Absolutely wonderful!! The Kings Cross sequence was especially evocative, well filmed and edited and oh, that echoing chime whistle!! Many thanks for sharing Cheers Alan
Excellent vid through Donny with the whistle changing pitch as the train passed ---and the shots at KX were just pure nostalgia---brought back memories of trips up to London and a row of A4s /A3s at the bufferstops . . I got a shot at Gamston with Bittern working hard up the bank and then a few days later at Grantham . Thankyou for your effort .
Brilliant shots there mate! My favourites have to be Doncaster and then her departing King Cross, the whistle echoing around the station was magic! Andy
Cheers Andy :D After the performances (or lack of!) through Peterborough and St Neots I was just about ready to give up, the Kings Cross shots made up for all of that though :)
Superbly filmed at executed Kris. Lovely scenes at Kings Cross. I drove to St Neots to see Bittern pass through. I was set up for her passing on the fast, was disappointing to see her trundle through on the slow - Hayden.
Ta very much Hayden :) Indeed was a disappointment when she came through on the slow. Did see your video, noticed a couple'a reprobates on the opposite platform ;)
Fantastic video and great footage through Donny! There's just nothing to compare with an A4 in full flow with the chime whistle blasting away, especially with her side skirting and in immaculate condition like Bittern - spine tingling stuff! Your cam handled the low light conditions very well although with that Panasonic model, I'm not surprised - great work and thanks for a very enjoyable view. Ken
excellent video and a good record of a real preservation landmark.Really liked her specially commissioned chime whistle,Also good to see Colin kerswell still driving.i always thought he was only on the southern region.
i agree,the whistle was raffled off and the winner was announced by Mr Hosking himself as bittern went down stoke bank. Another interesting point about the whistle was ,it was a pre war pattern chime whistle.
essex locomotive enthusiast Ah yes, thought something like that had happened but I couldn't remember. Indeed, it was a pre-war whistle, originally replaced because they sounded too much like air raid sirens I believe.
it's easy to see why the whistles were removed during the war because the pre war whistles seem to be lower in tone than the post war ones,but both types definitely announce the a4s with a loud presence.
Kristian, the shots at Donny & Kings cross were great. Looked about 75 passing the station, though it would of been good if someone captured the few moment's the A4 hit the 95 mark, which has been reported. A great ending at Kings Cross under that sublime architecture. Thanks for sharing your trip. Regards, Liam
Thanks very much Liam :) I believe you're right about the speed through Doncaster, it's a pity I couldn't see her at 90. But the Kings Cross shots made up for that, brilliant way to end the day!
Bittern is like the closest running thing we have to mallard yes i know that mallard is in national railway museum york but it has no boiler ticket now
You certainly did well on that trip, how did you keep up all the time. Bittern chimney looked A bit for worse at Kings Cross looked like they have been hitting it with a hammer to knock the shoot off inside, Brilliant coverage Barry
Did all the people on the opposite platform in that first shot miss the it? As I noticed another train was parked on the opposing platform when she came past.
Would you believe me if I said I could teleport? ;) Bittern's schedule allowed me to leapfrog it on the train to various locations. I hadn't planned on doing St Neots originally, but with the slow performance through Peterborough I decided to skip seeing her arrival into Kings Cross (A shot I really wanted) and head to St Neots, where she should have been on the fast doing 90. However, for whatever reason she was put on the slow and just crawled through. As luck would have it though she was stopped outside of Huntingdon (I think that's the one) to allow my train (which was running late) to overtake. So I managed to catch her arrival at Kings Cross after all.........and breathe!
Absolutely wonderful!! The Kings Cross sequence was especially evocative, well filmed and edited and oh, that echoing chime whistle!!
Many thanks for sharing
Cheers
Alan
Thank you very much Alan :) Indeed, a real treat to film an A4 at Kings Cross.
Excellent vid through Donny with the whistle changing pitch as the train passed ---and the shots at KX were just pure nostalgia---brought back memories of trips up to London and a row of A4s /A3s at the bufferstops . .
I got a shot at Gamston with Bittern working hard up the bank and then a few days later at Grantham .
Thankyou for your effort .
Superb shots of Bittern at speed.She performed brilliantly.Great to see
Ta very much mate :)
Brilliant shots there mate! My favourites have to be Doncaster and then her departing King Cross, the whistle echoing around the station was magic!
Andy
Cheers Andy :D After the performances (or lack of!) through Peterborough and St Neots I was just about ready to give up, the Kings Cross shots made up for all of that though :)
Brilliant, very well filmed and put together!
Thanks very much :)
Superbly filmed at executed Kris. Lovely scenes at Kings Cross. I drove to St Neots to see Bittern pass through. I was set up for her passing on the fast, was disappointing to see her trundle through on the slow - Hayden.
Ta very much Hayden :) Indeed was a disappointment when she came through on the slow. Did see your video, noticed a couple'a reprobates on the opposite platform ;)
Fantastic video and great footage through Donny! There's just nothing to compare with an A4 in full flow with the chime whistle blasting away, especially with her side skirting and in immaculate condition like Bittern - spine tingling stuff! Your cam handled the low light conditions very well although with that Panasonic model, I'm not surprised - great work and thanks for a very enjoyable view. Ken
This is a very nice video, thank you for posting it 👍
Thanks!
excellent video and a good record of a real preservation landmark.Really liked her specially commissioned chime whistle,Also good to see Colin kerswell still driving.i always thought he was only on the southern region.
Thank you very much :) Indeed, that whistle does sound superb, would be nice if she could keep it on a bit longer.
i agree,the whistle was raffled off and the winner was announced by Mr Hosking himself as bittern went down stoke bank.
Another interesting point about the whistle was ,it was a pre war pattern chime whistle.
essex locomotive enthusiast Ah yes, thought something like that had happened but I couldn't remember. Indeed, it was a pre-war whistle, originally replaced because they sounded too much like air raid sirens I believe.
it's easy to see why the whistles were removed during the war because the pre war whistles seem to be lower in tone than the post war ones,but both types definitely announce the a4s with a loud presence.
Great scenes, thanks for sharing. only weeks ago I took stills of UoSA from behind those buffers at Kings Cross
Thank you very much :)
I cannot belive she's coming back to the mainline
So nice to hear an A4 whistle in King Cross!
Isn't it just! Thanks for watching :)
Kristian, the shots at Donny & Kings cross were great. Looked about 75 passing the station, though it would of been good if someone captured the few moment's the A4 hit the 95 mark, which has been reported. A great ending at Kings Cross under that sublime architecture. Thanks for sharing your trip. Regards, Liam
Thanks very much Liam :) I believe you're right about the speed through Doncaster, it's a pity I couldn't see her at 90. But the Kings Cross shots made up for that, brilliant way to end the day!
This is why i wished i lived a long time ago, to see these beautiful engines thundering up and down the mainlines.
in Big Four era would be nice
Fantastic video you certainly put the miles
Thanks for posting
Ta very much, all in the name of steam ;)
Bittern is like the closest running thing we have to mallard yes i know that mallard is in national railway museum york but it has no boiler ticket now
The closing scenes - just wish 4464 was backing en route to Top Shed...
Great videos. Nice looking 🚂engine and sounds really 😎🆒.
Thank you for uploading it.
Fantastic. Oh how I loved my youth!
Cheers John :)
You sure captured her well there at Donny , just a pity it was getting dark , good shot at Kings Cross
Great video I enjoyed watching thanks for sharing ..
Thanks very much Dave :)
***** Thanks for watching Ken :)
Great footage there buddy. Makes me glad I subscribed.
Ta very much, glad to seeing you're enjoying my videos :)
Fantastic Video
Super video clip....I was at the south end of this platform to see it.
Cheers Allan, lovely performance through Dancaster, wasn't it? :)
Great shots!
Thank you Colin :)
You certainly did well on that trip, how did you keep up all the time. Bittern chimney looked A bit for worse at Kings Cross looked like they have been hitting it with a hammer to knock the shoot off inside, Brilliant coverage Barry
Thank you very much Barry :)
Did all the people on the opposite platform in that first shot miss the it? As I noticed another train was parked on the opposing platform when she came past.
Great video, well done...
Thank you Tony :)
Nice. Pedal to the metal . Flat out. Don't think we have anything like it capable of hitting those speeds on existing track, in actual operation.
wonderful film - but how did you get from Doncaster to Peterborough to St Neots to Kings Cross faster than Bittern?
Would you believe me if I said I could teleport? ;) Bittern's schedule allowed me to leapfrog it on the train to various locations. I hadn't planned on doing St Neots originally, but with the slow performance through Peterborough I decided to skip seeing her arrival into Kings Cross (A shot I really wanted) and head to St Neots, where she should have been on the fast doing 90. However, for whatever reason she was put on the slow and just crawled through. As luck would have it though she was stopped outside of Huntingdon (I think that's the one) to allow my train (which was running late) to overtake. So I managed to catch her arrival at Kings Cross after all.........and breathe!
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Great video! :)
Cheers Martin :)
beautiful steemtrain british
much better then my poor effort
Good video subbed
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