71000 Duke of Gloucester Lickey Incline and Hinckley

The Duke of Gloucester replaced Tornado for this unusual run from London to Gloucester and return. A huge crowd gathered at the Pikes Pool Lane location to be greeted by a whirlwind ascent by the Duke. Yes it was too good to be true, the Duke was literally pushed up the bank by an over-enthusiastic diesel! Not only were the onlookers substantially short-changed, so were the passengers whose Lickey run might as well have been an afternoon spree up the flat Midland Mainline. We accept that the Duke was pulling a very long train and that it was probably necessary for the diesel to do some work to 'pay' for its weight, but this was ridiculously OTT! Thanks chaps! The run through Hinckley station was much better.

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[Pmarsh1952]

Question ? how long was you waiting at your first spot to get a good position to film ?? Great Film Aswell !!!

[steamontheweb]

@Pmarsh1952

Thanks. We got there maybe an hour beforehand.

[SteffanLlwyd]

F A B.

BR Should have built 500 of these to run 95 MPH express trains right into the 1980s!

[steamontheweb]

@SteffanLlwyd

That would have been nice!

[freightliner86501]

great vid liked

[steamontheweb]

@freightliner86501

Thanks

[mrhearse777]

I read somewhere that the loco was not correctly constructed , and that now it's been rectified . Is this so? It certainly is a piece of mobile history , and well worth a watch. Thanks for this excellent offering

[jonwhite06]

ive got to say the duke is one of my personal favourites, he always goes past my garden every now and then on a summer sunday hauling the torbay express. such a BEAST!!

[mrmagicroundcircle]

Why didnt he wave he must have seen the camara man . Ignorant if you ask me

[fouloleron2002]

@SteffanLlwyd They still should.

[steamontheweb]

@JIMKUltra

Thanks. I did not have time to visit the Lickey Shed