Failed 70000 Britannia seen being pulled back into Guildford 22nd August 2023
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2023
- While working a Sunset Express rail tour 70000 Britannia suffered a failure near Chilworth, having been stranded for a good few hours the consist is seen being hauled back into Guildford with a class 47. I won’t speculate what actually happened but motion was taken down for the run back.
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The irony that the multi storey car oark on the right was the old engine sheds.
Well spotted filmed in the car park of the former 70C depot
very good video!🙌🙌
Nice video!
Narrator: Britannia was sad A Diesel came to take her back to the station the passengers were sympathetic towards the prominent steam engine it was then Flying Scotsman was summoned to take the passengers if it were not for the guard the train would have been far behind schedule much to the controller's delight everything ran on time as for Britannia well that's another story
A broken crosshead apparently (whatever that might be). Ironic that this filming shows the stricken loco passing the site of the former steam Guildford MPD.
Yeah I have seen that reported, and well spotted taken from the car park that sits on where once the 70c shed was
All the best
Matt
A crosshead is the slide bar where the piston rod exits the cylinder. Something very similar happened to Tangmere a few years back (and a nasty derailment was caused by the same thing on a Britannia back in BR days.)
I wouldn’t necessarily believe the story that it was a broken cross head. I don’t know the original source of this.
It is a substantial piece of casting, like a sideways H, which lies behind the cylinder on the piston rod and moves back and forth along the slide bars above and below as it maintains the piston rod’s attitude to the cylinder. At its lower end it is crucially fastened via the union link to the valve gear. It thus plays a crucial role in the timing of valve events within the cylinder.
But I am surprised such a large casting would fail. I think it much more likely the bush attaching its lower end to the union link failed, for example. But it could be any number of things.
Suffice to say it is being hauled back in neutral gear - wheels and engine completely isolated from each other, preventing further damage.
@@AndreiTupolev with Tangmere when that happened it hit the 3rd rail.
@@Dreadtower there is a photo of the broken crosshead
Good job there was a 47 on the end of the train.
Requirement for LSL operated trains as they use more modern stock unlike VT & WCR.
I hope britannia gets repaired
Poor Britannia.
Will Britannia or Mayflower do next weeks tour then?
I think it’s safe to say the Brit won’t be on next weeks tour
Thanks
Looks like Britannia is out of luck I’m afraid because she’s failed
Damn looks like "70000" is on the naughty step again
Yeah, I think they heave one of the worst reliability records on the UK preservation scene.
Piston in cylinder, piston rod, crosshead, connecting rod, crank on driving wheel.
Sounds like Settle again.....
Plenty of pictures and video now around of the lack of connecting rod on the right side
and i thought it as in N-gauge, not full scale.
Lol hopefully be doing an update on the layout soon, watch this space
All the best
Matt
The N gauge model would be more reliable.
@@ds1868 and we thought the 3-cylinder locomotives were less reliable........
Mr Reform party got to get his money out to fix it ha ha we know who you are
Time to copy the Belgians, and ban stem off the mainline.
What an utterly moronic statement. Modern EMUs, DMUs and diesels also fail and block lines. Numerous steam tours run every year with the locos often better maintained than the trains which operate on the network on a daily basis.
@@AnthonyFurnival And I make unnecessary overtime having to grab a loco to go and rescue them.
There’s always one, interesting though many don’t want a diesel on the back, proved it’s worth on this run…..
@@TheNGaugeModeller indeed - I personally think a diesel on the back is always a good option - gives more options when they need it - line blocks, failures, route alterations etc.
A Class 66 failed at Factory Junction on the 23rd and finally, with 2 more engines, got on its way 3 hours late. It happens. You may be right, but not for that reason.
The poor old Britannia passed away "SHOT ITS SELF***** NO SHIT ITS SELF".💩💩💩💩💩😲😤😩😭
What?