Absolutely awesome spine-tingling stuff, would love to have been there. Nothing like the 3 cylinder roar of a jubilee!

That Thump as the exhaust hits the footbridge!

I keep finding myself coming back to this video time and again to get a fix of the 3 cylinder roar. Absolutely wonderful!

MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! Dont care what country your from. THIS is steam at its FINEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MidlandAngler

3 ай бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

45690 was definitely screaming “WE NEED MORE POWER” as they thundered up the Lickey

I remember this one well, standing in the cold and drizzle for ages in the field...and it was all worth it!

Awesome video you got there. It is nice to see a locomotive going all out. Watching the video on youtube with the volume turned up,I could feel like I was there. You over there across the pond know how to put on a show. Good old time railroading with hand-firing mainline steam. Keep up the good work.

It's June 2021 I've only just seen this and it sent shivers down my spine, brilliant and thankyou.

the sound is just AMAZING

Wonderful. Leander was working at the Watercress Line steam gala last weekend. Great day out.

Now this is PURE LOCO PORN at its best, the ultimate in power and beauty smashing Lickey into oblivion! I have never heard sounds like this if only i had been born 10 years earlier 😔

I remember this, waited for ages and mum was getting bored...but boy was it worth the wait!

Both my grandfather and uncle were mainline steam men I ended up my uncle’s fireman after he got me started with BR 1974 sadly I missed the steam days would loved to have fired a steam locomotive

A great piece of footage and loved the fact that she was shooting fire passing beneath the bridge. I envy you guys having so much steam to chase after in the UK. I don't envy the crowd scene you have to put up with.

That’s my head sticking out of the back!! Incredible noise!

This is such an awesome display of steam power that it surprises me that this video hasn't been viewed a lot more. The way that the exhaust steam bounces off the overbridge!!! Then the way the engine thunders by!!! Regulator, cut off open to the max. Has anyone posted any of the ascent? Showing the actual cresting of the incline would be the icing on the cake! Must have been exciting to be there. Great vid.

Superb. In NZ we had engines working full out like that, but not 3-cylinder 6'9" types. Beautiful film.

Three Cheers for Stanier! Excellent and very photogenic video

That was amazing!

Such a rare sound......probably common in the days of steam but so rare now to hear a loco at full throttle!

one of my fav videos

Again wonderful video

British steam prevails once again! Great vid!

amazing sound

I live in the US, now & we get the massive & ugly UP brutes for our steam thrills, but NOTHING over here competes with British locomotives for beauty, sound & excitement.

You've got to admit thats one of the best engines on the mainline

Epic, what a machine :o)

This is exactly the reason why steam engine are without a doubt the best traction in the country. Great shot!

Pure power that was awesome

0:50 - Everyone takes a step back!...

She does sound like a mighty roar when thundering through bromsgrove

I think I heard the engine shout "AAAAAAAAVIIIIIIT" as it went past :D

@gainsbourg66

2 жыл бұрын

No it shouts "DiD IT!

The engine was awesome!

wow, fire at the end. Cool Video. Greg

Geat shat bet driver and fireman loved that. Just shows what steam can do

i love this video a steam loco on the mainline in the uk showin how its done one of Staniers great engines

there was a similiar case with Tangmere, apparantly, coming up from Weymouth. The diesel broke down so Tangmere (this was when she was still working) pulled a 9 or so coach train up the hill-just about! Although at times they were moving at a walking pace.

Great video. Shows the power of steam. 1 jubilee with 6 coaches wonderful. HSTs struggle up there at times and they have 2 power cars (although I admit they do have 7 or 8 MK3s (don't know how many there are here) between them)

@karlosbricks2413

5 жыл бұрын

its normally 9+2 or sometimes in the newer short configurations 4 or 5 coaches

thats really full throttle!

Great video. That is some assault on the Lickey with 6 in tow I suspect Leander got to the top at a respectable speed. Just listen to the beat!! , 5* well done, Dave.

I,m here again the Sound

Bloody hell that’s a strong engine

CRACKING VIDEO 5*

my god, she really kicks ass still)shes saying stand back i am coming thro,a big credit to her present owner and restoration team well done,going back a few years the severn valley were saying they would restore it,they left her to the elements and didnt give a hoot,also big hello if you can please to those who restored galatea, another jubeliee left out to grass previously by svr!! great video if i may say,thankyou

It is approaching the incline very rapidly. If my memory serves me correctly, from getting on for 60 years ago, there was a sharp bend just out of Bromsgrove station which would have made this speed impossible. Most passenger trains stopped at this station because the ticket collector got on here. (New Street had no ticket barriers. ) What used to amaze me was that the bankers joined in the station and the whole thing was a dead start just a short distance from where the incline started. Trains that did not stop at Bromsgrove were banked from over by the old wagon works which meant they could get up to 15 mph or maybe more before tackling the bank. Please correct any memory malfunction!

My god she looked like she was giving it some.. Been travelling from Cardiff on this line and it feels like such a steep gradient.

Phoarr massive blow back going under that last bridge!

did i just see flames from under that bridge? if so thats awesome!

fantastic-pity,we won't see 'tornado' on the lickey,a dream spoiled!

R.A.Riddles wrote an introduction in "Pacific Steam", Map publication 1961, "How sad that the last steam locomotive for this country has been built! A natural development for passenger work would have been a 4-8-0, with a wide firebox, with powers of bank climbing, acceleration and deceleration ...." Considering the fabulous success of the 9F I think that a 4-8-0 Mountain would fit in your fantasy railway.

a good reason to have the fire hole doors closed going under bridges and into tunnels

@edwardmeakes1284

9 жыл бұрын

you reckon you'd get a backdraft with that much steam on?

@47606odin

9 жыл бұрын

yes, going under that bridge is like sticking a cork in a bottle, just for a second and the increase in air pressure pushes the gasses back through the boiler tubes and if the fire hole door is open, straight into the cab, which it did

@Darth_mong

9 жыл бұрын

47606odin with that much draught on the exhaust? No chance.

@Darth_mong

9 жыл бұрын

47606odin with that much draught on the exhaust? No chance.

@edwardmeakes1284

9 жыл бұрын

Thats right its only the reflection of fire within the steam. Ever seen a engine run at night?

@1946apps Why can't we see the tornado on the lickey incline? Some load restriction or something?

that is how 2 drive a steam loco!!! brilliant

I'm a choo choo train and I approve this video!!!

Woooooooow!!!!!!!!!!! You wouldn't forget that in a hurry!

That we shall never know, unless somebody else was up there recording it and posts a response!

Crewe engineering at its best in full flight

If you are unable to get an assistant engine to push your train up the Hill, you gotta go fast and reach the top.

I must say, I'm not a kettle fan (too young LMAO) but that is spine tingling

Go girl gooooo!!! by she was really going for it. 5*

shes totally a monster WOW! I wouldn't have wanted to be on that footbridge

as long as your cam has an output , a lead that plug sinto the tv, then it can be put on youtube.

Thats the way to do it !!!

It's also on record that I was King of All the Russias. A Jubilee would get stuck not much over halfway up with 14, and it would take two of them to get 14 up the bank and even then it would be close-run thing. You'd be surprised how quickly the speed falls off on hitting the gradient. The bank is only a little over 2 miles but that's quite enough to bring the speed down to a slow steady figure.

fire at the engine

@palmerstonian I'm not going to get into pre-nationalisation rivalries, but just remember who designed them (William Stanier) and where he spent most of his working life (Swindon)!

@geoffduckworth1333

3 жыл бұрын

It was not a true Stanier design. They were a development of Fowler's 3 cylinder Patriot class where Stanier replaced the parallel boiler with his taper design to become the Jubilee class. The GWR did not favour the 3 cylinder concept so not something Stanier would have been familiar with plus the boiler was initially a disappointment and needed modifications before the locos were successful.

Excellent piece of work, if you type &fmt=18 after the address at the top of the page it will show it in High Quality...5*...Bob

The captions suggest the train should have had assistance. This was never the plan - the train was only 6 coaches so that 5690 would have no problems with the gradient. She went over the top in fine style! Lovely sound and, for hand-held, not bad pictures. Not sure it _quite_ justifies "awsome" and "brilliant" comments. ;-)

Bloody hellfire. I think that's called "having a proper bloody tilt at the bank"

Being a Female and living along side main lines, this world would be a lot worse off without Stanier Engines. What would you all do for exitement then?.The more Stanier`s for me the better. Keep posting good quality Stanier Videos. Bring em on.!!!.

i love the bang as the exhaust hits the bridge

And how as the speed at the top?

@trainlover657 its just light from the fire catching on the steam

bloomin heck!

@mrmickful sweat!! it takes 2x class 66 locomotives to get a coal train up, it makes a HST struggle! the Lickey incline is not so much of a hill to climb, its an implement of torture!

AWESOME VIDEO, A LITTLE SCARY @ 1:01 MARK WHEN IT PASSES THE 2ND PED BRIDGE AND FLAMES SHOOT OUT THE CAB AREA...BECAUSE OF DOWN PRESSURE AT STACK AND OPEN FIREBOX DOORS...

Do you know what would beet this 2 Jubilees leander and Galatea

@robinsummerhill ...even if this is the case, and I'm not saying it isn't, the captions are still wrong. You can't attach a pilot to the rear of a train...a Pilot goes on the front (or in rear of the train engine if in anyway related to the GWR). Caption should read "Banker" for "Pilot".

@robinsummerhill actually wrong. Ordinarilly with the regulator wide open the draft from the blastpipe pulls the fire away from the cab. It is the passing under the bridge at full regulator that caused the blowback in this instance.

Great footage though

is there a lick of flame at 1:02 over the cab or am i seing things sweet vid

@johnbishop5316

6 жыл бұрын

Under both bridges, I think.

Why the big flame in the cab going under the road bridge ????

@jsunflyguy no its jsut the glow from the fire catching on the steam

holy god almighty.

Unbelievable.

@trainlover657 Because that's what happens when the firebox doors is open when the engine is being worked that hard!

needs Bertha to do that lot!!

Yes you guys, she made it all on her own,.But it was not the first time ,back in the early 5os it was a regular thing Saltley crew full of confidence that a banker would catch up ,we would get behind the under road bridge and go like hell for the top 6 7 mins whistle away at the top.G

@SteamAgePictures The tour timings and engine working will be found on the UK steam info site (it appears KZread won't let you post links to web pages as I tried and got an error message!! Go to uksteam. info, then to tours for 2006, and click on the link for the "Excursion" on 25th March. Its all there GWR hall 4965 was booked to be attached to the rear at Worcester for the run to Wsahwood Heath then on to Tyseley

I hope they had a bottle of whiskey or something for the fireman at the top!

@jameshardy4354

2 жыл бұрын

Would be very hard in this heat

@MrCagivaman think it will be a reflection from the firebox

Astounding snorting like a devil

That is unusual for a train to run late...

JESUS. Now THATS how to tackle a Hill in true British Style!

Flames at 1 min.

Wish I could’ve traveled to work everyday on these rather than the humming plastic coffins I ride on today with nonstop announcements concerning Health and Safety, threats of major punishment if you haven’t got a valid ticket and reporting a school bag as a bomb threat. No WiFi, just clickety-clack, a book and a breeze from the window.

Leander is a Jubilee, but the point still stands

...so does anyone know if she made it?

@tomgauntlestrange

6 жыл бұрын

Oh she made it ok, slowed a little but at the top belching smoke and chuffing away for all she is worth and still going at a fair pace. They should show that to all modern locos as a lesson in how it should be done.

Dont worry about it, we all make mistakes. I wouldnt know, but I am tempted to say yes. If you got the handle idea from my name then you are slightly off the target (so to speak) as the inspiration is from the BR Southern Region Class 73 Electro Diesel 73129 City Of Winchester. But I do like the BR 5MT's as well

It was only 6 coaches so would not have been a problem for that class of steam loco anyway