Great to see these arcane skills being passed onto the youngsters!
@Jiskpirate
7 жыл бұрын
At Severn Valley they still teach you :)
@mcbenman1793
5 жыл бұрын
I have done this experience and It was awesome
@joelwhitaker2274
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see a young but well drilled loco crew!
@SteamMad
7 жыл бұрын
Joel Whitaker thank you!
@MRoesterreicher1
6 жыл бұрын
Love the spirit . Typical Englishmen drinking Tea / Coffee hehe?
@pizzasubs
6 жыл бұрын
and not even spilling any with all of the moving around the train was doing......lol and dont know how all those pots and cups were able to stay where they were also withy all of the moving around the train did
@MRoesterreicher1
6 жыл бұрын
XD
@peterbuckley265
5 жыл бұрын
WHAT ABOUT EGG AND BACO ON A SHOVEL THEN !!!!
@peterbuckley265
5 жыл бұрын
SORRY, BACON, I HAVE DOUBLE BLURRED VISION AND HAVE LOST BOTH LOWER LEGS.
@Mason58654
6 жыл бұрын
This is brilliantly done! Did you record this on a GoPro? I am strongly tempted to participate in the Bluebell Railway's Driving Experience days at some point in the near to mid-future. Is there any advice you can offer an amateur like myself? I have yet to have the chance to handle the controls of a full-sized loco in steam.
@inkyscrolls5193
6 жыл бұрын
The best advice anyone could give you is this: On a steam locomotive, everything is hotter, dirtier, slower and heavier than you expect. _Everything._ You'll soon find out what not to touch to avoid being burnt; you'll go home caked in soot and thick, black grime; you'll've marvelled at the amount of time it takes to prepare the loco in the morning and put it to bed again in the evening; you'll ask for the fireman's help to lift something which he manages with one hand - and, without a shadow of a doubt, you will have had one of the most exciting and enjoyable days of your life. One last thing: anything powered by steam is inherently dangerous. If someone tells you to do something, you _do_ it, immediately! I hope you have a great time. :-)
@Mason58654
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the advice. I know it is the patience and labour that one puts into preparing these things that pays off more rewardingly than any other machine.
@mattseymour8637
6 жыл бұрын
Good video! Love the sound of the standard 5! You can tell the trainee fireman is a little over cautious with checking the pressure gauge every 5 mins. This is good as he is really keeping a keen eye on things!
@dananderson9708
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love these locomotives had the pleasure of driving and firing one of these beauty’s last week on the Great Central Railway for my 21st birthday treat!! To be precise it was (loco 73156) needless to say she was an absolute beast!! Would gladly do it all again all day everyday!!😁🚂
@tizzleboi
4 жыл бұрын
“Driver wetherall” overseeing.... you sure you didn’t mean jack whitehall overseeing... aside from the weight issue... rather uncanny
@04clemea
8 жыл бұрын
You've come along way from driving at Exbury, Congratulations.
@SteamMad
7 жыл бұрын
Just alot!
@JakeBSteam
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. :) Regards Jake
@philiptm1243
3 жыл бұрын
We miss..this coal engine beauty..in most parts of the world..if somebody..like George Stevenson..invent new version of this engine..it vl promote..new method for.. Tourism development..Amazing vids..👍👍
@julius6889
6 жыл бұрын
One thing i noticed when firing steam engines, especially on camera. Is that when shovelling coal, you need to know where to place the coal, and i'm just thinking, when they look into the fire, how can they see anything when it is so bright, or is it just the camera that makes it look brighter than it really is?
@gerry284
6 жыл бұрын
As a fireman for 13/14 years if you place the shovel in certain ways, you can examine the fire to see into the fire, hard explain in words.
@LuckyTrucker1
6 жыл бұрын
I've seen firemen putting their shovel inside a firebox and guessing they were doing exactly what you've just said , but never understood how it worked .
@nigelbrazier8585
5 жыл бұрын
A fireman uses the shovel to deflect the flames from the fire to see further into the firebox. He will be examing the shape of the fire and looking for any bright spots that may indicate the fire becoming thin and forming a hole which would be detrimental to the steaming of the locomotive.
@robinwebster9573
Жыл бұрын
@@nigelbrazier8585
@GoutamDas-vl3zb
Жыл бұрын
Can not see
@bsugmugs5820
8 жыл бұрын
Really love the whistle :)
@fredericbaudry7783
7 жыл бұрын
J'adore les chaussures cirées du conducteur du train...
@chriswilson2431
3 жыл бұрын
What a lovely place to be stood observing. Great sound too
@steamingheavenh8114
8 жыл бұрын
why did the driver pull the boy like that
@SteamMad
8 жыл бұрын
Fastest way to tell get him out of the way of the crew during the approach to the station. An apology and explanation why was given at the end of the journey
@highdownmartin
8 жыл бұрын
steamingheaven Driver exchanges tokens with bobby who can either be drivers side or standing on the platform. Driver Ben did tap him on shoulder first not just lift him bodily out of the way!
@willsalmon6115
7 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't worry too much I'm always in the way :P
@rangerstl07
3 жыл бұрын
Driving a train... sipping tea. That's British.
@howarth004
8 жыл бұрын
Great experience for you , all very quite there in the cab ...?
@SteamMad
8 жыл бұрын
+David Howarth pointing and hand gestures normaly do the job, no need to have long conversations while operating a engine.
@billcobbett9259
8 жыл бұрын
I think you might have spoken to the young lad a bit, though.
@inkyscrolls5193
6 жыл бұрын
+Bill Cobbett A steam loco is an extremely loud machine, so it's very difficult to have any sort of conversation. The 'young lad' was another railway worker visiting from another railway; he'll've been used to the lack of conversation!
@marioburgess3526
7 жыл бұрын
hull to honsea old railway line when it was running
@MRoesterreicher1
6 жыл бұрын
Great people.
@richardhelliwell1210
7 жыл бұрын
Overmanning or what! No wonder the steam engine was doomed. Dr Beeching was right after all!
@SteamMad
7 жыл бұрын
Richard Helliwell The engine requires a two man crew which is a driver and a fireman, on a heritage like you normally have a 3 man crew driver fireman and trainee. In this video you see the fireman driving the trainee firing and the driver supervising. The forth person in the grey top is a footplate passanger who is there for a ride on the engine and is not apart of the crew
@richardhelliwell1210
7 жыл бұрын
I believe there was a touch of sarcasm in my comment. I'm aware they do need a 3 man crew. Nowadays it would be unthinkable to have even a secondman in a train's cab. They did away with that in the 1980's.
@benttang-jrgensen4682
7 жыл бұрын
Richard Helliwell o
@stratman3237
6 жыл бұрын
What a stupid comment! A more sensible comment would be to congratulate the Bluebell for making sure that young people like these get trained to drive & fire these machines so that steam has a future. You do know that these are volunteers doing this work for the sheer love of it?
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