Footplate ride. Pannier Tank on Tenterden Bank.
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2021
- Ride with the crew of the sole surviving BR(W) Hawksworth 16xx Pannier no 1638 on Tenterden bank. A mile of 1 in 50 with 5-on, a nice little trip in the summer sun on the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
Anorak fact - although the 16xx class is chock-full of GWR DNA they date from 1949 so are really BR engines. Even though 1638 did run in GWR green on the KESR for some years!
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I like how the firebox glows in time to the beat.....
“There are two ways of doing things: The wrong way, and the Great Western way” - Duck
Smashing stuff! She certainly cracks along. Cheers!
Great machines panniers!
I'm always up for a footplate ride in the cab of a GWR steamy.
Good.
Why did you not put then conbanation brake on release
Sodor fallout?
Sounds like something is pounding
Yeah, it does that. Quitens down later on though, nothing to worry about.
Duck
The foot plate holds a little interest but outside view is better. This video has 80% footplate!
I wonder why did he run that fast with the johnson bar almost all the way forward, makes acceleration more difficult and enrages the fireman
Steep bank, heavy load and limited speed restriction. Also gives the passengers a bit more bark for their money.
When I worked the Panniers 60 years on the main line, one never placed coal on coal as in the video, for maximum steam one placed coal each corner then each side, two under door. The fireman here fired without concern.
Good to know - thanks! Here we were just doing enough to get us up the hill, but not so much as to have the valves in the air for ages after we'd got to the top.
i was told by my great uncle (driver in the late 40's... LMS) to do eight shovels round the box until the smoke disappears.... then repeat... apart from super D's...( Thin fire )
I wish i could be the one who shovels in the coal