Thank you for filming even in the quite heavy rain. Excellent video. From Australia, last year I did an RTC day tour but didn't observe the loco 'Bahamas' being serviced. It's terrific that England has so many steam (and diesel/railcar) main line tours. Well done! You might be surprised how many foreigners like me watch these UK videos. I've been to your country twice in the past two years, and enjoy your railways immensely. It's always surprised me that your locos by and large lack automatic stokers, yet the Victorian Railways' R class manufactured by The North British Loco Company have such an aid. Our maximum speed for steam locos in Victoria now is 80kmh (50mph) but was once 115kmh (70mph).
I'm just beginning to take an interest in trains and have to say as an American, this is an impressive looking steam locomotive. It almost looks modern comparatively.
Was wondering about repeated wheelslip from the red signal . . until l saw the entire train (not to mention the accompanying English standard precipitation!). What a great looking engine. Greetings from 🇦🇺
You want to try and start a train with that sort of load on wet and greasy rail, my exoerience with only a few coahes is that it's virtually impossible not to slip.
Nice.. Royal Mail train in the picture, soon to end. RM have cancelled the rail transport contract and have moved moving mail to road transport. Rather dumb idea imho..
You got that right. Aren’t we supposed to be taking traffic off the roads and one train can carry at least thirty lorry loads of mail lessening our carbon footprint. The Green lobby can be pretty silent when it suits.
Eeeee by eck, tis luxury that!! 😵😁. The last few times I was out with the green one we had to service it on the spur from London Road Junction. No pit so we crawled between the wheels to rake the ash pan and oil up. Loading coal was in one ton bags lifted by a hiab on the lorry and water from a tanker. Back in the 90’s Upperby was still open as a depot and we would stable there between trips but we never went inside the building just used the same tracks as seen today. Back then you could still see where the turntable and radiating roads off it were.
Fascinating and shows just how much goes on behind the scenes which most of us never see. It must have been very difficult technically to capture - I presume you were using a very long focal length. I've long wanted to have a go at that with the drone but there are serious legal issues involved in flying directly over the railway - and that rain would have made it a complete non-starter.
Very interesting thank you. Last time I saw Upperby it was stowed out with withdrawn steam locos, very sad, and I didn't realize the significance of it. Yea, a bit wet in Cumbria again.
Hardly constitutes a depot, no facilities, no cover, a partially demolished Carriage Shed and an open air inspection pit left over from the closure of the old BR Steam Depot. Yep, it sounds like Carlisle.
@@paulnolan1352 it’s a work in progress currently, it is only supposed to be a stabling point for tours in the north so there is no need for anything more, Carlisle does have Kingmoor depot though which is in better condition.
@@mumumaaaahthe shunting manoeuvres they need to do aren’t possible without a loco on the rear and also the diesel has to be on the rear to provide ETH which provides, heating/aircon and electricity to the coaches which the steam loco can’t do, hope this is helpful, thanks for the comment!
I often watch these charters disappear from view in Les Gilpin's videos. It's interesting to see what goes on once they get there. There's similar activity undertaken just outside Gt Yarmouth station, although the volume of charters is tiny in comparison. I've been lucky enough to watch in person both Mayflower & FS being serviced there.
Its or it's. If "It is" can be substituted and still make sense then "It's" is correct otherwise "its" is the right word to use. If a couple of toots from a train whistle does that to you, what are you like with scary movies? 😀
@@TRAlNVlDEOS Thanks for that info. I know Carlisle station and I know the M6 goes round the outside of the city. Also it had prominence in the times of the reivers.
@@rogermarsh2763 nope, sadly the steam charters just have to use water tankers, atleast for now, LSL only recently got this depot and they have added a coal bunker recently. (As seen in the video).
@@frankbagshaw6886 Since it is in LSL's property, that would come out of the income generated for LSL by the hire of the locomotive and ancillary services. So it is the passengers on the excursions that would fund any improvements of the site. I would imagine that any water supply to the old depot has been long removed. Providing a new service would probably cost an arm and a leg - not to mention your grandmother's pension. 😀
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A super insight into the 'behind the scenes' activities of our heritage steam rail tours, long may they be allowed to continue.
@@johnyates4163 Thanks!
Thank you for filming even in the quite heavy rain. Excellent video.
From Australia, last year I did an RTC day tour but didn't observe the loco 'Bahamas' being serviced. It's terrific that England has so many steam (and diesel/railcar) main line tours. Well done!
You might be surprised how many foreigners like me watch these UK videos. I've been to your country twice in the past two years, and enjoy your railways immensely.
It's always surprised me that your locos by and large lack automatic stokers, yet the Victorian Railways' R class manufactured by The North British Loco Company have such an aid. Our maximum speed for steam locos in Victoria now is 80kmh (50mph) but was once 115kmh (70mph).
@@edmundcarew7235 thank you, it’s always nice so see people from all over the world enjoying the videos!
I'm just beginning to take an interest in trains and have to say as an American, this is an impressive looking steam locomotive. It almost looks modern comparatively.
@@purgeyou I agree, it’s my favourite steam loco, thanks for the comment and I hope you enjoyed the video! 👍
Was wondering about repeated wheelslip from the red signal . . until l saw the entire train (not to mention the accompanying English standard precipitation!). What a great looking engine.
Greetings from 🇦🇺
You want to try and start a train with that sort of load on wet and greasy rail, my exoerience with only a few coahes is that it's virtually impossible not to slip.
Nice.. Royal Mail train in the picture, soon to end. RM have cancelled the rail transport contract and have moved moving mail to road transport. Rather dumb idea imho..
You got that right. Aren’t we supposed to be taking traffic off the roads and one train can carry at least thirty lorry loads of mail lessening our carbon footprint. The Green lobby can be pretty silent when it suits.
They have done it before they will come back again when fuel prices rise again
Eeeee by eck, tis luxury that!! 😵😁. The last few times I was out with the green one we had to service it on the spur from London Road Junction. No pit so we crawled between the wheels to rake the ash pan and oil up. Loading coal was in one ton bags lifted by a hiab on the lorry and water from a tanker.
Back in the 90’s Upperby was still open as a depot and we would stable there between trips but we never went inside the building just used the same tracks as seen today. Back then you could still see where the turntable and radiating roads off it were.
Very interesting. Love seeing the behind the scenes moments. Didn't know there was an inspection pit there. Glorious engine.
Typical wet day in Carlisle, i remember them well.🌧
Very interesting to see what it involves to replenish a steam loco for the return journey.👍💓
Brilliant. Really enjoyable alternative to the station pictures we normally enjoy. Thankyou.
@@Daveonthelevel no problem! 👍
Nice video excellent my friends 😊awesome 😮 Greeting 👋🏻
Thank you! 👋
Loved the video and the weather was depicted by a Scottish band from the 1980s.
Plenty water coming out the sky 🤪. Great to watch these old steam trains thanks. 👍🏆🇬🇧
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video
Most interesting Nige, you'd have thought that given steam frequency now more fixed facilities would be provided. Thanks for getting wet!
Richard
Very interesting,thanks for getting soaked & taking time to film this behind the scenes video👍
@@DavidGlover-u8i no problem, glad you enjoyed the video! 😃
Hello there. It's a rough old day to say it's pissing down. And every thing is wet to handle.
Fascinating and shows just how much goes on behind the scenes which most of us never see. It must have been very difficult technically to capture - I presume you were using a very long focal length. I've long wanted to have a go at that with the drone but there are serious legal issues involved in flying directly over the railway - and that rain would have made it a complete non-starter.
Very interesting thank you. Last time I saw Upperby it was stowed out with withdrawn steam locos, very sad, and I didn't realize the significance of it. Yea, a bit wet in Cumbria again.
@@johndrew3202 Thanks, I’m glad you found it interesting!
Hardly constitutes a depot, no facilities, no cover, a partially demolished Carriage Shed and an open air inspection pit left over from the closure of the old BR Steam Depot. Yep, it sounds like Carlisle.
@@paulnolan1352 it’s a work in progress currently, it is only supposed to be a stabling point for tours in the north so there is no need for anything more, Carlisle does have Kingmoor depot though which is in better condition.
Thank you for film. Great can we have more thanks.
@@AndrewCooper-eo7oh I will try, double steam charters are in Carlisle tommorow so I will be filming that! 😊
Good old British summer time.
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to do it.☺
@@colinbeasley3718 Thank you, I’m really glad you enjoyed the video! 👍
That's a great catch.
Thanks!
Very nice! I didn't know they had an inspection pit there!
@@JimmysTransportMarvels yes it’s an interesting depot!
Why do diesels need to help steamers anyway? Steamers can handle the coaches all by itself
@@mumumaaaahthe shunting manoeuvres they need to do aren’t possible without a loco on the rear and also the diesel has to be on the rear to provide ETH which provides, heating/aircon and electricity to the coaches which the steam loco can’t do, hope this is helpful, thanks for the comment!
Great video thanks!!
No problem, I have a video of a different steam loco in the same depot release ing tomorrow!
@@TRAlNVlDEOS I look forward to it thanks!!
You must have been soaked! Good record
@@LeslieGilpinRailways haha it wasn’t too bad as luckily I had an umbrella but it was very heavy rain lol!
Looks like you still have a lot to electrify!
I often watch these charters disappear from view in Les Gilpin's videos. It's interesting to see what goes on once they get there.
There's similar activity undertaken just outside Gt Yarmouth station, although the volume of charters is tiny in comparison. I've been lucky enough to watch in person both Mayflower & FS being serviced there.
Very interesting. Than you.
Thanks!
Very informative . Many thanks.
@@mrhearse777 no problem! 😊
Its or it's. If "It is" can be substituted and still make sense then "It's" is correct otherwise "its" is the right word to use. If a couple of toots from a train whistle does that to you, what are you like with scary movies? 😀
@@roboftherock the reason I jump so much is because it was on 25x zoom lol! 👍😃
@@TRAlNVlDEOS Ah! so you weren't on a rooftop 20 or so feet away?
@@roboftherock there is a hill behind the depot where I was stood, but it is a decent bit away especially if you zoom in as much as I did. 👍😃
@@TRAlNVlDEOS Thanks for that info. I know Carlisle station and I know the M6 goes round the outside of the city. Also it had prominence in the times of the reivers.
Cool footage. Nice one. 😀
@@Desiro360 thank you! 😊
Does anyone know the numbers of the EMT mk3 plz
Are the coaches on the other track from Eastern Rail?
@@kennethmcintyre2847 I think they are ex East Midlands railway and Caledonian Sleeper coaches! 👍
Lmao how many times can 1 persons soul leave their body in one video
Nice video
@@JoshHemingwayMetcalfe96 Thanks! 👍
An inspection pit but no watering facility. I assumed Upperby would have that ?
@@rogermarsh2763 nope, sadly the steam charters just have to use water tankers, atleast for now, LSL only recently got this depot and they have added a coal bunker recently. (As seen in the video).
Such facilities cost money so who pays?
@@frankbagshaw6886Jeremy Hoskins.
@@frankbagshaw6886 Since it is in LSL's property, that would come out of the income generated for LSL by the hire of the locomotive and ancillary services. So it is the passengers on the excursions that would fund any improvements of the site. I would imagine that any water supply to the old depot has been long removed. Providing a new service would probably cost an arm and a leg - not to mention your grandmother's pension. 😀