Noisy Steam Loco! Stanier 8F 48151 at Camberley, 19 June 2011

This video is of "The Cathedrals Express", by Steam Dreams, pulled by Stanier 8F-class steam loco no 48151. The train ran on June 19th 2011 from Alton in Hampshire, via Camberley, to Canterbury in Kent.

We see the train departing from a passenger pick-up stop at Camberley Station, and climbing the 1 in 60 gradient towards Bagshot, making an awesome sound. Turn up your speakers!

The locomotive is a 2-8-0, originally designed by William Stanier of the LMS as a heavy goods train engine. The design was successful and the class later became the standard British heavy goods loco, with a total of 852 built across all the regions. Many were exported for the war effort in WW2. Eight are in preservation in the UK, with two more very recently repatriated from Turkey. Others still exist in various states of decay in Turkey and Iraq.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• steam train
• steam engine
• Cathedrals Express
• 8F
• Stanier
• 2-8-0
• Camberley Station
• LMS

[MoiUnMouton]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments, I was dithering about for ages about where to go, I was really pleased I chose that spot in the end. Steam through Camberley is a very rare event and they definitely picked the right loco for the job. That gradient out of the station is bloomin' awesome! I don't know how many other engines could have handled 13 loaded coaches up there from a standing start without a pause.

@KingandCastle - it's lucky I know you so well or I wouldn't have recognised you!

[locomotive67]

nice 1 

[kenbrowne1947]

Great clip of the 8F climbing steadily away from Camberley with power and 13 coaches on! The 8Fs were always very sure footed even in BR days and this loco is a great little performer! I don't know the south of England very well but I did travel this line about 3 years ago and noticed the EMUs did have to work hard up that bank so I can only imagine what it was like in steam days! Thanks for sharing! Ken

[ij1001]

I was standing right next to you and the sound was awesome - delighted to have such an excellent video record of the moment.

[YsanneOshea]

Right time, right place, right loco, green foliage and a break in the rain. But better than it all that....What a glorious Sound!!!! Thank you for your time in taking and effort in posting this masterpiece!!

[bkendlerA4]

Fantastic vid. Awesome sound. That's a like. Well done. Barry

[OLDBOYSTEAMING]

Absoutley brilliant video M8 please comment on my videos.........pete.

[SandhurstBaggie]

Brilliant!!

[KINGANDCASTLE]

Nice one. I feel inclined to say it's noisy. If you look very closley at the video you can see me standing on Camberley station.

[letmadnessbegin]

What a noise! Lovely shot mate, thumbs up & fav'd

Nice to see her working down south for a change.