USATC S160 No 5820 'Big Jim' on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway - 2018 to 2020

A video that I've been meaning to make for a while, that a compilation of shots of my favourite loco USATC S160 No 5820 'Big Jim'.
In this video we see 'Jim' at various locations along the Worth Valley between June 2018 and March 2020.

[@johnfellows2867]

Travelled behind Big Jim about 30 years ago, amazing experience !!

[@RHTeebs]

What I love about this engine is it's also a symbol of the strong friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

[@MachRacer4]

Even though if I remember reading right, it spent the entirety of it’s post war life in Poland.

[@chehalisvalleyrailproducti8913]

@@MachRacer4 This particular one did, but I think he was just referring to the class in general. There were a few members of the class that did spend their wartime careers in Britain.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Especially recently it was the anniversary of D Day and these locomotives were important for the invasion efforts.

[@TheAtlantaRailfan]

It's cool to see an American locomotive operating in England.

[@terrier_productions]

6 S160s are preserved in the UK with 4 S100s also in the UK

[@ccrx6700]

Very nicely put together presentation. A classic locomotive from Baldwin.Thanks
for sharing this awesome video with us .

[@DelayInBlockProductions]

Beautiful video.

[@zacm.2342]

The big lad! Tied with the Ivatt as my favourite Worth Valley loco, looking forward to this!

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

I've rode this train a good few times, right there on the worth valley railway, a beautiful place, when I was a primary school aged kid ( 30 Yeats ago ) he seemed to have been there for a while as I remember going year after year with my dad and this was my favorite regular engine, very powerful.
Then as I got a bit older he wasn't there anymore, my dad said he had gone back to America.

[@SecondValveSteam]

Great compilation. I hope to see him(?) again at the Worth Valley gala next year, fingers crossed there is one!

[@ZAV1944]

The S160 is a nice fusion of US and UK locomotive design.

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

It’s essentially an American locomotive that’s been built smaller for European use. I like to think that they have a bit of a napoleon complex because of their small stature next to other American consolidations.

[@ZAV1944]

@@SouRwy4501Productions There is a engraving from the late 1800s comparing locomotives from the US, Britain, France, Germany, and British India and the American locomotive towered over the rest of them.

[@davidfuller581]

@@ZAV1944 American loading gauge is frankly kind of insane compared to almost everything else (save for Australia, who run USA-sized trains).

[@ZAV1944]

@@davidfuller581 My assumption was that they were bigger so they would have more power and endurance over the long distances of North America.

[@boxcarthehusky420]

That lempor exhaust sounds good.

[@zalaszente1942]

Hungarian boold is in that loco💪💪

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Really lovely and great film, only spoiled by horrid mid roll ad, Happy Christmas

[@lukesrailvideos2940]

How is the whistle operated then? As I can’t see any visual steam when it sounds.

[@theextremeanimator4721]

It's hard to see the steam from the whistle

[@johnk8475]

From america: You're welcome