60019 and the Cornishman

In what was supposed to be a run for 5029 Nunney Castle, 60019 hauls the Cornishman from Bristol to Par and back. With 8 coaches the A4 easily managed to conquer the South Devon Banks.

Starting off at a crossing at near Wellington the A4 running on time picks up speed as it approaches Wellington Bank. The next scene at Tigley catches the A4 pounding up the steep Rattery Bank with so little effort, that shot was really difficult to get as the part of the tripod was off ground and was difficult to balance on a fence, and I was behind a tall and sharp fence so I wasnt tresspassing!!
The final scene concludes with a gracefull departure out of Plymouth (North Road) station.

I could only get 3 shots on this run as I was also getting 9466 on the Looe Branch runs. And my batterys were very used up during the day so they ran low pretty quick.

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• cornishman
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[robmasterman]

Strange to see an A4 so deep in GWR territory Ry, but some superb driving to get such sure footage performance...and of course all of it so expertly captured by your good self....Bob

[GreatWestern175]

@robmasterman ...In a sense it is strange an A4 in Great Western territory, but I'd been waiting 7 years to see an A4 attack the Devon banks, I really wish I coulda got more of this but it aint easy when you got two things going on at the same time.

[AndreiTupolev]

That's a cracking shot at Tigley. A well handled departure from plymouth as well. I don't think i've ever seen a loco get away from there without a slip, but he managed it as well as any I've ever seen.

[GreatWestern175]

@AndreiTupolev you know how difficult it was to the Tigley shot was whilst standing behind a sharp barbed wire fence? very tricky. Bittern managed to leave Plymouth easily.

[collieultimo]

Wonderful footage - I like the real great sceene of the departure out of Plymouth. You always take the sound very well, but here it ist the extra cream on a good coffee.

Thank You and again fife stars.

[GreatWestern175]

@collieultimo cheers my man. the sound was quite tricky at Plymouth as it was very windy that day and had to strap the mic to a fence so it wouldnt blow off.

[60103Henry]

Nice shots there :)

[EMuksteam]

Excellent video great departure shot at Plymouth 5*

[TangmereTornado]

Excellant clip, great job with the capture! She looked so majestic leaving Plymouth, and the whistle had a haunting echo to it - magnificent. Also the lineside shots looked brilliant. Thanks for posting.

[themarcrpearson]

@GreatWestern175 wow thanx for letting me know, something new every day and all tht