6024 King Edward I departs Weymouth

6024 King Edward I departs Weymouth railway station on 1st of August 2008. The locomotive is one of three surviving members of the Great Western King Class, which were used to haul that railway's heaviest express trains between Paddington, Birmingham, Bristol and the West of England. 6024 has undergone a major overhaul and has been re-certified for mainline running.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Great
• Western
• King
• Class
• 6024
• Edward
• Tyseley
• Locomotive
• Train

[60103Henry]

Great Video, Does Weymouth Station have Ticket Barriers?

[mediachap]

No, it's an open station and it's the end of the line. You buy tickets from the booking office when open, automatic machines on the platform or from the guards on the train.

[Ayoyoninesix]

hi,did u say u shot this video with nokia e90? U knw mine can only shoot a 30 seconds poor quality video. Can u shoot a video of up to 10 minutes with yo e90? If so pliz tell me whr i might be goin wrong.

thank u

[mediachap]

Yes, an E90 Communicator. Film resolution 640 x 480. I have actually shot a 25 minute film on it uninterrupted but I had an 8gb memory card and video capture set to mem card. Unfortunately I dropped it into some water recently so I have gone back to Nokia N95 which has identical film handling. Files from both can be imported to windows movie maker for editing.

[mediachap]

Probably for braking arriving in Weymouth and shunting leaving Weymouth. There is a long steep incline on the line between Weymouth and Dorchester.

[richiem86]

isn't it more likely to be for ETS ?

[eastindiaman]

the modern railway [!] seem to forget that once steam ruled - long before the advent of type 66 or any other stinking clag monster - a 'King' didn't need assistance out of Weymouth then, and still doesn't now

[60103Henry]

Good, Thanks!

[whitewingsrich]

don't reply to this because i know the answer its a retoricle question, but why did they have to put that 66 on the back !