Duchess of Hamilton Slipping Away

Duchess of Hamilton visited Stratford-on-Avon on 5/11/94 and had some problems with a locked-on brake on one of the carriages as it shunted its train over to the departure platform. You can hear the brake squealing as the driver puts on a good demonstration of regulator control in a difficult situation. The train needed moving as this is a busy branchline station and the express loco with its 6'9" driving wheels won through eventually.

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[whitewingsrich]

Quick querey. How many coaches were in that train? And did she eventually manage to depart wit hall of them? because if that slipping was continuous and went on for over 5 mins i have to say im very suprised they didn't get hold of a nearby 66 or 67 (or what ever diesels may have been available) to help her along the way.

Cracking footage though!! 5* & a Fav !!

[Remsys]

You have to read the explanation just below the movie. It was a sticking brake causing the trouble not the fault of the loco or the driver. They cured it OK after the coaches were painfully moved to the departure platform.

[60103Henry]

Great Video, 5 Stars! Any Idea where the tour ran from/to?

[Remsys]

Thanks. The tour was a return trip from London Marylebone to Stratford-on-Avon (via Banbury and Leamington).

[duke68012]

Why didn't they just pull the strings under the coach in question and move the brake away from the wheel?

[elixaristhedragon]

that probably would break some regulation

[vikingsmb]

u can see sparks at around 2:13 from the front driving wheel :)

[vikingsmb]

@Remsys

back then they didn't have 66/67s it would be either a 37, or a 47 possibly a class 50/ 60 :) 47s are the best though. and 37's

[Kovi1850]

its not better if someone buts a bit sand on the track ???...for more grip ?????

[Benjy5997]

@whitewingsrich and if you note the date. 1994. Class 66 or 67 didn't even exist

[djburland]

This is how they often started when under load in steam days! But would get going after one or two slips, unlike this example.

[trainkid1]

save reprofiling the wheels ;P

[nymhrtltd]

sorry i wasnt trying to be awkward traincrew124, purely my understanding of the general appendix section for working of the vacuum brake. pulling the strings would only balance each vacuum/reservoir cylinder for each bogie back to that of the vacuum of the loco. however you could isolate a single bogie on a mk1 and prevent vacuum being made by pulling the 1 string and corking the feed. above 9 coaches, 1 bogie may be isolated in this way (16.2). however guidelines may have changed...

[traincrew124]

also in the rule book. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PULL THE STRING WHILE THE TRAIN IS IN SERVICE. this has to apply for this as well.

if you are going to pull all the strings, and you are saying that one bogie. now you can get very tectical over this. when you pull a string to release the vacumn, what happens?