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"Yorkshire Steam"-The footplate fry-up

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Uploaded by on May 19, 2009

Showing how the steam train footplate crews of yore,used to enjoy the "full English",cooked on the coal shovel!

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  • What a great way to have a fry up. I feel hungry now!

  • You're right there,it looks really tasty- it has to be the best work/food skyve,since Stan Butler warmed his fish & chips up on the bus engine!

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  • Why do they use oil for the bacon? You could easily bake that in it's own fat :)

  • best roast i ever had came from the smokebox of a traction engine. marvelous.

  • You also can dry your socks on injector pipe or place a teapot on firebox guys :) . Nice video.

  • Nice Video and 45212 is the best black 5 out there and can't wait to see her back out running. but i see her every saturday as i'm a volunteer on the KWVR where she is at the min.

  • the holes in the shovel let the water off the shovel i had 3 in my shovel ex 12B man , not to stop the men frying up

  • @Kleman09 What you say is true but cooking of this sort would take place while the engine is not being worked, as shown in the video.

    Out on the main line it would be a different story while the engine is being worked hard. Firemen fired through the flap in order to keep the heat within the firebox. Only bad firemen needed the firehole door fully open. I was firing on the Eastern Region for 14 years so, I know what I'm talking about.

  • @g7usl I should have phrased it this way. Keeping the firebox door open for extended periods of time will allow cool air to enter the firebox and cause some issues. a slight drop in pressure can be a result. Also you cause stress on the staybolts witht he heat and cooling.

  • @Kleman09 B.S. I used to do it regulary and for 17 years of my life on the steam.

  • The issue with cooking like that is the longer you leave the firebox door open, the more boiler pressure you'll lose as a result of cool air entering the firebox.

  • do you know where to dl this, see it or buy it? I can't seem to find it :(

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