I am sorry to disagree a little. The concept of the Great Britain rail tours was pure steam haulage round Britain for a week. Now it is a steam engine fronting the train irrespective of its ability to practically haul the train as a diesel is always provided at the back to push the train. The photography is always good no quibbles about that aspect.
The diesel was there primarily to provide power to the coaches. It's not for pushing the the train constantly, if it did, it was only for a short section. For the leg over the Heart of Wales Line, they left the diesel behind, because it was out of gauge for the route. The batteries on the coaches lasted the journey, before being plugged back into the diesel in Swansea. This year's trip was the best they could do under the circumstances and was a steam hauled trip round the UK.
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Another great account of this year's tour, shame no footage of first and last days.
I was on the whole trip and these are wonderful quality clips to watch - thank you so much for sharing them.
Alan
Great filming and sound thanks. good old maid of all work Black 5s save the tour again.
Yeah they certainly produced a soundtrack.
Great footage of The GB XVI & it was great talking to ya at Penrith on the Friday while waiting for Tangmere to pass by. Richard
Cheers Richard, yes good talking to you too
Awesome work! Great footage with awesome sound! Thumbs up.
Thanks. Despite constantly getting bowled by clouds, it's come out alright in the end.
@@04clemea Absolutely!
I am sorry to disagree a little. The concept of the Great Britain rail tours was pure steam haulage round Britain for a week. Now it is a steam engine fronting the train irrespective of its ability to practically haul the train as a diesel is always provided at the back to push the train. The photography is always good no quibbles about that aspect.
The diesel was there primarily to provide power to the coaches. It's not for pushing the the train constantly, if it did, it was only for a short section.
For the leg over the Heart of Wales Line, they left the diesel behind, because it was out of gauge for the route. The batteries on the coaches lasted the journey, before being plugged back into the diesel in Swansea.
This year's trip was the best they could do under the circumstances and was a steam hauled trip round the UK.