RARE FOOTAGE - Caledonian Railway No. 123
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Very rare footage WITH SOUND of Caledonian Railway No. 123 leaving Buchanan Street in 1964 on a Railtour to the Callander.
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Such a beautiful machine, and an incredibly good runner considering this locomotive was never supposed to be anything more than a static model from what I've heard. I have a model of this very thing.
She was designed solely for an exhibition to show off the Caledonian railway, but afterwards they found out she was no mere ornament and she could pull the fast expresses
Why is it so hard to find clips of Scottish locomotive whistles? Can't find one of this or the Jones goods
@@thomashambly3718 she even proved her worth many times on The WCML
@@thomashambly3718 Y'know, how is it even possible to create a reliable express engine when you were only supposed to build an engine for look-see?
@@AutismTakesOn only Scotland could create a locomotive intended to be useless, only for it to be absolutely brilliant.
I remember seeing this rail tour arrive at Callander. Also a double-header with Glen Douglas in 1963/64.
I remember seeing some footage of her with lswr t9 120 when she visited the bluebell
Lucky 😊
Wow! I was surprised to see 123 pushing the stock into Callander sidings. She had beautifully etched thistles on her front buffers which the Scottish region staff were very precious about preventing them being damaged( she was always at the head of doubleheaders) However the etchings were badly damaged after a railtour in England so I guess this was after that.
Kind of almost wish they'd preserved a third Cally coach to run with her. It might just be the model railway fan in me, but a steam-era mainline passenger train that's hauled by a tender engine? It doesn't look quite right to my eyes unless she's got at least three 'on', you know?
I hear you 😂😂
I remember reading somewhere that a third coach was saved but didn't get restored and subsequently fell into disrepair, the body being lost to arson and/or vandalism, so only the chassis survived. It apparently went to Bo'ness and I used to entertain fanciful thoughts of a new body being built one day if funds could be raised - but it now seems to have disappeared. I know I didn't dream this up! Somebody, somewhere must know something...!
Why don’t just build some more
How hard can it be?
@@derekheeps1244 In the words of Richard Hammond, "Don't Say That!"
There is a preserved 123 (as seen here), 812, and 439 from the Caledonian. So there are three Caledonian locos left!!!
Beautiful scenery and also the locomotive is beautiful.🚂❤Love from Australia.🇦🇺
Imagine you're at a station,waiting on the platform for you're train,then you notice that a single wheeler is pulling it
The Caley Single was the last operational 'Single' locomotive to operate on the network. The LMS used it to haul inspection/directors saloons on the LMS section of Scotland's railways. It was in operational service until 1933.
Priceless.
I’m going to visit this on Sunday at the rail museum here in Glasgow.
Today it is Very Rare to see a Big Single loco in action!! Beautiful Machine!!!!
1964 that was 57 years ago, i was born in 1964.
Lovely . I’ve seen plenty of pictures of the Caley 123 but never a video. Nice to see her running . I still see her in the Glasgow Riverside museum but nothing beats her running . Nice to see Callendar too
Wow she looks beautiful 💙
That engine (all caley) is beautiful
Beautiful grand loco, but then aren't they all !
Oh how I would have loved to have seen No. 123 in action, especially when she was double-heading with LSWR T9 no. 120. She is such a beautiful engine!
Amazing to see this! I've grown up in Doune and still live in the area I've only ever known the railway line as a footpath and where the station was is now houses 1 street is called Station wynd but amazing seeing what I missed shame it's all gone now, great to see Callander a town a went to school in the old station is now a car park
Emily 🚂🚃🚞🚞🚋🚃🚃🚋🚋🚋🚃🚃
Just goes to show, just because something is outdated, it doesn’t mean it’s useless.
Обожаю паровозы!!! Мои внуки тоже их очень любят!!!
Wonderfu
Thanks for sharing. l
Is this Ivo Peters' footage? It's an absolute gem, including the footplate shots and not just anyone was allowed up there.
I wonder if he had a sound man with him with a tape recorder. It was a lot of effort and expense as I think sound was recorded separately, but for the quality, plus the good resolution of the picture, it was well worth it. Some of it is a bit dark, but that's not a great issue considering the significance of the result.
This is a joy to watch and I very much appreciate it being available on Victorian Lad’s channel. On the subject of the sound though, to me it seems to be a later addition using sound recorded from other locomotives. It’s been very well done but I think not contemporary with the filming. Better to have it with the sound than not though. Worth watching many times!
Certainly does look like Ivo Peter’s film then it wouldn’t be the first time he’s captured rare footage like this case in point his film collection of The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Ivo Peters filming of 123 in a Scottish winter day turning to a blizzard is also on RUclips. I actually prefer the quality of that sequence.
@@johnd8892 Actually it wasn't a winter day for he filmed it in March with his friend Derek Cross. It just turned into a winter's days. Derek said to Ivo "if we don't stop filming and leave soon I'm afraid we won't get home".
Amazing how that loco was just meant to be a show piece, yet succeeded in hauling trains :)
Beautiful film of a beautiful: Caledonian loco & train.
Nice
This is basically a single driver version of a contemporary Drummond 4-4-0. So there would be no question of it not running well. With light loads singles have advantages over coupled engines, and the last ones designed for a British railway entered service 15 years after no.123. I very much doubt if it was designed just to be a static exhibit as it would have cost the wages of a skilled man for 25 year, the equivalent of a million pounds in today's money.
Are you counting the LSWR C14 2-2-0 tanks as singles? I feel that they would be the last actually built but whether to factor them or not is beyond me.
No, I'm thinking of the GCR Class13, which came out in 1900. Also the Midland and the GWR both built single driver expresses up to 1899. The C14s were more like steam railcar engines built separately from the coach portion.
Omg Awesome 🤩 What a Slice of History 👍🏻
🏴 Such a beautiful engine. ❤️ No wonder Hornby made this into a OO model. 👍
It was Triang who made the model in 1963.
Just got renamed Triang-Hornby and later Hornby, but the tooling and toolmakers skills were all Triang from Margate and remained so until the tools were sent to the China factory for the most recent production.
I must say, for someone who isn't a big fan of Victorian Era steam locos, it looks wonderful. Backed up by the fact it was better than intended to be.
Wow
Perth Driver Peter Horne, Fireman unknown..
Have you any highland railway footage 😊
I love her fancy design, her best atractive to me are here big wheels.
It reminds me of Edward my favorite character
Where is this engine today?
Sadly stuck in the riverside museum in Glasgow
One wheel Locomotive nice rare footage btw
Eight wheels on the locomotive. Only two powered.
Single powered axle though despite the common mistake of calling it a single wheeler.
Why did they not build 300 of these things? 😍😍😍
were is she now
westernengine04 The Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland.
@Aussie Pom There’s nothing wrong with watching the pennies ;-)
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/venues/riverside-museum
On the web site, in the gallery section there’s a photo taken from the first floor that has the HR 4-6-0 (first 4-6-0 in Britain) and CR 123 in the foreground. Not a great photo but it’s all they’re currently showing.
@Aussie Pom basically a Scottish version of Mallard
Neat
Leave it to the Scots to accidentally make something better than intended.
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Sowe 13 running doubt headed with T9 wen I was a child. Was it at Croydon?
123 had it's coal painted white!
Was it scrapped at end of steam???
No, she is currently at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
@@Thekris0927 relieved to hear that, I was anxiously scrolling through the comments hoping I didn't see anything about it being scrapped
So, is the video taken from a bus? Didn't see much of the steam engine!
NOT Rare - it's on RUclips for anyone to see.