Azuma & Mallard at York!

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    Hello everyone, MT here with the usual trainspotting action. LNER and the National Railway Museum organised a special event in York railway station that brought together the brand new LNER 800 ‘Azuma’ and old classic favourite, the speeding world record steam engine ‘Mallard’, side by side at platform. All of this was set just before the launch of the Azuma services from London to the North East and Scotland. This is the first time since the ‘Four Trains Four Generations’ where something for once in a lifetime has happen with another old meets new in UK transport. I would know for sure something like this will happen again some point in the future. Hope you all enjoy this!
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  • @ricwilki6254
    @ricwilki6254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Super video, thanks for posting. Great to see the Mallard moving. Bitter sweet though as it’s such a shame she can’t go under her own steam. My Grandad was part of the team that built her, he riveted her together, I’d love to see her fully restored and running like The Flying Scotsman.

    • @wurlitzer895
      @wurlitzer895 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a wonderful family connection to one of the most famous and iconic locomotives in the world. A lovely post.

    • @sharonplumb4653
      @sharonplumb4653 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!! Ignominiously shunted for a photoshoot!! A legend should be treated better than this. Bring her back to the main line,she deserves it!!!

    • @t.m.railways
      @t.m.railways 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It would be amazing if they restored her for the 100th aniversary in 2038!

    • @Great_King_Rat
      @Great_King_Rat 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@t.m.railways Maybe Gresley "dressed up"? I can't see anyone spending the sort of money needed to get Mallard running again, especially not when you consider how much more of the engine will be replaced [and lost] in the process.

  • @Transpennine
    @Transpennine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely amazing to see this Beautiful machine in use again! I am very late mind you but still!

  • @robertday8619
    @robertday8619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    There she stands in all her MAJESTY!!! what a machine she is! Head and shoulders above anything going pass her.
    she is a testament to the great man that designed her and the skills and hard work of the ones who built her.

  • @wakefieldtrainlad340
    @wakefieldtrainlad340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a recall back to the LNER days, if you were to the diesels not being there (which is impossible, I know) I wish I was there to see this icon out of her museum home and on to a familiar place in which is she had thoughts of her own would bring back memories to make her happy cry. Such a stunning piece of work. May I say first hand mate that you have earned yourself a subscriber! Dan.

  • @poppyjodie1
    @poppyjodie1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The museum have said they have no plans to steam Mallard again. As amazing as it would be, she is preserved for all future generations to see

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, keeping her static leaves the minimum risk for the loco and after all she has been through, she can now rest and be enjoyed by generations to come.

    • @poppyjodie1
      @poppyjodie1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sgkingly8392 exactly. If they wanted to, they would do it and make her go again. They have no reason to. She is too old. Let her rest

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@poppyjodie1 Yeah, that is what we do with the aircraft at the museum I volunteer at. They have had long service lives and we just let them rest and take care of them, I think it is the same case with locos like Mallard.

    • @poppyjodie1
      @poppyjodie1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sgkingly8392 Nice, must be a cool job

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poppyjodie1 I am not paid for it as it is just volunteering, however I do it out of passion and it is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done and lots of fun to do!

  • @TeddyWandererCamera-Bear
    @TeddyWandererCamera-Bear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Oh Mallard looks so good out there in the sunshine, it is so sad she is longer able to steam. However it is so important to keep her looking in tip top condition in the NRM so future generations can view her . Thank you for sharing this footage :D

    • @theextremeanimator4721
      @theextremeanimator4721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why can't they steam the bird?

    • @Steven_20031
      @Steven_20031 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      She will steam again one day I reckon, after a thorough overhall

    • @TheGWRailfan
      @TheGWRailfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Steven 20031 hopefully it won't take ten years though lol

    • @Steven_20031
      @Steven_20031 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The GWRailfan it may not but there is a lot to do on the old girl, she’s not steamed in about 2 decades

  • @obel15k
    @obel15k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great shot at 5:20 showing the similarity of both profiles.

  • @flyingscotsmanlover1680
    @flyingscotsmanlover1680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just brilliant

  • @drdewott9154
    @drdewott9154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know seeing the 2 side by side most of all made me realize how good a Mallard style paint scheme would actually look on the Azuma.

  • @RichardsAdventures
    @RichardsAdventures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heard about this so awesome it's back on the rails after 30 years.

  • @russouk
    @russouk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    azumas 10 a penny in cardiff lol....but will be good to ride them non diesel .when our electrification is complete.. they do look good in GWR Green tho must admit..mallard is booootful...even wheel rims are shiny new...amazing...saw her in wales years ago when she was running...good old vbritish engineering skills 66050 gets around...she was in canton depot few weeks ago.

  • @Pirate-Scorcher-1998
    @Pirate-Scorcher-1998 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Spectacular video

  • @jcrailwayvideos6588
    @jcrailwayvideos6588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing

  • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
    @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic job mate especially seeing mallard meeting the azuma high speed train iep for the first time ever

  • @Desiro360
    @Desiro360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. Mallard looks fantastic. :)

  • @sullybully
    @sullybully 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:50 Yeah I feel it coming too 🙃

  • @glenshielrailway5696
    @glenshielrailway5696 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    An Azuma painted in LNER blue on both ends and LNER teak between would look amazing imo.

  • @johnbrown9092
    @johnbrown9092 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant film.

  • @ECMLTrains
    @ECMLTrains 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video MT

  • @BrickLeafTale
    @BrickLeafTale 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They both look amazing
    I love the new class 800 a good replacement on east coast mainline

    • @Caesar233996
      @Caesar233996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fitting replacement for the HST I think

  • @marumado1
    @marumado1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Video!

  • @WasatchGarandMan
    @WasatchGarandMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:31 nice to see some young adults help a senior citizen!

  • @stestepney
    @stestepney 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one mate cheers Steve ..

  • @nigelcole1936
    @nigelcole1936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shame that National Railway Museum have not plans to fully rebuild Mallard to get her to run under her own steam again. With other A4s running they don't seem to see the need and we know it would be expensive. Good to see her even for this publicity stunt but a little sad to see her pushed around by two modern units.

    • @thefountainpendesk
      @thefountainpendesk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nigel Cole it’s more beneficial for long term preservation I’d mallard to be static

  • @Ed_Gilbert
    @Ed_Gilbert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How sad. The Mallard is next to a piece of £2 plastic from Japan? Why put a breath-taking piece of engineering next to a saczuma (Azuma)

    • @ItsAllAboutTheJourney
      @ItsAllAboutTheJourney 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To get LNER more money to make people think the azuma is a breathtaking piece of engineering

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      8:16 is an HST

  • @russellgxy2905
    @russellgxy2905 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    While I don't think anything will match the majesty of a fully shrouded A4, the Azuma EMU's seem to be a nice replacement. Certainly more streamlined than the Class 91's

  • @owenburke4884
    @owenburke4884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Azusa looks a lot like Transpenine Nova

  • @Kaidhicksii
    @Kaidhicksii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God, if only they'd actually give Mallard the repairs he needs (or "she", depending on how you look at machines) in order to run under his own power again. Yeah I know it would be extensive and would end up leaving not much of the original Mallard behind, but come on: they did it with Flying Scotsman! I don't even live in England yet it still bums me out to deal with this reality.
    That aside though, he still looks good. And I had no idea Azuma was run by the LNER! Beautiful electric engine, right there. Really hope I can visit someday: I love trains. :)

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think they did it with Scotsman because she is the only survivor of the class. Whereas Mallard is one of 6 surviving A4s and there are already some in working order. As much as I would love to see Mallard steam again, it would leave little of the loco behind. It is similar to the case of the executioner's axe, they replaced the head 3 times and the handle 5 times, it is not the same axe and the same would apply to Mallard.

    • @neildelaney5199
      @neildelaney5199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sgkingly8392 All very true , but did you know Mallard has already had 12 boilers in the 30 or so years of service? i think one more would be acceptable? and we don't need to steam this wonderful machine just make it possible to do so,,, just because we can, make Britain great again.

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neildelaney5199 You have a point, but in preservation we only replace something if we really need to for a restoration. Like replacing a structural component if there is damage to it that will mean the structure is not going to survive. Also in preservation there is a major difference between replacing parts in service and in preservation.

    • @neildelaney5199
      @neildelaney5199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sgkingly8392 Thanks for the reply, and i quite agree that perhaps Mallard should be preserved as an icon of British steam and remain in a controlled environment for all to marvel a in perpetuity,, but i would still love to see it pulling a train on the rails of the 21st century

    • @sgkingly8392
      @sgkingly8392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neildelaney5199 yeah, I would love to see her run for the centenary of the record. I am fortunate to be working with preserved aircraft.

  • @nickedwards2904
    @nickedwards2904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I know what i would prefer to travel behind, we have gone backwards in this country in customer comfort

  • @garycharles8649
    @garycharles8649 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That DB class 66 is gleaming!

  • @electrohalo8798
    @electrohalo8798 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    there’s a LNER HST at 8:06

  • @TheGWRailfan
    @TheGWRailfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been away camping in Switzerland for 9 days... WTF DID I MISS???!

    • @LHoriginal
      @LHoriginal 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was visiting my nan and grandad in widnes (not too far away from liverpool) so i didn't get to see it unfortunately

  • @marksimpson3372
    @marksimpson3372 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the timetable for the azuma services between York and Scotland?

    • @carlharris2808
      @carlharris2808 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hello mark starting 1st august there is 1 azuma leaving york to edinburgh leaving at 14.02 mon to fri www.lner.co.uk/the-east-coast-experience/azuma-trains/azuma-schedule/#Tab_13897 hope this help you?

  • @tonyp011
    @tonyp011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it would have been better to have seen Mallard moving under her own steam as she is not often seen going along under her own steam, and obviously she can go along otherwise she wouldn't be on the rail network now

    • @mjradar
      @mjradar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would like to see the streamlined Coronation Scot locomotive working again instead of being stuck in a museum

    • @Aenopia
      @Aenopia 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @patrickward13491 1 right now

    • @Cactus732
      @Cactus732 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Union of South Africa, Bittern and which is the 3rd A4 that can/will be able to run under her own steam?

    • @juleshathaway3894
      @juleshathaway3894 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The loco has not been seen in steam for a good 25 years and would require a full overhaul which is never going to happen. It is able to be moved under tow as the wheel bearings and coupling rods are fully serviceable and oiled and the connecting rods between the drive wheels and the cylinders have been removed so the pistons do not move as the wheels rotate.

    • @juleshathaway3894
      @juleshathaway3894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @patrickward13491 The reason it doesn't run is because it is long out of boiler certificate and would require a full overhaul. It is not capable of being steamed.

  • @iloveastonvilla1670
    @iloveastonvilla1670 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    can u go to coleshill parkway tomorrow

  • @franciscobarrozo2789
    @franciscobarrozo2789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FRAN

  • @trainsontuesday
    @trainsontuesday 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    For my money the A4 is a much better looking design than the Azuma. They did look great together though.

  • @ethmister
    @ethmister 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see LNER named the class 800 unlike GWR. Also the GWR livery is a lot nicer

    • @benrgrogan
      @benrgrogan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah hoped they would paint the azumas in an old-school LNER colour scheme but looks like they've stuck with the Virgin trains branding.

    • @TheGWRailfan
      @TheGWRailfan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      GWR have named lots of their IETs, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Daniel Gooch

    • @ethmister
      @ethmister 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They named them that way. LNER named the hole class Azuma. GWRs are just IET.

  • @OffTheRailsUK
    @OffTheRailsUK 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    :O 800 *106* !!!! OMG!!!! 106!!!

    • @kevingraham2733
      @kevingraham2733 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      heaps of Japanese shite, won't last long

    • @kingorry7223
      @kingorry7223 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that one you need..... oh wait hang on train lover *106* I get it now

    • @OffTheRailsUK
      @OffTheRailsUK 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevingraham2733 I know.. But I was talking about the unit number not the train itself. But yeah I agree.

  • @hudson1268
    @hudson1268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why did it need 2 66s ?

    • @mjradar
      @mjradar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably network rail conditions

    • @jcrailwayvideos6588
      @jcrailwayvideos6588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is because Mallard is so fragile because it is old that the power from one class 66 could be too harsh on the mallard and stretch it potentially causing damage, so it is just wise to have to 66's to balance the pressure

    • @barrymorris7856
      @barrymorris7856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would guess it was for the reverse shunt move back into the NRM.

    • @Geeves8612
      @Geeves8612 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jcrailwayvideos6588 cool story. It's nothing to do with being "stretched" it's purely for brake force and shunting. You do realize the Mallard AND the 66 were being dragged/pushed around?

    • @hudson1268
      @hudson1268 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      GW RAILFAN nice

  • @andrewwebster6025
    @andrewwebster6025 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Despite their age difference and technology advances , when it comes to aerodynamic design the answer was the same for both

  • @lloyd9710
    @lloyd9710 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there any reason mallard can’t move under its own power ?

    • @juleshathaway3894
      @juleshathaway3894 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It requires a full overhaul, the boiler certificate expired nearly 25 years ago.

    • @lloyd9710
      @lloyd9710 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jules Hathaway I’m surprised they haven’t renewed it as the revenue from it being used would pay for it and more

    • @juleshathaway3894
      @juleshathaway3894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lloyd9710 There are three other working A4 locomotives albeit one under overhaul and one in storage but Mallard is a priceless World famous locomotive and part of history. There are too many risks involved with potential damage and, ok worst case scenario, possible destruction if involved in an incident. It really is more than just a museum piece. Also overhauling it to current standards would mean replacing worn out parts with new that would detract from its authenticity and the NRM would not allow that.
      It ain’t gonna happen!

    • @thefountainpendesk
      @thefountainpendesk 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jules Hathaway couldn’t’ve put it better my self

  • @turbocavalli
    @turbocavalli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    a puppet vs a proper steam engine

  • @andrewganley9016
    @andrewganley9016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nice train shame about the Azuma!

  • @jameshardy4354
    @jameshardy4354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mallard and scotsman and all the other preserved steam locomotives are propper trains those other things are modern junk 😄😄😄😄 the victorians new how to build now all we produce is junk

    • @nickedwards2904
      @nickedwards2904 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scotsman 1923 and mallard 1938 , not Victorian mate .

  • @CommandoG331
    @CommandoG331 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mallard > Flying Scotsman