass through whistling along the way, going at some speed, so much my photo of them passing blurred! so no picture to open with today.

Hope you enjoy, Im also seeing this tour on the 14/4/10 at Both York and Doncaster, of which a separate video will be uploaded afterwards

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[bradleigh10]

Nice one. Thought that was you :) I was at the top end of the other platform. Im uploading mine now.

[GWRDec]

@bradleigh10 haha yeah it was and cool i'll take at yours when its up! thanks for comment mate

[mecrazy5]

Amazing whistmes at the begining.

[GWRDec]

@mecrazy5 yep they were great! cheers!

[jakeyboygen]

brilliant shot mate some nice whistles there, they were going for it! lol defo in my favs another good one from you!

[GWRDec]

@jakeyboygen haha thanks jake, thought you'd like them!

[irwellsteam]

blimey, what speed were they doing?

[stestepney]

Nice vid mate a lot better than we got at Acton Brige..steve

[letmadnessbegin]

Great shot with some fantastic whistles too, thumbs up and fav'd

[jules46443]

good one mate 5*

[itfcsam]

Awesome shot! Just like someone else's I've just seen who had it on the other paltform! Warrington certainly did have awesome whistles!

[SBsteamtrainvideos]

Great Vid mate! Wonderful whistles by them both

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