More British Steam

Thanks Charlie. From that platform at Victoria, I would have thought that she would have been heading for Kent.  But the You Tube description says otherwise.

Thanks for the video link! But your reference to "London Station" is a joke of sorts to the English, because there are multiple intercity stations in London.

 "Tornado" was a newly constructed steam loco completed in 2008. "Approved for 75 mph (121 km/h) running on the Network Rail main line." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_(locomotive)

Incidentally there was a 67 class diesel loco working hard on the end of that train ...

Could a steam expert please tell me, why the big blow of steam from under the front of the loco while it is stationary? Not the cylinder blow-down when it first starts moving.

That appears to be the cylinder cock exhausts, which are all piped together. Unlike the U.S. steam locomotives, which exhaust the cylinder cocks directly out-board, many British locomotives seem to have the cylinder cock exhaust collected thru copper tubes which are bundled together and all exhaust forward,i.e NOT burning any passengers on the platform. Remember now that Tornado is a three cylinder locomotive, so there will be LOTS of cylinder cock exhaust.

As a side note, I found it odd that the Tornado didn't make any exhaust sound upon departure. Obviously the diesel on the rear must have been doing all the work.

I believe it is from the Cylinders themselves which have either bronze or brass piping facing forward.

I suppose what they may be doing with that is to do what we do with American Steam which cocks vent the steam/water buildup from the bottom. But American Steam wants to keep those open for a little while until the Cylinders warm a bit and make sure all the liquid water is out.

The Engine in the video does the same thing differently, blowing it forward. Which really I think is neat and a safety thing to me. Clear the idiots away before moving.

You aint going to see one of these on Amtrack in the northeast corridor in regular service... although it would be neat to see some American steam get on there and haul revenue.

I enjoyed the video very much. I suppose I have a thought that the UK Steam Folks, just simply go and steam it while we wring our hands and fuss over insurance etc.

Is that a body snatcher banking on the rear of the train?

Finally but not least... whoever is using a camcorder to record has a very good camera lens.

Ace

If you were  a little observant, you would have noticed the caption below on the vid identifies it as Victoria station.

Thanks much for posting.  Tornado looks fantastic in express blue livery.  Think I'll order my Darstaed model like this.

Yeah I saw that !  but your first line above the link says "The Tornado quikly accerating out of London Station".

No big deal, it's just a joke of sorts from the English sitcom "As Time Goes By" when a really bad American film producer makes a really bad episode in England with a reference to "London Station", which would be laughable to the English but considered good enough for uninformed American audiences. I was reminded of that!

Oh, and about that word "accerating". I didn't know that word before. It means when something is being accelerated by an unseen force ... in this case, the diesel on the end!

All kidding aside, Thanks for posting. That kind of link could get me diverted onto watching YouTube videos of English trains all day ...

Re- London Station (I'm familiar with the Britcom episode) . . .

I had a dispatcher's job on the ex-Milwaukee Road; my office was in the Chicago Station.

EdKing

Very cool!

--Greg

Great video! Thanks for posting.