"Wash and Brush Up" 1953 - Trains & British Railways
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Uploaded by wdtvlive42 on Apr 9, 2011
Shows the proceedures that a steam engine goes through as part of its regular mainenance cycle.
The locomotive being worked on in the film is a Class 5 numbered 73020, which belonged to shed 6A (Chester) at the time of filming.
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Assuming this was filmed at the engine's home shed- code 6A then this was Chester (Midland).
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For all you owners of BR Standard Class locomotives out there! Ahhhh..... just wonderful!
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I wish I was in that day, the age I am, in Britain, working on these beautiful machines. There was art to making steam run.
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Great film... I see why dieselization saved money...?
5 months ago 2
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Thankyou tor sharing .Cheers ...
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Many thanks for uploading this excellent film!!
It is now all clear - instead of sooty!!!
: )
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bonnietig1 2 months ago 3
@thomasking55 yes but it made things more ugly and boreing the steam engine is a beautiful machine that will talk to you when something is wrong. diesal don't do that
TheSteamdriver 4 months ago 2