Lots of superb shots here - well done for making the effort and for standing on the rain for so long! The last time I was out filming was 2 years ago at Scout Green when we had 2 trains coming north like this! I miss it.
Thanks for your kind comments Julian always appreciated, that seems to have passed quickly since you were out last and I’m sure you do miss it and I know it’s not the same as being lineside but hopefully we can keep you up to date with whats going on, regards nige👍
Brilliant camera work as always Nige, you're the best! The weather plus Tangmere nearly blew the guy standing on the platform end at Kirkby Stephen off his feet! As for the Jacobite stock, I gather it's still under review in terms of 'slam door lock certification'. Strange for I've not heard of any injuries due to inefficient mechanisms, but then I guess in our current catastrophised world of 'health & safety' we all need to be wrapped up in cotton wool for our own protection. Hey-ho, happy days!
Thanks Rare Rufus for your very kind comments, the atrocious weather continued as the day went on, health and safety gets involved with everything nowadays as all common sense has gone out of the window sadly, cheers 👍
Thanks Brian much appreciated, yes it was unfortunate the Brit suffered another failure after the last one but was good to see her Shap again, cheers nige👍
The star act was definitely on first today Nige, a great performance from the Brit and a great shame about the later failure. Good filming in those very tricky conditions
Thanks Josh, glad you enjoyed watching, a great performance on Shap until she was failed at Carlisle so hopefully not out of action for too long, cheers nige 👍
Great sequences Nigel. Must have been tricky in that wind and very wetting waiting for the 5 😧 Think I'd have gone home after Tangmere but you did get decent footage at Kirkby Stephen.
Thanks Keith, wind was more of a problem as that blows the rain where you don’t want it, only got the one shot of the 5 as the shot off the wall was not doable in those conditions, even at KS I had to move the slightly as some guttering had moved above me and was gushing water right above the camera 😂💦cheers 👍
Great video Nige, you must have got a real good soaking waiting for the Black 5 to arrive. I have to say that the Brit was the star of the day and it is just a pity it failed at Carlisle so not on the return leg.
Thanks Alistair, luckily the atrocious weather came after the two charters so as not to spoil things too much, yes definitely the star before the failure, cheers 👍 hope it’s going well for you in Scotland.
So glad the weather picked up on Shap fell for you as it was horrible when I went down with 4M27! Shame the Britt didn't make the run over the S&C but I'm sure the lads and lassies at LSL will get her sorted. Great videos once again,thank you.
Thanks for your kind comments Lynden, we were lucky for the two charters but things deteriorated for the stock move but then that’s Shap for you, such a shame after her last failure so hopefully they’ll get her sorted soon, cheers👍
Great shooting as usual! Thanks! I pitched up to see them at Penrith South, and witnessed the Brit. being given the beans thrashing past there just as the rain really came on - but I got my hands and phone so wet that I couldn't operate it to catch Tangmere a few minutes later, and because I was so wet I wimped out and trudged home before the Black 5 / stock move! So went another soggy day in Paradise! 😀
Thanks Martin, luckily you got Britannia just as the rains started but getting that wet and restricting what you can do there’s no point in getting your phone damaged for the sake of it as there’s always a next time, cheers 👍
Nice one nige .Nice to see Britannia at shap Wells and Tangmere not far behind it lovely stuff bad day at kirkbystephen nice videoing. I was at Lunds hammered down 😢
Thanks Graham, yes a nice change to see Britannia but unfortunate for her to fail later and some awful weather later depending where you were that’s why we headed KS Station for some shelter, cheers 👍
Another great video nige. Interesting to see how the weather drastically changed between the shots over shap. Shame the Brit failed for the return over the s&c.
Thanks Luke, yes in the space of an hour the conditions deteriorated from reasonable to awful but that’s Shap for you, a great performance from Britannia climbing up Shap and hopefully not out of action for too long, cheers
That Brit looked and sounded great. Very nice. I wish I could have got there yesterday. That pair, Britannia and a BoB, take me back decades to the train set I had when I was a lad. For Christmas (must have been 1965, cos in 64 I got a transistor radio), I got the latest star from Triang 34051 'Winston Churchill' and my younger brother got 70000. He didn't realise he wanted a loco, but I convinced him that he needed one and he was getting the better and more expensive of the pair (iirc Winston cost £3 15s or thereabouts and Britannia was £4-odd, probably because of the more complex moulding). They were stars for Tri-ang because they both featured the new smoke generators. You put a few drops of special 'smoke oil' into a holder under the chimney, and as the loco ran and warmed up, a wire element evaporated the oil and if you had good eyesight, in good lighting, with a good imagination, you could see a faint wisp of bluish smoke drifting from the chimney, giving off a not unpleasant smell that I still remember. Their exhausts on Shap look a bit different to what they did on my 6 foot by 4 foot train set. Your video also shows a good comparison of the exhaust arrangements, with the soft exhaust of the Bulleids contrasting with the hard push from the single chimney of the Brit (or on different days, a Jube). I put that down to the multiple blast pipe of the BoB, which I've noticed in the past doesn't lift the exhaust very well. The boxy shape of the Spam Can then pulls it back down into the low pressure zone on the downwind side of the train in a crosswind - something else I've noticed on windy days with Tangmere.
Thanks Alan, certainly the star of the day just unfortunate as she was to fail later, that brings back happy memories as my eldest brother got a black steam locomotive Triang train set with the smoke generator and I got the blue and yellow Triang Transcontinental double diesel engine set, the bark is always better from the single chimney locos and it doesn't help Tangmere when she's getting pushed but still plenty of exhaust or volcano effect as it has been called, cheers👍
@@nige7577 Was that the 'Blue Streak' diesel set, that came with a power car, an unpowered duplicate loco and two (or three) coaches, one of which had an observation deck in the roof? The locos had a headlight on the nose, a yellow cab and yellow 'wings' spreading from the centre line of the nose? I believe it was based on an Australian train. If it was, that was my very first electric train! Cost something like £6 9s 6d with an oval track, ordered from my aunt's catalogue. It was the set I really wanted, but I didn't think my parents could afford it, so I asked for a two car DMU set with a circular track instead. They must have twigged my heart wasn't in it though, because I couldn't believe my eyes that Christmas morning when I unwrapped the big box.
@@alangilbertson8239Yes that’s the one Alan, I was chuffed to bits with it but don’t remember what happened to it once I left home but I’ve managed to buy a replacement only recently and although not in mint condition and needs the wheel’s cleaning and motor servicing it will do as it certainly bring back many happy memories from my childhood 😀
Thanks David, yes a nice bonus with the three over Shap and Britannia being the standout loco, at least the atrocious weather stayed off for the two charters, cheers 👍
What a great day for steam today with three steam trains over shap Nige , all very well filmed at shap and K/S, shame we got the rain for the jacobite stock move and that howling wind as well, heard, thanks, that Britannia had failed, sad news after getting back on the mainline again, i got another soacking at Dent for the return of the Lakelander too 🤔cheers nige, Steve .
Thanks Steve, can’t complain when you get three inside the hour and the star of the show appearing first, apparently the sun was out at Birkett for the return leg of the Lakelander, cheers 👍
Three for the price of one, eh Nige? Well maybe 2 and a half then with 45212 being dragged. Great to see a Brit again on the WCML, but by the white exhaust didn't seem to be 'doing her bit', maybe the failure at Carlisle was the culprit eh? Sorry kind sir I'm not a SR fan so no comment!
Thanks George yes 2 and a half I would say, it was good to see the Brit on Shap again with a decent performance although with a surplus of steam blowing off halfway up where as Tangmere was well assisted but we've come to expect that with the Northern Belle, cheers👍
So it's the air cons for the Harry Potter Train this year. That'd mean theyd be very short of stock for other tours, I imagine there'd be a lot of hiring in going on. Plus they'll need an ETH class 47 on every train, which will be costly and operationally inconvenient. But WC have stuck it to the Man by, er, finally giving in. Way to go, messrs Smith and Shuttleworth! 🙄
Thanks Andrei, it could be a very interesting few months as to what happens as like you say with the stock shortage and what’s available to hire in but not going to be plain sailing by any means, cheers 👍
Lots of superb shots here - well done for making the effort and for standing on the rain for so long! The last time I was out filming was 2 years ago at Scout Green when we had 2 trains coming north like this! I miss it.
Thanks for your kind comments Julian always appreciated, that seems to have passed quickly since you were out last and I’m sure you do miss it and I know it’s not the same as being lineside but hopefully we can keep you up to date with whats going on, regards nige👍
Brilliant camera work as always Nige, you're the best! The weather plus Tangmere nearly blew the guy standing on the platform end at Kirkby Stephen off his feet! As for the Jacobite stock, I gather it's still under review in terms of 'slam door lock certification'. Strange for I've not heard of any injuries due to inefficient mechanisms, but then I guess in our current catastrophised world of 'health & safety' we all need to be wrapped up in cotton wool for our own protection. Hey-ho, happy days!
Thanks Rare Rufus for your very kind comments, the atrocious weather continued as the day went on, health and safety gets involved with everything nowadays as all common sense has gone out of the window sadly, cheers 👍
Superb collection of shots Nige shame over the Brit not returning over the S & C but well done and thanks for making it possible for your fans! Brian
Thanks Brian much appreciated, yes it was unfortunate the Brit suffered another failure after the last one but was good to see her Shap again, cheers nige👍
Excellent sequence of captures in challenging conditions.🌀🌧👍
Thanks Stephen, certainly nice to see three over Shap and luckily the weather didn’t spoil things to much, cheers 👍
Absaloutly incredible video nige loved every minute of it!
Thanks Angus that’s very kind of you, glad you enjoyed watching, cheers 👍
The star act was definitely on first today Nige, a great performance from the Brit and a great shame about the later failure. Good filming in those very tricky conditions
Thanks Austin, yes it was great to see Britannia again but unlucky with the failure, cheers 👍
An eventful day over Shap and very well covered Nige. Great viewing. Cheers, Jeff.
Thanks Jeff, a rare day with three steam locos over Shap and typical Shap conditions. cheers nige 👍
Great video Nige. Nice to see Britannia running again. Cheers Josh
Thanks Josh, glad you enjoyed watching, a great performance on Shap until she was failed at Carlisle so hopefully not out of action for too long, cheers nige 👍
Great sequences Nigel. Must have been tricky in that wind and very wetting waiting for the 5 😧 Think I'd have gone home after Tangmere but you did get decent footage at Kirkby Stephen.
Thanks Keith, wind was more of a problem as that blows the rain where you don’t want it, only got the one shot of the 5 as the shot off the wall was not doable in those conditions, even at KS I had to move the slightly as some guttering had moved above me and was gushing water right above the camera 😂💦cheers 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed that, many thanks. Must have had the tripod well anchored down, not a single unplanned movement, brilliant camera work. 👍👏
Thanks for your lovely comments Jules, I always use heavy tripods and sinks them into the ground, cheers 👍
Great video Nige, you must have got a real good soaking waiting for the Black 5 to arrive. I have to say that the Brit was the star of the day and it is just a pity it failed at Carlisle so not on the return leg.
Thanks Alistair, luckily the atrocious weather came after the two charters so as not to spoil things too much, yes definitely the star before the failure, cheers 👍 hope it’s going well for you in Scotland.
Nige, The Brit was good whilst it lasted. Great captures all round. Regards, John
Thanks John, it was great to get three inside the hours and great to see and hear Britannia on Shap again, regards nige👍
So glad the weather picked up on Shap fell for you as it was horrible when I went down with 4M27!
Shame the Britt didn't make the run over the S&C but I'm sure the lads and lassies at LSL will get her sorted.
Great videos once again,thank you.
Thanks for your kind comments Lynden, we were lucky for the two charters but things deteriorated for the stock move but then that’s Shap for you, such a shame after her last failure so hopefully they’ll get her sorted soon, cheers👍
Great shooting as usual! Thanks!
I pitched up to see them at Penrith South, and witnessed the Brit. being given the beans thrashing past there just as the rain really came on - but I got my hands and phone so wet that I couldn't operate it to catch Tangmere a few minutes later, and because I was so wet I wimped out and trudged home before the Black 5 / stock move!
So went another soggy day in Paradise! 😀
Thanks Martin, luckily you got Britannia just as the rains started but getting that wet and restricting what you can do there’s no point in getting your phone damaged for the sake of it as there’s always a next time, cheers 👍
Nice one nige .Nice to see Britannia at shap Wells and Tangmere not far behind it lovely stuff bad day at kirkbystephen nice videoing. I was at Lunds hammered down 😢
Thanks Graham, yes a nice change to see Britannia but unfortunate for her to fail later and some awful weather later depending where you were that’s why we headed KS Station for some shelter, cheers 👍
Another great video nige. Interesting to see how the weather drastically changed between the shots over shap. Shame the Brit failed for the return over the s&c.
Thanks Luke, yes in the space of an hour the conditions deteriorated from reasonable to awful but that’s Shap for you, a great performance from Britannia climbing up Shap and hopefully not out of action for too long, cheers
That Brit looked and sounded great. Very nice. I wish I could have got there yesterday.
That pair, Britannia and a BoB, take me back decades to the train set I had when I was a lad. For Christmas (must have been 1965, cos in 64 I got a transistor radio), I got the latest star from Triang 34051 'Winston Churchill' and my younger brother got 70000. He didn't realise he wanted a loco, but I convinced him that he needed one and he was getting the better and more expensive of the pair (iirc Winston cost £3 15s or thereabouts and Britannia was £4-odd, probably because of the more complex moulding). They were stars for Tri-ang because they both featured the new smoke generators. You put a few drops of special 'smoke oil' into a holder under the chimney, and as the loco ran and warmed up, a wire element evaporated the oil and if you had good eyesight, in good lighting, with a good imagination, you could see a faint wisp of bluish smoke drifting from the chimney, giving off a not unpleasant smell that I still remember.
Their exhausts on Shap look a bit different to what they did on my 6 foot by 4 foot train set.
Your video also shows a good comparison of the exhaust arrangements, with the soft exhaust of the Bulleids contrasting with the hard push from the single chimney of the Brit (or on different days, a Jube). I put that down to the multiple blast pipe of the BoB, which I've noticed in the past doesn't lift the exhaust very well. The boxy shape of the Spam Can then pulls it back down into the low pressure zone on the downwind side of the train in a crosswind - something else I've noticed on windy days with Tangmere.
Thanks Alan, certainly the star of the day just unfortunate as she was to fail later, that brings back happy memories as my eldest brother got a black steam locomotive Triang train set with the smoke generator and I got the blue and yellow Triang Transcontinental double diesel engine set, the bark is always better from the single chimney locos and it doesn't help Tangmere when she's getting pushed but still plenty of exhaust or volcano effect as it has been called, cheers👍
@@nige7577 Was that the 'Blue Streak' diesel set, that came with a power car, an unpowered duplicate loco and two (or three) coaches, one of which had an observation deck in the roof? The locos had a headlight on the nose, a yellow cab and yellow 'wings' spreading from the centre line of the nose? I believe it was based on an Australian train. If it was, that was my very first electric train! Cost something like £6 9s 6d with an oval track, ordered from my aunt's catalogue. It was the set I really wanted, but I didn't think my parents could afford it, so I asked for a two car DMU set with a circular track instead. They must have twigged my heart wasn't in it though, because I couldn't believe my eyes that Christmas morning when I unwrapped the big box.
@@alangilbertson8239Yes that’s the one Alan, I was chuffed to bits with it but don’t remember what happened to it once I left home but I’ve managed to buy a replacement only recently and although not in mint condition and needs the wheel’s cleaning and motor servicing it will do as it certainly bring back many happy memories from my childhood 😀
Excellent footage there Nige, good day for steam over Shap, shame about the Brit failed at Carlisle.
Thanks Andrew, yes a nice bonus to see three engines over Shap, hopefully the Brit won’t be out of action for too long, cheers 👍
Good work and rare to see 3 steam in one day. Shame the 5 wasn't in better conditions, but good to see 70000.👍
Thanks David, yes a nice bonus with the three over Shap and Britannia being the standout loco, at least the atrocious weather stayed off for the two charters, cheers 👍
Which locos was the first to get to you
They are filmed in the order that they went up Shap Scott, cheers 👍
@@nige7577so Britannia was first to get to you before tangmere did and the black 5
@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 Yes that’s correct Scott.
@@nige7577oh right okay
What a great day for steam today with three steam trains over shap Nige , all very well filmed at shap and K/S, shame we got the rain for the jacobite stock move and that howling wind as well, heard, thanks, that Britannia had failed, sad news after getting back on the mainline again, i got another soacking at Dent for the return of the Lakelander too 🤔cheers nige, Steve .
Thanks Steve, nice change to get three over Shap on the same day just a shame the weather deteriorated so badly but it is Shap, cheers 👍
Very nice video Nige :)
Thanks Simon much appreciated, cheers 👍
Brings back the memories of waiting rooms with nothing inside them apart from seats and a cadburies chocolate machine on the outside....20p to buy!!😉👍
Thanks Matt, I certainly remember the chocolate machines 😂 there’s something about a steam train that’s missing in the modern trains, cheers 👍
@@nige7577 definitely i agree!! I do much prefer the classic 🚂 steam engines ...far better than the modern contraptions nowadays.
Cheers! 😉👍
Awesome!! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃😉👍
Thanks for your lovely comment Matt, cheers 👍
@@nige7577 No probs! 😉👍
Three for the price of one Nige , the Brit certainly made herself heard just a shame the weather changed for the worse at KS☔️
Thanks Steve, can’t complain when you get three inside the hour and the star of the show appearing first, apparently the sun was out at Birkett for the return leg of the Lakelander, cheers 👍
Three for the price of one, eh Nige?
Well maybe 2 and a half then with 45212 being dragged.
Great to see a Brit again on the WCML, but by the white exhaust didn't seem to be 'doing her bit', maybe the failure at Carlisle was the culprit eh?
Sorry kind sir I'm not a SR fan so no comment!
Thanks George yes 2 and a half I would say, it was good to see the Brit on Shap again with a decent performance although with a surplus of steam blowing off halfway up where as Tangmere was well assisted but we've come to expect that with the Northern Belle, cheers👍
So it's the air cons for the Harry Potter Train this year. That'd mean theyd be very short of stock for other tours, I imagine there'd be a lot of hiring in going on. Plus they'll need an ETH class 47 on every train, which will be costly and operationally inconvenient. But WC have stuck it to the Man by, er, finally giving in. Way to go, messrs Smith and Shuttleworth! 🙄
Thanks Andrei, it could be a very interesting few months as to what happens as like you say with the stock shortage and what’s available to hire in but not going to be plain sailing by any means, cheers 👍
Nige 757 .... Sound like a train urself. 😂😂
Beauty is in the eye of the behoder! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
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Best way to travel..!! 😉👍🚂🚃😉Far better than these electronic contraptions! 🙄