The Cornish Riviera Express - June 2010
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- 2010 marks the 175th anniversary of the creation of the Great Western Railway, possibly the most famous rail route in Great Britain, and known all over the world. To celebrate this anniversary Steam Dreams ran a railtour to Cornwall along the entire length of the Great Western Railway from London Paddington. Over 300 miles.
The tour departed London on Saturday 26th June behind the pride of the Great Western, King Class loco 6024 King Edward 1 and headed via Reading and Castle Cary to Exeter.
Due to poor coal the King steamed badly & required assistance over Whiteball. D1015 was sent light engine to assist 6024 from Taunton to Exeter
King Edward 1 was joined by 5029 Nunney Castle at Exeter to take the train over the severe gradients of the South Devon section of route, originally part of Brunel's experimental atmospheric railway, for the journey through Devon and on into Cornwall.
I had to return home and was unable to film this part of the railtour as I had tickets to see Paul McCartney in concert at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.
The return journey on Monday 28th June featured 6024 King Edward 1 & 5029 Nunney Castle throughout the whole journey from Penzance to London Paddington via Bristol & Bath and included the original section of the Great Western Main Line via Brunel's famous Box Tunnel.
On a bright warm sunny day, we see the train departing Penzance a few mins early at 9 am and follow it around the bay toward Marazion.
I managed to just about catch the train up near Liskeard after a water stop at St.Austell.
The next shot was taken at the classic location outside Plymouth as the train climbs the 1:42 Hemerdon Bank.
With perfect lighting the train is next seen climbing toward Whiteball Tunnel at Burlescombe. I had heard that a number of lineside fires had broken out on this climb from Tiverton which resulted in service train delays!
My final shot was taken nr. Keynsham after the locos had been watered in Bristol. With grey clouds appearing and a few spots of rain I left The Cornish Riviera Express & returned home.
@Steamclips Thank you for your kind comments. I have a Canon XH1 which Ive had for 2 years. Its a great video camera and I only bought it when my previous camera Canon XM1 packed in.
It was a great day on 10th June but very tiring as I covered a lot of miles.
Sorry. CZcams got it wrong! My comment was about a different photo.
Thanks for the video of Cornish riviera Express. Cheers, Mike.
Lovely. Although they are not my favourites I have to admit that the GWR did make very pretty locos. Thanks for the video.
Excellent 😀😀😀😅😅👍👍👍
Thank you
Looks as though you had a great time down West Ger, excellent footage throughout...Luck You....Bob
@60103Henry Thank you very much for your kind comments. They made a wonderful site.
Great shots - horrible coal :-) TU
@caerphillycastle I went to Derwydd Road Ger, had a fantastic shot but the start button hadn't been pressed properly and with the sun shinning on the screen I hadn't noticed so wasn't a happy bunny..Bob
great video
Nice video. Almost like the 1960s :-))
Thank you. It really was like stepping back through the years.
i was a fireman for a lot of years until Beechum got rid of thousand of railway staff,never had any problems with the engines good fireman or just lucky, infact i was one of five brothers that where all firemen at StBlazey depo an a brother in law a driver. that in itself must be a record.
Thank you for sharing this Arthur, much appreciated. I expect you have lots of stories you could tell! Best Wishes, Geraint
On a lighter note it was Dr.Richard Beeching who got rid of thousands of railway staff, huge amountsof rolling stock and locomotives that, thanks to great men like Dai Woodham, are the subject of this video.
Thomas Beecham invented the Beecham's Pills, that made things run smoother. Too b ad there wasn't a cure all pill for British Railways in the 1960s.,
No relation to Joseph Armstrong GWR CME ?.
Nice footage, especially the start out of Penzance, which no-one else seems to have posted. We are on the left at Hemerdon, in the hats with the deadcat microphone! It was a great day for filming and you have caught it well. What camera do you use? the quality and colour rendition are excellent. Alan
@HughFromAlice Thank you..it wasnt Welsh coal thats all I know!
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Thanks Bob. Covered over 550 miles!
Great weather but prefer the spring / autumn for steam.
Did you film Central Wales today?
Shame about Tornado!
Going to film return next week hopefully!
On a contemporary note, it very much looks as though electrification of Mr Brunel's Billiard Table will not proceed beyond Plymouth.
Almost as though England ceases at the Tamar?Alistair
Electrification in the South West will end at Bristol not Plymouth thank goodness.
Funny thing is that I can see only one difference between a Castle class and an King class in design (The funnels). Is there anything else I'm missing?
mark10788 generally everything is a little bigger on the king, boiler, firebox, driving wheels etc. They were much heavier, could pull more but were limited in their route availability cause of their weight. Also the front bogie is inside framed on the castle, but the front axle of the kings bogie is outside framed. Hope that helps a little.
Also the driving wheels on the Kings are smaller for increased traction so they lay their power down on the rails.
King also had a higher boiler pressure at 250 psi castle has only 225 psi
Why does the engine blow black smoke when pulling hard but not when coasting??
This is because of the coal being used & the state of the fire. As the engine works harder the more coal is being burnt.
I was born in the wrong time
So is this the only king that’s been to Cornwall?
Yes, I believe so.
Why is a train of only 13 carages being pulled by two locos?
The max number of coaches is controlled by Network Rail not by the Train operators.
In steam days two engines similar to these pulled the Cornish Riviera Express. This train was a celebration of those days.
The hills through Devon and Cornwall are very steep and full of twisting turns. Once passed Exeter things are generally much easier.
HST has two diesel power cars for 8/9 carriages!
All Great Western locos steamed best with Welsh Steam coal at the end of we will get any Yorkshire hard was a favourite and eggs which was compressed total rubbish burn too quick you got any stuffed in your eyes it would sting very badly I have known a tender full of dust
The more one sees of the Kings the more it SEEMS that they were either temperamental at best or pretty poor at worst. Not a patch on the Castles or most LMS main line engines
I can't disagree more. As much as I love Castles, Kings are superb engines & the stars of the GWR. Yes there are times when usually through human error & the wrong coal, that they are temperamental but when speeding along the main line there is no more magnificent site.
What you say is nonsense. If a King is in good mechanical condition and is struggling it is either a. bad coal, b. bad firing, c. bad driving, d. any combination of two or more of the former. Kings, like LNER A2's, especially excel when being driven with a heavy load. That's what they are designed for. In normal service several WR services that were castle hauled on weekdays had Kings on Fridays and summer Saturdays when the train was strengthened for extra load.
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By the filth coming out of the chimneys looks like they had the most appalling rubbish as coal, and considering the occasion it would have been nice to have had any colour rolling stock EXCEPT a train made up of predominantly Southern Green carriages, and ideally chocolate and creams.
I did ask them that at the time but they said it wasn't possible. Yet the Torbay Express managed to have choco & cream all year.
Can't be the only one who thinks 'Nunney Castle' is at least *slightly* a funny name, right?
Not really! Castle Class Locos were named after Castles found in England & Wales by GWR. Check it out Nunney is a real Castle!
5.22 pollution or what?
Mmmmmmmm, great though!
Wrong!
What is????