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The safety valves aren't blowing off...

​@@richardharrold9736 It was in the first shot

Cheers John, yes it was quite the day! I did enjoy seeing her under the train shed, iconic that structure is indeed. Her departure was sound. Regards, Dan

Very much so! Regards, Dan

Thank you very much, I'm delighted you enjoyed them! Regards, Dan

Thank you very much, I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed it! Regards, Dan

Cheers Liam, thanks for the company lol, was great to discuss the match and the steam otherwise I'd have been bored out my skull at Derby lmao. Hopefully you can make the next one mate! Regards, Dan

Haha I reckon so! Regards, Dan

Thanks again Barrie! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Regards, Dan

Cheers Barrie, yes these things happen sometimes, one of those risks with station shots lol. Regards, Dan

Hi David, yes I'd be happy to have some of my shots featured on your production! Which clips are you looking to include? Regards, Dan

Cheers Andy, same to you mate! Widney Manor is very often a great spot as you rightly point out. Regards, Dan

@@crunchynutsteamfilms5043 got me plans for Sunday 14th I think for my next adventures 🙂

I've had a fair few comments of the sort but I'd highly recommend you go to the incline to see these things for yourself - yes the diesel was working but not as hard as the Castle. Regards, Dan

@@SYKAROST thanks Brian. Didn't think diesel was imported from Kazakhstan though?

Cheers Brian, and yes it was very smoky about lol! You had quite a more impressive haul than me shots wise lol. Regards, Dan

Cheers Liam, glad you should think so mate! Roll on the next one. Regards, Dan

Evidence?

Shame the kettle, couldn't be trusted to set fire to the lineside

@@SWRural-fk2ub the thrash.

Haha I wish it were a parcels van lol! Yes it was giving some but less than I expected in retrospect. Regards, Dan

Haha thank you very much! Yes the party went well and somehow we are still in the tournament even now lol! Regards, Dan

@@kellyashfordtrains2642 steam.loco wasn't hard at work - 47 on the back was doing everything. Just drop the steam loco into a low gear and makes it sound much more emphatic than it actually is.

@@PolishThatHandle346 Evidence ?

@@SWRural-fk2ub of what? That load 8 is too heavy for a Castle to lift unassisted on a 1 in 37 incline?

Haha I do have my commitments though and am not about to drop my mates in the rubbish for 5043 which I am thankfully able to see often lol. Regards, Dan

Please don't be so negative. You can clearly hear the Castle is working resonably hard, there's also another video showing the water injector going full pelt so clearly the engine is not idling. There's also an orange fire alert and considering the incidents in the south west it's only sensible to show some restraint, unless we want steam banned from the mainline forever

@@AndrewHatton85 why would the water injector be an indication of how hard the locos working? If you drove your car in first gear hard enough it would also give a decent sound despite moving at relatively slow speed. Appreciate the fire concerns but the weather isn't really the issue here - a single Castle would never shift load 8 up the incline unassisted anyway so was always going to be banked. Appreciate that's been done to sell tickets but it's pretty inevitable that a banker or double heading would have always been needed regardless of the weather and rail condition. Just more that it's a diesel banker again and again working pretty full out in support (see the GB tour with 44871 and 45407 as well as 60103 for recent examples of overloaded trains). It's more that the maths would never be mathing than me being negative

@@PolishThatHandle346 Still no evidence.

Hoestly mate not sure what you want to see, you admit that any train going up there needs banking. So you want to see steam banking the train? Just not econimical for anything other than a real special occasion. The boiler is a zero-sum system, water goes in and it comes out. You can't just open the injector forever unless you want to flood it. So it is an indication to some exttent that the loco is working.

As someone who produces nothing, if some of us didn't put the effort in to record these events you'd have nothing to whine about. Your comment appears on others videos but is totally contradictory. It needs a banker but you feel entitled to dictate the effort needed Lol. Perhaps you'd rather see 5043 labouring with the equivelent of another 3 coaches, wasting coal & water and the fireman having to sweat a little more. Just accept how fortunate we are to still have so much main line steam on the front and that others are doing there best to record it for your 'entertainment'!!

Thank you very much! I'm very glad yu enjoyed it. Regards, Dan

Indeed it is, Castles sound absolutely incredible! Regards, Dan

I am absolutely in agreement. There may be faster out there but Castles were fast, efficient, powerful and elegant locomotives that can alway go the extra mile. Regards, Dan

Cheers very much! I absolutely agree Abergavenny was the favourite, although it was nice to see 5043 at Cardiff Central which was once her home ground and her departure from New Street was spectacular. Regards, Dan

Haha cheers Brian! Yes the biking is now only really used in exceptional circumstances lol. I'm glad you enjoyed the shots and yes although they did I think the traffic jam at Dorridge made them slap their foreheads lol. Regards, Dan

Cheers thank you very much! I'm really glad yu enjoyed it mate! Regards, Dan

Cheers John, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Regards, Dan

Haha cheers Andy and sorry you had a bad day of it mate! Hopefully you'll be ale to do a bit better on the next mate! Regards, Dan

Thank you very much, and yes I agree, I've been looking at proper mics for a while now because windy days like this one can ruin the video a bit. Regards, Dan

Cheers Jake! I was half expecting to see you about for this one lol. Regards, Dan

Looks more like the 47 was pushing you around while the Castle looked pretty on the front...

That's lovely, I hope you had a fantastic day out! I'm very glad you enjoyed the lineside view of things. Regards, Dan

I'm glad you enjoyed it! And from 7 years on YT I've learned the best time to upload is straight away, be that day or night. Regards, Dan