Tornado made it up to Newcastle

[andylloyd]

Aye up all,
at approx 20.43 tornado made her way over the King Edward bridge into Newcastle Central. She gave quite a few blasts of the whistle whilst slowly travelling into the station
I was unable to get there to see her pull in as I'm awaiting an engineer to fix my lack of hot water
She then was heard bang on time leaving......

 

[Metroland]

[youtube]uut1Q4hQMYo[/youtube]

Here she is! TBH I'm finding steam far more interesting these days.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Yep, pulled into Newcastle with hundreds of people (prob 2,000 or more!) lining the platforms and bridge to watch. The arrival was coasting so not much steam noise other than the whistle.

What amused me were the loco's LED lights - the white lamp being designed into a traditional style of oil burning hand-lamp with a handle - tho emitting a VERY bright LED beam. But when the remote switch was flicked into reverse then that "old" hand lamp went out and 2 reds illuminated simultaneously in the buffer bar. (All quite unlike the procedures in the old steam days when somone would have to get onto the track to change the lamps)!

Glad NE sponsored the run too - the station staff were pretty accommodating (tho the announcer repeated the message that flash is not permitted several times, which was fair enough as there were several other movements thru the station, including the GC set trying to get thru for its overnight stay!). Last time there were so many people on the concourse, there were several safety briefings beforehand!

Was quite an "event" with so many people turning out in the cold and dark just to see a loco.

 

[34067James]

[youtube]uut1Q4hQMYo[/youtube]

Here she is! TBH I'm finding steam far more interesting these days.

I should hope so too you cant beat steam trains they are so much better then crappy units.
You live in Dorset have you visited BofB 34070 Manston yet at Swanage railway another brand new loco for this year and first time running since the 60's

Nice video there what was cause in that light is it car lights?

Was quite an "event" with so many people turning out in the cold and dark just to see a loco.

Not just any loco but Tornado a Peppercorn class A1 Pacific & Britians first built Steam since the 60's :razz:

James

 

[Aureol]

BoB 34070 Manston yet at Swanage railway another brand new loco for this year and first time running since the 60's

You just contradicted yourself there
34070 is not a brand new loco, it's only a freshly restored loco.
A brand new loco is one which has only recently been/not yet been completed and has never ran before/only ran a few times on recent dates.
34070 has operated under BR and thus is not brand new.

 

[andylloyd]

[youtube]uut1Q4hQMYo[/youtube]

Here she is! TBH I'm finding steam far more interesting these days.

Fan blooming tastic video!

 

[EE Type 3]

You just contradicted yourself there
34070 is not a brand new loco, it's only a freshly restored loco.
A brand new loco is one which has only recently been/not yet been completed and has never ran before/only ran a few times on recent dates.
34070 has operated under BR and thus is not brand new.

And he says steam is the best, even though he is a skip crank :???:

 

[JoshW1992]

At first, I never liked that livery, but now I think it looks lovely. Also, sounds like it has got a decent sounding chime whistle, probably Scotsmans old one.

 

[34067James]

You just contradicted yourself there
34070 is not a brand new loco, it's only a freshly restored loco.
A brand new loco is one which has only recently been/not yet been completed and has never ran before/only ran a few times on recent dates.
34070 has operated under BR and thus is not brand new.

:roll:

Sorry what I ment was that she is brand new for preserved use as she has not run since BR times

James

 

[EE Type 3]

At first, I never liked that livery, but now I think it looks lovely. Also, sounds like it has got a decent sounding chime whistle, probably Scotsmans old one.

It's in undercoat. It'll look even better when it goes into lined green.

 

[JoshW1992]

It's in undercoat. It'll look even better when it goes into lined green.

Apple Green I hope. Nevertheless, the grey doesnt look too bad!

 

[Bayum]

Hahahaha

I love the way its pulling a load of Virgin Coaches

 

[Metroland]

[youtube]D3Sv-eAHV0U[/youtube]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Sv-eAHV0U

 

[class 313]

What a dull livery, and lack of rateable sound from it!

 

[Cheshire Lad]

Metroland, why are you posting videos without giving the credit to the actual person who shot them?

 

[almark]

lol this my first post on this forum......
Cheers for the comments on the first vid (mine),the lights are off the pub (what was,now bloody italian place!) was a nice place with balcony,with plenty of thrash,now its not! Just the lights off the balcony!

Cheers,
Mark
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
The GC Valentas also passed with 10 seconds of eachother, heres a plug lol to my vid of it......




http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uut1Q4hQMYo
Tornado.... Embedding disabled


GC HSTS passing
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WExxaILTtNg

 

[34067James]

And he says steam is the best, even though he is a skip crank :???:

nice one Dave Yes I like skips but I prefer Steam engines 8) Though Because I have the word skip crank under me name don't mean like them more then steam engines plus Tangmere crank does not really work.:roll:

Apple Green I hope. Nevertheless, the grey doesnt look too bad!

They have a small picture on there front page what it would look like http://www.a1steam.com/

James

 

[almark]

They have a pic in one of the mags of it in BR green....photoshopped obviously!

 

[34067James]

Nice video there again Mark that light seems to be very close but in fact its some distance away Oh so its a italian thats doing the light I guess A security light.

Are the RAF handing the name plates over to the A1 trust?:?

James

 

[Metroland]

Metroland, why are you posting videos without giving the credit to the actual person who shot them?

Apologies, quickness. Details are on you tube if people are interested.

 

[almark]

For My vid its fine just put my name next time please mate

 

[class 313]

Metroland, why are you posting videos without giving the credit to the actual person who shot them?

To be fair, he doesn't exactly have to...

 

[almark]

To be fair, he doesn't exactly have to...

Nah your right,would be nice though! would you want me posting your vids everywhere and getting all the congrats lol?

 

[Cheshire Lad]

To be fair, he doesn't exactly have to...

No but I think it's just a matter of courtesy...
I used get people putting links to some of my YouTube videos on their web sites, so I now check the box which is supposed to stop that, but if someone takes the trouble to ask then I invariable agree...

 

[class 313]

Nah your right,would be nice though! would you want me posting your vids everywhere and getting all the congrats lol?

No but I think it's just a matter of courtesy...
I used get people putting links to some of my YouTube videos on their web sites, so I now check the box which is supposed to stop that, but if someone takes the trouble to ask then I invariable agree...

Well if its a link instead of an embedded link then the person will see its from you and then look at your other videos...etc. I agree its nice to be credited but at least Metroland wasn't claiming the video was his.

 

[almark]

Yeah too right,and it got me another 40 odd hits,so i aint complaining!(Well i was at first,but that's not the point!)

 

[EE Type 3]

What a dull livery, and lack of rateable sound from it!

For the second time in this thread from me, it's bloody undercoat!!

And it isn't really a sounder, it's a looker though 8)

 

[matt]

They have a pic in one of the mags of it in BR green....photoshopped obviously!

Photo here http://www.15c.co.uk/2008-10/2008-10-077.htm by Jason Cross.

 

[EE Type 3]

Photo here http://www.15c.co.uk/2008-10/2008-10-077.htm by Jason Cross.

He showed it me at the GCR gala before it was due, he then said he was going to put it into Sector Coal, which raised a good chuckle from everyone apart from the core steam cranks

They were even more livid when I said I was gonna put it into Wrexham & Shropshire livery

 

[almark]

Nah its gotta go into Load Haul livery,that'd get em talking!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Im04zZoVhfA

It can be a sounder as my other vid shows! Not really at speed though......