Stirring Steam Video From The UK This Weekend

Wow, I love these videos where it looks like someone might have secretly made a time machine, gone back and made hi-def videos on everyday events in the past. Good work!

Did you notice that the first locomotive is a 3-cylinder locomotive? SIX exhaust beats per revolution of the drivers...with nice square valves.

 

Interesting video, with two very different firemen. The first loco by the camera is being over-fired and is smoking almost constantly, while the second loco runs with a nice, clear stack for the whole video clip. I'm glad I don't have to clean the fire at the end of the day in that first loco. It will be a mess.

Great stack music! Thanks for sharing Bob.

Not only that Rich, but darned near EVERYTHING in the UK was hand fired! That second locomotive, the 2-cylinder, sure had a fireman that knew what he was doing, i.e. clear stack even after the Driver moves the regulator to wide open. One of the better videos I've seen from the UK.

Great video, thanks for posting! Love the sound of steam working up a grade...

Great stuff! Thanks for posting.

Here's the dirt on Galatea and Britannia

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...e_Class_5699_Galatea

 

http://www.iconsofsteam.com/locomotives/britannia/

 

It took them a while, but they finally could afford to build steamers with the American 'ease-of-maintenance' mentality, although around the time that American steam was already in decline.

 

 

EXCELLENT !!!!! thanks for posting this.

I think a few of the 2-10-0s were fitted with mechanical stokers as an experiment, then back to hand-firing; then that was it for British steam.