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Good to meet you too. Keep watching!

They should worry - at this moment I'm stuck at Ravenglass 100 miles from home, my train cancelled. Not sure that I'll get home tonight.

At this very moment I'm stranded at Ravenglass, 100 miles from home. Train cancelled and no alternative transport available. Could end up on the beach tonight.

​@@schoolshorts That's northern for you they're the best at that😂

We have to make the most of these glorious summer days - we haven't seen too many of them this year. Best wishes.

Thank you - much appreciated.

Thanks Colin. - it was a good day, wasn't it.

@@schoolshorts Yes and going to Appleby was a very good idea, first time in years I have seen a stem train at speed

That loco dates from 1945 - same vintage as myself - but better looking and better preserved!

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@@LeslieGilpinRailways I was tempted to say something brutal about him - but thought better of it.

@@peterkinloch666 You're very welcome - glad you enjoyed it.

@@schoolshorts My thoughts of Peter's are entirely the same many thanks again Tim JohnK.

@@MrOldmeg Thank you John - good to hear from you - hope you're keeping well.

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it.

Which railway did you work on?

This is a wonderful part of the world for railway travel.

@@chrisburton9645 I 'd wholeheartedly recommend it.

Oh - bad luck.

Golly - two years ago - I haven't seen this video for a long time - had to look at it again to see what it was all about! No plans as yet for my upcoming 79th - will quite possibly end up spending it on La'al Ratty. Let's wait and see. Best wishes and thanks for watching.

I think 🤔 that’s a good idea and you’re welcome I enjoyed watching your video it was very interesting looking forward to seeing your next one

@@AndrewHatton85 Thank you - high praise indeed - if only it were reflected in the income!

Thank you Fraser. Glad you enjoyed it and found it informative.

You’re welcome at least it wasn’t raining when you were at the station

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it.

I've been out this very day filming on the old Kirkcudbright branch so - yes - hopefully it'll be published fairly soon. Wigtown - well, as my Irish relatives used to say - "If I'm spared"!

I must admit that I haven't seen the weed-killing train this season - but, sadly, it's not allowed to spray within station confines - elf and safety, don't you know! The tracks away from the station seem to be in good fettle, so I can only presume that the spraying train (invariably the dirtiest train on the railway) is still in use - perhaps by night?

I have similar memories of travelling by train from my home in Darlington to the seaside at Redcar. Back in the 1950s the train ran right through the middle of the vast steelworks along the Tees estuary and you could actually see the molten steel pouring out from the blast furnaces - fascinating - but, of course, all long since gone.

The price of fame, eh? No, the logs didn't run although they were scheduled to.

Keen - or insane - opinions vary!

Thank you. Sadly, I never ever saw the original Midland Pullman - one of my major regrets.

Thank you - but only one coffee, would you believe?

Thank you. Sunshine - yes - we haven't been over blessed with it this summer! Best wishes.

Hi Colin. I believe the plan is for a daily aviation fuel train, running north overnight and south, empty, in the daytime. It's early days yet and we'll have to wait and see what materialises. I wish I could afford to travel on the Blue Pullman. It's doing a trip from Dumfries to Penzance next month and my first thought was "Forget the cost - let's do it" until I discovered that it's a three-day trip and accommodation in Penzance for two nights is not provided. Idea dropped! The lady on the platform at Lockerbie was actually asking if the station loos were still open - needless to say, the train crew had no idea. The clock tower at Lockerbie is on the town hall which is where, twelve years ago, I took my Day Skipper qualification for inshore vessels. All I need now is a boat! Best wishes.

@@schoolshorts Thats a heck of a lot of fuel Tim Makes you realise just how much aircraft use. Blue Pullman is not cheap but I have seen video on board and sat in similar seats on their Push Pull train when it came to KWVR railway Very comfortable. I may treat myself to ride on it one day. It does some very long day trips as well as the overnight ones I wonder how many do the full tour. Looking at the weather at Carnforth on Saturday you were lucky not to need a boat LOL. We chose the right places to go that day.

Just before the 2nd World War the Southern had developed the basic carriage wash which we see today. The idea was for the locomotive and train would go through the wash together so as to reduce manpower for cleaning purposes. The air smooth cassing caused problems typical for the railway!

In the 1930s streamlining was all the rage. Gresley streamlined his A4 class locomotives for the LNER and the survivors retain their streamlining to the present day. Stanier streamlined some of his LMS Coronation class engines but the outer casing was eventually removed leaving a more conventional machine. Oliver Bulleid had been personal assistant to Gresley and after taking over as Chief Mechanical Engineer to the Southern Railway he tried to modernise steam locomotive design using practices taken from the motor car industry - chain driven valve gear, enclosed oil baths etc - which caused more problems than it solved! He never referred to his Merchant Navy locos as "streamlined" but rather as "air-smoothed". I agree with you re the aesthetics - I've never liked the looks of them, but that's a matter of personal taste. I'm sure there'll be many who disagree with me. Many of the Merchant Navy and Light Pacific classes were rebuilt with conventional valve gear and without the outer casing, becoming - to my mind - some of the best-looking steam engines ever. Once again, a matter of personal taste. They were very powerful and lightweight, leading to a marked propensity to slip - and remained notoriously smoky to the end of their days - many examples can be found among my videos.

@@geoffreyford7288 southern railfans niknamed them [spam cans]

I believe the designer (one O.V.S. Bulleid) required to lower the engine's air resistance at-speed , but in war-time was not readily allowed to refer to this as "streamlining". This was accordingly modified to (an) "air-smoothed casing"...

Thanks David. I wonder what the birds think of the weather in that part of the world!

@@schoolshorts probably think to wet!

@@schoolshorts Probably think it's too wet!

Yes - I know the Manx railways quite well although I haven't filmed there since 2008 (czcams.com/video/FNTTdYf22nE/video.html). I'm not familiar with the Scottish lines you mention - I'll have to look them up.

The other one in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is at Aviemore there’s a always a few interesting trains up there including steam trains and class 37S they are very small the other and only open over the summer

Thanks Colin. It's good to get back to working with equipment and software that really can handle the material - I'll have to reset my camera and the drone to the highest settings that they're capable of achieving. They had to be set to lower, older standards during the time I was confined to the laptop. Sadly, a certain amount of material has been lost - my backup routine wasn't as good as I thought it was. A lesson to be learnt there.

@@schoolshorts Hopefully nothing really rare was lost and you have got a better backup routine now so that's good. Future videos back to high standard again in time for the next charter train. Hoping for a fine day in York tomorrow with a Peak due in on it's first charter train

Thank you Fraser. The weather is the one thing you can never rely on in the Lake District. Of my four days down there, only the last day enjoyed good weather enabling me to walk and film. I'd booked all my tickets a month in advance and didn't book seats in open coaches for that very reason.

You’re welcome I am meant to be going to Crieff area off Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in September but not sure if it’s worth going for two weeks or just one reason being the weather

- - and the fine weather did arrive - just too late in the day to be of any use to me! Best wishes.

@@tonywinward Hope you get a good day for it.

Thank you David. Pick a good day and you'll love it! Best wishes.

Do - you'll really enjoy it!

I had originally thought about filming the walk (climb?) up to Stanley Force waterfall but I understand that's closed as a result of storm damage so went for a much easier option. Something more demanding next time! A great day - yes indeed. I look forward to hearing about your crowd ed journey in due course.