Bridgnorth to Highley on the footplate of 43106 at the Severn Valley Railway
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- Filmed on Thursday 14th September 2023, the official re-opening day for Eardington Station. On the first day of the Autumn Steam Gala at the Severn Valley Railway we join the crew of 43106 on the local stopping service between Bridgnorth and Highley. Calling at Eardington and Hampton Loade. More information on Eardington station can be found here:
www.svrwiki.com/Eardington
43106 is an London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) designed, British Railways built; Ivatt Class 4. Designed by H.G. Ivatt, the locomotive is a 2-6-0 'Mogul' designed for Mixed Traffic work. 43106 is the only survivor of a class of 162. In their working lives they were often used on secondary routes and branch lines just like the Severn Valley for local services.
More information on 43106 (and the wider SVR) can be found here: www.svrwiki.com/LMS_Ivatt_Cla...
With thanks to the crew P Fathers, A Robinson and M Burton.
Please consider supporting the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust;
www.svrtrust.org.uk
00:00 Awaiting departure from Bridgnorth
02:39 Bridgnorth departure
06:52 Knowlesands Tunnel
07:58 Eardington Summit
10:38 Eardington Station
12:12 Eardington departure
14:55 Sterns
16:20 Sterns to Hampton Loade
21:04 Hampton Loade
22:59 Hampton Loade departure
29:39 Country Park halt
31:12 Highley Bank Summit
32:15 Highley - Věda a technologie
Watching this from Australia. Very nice video showing a very good crew operation a lovely steam locomotive. She is running very nicely. Well done gentlemen.
Thanks for the kind comments, 43106 is a fabulous locomotive, a firm favourite with many loco crews.
Thanks Ben, what a lovely lovely video. I really enjoyed that, it took me back to gentler happier times when the world wasn't quite so mad as now.💖
Thanks for the kind comment Fred - I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
I hope you get the chance to visit us and those gentler happier times at the SVR at some point!
Very nicely done video, captions very useful, thank you for the considerable time no doubt spent editing. Very useful video for a prospective fireman elsewhere. Will be checking out the rest of your videos!
Thanks for that kind feedback!
I’m really glad you found it useful! This is probably the best one (so far) for the sort of thing you’re looking for, but there will be other videos appearing in the future along these lines - I think I’ve found a format that works. As you say the editing does take a while!
Done in a way that makes you somehow feel to be an integral part of the whole experience! Nice!
@@nigelparker5886 thank Nigel! I’ll try to keep that sensation up in the next videos!
I'll watch any amount of these type of videos. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the positive feedback!
There is more footage currently waiting to make at least another couple of this type of video - just need to find the time to edit it!
Many thanks!
@Ben.Wright I travelled to Germany and travelled on the Brocken Steam Railway. While there I purchased a DVD, they had a recording from the front, back, near, and offsides in one trip. This meant that through the video, I could switch different views while watching the same run.
Your video reminds me of that DVD.
@@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway thanks very much - that’s very high praise!
The Brocken is on my list of places to visit this year, I’ve only heard great things!
I’ll try and include at least one other camera view in future videos and maybe a forth when I can get hold of another camera! I think additional camera locations can only a good thing!
@@Ben.Wright I stayed opposite the Wernigerode station with the locomotives on tick over all night it was pure magic
@@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway sounds absolutely ideal - I’ll look into staying there, thanks for the recommendation!
This is a great video! Didn't know much about driving a steam loco but think I learned a lot. Love the piece of wood to hold the brakes on. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for positive comments - really glad you got something out of it and enjoyed it so much!
Keep a look out for the next instalment along these lines!
Fantastic video, love the Pig. Greatly missed.
Nicely controlled from the crew, nicely edited from yourself.
Cheers and keep up the great work - Alex.
Thanks Alex!
Really appreciate the feedback!
There is another set of recordings waiting to be edited - just need to find the time!
@@Ben.WrightExcellent, looking to seeing those!
Very nice done video :)
Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent!
Thanks Laurence, glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, nice channel, subbed!
Thank you very much!
Comments like this are great encouragement to get the next few videos out!
Was the crew being assess by one of the founders of the seven valley railway?????
Paul has been a supporter and volunteer at the SVR since his teenage years in the 1960s; however he was not a founding member at the Cooper’s Arm’s meeting.
He has however been a director and chairman of SVR(H), and is a trustee of the SVR Charitable Trust.
The crew are not being assessed by Paul.
@@Ben.Wrightthank you for the information
To me it looks like he was assassing the crew?
No problem Stuart.
He isn’t assessing them; during an assessment an inspector would generally not get involved in any aspect of the loco operation.
Paul is however providing some instruction and sharing his wealth of experience with the crew - who don’t have quite as many years on the footplate as Paul!
This style of reverser looks to me more accurate than the Johnson bar type.
Yes, it has a lot more finesse than a lever reverser (the term in the UK used for a bar reverser).
In the UK we refer to this type as a “screw reverser”, they were common on locos expected to do longer distance / continuous running; so you can use the accuracy of having more notches to work the engine more efficiently.
However a screw reverser requires much more effort and time from the crew to go from full forward to full reverse (lots of turning the handle), than a lever reverser would. So screw reversers were generally not found on types of locos expected to do a lot of shunting.
(There are exceptions to the above, but that became the general principle).
@@Ben.Wright Thanks for the explanation and the differences.
@@cat793cdumpy not a problem! Happy to help / share the knowledge!
@@Ben.WrightI was watching a video earlier when they brought the Flying Scotsman to Australia and it was in South Australia and traveled to Victoria. They took the usual British whistle off and put a Nathan 6 chime from a 500 class mountain type loco from South Australia. Just like the big American Freight locos and it was awesome to see and hear.
@@cat793cdumpy the variety of whistles is very impressive, always amazes me how different sounding the designs are!
The K1 is alive!
I’m not sure I understand what you mean / the relevance?
@@Ben.Wright I think that locomotive is a k1 class which is the last locomotive bulit by the lenr and when they entered service the lenr was no more I also have a model of a k1.
@@659in ah i see!
This loco is actually LMS Ivatt 4MT, 43106 (known as the flying pig)
www.svrwiki.com/LMS_Ivatt_Class_4_43106
@@Ben.Wright sorry I thought it was a K1.
@@659in no problem at all! It’s easy to get locomotive types mixed up!