Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala LIVE

[MikeT]

Live stream on youtube from Swanage Steam Gala, if anyone may be interested
Sadly, it doesn't appear to include audio



At timestamp 08:26 (top left corner) 44871 rolls in

[NewcastleFalcon]

At timestamp 08:26 (top left corner) 44871 rolls in

..and 44871's career highlight to date......

It hauled Roy and Haley Cropper's wedding train on Coronation Street

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bViZUVajspo/T ... tation.jpg

Regards Neil

[MikeT]

Here's a second livestream from the same, different view, again without audio

[MikeT]

And if you prefer diesels, here's the Nene Valley Railway Autumn Diesel Gala - Wansford



Second view



and a third from Orton Mere

[CitroJim]

Lovely! Thanks all for posting these... Anything railway-related like this I love...

The Severn Valley Railway have just had a very successful Gala for the Class 50 Diesel... There are variously known as 'Hoovers' or 'Vacs' on account of the noise they make but recently they have been re-christened 'Logs' due to the amount of clag (smoke) they generate running slowly in preservation - they look as if they are burning logs

The fact is that big mainline diesels like the 50 are barely ticking over when running on speed-limited preserved railways and it shows as spectacular clagfests Just imagine idling an XUD for several hours and then cracking open the throttle... That'll give you a good idea of it!