A Celebration of Steam - Mid Hants Railway Spring Gala 2021
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- čas přidán 7. 05. 2021
- The Mid Hants really pulled the rabbit out of the hat with this awesome steam fest. It was non-stop action at Ropley with locomotives coming off shed, the Alresford shuttle services, shunting demonstrations and all the service trains, I had to wait until late afternoon for a break in the action to give me time to buy a tasty bacon bap from the Ropley kiosk. In this video we visit all the stations and a good number of lineside locations to savour the visiting and home fleet engines hauling trains through the pretty Hampshire countryside. At the end of the day when most visitors have drifted away, the best scenes of the day can be viewed as the engines return to Ropley to be serviced and readied for the next day, six locomotives in steam, on shed, with the crews catching up on the day, for a moment I thought I’d slipped back to the age when steam was still king. The best couple of days I’ve enjoyed for a long time, a wonderful way to celebrate the slight easing of lock-down rules and the prospect of normality returning. Well done and thank you to everyone who helped make this event a reality.
Listed below are the locomotives featured on the day -
GWR - C.B.Collett designed “8750 class” 0-6-0PT Pannier Tank - No.4612 courtesy of the Bodmin and Wenford Railway
GWR - C.B.Collett designed “4575 class” 2-6-2T Light Prairie Tank - No.5526 courtesy of the South Devon Railway
LMS - “Ivatt class 2” 2-6-2T - No.41312 - Mid Hants Railway
LSWR “S15 class” 4-6-0 - No.30506/506 - Mid Hants Railway
SR V “Schools class” 4-4-0 - No. 30925 "Cheltenham" - Mid Hants Railway
BR “Standard class 4” 2-6-0 - No.76017 - Mid Hants Railway
Peckett “R3 class”0-4-0ST “Kilmersdon” Works No.1788 - Mid Hants Railway/Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust - on display at Ropley MPD
S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 No 53808 -Mid Hants Railway/Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust on display at Ropley MPD
Awesome video great sight and sounds of these beautiful engines 👍👏🇬🇧
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, on this occasion the Mid Hants put on a really good show 😊.
beautiful
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Wonderful footage. Great video and skilful editing.
Thank you, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it.
It's hard to believe Tim, in early railway days, some landowners tried to prevent them being built through their estates, when you could have a view like this from your mansion!!!😄👍
When the day comes that I get sent to an old peoples home, I hope I'm lucky enough to get a view over one of the countries wonderful heritage railways. PS I've got a few more good years left before that day comes. Even today people don't want the new high-speed railway to the North passing through their neighborhood.
Great video. Im suprised, 50:00 - 50:21 "Ring exchange" - drive on next station only with key, oh my, first safety system on railroad is still alive. Fantastic work, more and more videos like this. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, the railway is operated in preservation with an electric token block system similar to that used throughout most of the railways history as part of the national network. You'll find plenty of similar videos on this channel, I hope you enjoy watching some of them. Cheers. Tim.
Awesome footage. I am old enough to remember the steam era trains. Thank you for these amazing shots.
I too was lucky enough to remember steam on the mainline, one of the trains that remained steam hauled until 1968 ran past my house every day, I wish I could slip back in time to once again to re-live those childhood moments that were taken for granted at the time. Watching the locomotives return to the shed at the end of the day was magical, an almost perfect re-creation of a steam shed in the early 60's
Thank you Tim for sharing your precious memories. I also grew up overlooking a railroad yard from an apartment building. I must have inherited my passion for trains from my grandparents. From my mother's side her dad was a locomotive engineer and from my dad's a railroad worker. Similar to internet today, trains were connecting people and places and thanks to this era we are thankful for our society progress and development.
@@twinvideoproduction9662 Railways along with roads are still the nations arteries, although roads have overtaken railways, they still perform vital functions such as transporting commuters to work and long distance freight trains, especially those carrying hazardous loads keeping 10’s of thousands of lorries off the road. I’ve always lived near a railway, the sound of trains coming and going is as natural as the birds singing the dawn chorus. Many seaside towns were built by the railways; some of the Hotels are named after the railway companies that built them. Even after the railways have closed, street names, pub and hotel names remind us of the town’s origins. Even today railways are still developing as high-speed lines open all over the world. I wonder if those mono-rails and hover trains we saw as kids on children’s TV will ever happen, I travelled on the Shanghai maglev, it’s not so far removed from the futuristic scenes shown in the likes of “Thunderbirds”.
Very true.
Tim, a wonderful edit of gorgeous video, accompanied by clear atmospheric sound. The combination of senses assailed by sights, sounds & colour tones also illustrate the dedication by the organisers, volunteers, supporters especially when the past few months have been so difficult for all, was breathtaking. Congratulations to all. But a big ‘Thanks’ to you for capturing, assembling and publishing such an emotive record of the event. Peter
Hello Peter, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, all credit to the guys at the Mid Hants, they did a first class job. It was so nice to hear the sound of a steam locomotive working hard as it lifted its train over the undulating Hampshire countryside. Cheers. Tim.
This is so good to see! Absolutely awesome thank you. 😃
Hi Brendan, after so long without being able to watch live steam in action, it was a real pleasure to see six wonderful locomotives take to to the rails again. I'm really pleased you enjoyed it. 😊
Hello Tim, the video leaves the impression of a completely relaxed time. - Cheers, Heinz
Hello Heinz, it was so nice to get out into the countryside again to enjoy the sights and sounds of a steam engine hard at work 😊
Lovely engines! Even the sound is a bit of a thrill. Thanks for sharing it all.
Hi Terry, I think the engines and their crews were as excited to be out on the rails again as visitors were to see them in action, all in all, a very good event.
was weer een mooiie video Tim,fijn weekend en weer bedankt,stay save.greetz:Peer.
Great video, dig all the clean sound.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I did enjoy it thanks, I'm watching it on my second monitor in the recording studio, playing over Yamaha HS8's on an Alienware laptop, looks killer your shots are movie quality, great work!!!
@@rickcampbell296 Hi Rick, I listened to some of your music, it took me back to my late teens when electronic music was still in its infancy, will there ever be another Pink Floyd or Barclay James Harvest? Happy Days 😊
Super video! Nice!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
just watched it again , loved every minute , thanks from lancashire
Hi Tracy, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, I'm lucky to have both the Watercress Line and the Bluebell Railway nearby, if all goes to plan I'll be visiting Lancashire and Yorkshire this year, I used to visit regularly when my youngest daughter was at Sheffield University, she had friends in Preston.
@@Timsvideochannel1 thanks , from wigan , down the road from preston , tracy is er indoors , i,m just the bloke she married , anyway this is the home of lost railways , we have some belters here, check out twenty bridges , while it still stands
@@tracya4087 Sorry for the mix up, does Tracy read the comments? I checked out "Twenty Bridges" on CZcams and found several videos such as this one - czcams.com/video/BYLXE6cRO-k/video.html I love to wander around old railway structures, my favorite is an Aquaduct/Viaduct - the Treffry Viaduct across the Luxulyan Valley in Cornwall - www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/our_sites/treffry-viaduct/ When I walk away from old railway structures, I'm usually left with more questions than answers, the obvious ones being why are there no trains today and I wonder what it looked like in its heyday? fortunately we live in a country with a wealth of books and photos showing how it used to be. Thanks for the heads up, if I make it to your neck of the woods this year I'll visit the old bridge. Cheers from far away West Sussex.
@@Timsvideochannel1 hiya , thanks mate , that is our railway gem in wigan , it s decaying now , the remains of the bridge that spanned that bridge are still there too , plus yet another branch that went under twenty bridges , the first loco built in lancashire was built just down the road and the building still stands , plus two great signal box remains , whelley junction and haigh junction . red rock station platform too , there was once even a bomb crater nearby , he missed . please look at triangle publishing for books on wigan s lost railways , dennis is our hero . . , all our warmest wishes to you and the mid hants from nick and tracy in wigan , lancashire
@@tracya4087 Hi, I typed "Triangle publishing for books on Wigans lost railways" into Google, there were a number of results including this one - www.trianglepublishing.co.uk/store/ - some of the photos reminded me of childhood days watching the final steam trains around Birkenhead, Chester and along the line to Holyhead, I wish I'd had a decent camera back then. You are making Wigan sound very tempting, I used to have family in the area, it would be nice to see what became of the houses they lived in. We have been reasonably lucky on the South Coast in that the majority of our railways still run today, although the old branch line to Midhurst is but a memory, it ran past my school, for a while a short stub, about 3 miles long survived to a station at Lavant where as kids we were allowed to ride in the cab of the diesel locomotive if we spent the day leveling the beat in the wagons whilst the men who should have been doing it played cards, happy days before Health and Safety regulation made such activities illegal. In its last years the line became quite busy transporting gravel from a nearby pit. Local history is fascinating, it should be part of the school Curriculum. All the best to yourself and Tracy from a rather wet and dull Bognor Regis.
Hi Tim! Wonderful video. Finally there is smoking again on England's rails. That's fine. As a smoker, I particularly appreciate that. That was the whole comment from me and now I watch the video in peace. Cheers Tim and this time I was one of the first to click on the video. Best regards from Hans 🍻
Hello Hans, it was a wonderful way to spend two days, the world is just beginning to feel normal again. I hope you enjoy the video. Cheers. Tim.
Nice video.
Thank you, it was nice to be able to get out and about again now that Covid restriction are slowly being eased. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Jakie szczęście, stare pociągi wyjechały!!! Dziękuję, ze mogłam uczestniczyć w tym radosnym wydarzeniu chociaż w internecie. Żyj długo i dziel się filmami " Artysto od pociągów". Pozdrawiam.
Witam. Cieszę się, że podobał ci się film. Mam szczęście żyć w ciągu 90 minut dwóch najlepszych brytyjskich kolejek dziedzictwa, uwielbiam oglądać i słyszeć silniki parowe w pracy. Najlepsze życzenia. Tim.
Hello. I'm pleased you enjoyed the video. I am lucky to live within 90 minutes of two of Britain's best heritage railways, I love to watch and hear steam engines at work. Best wishes. Tim.
Hi tim,A wonderful day out it was like going back 80 yrs,I'll bet you could not wait for that day to come,Is the coal local or do they import it?Thanks again for the beautiful pictures take care cheer's bob.
Hello Robert, this event marked the start of our return to something approaching normal here in the UK. Where else in the world can I see an engine shed with six locomotives simmering at the end of the day, reminiscent of the last days of steam on British Rail? It was an awesome event, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I believe the coal used is from Poland, it has similar properties to Welsh steam coal, hard and black with a high calorific value. Stay safe and take care. Tim.
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Best Greet from KUWAIT 🇰🇼
Hi, it's nice to know you enjoy these videos. The Mid Hants Railway put on a great show. All the best from Tim in the UK.
@@Timsvideochannel1 WELCOME DEAR FRINED💪
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BEST GREET TO UK 🇬🇧
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I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊
Mooie video tim,perfect,maar wat voeren ze voor verlichting,ronde stalen platen wit geschilderd?heel bijzonder.
Hallo, ik ben blij dat je genoten hebt van de video, de vrijwilligers van The Mid Hants Railway hebben geweldig werk geleverd.
I'm marveling at the amazing variety of footage you captured. Did you clone yourself?! I really enjoyed the bit of footage at 46:07 - a disembodied steam cloud moving along the hedgerow - lol! At 1:05:30, I smiled at the coal being tipped into the engine's hopper by a "modern" loader.
The footage at 47:07 reminded me of some of the more frustrating moments from my youth, when I could see the tell-tale line of telegraph poles and hear the approaching steam train, yet all I would see was the smoke rising above the hedge row. It would be nice to see one of the original methods for loading coal into the locomotives constructed and demonstrated, although it would never be as cost effective as the modern alternative. I'm pleased you enjoyed watching the action from this excellent Gala event.
An instant at 5:00 gave me an idea I might try when I come to shoot my Steamfest video in September. It involves the smoke filling the screen from the loco at that part of the video. The trick is to split the video at 5 seconds before the smoke fills the screen, count ten seconds off and split the video at that point. Pull the 10-second sequence down to the overlay(PiP) track, bring in the next clip so it abuts the point at which the first split was made. Then, with the bit on the Overlay track, go into the chroma-key facility and, using the "eyedropper" icon to sample colour, click on the smoke, which will make it transparent, the next scene will appear as the "smoke" from the loco. Fade out the audio on the overlay and fade in the audio of the new clip, viola! A novel transition effect!
Hi Neil, thats sounds interesting, I'll take a look when you put up your next steamfest video to see how it turned out.
There's nothing like a bit of innovation. I'll have a look too.:-)
@@TerryMcGearyScotland I may try a few experiments beforehand to see how it works.
@@Timsvideochannel1 As I said, I may do some experimentation to see how it works.
@Neil Forbes I assume you are still learning from PD as they bring out a new feature now and again
23:08 That kind of shot could be a risk to your camera, but the effect gained is great.
With these trains the loos flush straight onto the tracks, that is the main danger posed to my camera, although it is waterproof, the result could be a bit messy.
@@Timsvideochannel1 You're not wrong! LOL
@@neilforbes416 it wont harm the camera in anyway as camera is not big enough
thank you so much, greeting from thuringia, germany, Hans.
Hello, it is nice to hear from Germany, I haven't visited Thuringia, I looked it up - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia it looks beautiful with an interesting history, I'm hoping to visit Germany on a rail tour as soon as the Covid virus is under control. Best wishes from England.
great video but there's one thing i never do is shoot a video in front of children in full view as i follow youtubes polices one person i have seen shooting a video even though that person puts up a video with a a disclaimer that this video is not intended for children now the word intended means planned or meant. Not intended or meant in the video when you click on those options before you upload your video you really don't need to click on this is meant for children or not meant for children of course its meant for children's viewing i have been using CZcams since 2008 three years after its launch (2005) when CZcams was running independently id rather shoot something without crowds i was going to get power director (video editing software) but i been told its no use you be if you spend three or four hours editing but keep up the good work your videos are fantastic keep them coming all the best
Hi, the question of whether or not children feature in a video will be interpreted differently by different people. I work on the assumption that a child should not be the main feature of the shot i.e. children playing on play park apparatus. My niece was with me along with her son, naturally I took personal video of her and her son playing, but it is not included in this video because it would have clearly broken the guidelines. Where children are part of a crowd the interpretation becomes more difficult, I work on the basis that if they are not the main focus of the shot, within reason it is OK to include them. It can be difficult if not impossible to film a busy scene without including children. The rules are there to protect children from pedeofiles, not to make shooting a video almost impossible. Put it this way if you were a parent, how would you feel if someone you didn't know was videoing your child at a play park? I for one wouldn't like it and I believe it is this kind of video CZcams is aiming to stop along with the kind of shots that would cause embarrassment. The other question is "is this video intended to be viewed by children"? now this is whole different ball game that CZcams has to watch carefully to prevent vulnerable children from being groomed by pedeofiles with the kind of video aimed at befriending them. The best solution to this problem would be for CZcams to ban comments, thus taking away the main medium pedeofiles use to befriend children. At the end of the day common sense prevails, CZcams is sending a message out to keep children safe, It is unlikely anyone will worry if children are occasionally shown as part of a crowd.
I'm glad you enjoy these videos, I intend to carry on for the foreseeable future, although I am only producing about two a month at the moment because they take a lot of time to edit and put together. Cheers. Tim.
Hi Tim lovely to see these still thriving in beautiful condition. Thanks awesome editing as always. That is a rare talent you have. Nice to see The Wellington vids as well. I have a new project on my channel an 1803 schooner check it out cheers and thanks always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Hello John, it is a real pleasure to see these beautifully restored locomotives doing the job they were designed to do, all credit to the often unpaid guys who willingly give their time to make these scenes possible so long after steam was first banished from the national network. Thanks for your kind comment and I'm pleased you enjoyed the Wellington videos, I'll check out your new project. Cheers. Tim.
Hi John, you've put a lot of work into that boat, it's looking good as do the clocks. I recognized many of the places featured in your shots of Wellington gardens. I remember eating at the cafe at the bottom of the hill with a sparrow standing on the edge of my plate waiting for tit bits. Take care. Tim.
Hi Tim nice to chat as always I am going to start doing the masts soon cheers
helaas geen Mallard.lol.
Wow, it would be lovely to see Mallard in action, maybe one day😊
Hi, Tim! I'm not sure if you've seen them but I have, I've seen people posting comments on your channel, as well as that of *HubNut* and likely still others, about watching movie content on a dodgy website called "Flixzone". I'm giving you this heads-up so you'll know what to look for, and if you see any such posts on your channel's videos, best to report them for *unwanted commercial content or spam* so as to eliminate these troublesome trolls.
Yeah but usually it doesn’t work
but will CZcams respond ?
@@top40researcher31 I sent feedback to CZcams a number of times before. They *NEVER* respond, but they *SHOULD!*
@@neilforbes416 well they dont if you dont like what youtube has to offer there is otther streaming services but they not free
@@top40researcher31 That's the trouble. CZcams has an *unfair advantage* over other streaming services because a lot of others(like Netflix) don't allow creators like us within cooee of their platform. And in case anyone outside Australia, or younger Australians are reading, "Cooee" is a sound made, called out loud to see, or hear if anyone else was nearby to hear the call. thus: *COOOOOOO-EEEEEEEE!*
That coal tipper driver needs a bit more practice - very wasteful! In fact he made exactly the same mistake the second time.😀
If the tipper driver chooses to watch this video, he will be able see his driving from a different angle and make his own judgement, he did a much better job than I would have done.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Although in the immortal words of Samuel Johnson: "you may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables."
@@thesolitarycyclist9005 Point well made, I've never driven a coal tipper, I'd need help just to start it up !!!