The Best of Bulleid - 2017
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- ‘The year of the Bulleid Pacific’: With 2017 marking the 50th Anniversary since the End of Southern Steam on the 9th of July 1967, surviving members of Bulleid’s ‘West Country’, ‘Battle of Britain’ and ‘Merchant Navy’ Classes were to see some fruitful action over the course of the year. Numerous events and galas were held across the Southern region throughout the year, with the Swanage Railway, Mid-Hants Railway and Bluebell Railway leading the way with their celebrations.
The Swanage Railway kicked things off early in the year, when they dubbed their ‘Spring Steam Gala’ as “Strictly Bulleid” - an event which saw 5 working ‘Light Pacifics’ together for the first time since 1967. The Mid-Hants Railway ‘Watercress Line’ followed suit, holding their ‘Summer Steam Gala’ along a similar theme, echoing the sentiments surrounding Southern Steams’ Twilight days. On the 9th of July, 50 years to the day since the end of steam on the Southern Region, Swanage Railway held a one-day-only ‘Southern Sunrise’ Gala. Finally, the Bluebell Railway held their titled ‘End of Southern Steam’ Gala, completing the highlights of the celebrations.
Locomotives:
‘Battle of Britain’ Class - 34052 “Lord Dowding” (34046 “Braunton”)
‘Battle of Britain’ Class - 34053 “Sir Keith Park”
‘Battle of Britain’ Class - 34070 “Manston”
‘Battle of Britain’ Class - 34081 “92 Squadron”
‘West Country’ Class - 34092 “City of Wells”
‘Merchant Navy’ Class - 35006 “Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.”
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Green locomotives hauling green trains in England's green and pleasant land. No better sight anywhere!
Thank you John, I couldn't agree more!
Dead right John!
Everything! GREEN!
Love the bulleids just sound fantastic very quiet great video 😀😀
My favorite steam locomotive!
There are as lot of random numbers in preservation but to see 34052 and 34053, double headed, was excellent. Thank you.
Thank you Robin.
Just simply superb....Mark
Thank you Mark.
Very well filmed mate, good work.
TheSoutherner Why thank you, sir!
The Geisel Ejector working well on “Wells”
Idyllic, a forgotten time brought back to life. The steam world owes Dai Woodham eternal gratitude....
What an absolutely first class film, loved it! Any chance of lifting a few sound clips to go with my model video of the same classes please?
Do they still run in 2021?
They sure do!
Rebecca?
@@UltimateAnimations by their names ngl
@@cadeliamv.urbano9282 The casing was for ease of washing. The thought was that one could just shove the engines through a standard carriage wash and be done with it.
Yes thats her basis
You need to edit out the shots of tender-first running...nobody wants to see that! Some good shots otherwise.
Uh, isn't it dangerous to run tender first? Don't they have a turntable?
No, there is virtually zero danger involved in running tender first, at preserved-railway speeds anyway. Some lines, such as Swanage, do have a turntable, but for one thing it's not practical to turn a loco at the end of every trip, plus you'd need a turntable at each end of the line in order for the engines to face forwards going both ways. That would require space, time, money and manpower that preserved lines really don't have, on the whole.