B1 61264 steam loco blows the overheads at Liverpool St

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B1 61264 steam loco shorts out the overheads on departure at London Liverpool St. Onlookers thought it was a fireworks display to celebrate departure! Not lack of lit headlamp on the unit with the overheads now tripped. Later the tour hit the buffers at Norwich making local TV headlines. Not a good day!

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  • plat form 7 is not underground that was platform 16

  • @talktalkmodem The ends of the platorms are undergound 1-10, you can see the open part as the camera pans back at the end of the clip

  • I believe that as a result of this incident steam traction is now restricted to Platforms 1-10 at Liverpool Street - ie the ones under the Victorian trainshed rather than the office block. Love the way the steamer carriers on merrily out of the station seemingly unaware it has just stuffed the job up for everyone else!! lol

  • This was about platform 7 I think?

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  • i bet you would've if you were there

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  • FAKE - VEGAS EFFECTS

  • @talktalkmodem As I work down at Liverpool Street Station on the tracks I can confirm she is leaving from platform 5. She also blew the overheads again at Maryland (just outside Stratford) which tripped the TPWS on the loco, and then hit the buffers at norwich.

  • Great video. Bet the smell was something else afterwards as well!!

  • I wonder if they found a burned out gouge in the chimney top? If so it may be down to a slight prime of dirty water up the chimney, it would have flashed over with the high voltage overhead.

  • i lke it ...steve

  • Ok, that spooked me :P

    I was staring at the title thinking, 'wtf does that mean' next thing it happens, lol

  • its just steam's way of saying "thanks for replacing us, now suffer the consiquence"

  • Steam train is all like "see ya later suckaz!"

  • @back2frinky No. The train is grounded so the current travels to the ground.

  • that must of blown the fuses at liverpool street

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