Foxfield Railway - Summer Steam Gala 2011

Ah, Summer, sunshine, blue skies...not in this part of Staffordshire unfortunately! A mostly wet Sunday for the second day of the Foxfield's 2011 summer gala. A great shame for the railway in that the poor weather kept the visitors down but they still managed to put on the usual good show despite some atrocious weather later in the day.
Guest locomotive was Bagnall saddle tank 'HM Devonport Dockyards' No. 19 visiting for the first time from its base at the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway.
The video commences at Caverswall Road with a few scenes of the engines being prepared for their days work. Following that we see locos at work on the
1 in 19 gradient of Foxfield bank. In order of appearance these are;
'Bellerophon' & Bagnall No. 2 in three shots
Two shots of No. 19 banked by 'Florence No. 2'
No.19 deparing Dilhorne Park with a passenger working
No.19 with Bagnall No. 2 with banking assistance from 'Florence No. 2'
Two shots of 'Florence No. 2'
Two shots of Austerity 'Whiston' and, finally, an eleven wagon train hauled by 'Florence No. 2' banked by 'Whiston'
Thanks to all involved at the Foxfield Railway for another excellent gala, despite the weather!

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• railway
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• steam
• gala
• 2011
• trains
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• industrial
• colliery
• caverswall
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• whiston
• bellerophon
• bagnall
• no.2
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• devonport
• dockyards
• no.19

[steamontheweb]

That was an excellent video in those conditions Austin. You deserve a medal or something. I particularly enjoyed the clip around 6:30 when you used the glowering sky as a feature of the composition. Did they put a special train on for the visitors who were wandering off at the end?

[acw71000]

Thanks Mike, in some ways it was good to not have the usual crowds in the shot because of the conditions. The last passenger train ran around ten minutes after my last shot of the 11 wagon train

[samosammo123]

@acw71000

could you possibly tell me any information on what is happening at the colliery, there is no news really about it on the website, anyway 5/5, please do reply

Sam

[acw71000]

Sorry Sam, I don't really know. It's a long term plan to have it restored but as with so many things the will to do it is there but it comes down to having the cash available

[Pesmog]

When you watch it in full screen it is one of the most atmospheric steam videos I have seen this year. The weather meant there were far fewer spectators than normal in your shots and it wasn't too large a leap of imagination to beleive you were watching the 1950's all over again. Loved it, thank you.

[acw71000]

Thank you, it did make a difference to filming with fewer people about and of course meant that you could film from either side of the line without worrying about the sun. The conditions definitely helped the atmosphere I thought

[samosammo123]

@acw71000

Ok, thankyou for that. I have also subbed aswell :D

[MikeD57s]

The Bagnall is what they used for Bill & Ben in Thomas the tank Engine & Friends!

[PhilbruProduction]

Dear Austin. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch. A great success despite the bad weather, because I think that during the gala, the best friend the cameraman was the umbrella. Thank you.

Philippe

[acw71000]

Thanks very much, great shame for this and indeed any railway when the weather keeps the visitors away