Scrapped Steam Trains | Lost Locomotives
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- A look at thirty scrapped steam locomotives!
Become a Sam'sTrains engineer here: / @samstrains
Get your Sam'sTrains merch: teespring.com/...
Thanks for watching!
Email: samstrains@outlook.com
Instagram: samstrainsofficial
Facebook: samstrains
Twitter: samstrains
Ah go on Sam admit it, you like the Tango really it’s still running even after its swim. Great video, there are some lovely locomotives now sadly gone.
haha I'm impressed by that - I will say that much! ;D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
choopoo choopoo!
LNWR 0-8-0s:
The G1 had a small boiler,
The G2 had a large boiler,
The G2A was originally a G1 that has been rebuilt with the boiler off a G2.
All of the G1s and G2As were cut up, however one G2, 49395, still survives.
Many thanks for the info Luke, appreciate that! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Might I add that G2As sometimes were given a G1 boiler if no other G2 boilers were available thus becoming G1 again and this happened all the time.
Quite a few familiar faces from Sodor to be seen in this video: Molly, Belle, Thomas and Arthur...while it's sad that their classes were scrapped, at least they're keeping the legacy of their fallen brethren alive!
Arthur and Belle do have surviving classmates.
While its not the same exact thing, there is a coal fired Thomas replica built out of a 0-6-0 Porter in America
Arthur and belle are the same class
@@thebrainlesstrainfan Arthur is an Ivatt 2MT
Belle is a Standard 4MT tank
Yeah you're right - you might see some familiar fireboxes there ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
In France, dozens of highly interesting steam locomotives had never been preserved, we do not have a culture of industrial history as you have in Great Britain, and it is a shame.
Anyway, I had seen a mainline 4-8-2 preserved in tour visiting my hometown of Grenoble two years before, I have pictures of her, I can send you some if you are interested. I just checked and I've just seen that I had not transfered them from my camera, blitz it !
I've got some ideas of videos if you are interested. First, why not make one about the locomotives you think that are iconic british ones ? And you can also make a serie of video based on the wheel pattern of the locomotives : Mogul Melody, Ten-wheelers Temptations, Craving for Consolidations, Praise the Pacifics, 0-6-0 are go, 0-6-2 I love you, et cetera...
Another idea : a video dedicated to oddballs, like the Garrat and the Cock o'the North.
I have no doubts that you will make some interesting videos like this one. Keep on the good job !
Some French locomotives, especially the compounds were genius creations.
Oh trust me, over here in Ireland it is way worse. Only 38 five foot gauge locos preserved if i remember it correctly
Great to hear so many were preserved Oliver - I'd love to see more of them!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Very heartbreacking...
16:03 that is my favourite too! Like I said before, this one reminds me to our italian Gr 740 steamer! She isn't the more powerfull, but she is the more reliable of italian steamers. Born into 20' and operated untill the 75', pulling passengers, goodies and military equipments. Today some of those Gr 740 are used to special historical trains in Italy!
Yes... I love it! :D
Low Range Maniac why are the hand rails so long ?
@@The_bike_guy_hooligans05 to be fair I didn't notice that
Lol
Thanks a lot for the comments mate! Yes the handrails are loose - I got tired of putting them back in place ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Hi Sam!
I realise some people may have already pointed this out but there is one Beyer Garrett in preservation at the Manchester MOSI Museum Powerhouse. Whether it runs or not I have no idea but I do have many recollections of sitting on its buffers while my mother took photos as a child!
Great video and was interesting to hear about other lost Locomotives!
I always enjoy watching Sams videos. Informative and such a vast collection. Keep up the sterling job you do for us guys that no longer have trains.
Thanks very much Stephen - appreciate it mate! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Really nice video! I liked seeing these engines run together. Keep it up!
Thanks Kris - really glad you liked this one! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
At least you guys in the train hobby have more preserved than us in the ocean liner community.
16:17 that thing still works after it's swim in the pool?
haha yeah it does - I must say I'm impressed about that, though I did strip it down and dry it thoroughly ;D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
While the Railway Series only featured 11 steam and around 6 diesels, it was stated in one big book there were around 80 on Sodor (not counting the TV series only ones). We don't know how many of them are diesel, though with Sodor's works said to be capable of any locomotive overhaul, and engines said to have been built from there (despite no other mentioning) perhaps some classes had been built out of extinction, or developed their own classes.
Cool Vincent - thanks a lot for letting me know! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I'm a huge New York Central fan here in the U.S., and very few of their steam locomotives were preserved. Two 0-6-0 switchers and two 4-8-2 "Mohawks" and that's just about it. None of the famous J class Hudson 4-6-4s (of which 275 were built), K class Pacific 4-6-2s (tons were built), G class Consolidation 2-8-0s (again, countless were built), or S class Niagara 4-8-4s (27 I believe were built) survive. A lesser known class, the NE-2's, were a large group of 2-6-6-2 Mallets built originally for the Boston & Albany (a New York Central subsidiary), and these are one of my favorite classes of locomotives. One NE-2 was almost preserved in Minerva, Ohio (they were called "Minerva Mallets" because they were maintained and based largely in Minerva, a town which is actually about an hour from where I live in Ohio) but the town of Minerva turned it down! What a shame!
Cheers Austin - great to hear some of those got saved too! I've heard a lot about the J class - I'd love to get one of those!
Thanks for all the info,
Cheers,
Sam :)
@@SamsTrains If you are serious about getting a J class, I'd recommend trying to track down either a newer Broadway Limited Imports model (with Paragon2 sound and smoke) or perhaps an older Rivarossi model. I have the older Paragon1 model of BLI's Hudson and although the sound is older I love it! The wheels, however, are made from a different metal and collect dirt easily, but I think BLI has a warranty where they'll send replacements - something to look into!
Good video! Though I'm sure 2 LMS fairburn tanks are preserved on the lakeside and hatherwaite railway.
There are some LMS tanks preserved, but none of those that I showed!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Yes 42073 and 42085
@@SamsTrains the 060 wasn't that the locomotive that inspired James? Also I do believe that at least one was preserved
You must be congratulated on the work put into producing this particular upload Sam. A fascinating watch and good to know, that the manufacturers have produced such Gems, so that they will never be forgotten....Bob
Bless you Bob, thanks a lot mate - appreciate it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
3:02 noooo
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Not the j50s😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I know :'(
I am glad that there are new builds of the Patriot class, lner p2 class, Gwr Grange class, lner B17, LBSC H1. Just to name a few.
Me too - it's a wonderful effort isn't it?!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains ,indeed it is good sir.
And then Sam you could make a video with all the preseverd trains. 😂
That'd be awesome -great idea!! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
He did
Good idea but it would be about 2 hours long-
@@finley1578 *2 days
Great video Sam, really well researched and presented. One of the saddest things in British Railway history was the haste in which steam was consigned to the scrapyard! Some wonderful locos only a few years old and just thrown away! Terrible.
Thanks very much Mike - yes it's very sad indeed :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Yes, the pannier Thank engines were preserved....
Yes, it has to do with Duck from Thomas and friends
Yes indeed - lots of those still around! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
These videos always make me want to break out my models again, though being a student away from home I don't really have the space for that. Maybe in a couple of decades...
Thanks a lot Tom - hopefully you'll get the time one day! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
I find it ironic that the standard gauge Bayer Garratts were never that successful, but the narrow gauge versions (some of which were noticeably *bigger*) were not just popular exports, but have been rather well preserved!
I may have said on the review of that Garratt model, but the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has a preserved (static) South African Railways GL class garratt. At cape gauge (1 meter/3ft something), it is a true giant among giants!
Yeah that's true - though a lot of overseas Garratts were much more successful I hear!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
My favourite?? Any 2-8-0 or 2-8-2 really. Short Brutes, designed for grunting heavy Freight!
Carmine ✈🚂🚙
Great choice there - I love locos with 8 coupled wheels too! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Strangely, one of the saddest, and, if you were a child, most disturbing images of engine destruction is to be found in 'Stepney The Bluebell Engine', by the Rev.W. Awdrey. It shows a yard (suspiciously like Barry Island), with engine scrap visible, and a worried looking engine watching a workman with an oxy-acetylene torch... That image really bothered me as a kid.
Yes that's a point - very sad indeed about that :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
There are in fact three RODs preserved - in Australia, in fact. They got sent down in the 1920s to work on coal traffic and lasted into the 1970s.
Ooh nice - yes I had a feeling some non-gwr versions got saved!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
15:52 I love the way the wheels turn on the Grange class. Especially when it’s the weathered version with the dirty wheels. It looks satisfying just seeing this engine get to work and it already gets pretty dirty! :P
Yeah me too - it looks wonderful doesn't it?! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Out of curiosity I’ve googled the Garrat, and it seems there’s one (a South African GL class, but still totally English) at the museum of science and industry in Manchester. Wikipedia also says that the Garrats are still in use in South Africa (could be interesting to know if anyone can take videos of one of those).
There are quite a lot of Garratts preserved - but no LMS Garratts to my knowledge!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I’d love to see an updated version of this video
Wow, amazing how many were lost considering how many survived. I think the UK did the best job of any country preserving steam locomotives. The US certainly started preservation efforts far too late.
Yeah absolutely Andrew - it's quite shocking! A great shame preservation wasn't considered sooner :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
There was one group who said they'd built a new K3. Then they said it was a K6 instead. Now there trying to build one and said they want to build an engine to run at 140mph on a REGULAR basis :/
Ahh interesting - fingers crossed for that then! ;D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Love the theme music to this video Sam. I play the trumpet and cornet and also the clarinet and wondered what the name of it was? Great video as always! I visited the new model rail shop in sheringham last Wednesday by your recommendation, and it is a little gem. Really modern and bright, lots of room for more stock as the business hopefully grows. Very reasonable prices and well worth a look!
Thanks very much Chris - it's called fun time by DJ quads - based on the original, please don't talk about me when I'm gone - quite fitting!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I think my favourite had to be the P2, and for the ones you ran, maybe the B17! Great vid!
Good choice - yeah the P2 is amazing! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
All those locos look beautiful! Shame they were scrapped😕
Great vid!
-Dj
Thanks DJ - it really is a great shame :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
There is a group building a B17, there also are 2 p2s being built, there is a new patriot being built, there are 2 countys being built one at tysely and one at didcot, there is a new grange being built, there is a standard class 3 tank being built at severn valley railway
Yeah I heard about some of those - amazing projects on the way!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains yeah
Thanks for that. You'll be able to add a 'Hush Hush' to that lot later in the year. Not steam of course, but I wish the unique Hawker Siddeley 4000 Kestrel (HS4000) had been saved. Unique and very nice looking thing, colour scheme included. Heljan have made one.
Yeah absolutely - all being well of course!! I'll have to look that 4000 Kestrel up! :O
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I like the weathering on that GWR Grange, It reminds me abit of my GWR Large Prairie and my LMS 8f (both of those locos are weathered)
Yeah me too! It's actually reasonably well done! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
You might find some of the extinct in Down Under.
Brisbane film on local steam tank engines look familiar.
Beyer-Garret (6029) Junee to Goulburn. Good video.
Couple of vintage diesels on the historic trains assist if needed but primarily used for electricity.
Seems like the generator cars were forgotten.
You're right Mick - some Garratts certainly survive, but none of the LMS design do!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Those large UK tank engines were beautiful machines.
Thanks a lot mate - I agree they were! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Grate video
I think Thompson tryed to save the P2 by rebuilding because the original P2 locos weren't reliable until Thompson rebuiled them
Thank you!! You're probably right there actually!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Technically you missed the A1 Peppercorn, as all original examples were scrapped. A new one had to be built from scratch to give it some representation.
The video makes me wonder about the various diesels and electrics that didn't survive the scrappers torch. Things like the Class 74 electro-diesel and the Class 310 EMU. I hope for at least one more class to join those ranks though, the Class 717. Preferably more though.
Thanks a lot for the info! Yeah that's true - pity we lost so many :(
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
the Turbomotive was rebuilt into a Princess Class called, "Princess Anne", and it was destroyed in 1952, and replaced by Duke Of Gloucester
Ahh yes you're absolutely right - I remember reading about that! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Hello Sam!!! I'm glad to see you running the B17, but you didn't mention how some of them where streamlined. Nonetheless, great video, and I can't wait for the next
I didn't mention that - I'd love if Hornby made a streamlined one though! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
"This is going to be a bit of a sad (video) today."
(Immediately plays upbeat jazz music to the running trains)
I have to admit, I found that juxtaposition funny XD.
@john wilks That's... surprisingly fitting, if a little tonally dissonant!
@john wilks Huh, that's extra impressive!
haha - yes I chose the song for that reason ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
In montreal we had an f7 bulit in 1950 for CN and was passed to amt in 1968 and in 1999 it was the last year for it's service and in 2000 it was scrapped
Ooh interesting - sorry to hear it was scrapped so late :'(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Rejoice! There are in fact plans for new builds of both the D16, appropriately to be named “Phoenix,” and a J39!
Ooh I'd just love to see those come to fruition! :O
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Excellent stuff Sam. Nice to see the less fortunate classes of loco running if only in model form. Well done 🤓
Thanks Anthony - glad you enjoyed that! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Thomson 01s have been rebuilt and currently there are 58 of them.
they should have sent any of the mentioned class of locos to barry town, in wales, as most if not all those ones survived the diesel era steam train purges
Interesting stuff mate!!
@@SamsTrains yep I live nearby and a load of stuff in Barry sidings survives to this day unless they needed to salvage a loco for spares a 121 dmu was stripped in 2014 ish so even after preservation trains aren't 100% safe even modern stuff is electric or diesels
I cant believe they scrapped the clock o’north disgusting such a unique engine as well
I know it - such a shame :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Brilliant video Sam! A G2A was preserved but a G2 wasn’t.
Ooh are you sure?! I thought it was a G2 preserved?!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
2:47 Go to Steam Town in Scranton, Pennsylvania they have one of them!
The static replica of the Dean Single is at Windsor station!
Ahh right! I knew I hadn't dreamed that one up!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Turbine powered steamers are rare, it could well that the TGOJ M3T is the only surviving one worldwide, look up that one for an impression of the sound
I'll do that, thank you! I'd be interested to hear one! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great video as always!
I know they are technically a different class, but for anyone wanting to see something very closely related to an LMS 2P or a Stanier tank, come to Ireland ;)
There is an NCC 4-4-0 very similar to a 2P/Midland Compound in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and a NCC WT tank very similar to the Stanier tank in the Whitehead railway museum as part of the RPSI 😍
Thanks a lot mate - ooh yes you're right, I've seen photos of that one! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I'm surprised at this point the tango hasn't been withdrawn and scrapped from your collection
haha I've thought about it ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
7th member of class of p2 is being built following the same experimental design process that nigel was going through and I think the the water Crest line has a v3
Yes indeed - that should be amazing to see!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great video, shame to see so many trains are gone. I'd love to see you do a video showing everything in your collection that has survived? When you do reviews and you mention whether any locos are saved from scrap could you let us know where they can be seen/what line they're running on?
Thanks a lot mate, yes it is a great shame! There are countless surviving locos - that would be a good video though! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
There some Garrett's left in running condition in South Africa.
Scraped steam trains,more plastic for the sea!!
If it interests anybody, Simon Martin did a podcast on railway mania about Edward Thompson. Listened to it and totally changes your perspective. As for the P2, to quote the podcast, the P2s actually worked better as Thompson Pacifics than mikados
Thanks for that Barry, might give that a listen!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam iv had an idea. Having done lost locos, why not resurrected locos? Basically you do this video again but with steam engines being built at the moment. Here's a list:
COMPLETED
GWR Saint
LNER Peppercorn A1
GWR Steam Railmotor
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BR Class 2 2.6.2t
BR Class 3 2.6.0
BR Class 3 2.6.2t
BR Class 6 4.6.2
LNER D7
LNER D16
LNER F5
GWR 10XX
GWR 38XX
GWR 47XX
GWR 68XX
SR H2
LMS Unrebuilt Patriot
LNER B17 (x2)
LNER P2 (x2)
LNER V4
LNWR George The 5th
LNER G5
LNWR BLOOMER
PROPOSED
LMS Fowler 4mt 2.6.4t
LMS Rebuilt Patriot
LNER K3
LNER V3
SR E
LNER Small Ben
CANCELLED
LNER J50
SR E2
GWR 2221
LMS Caprotti Black 5
LMS Hughes Dreadnaught
LNER J39
LMS Claughton
That's a fantastic idea - thanks very much for that mate! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
Someone needs to make a replica of the garret 🤣
Imagine that in a station with 3 coaches 🤣🤣
haha I know... they'd need a big shed to put it in though! ;D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I think I'm in love with the LMS version. Smashing locos.
As well as here in the US. Just about the early 50s or late 50s they started to scrap em.
some variants of the garrats have survived out side of the UK such as my favorite the 4-8-0 + 0-8-4
Thanks Dude - yeah you're right, sadly no LMS ones though :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
the BR Standard Class 6 'Clan Class' was also scrapped
Yeah you're right! :(
it is sad. here across the pond we also lost many steamers.
Yeah, it is very sad :(
I'm very happy to tell you that a Garrett is survived in Bressingham Steam Museum on static display
cremilar it isn’t a ex LMS Garratt though.
Yeah you're right - but not an LMS one sadly :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
16:17 Oh my word you can literally see the handrail sticking out. A real shame about that Heljan Tango, I quite like the 02's myself. It's a shame none were preserved in real life (and they have such a poor model to represent them). Here's a video idea for you: I'd like to see a vintage model train running session, perhaps with the L1 and the BR Standard Class 3 you didn't run?
haha yeah - I got tired of putting it back in place! I love the class too - but the models are useless ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I recently got a rake of 3 blood and custard teaks the railroad ones. I'm wondering where to find more for cheap apart from hattons. Btw. I saw you had 2 b17s. The P2s are have 2 made. One in her original (prince of Wales, 2007, and a replica in the A4 streamlining)
Ooh nice - keep an eye on Ebay, you might be able to find more! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Informative and interesting from the man who can talk about a pen for more than 10 mins!
haha thanks very much Charlie!! ;D
Really curious as to which manufacturer made the LMS Turbomotive? Can't seem to see anything about them on Google.
It was modified from a Tri-ang princess!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Fantastic video Sam! Really enjoyed it like normal, quite sad that so many beautiful locos were scrapped but we have to be thankful for what we have, 6880? Betton Grange recently passed its boiler test or whatever its called so we will soon have another grange running in Britain. 👍
Thanks mate - yes it's very sad indeed - ooh that's good to hear though! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Isn’t there a preserved stainer 2-6-4 tank at the Railway museum
There is one - but I think that's a 3-cylinder one!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Yes but no 42500 is a 3 cylinder one all of the 2 cylinder ones were scrapped
Hay Sam you should buy and review the Lima King Charles ll In blue I have one and it would look amazing going around you track
I've never had one of those - glad to hear they're good! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Sam'sTrains thank you for getting back to me really nice to see I have sent you some pick on Instagram @cornish_life._
Excellent sad video of locomotives in model form Sam ☹️👍
Some of these locomotives are under construction.
The GWR Grange Class 6880 Betton Grange is nearly close of completion this year and same goes to LBSCR Brighton Atlantic Class at the Bluebell Railway is going to be in steam next year helpfully.
Thanks a lot Joe - you're right, exciting times! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Well at least heljan mucked the tango up not the 02 tank engine. There my favourite tank engines.
haha absolutely!! ;D
I'm 99% certain that a ROD 8000 2-8-0 is preserved here in NSW, Australia
You could be right - I was only speaking for the GWR ones when I said they were entirely scrapped!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great video Sam certainly is sad when locomotives are scrapped with no surviving examples
It really is David - very sad :(
I wish one day I get to see the Garratt in Train Simulator. There is one ported from MSTS, but it's poop quality because it's from MSTS. Still fun to drive on the classic pre-blue woodhead railway though...
Ooh I'd love that too - that'd be awesome! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
That’s very sad seeing scrapped locomotives my two brothers could cry if they watched this video
It is very sad Zach - I could too :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Extremely interesting video Matt, it is sad that so many locos no longer exist. Cheers Greg
Thanks Pete, really glad you enjoyed it! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
There are videos of the beyer garat that I’ve seen not sure if they’re not the same type or anything but I’ve seen modern videos of it
They're at least building a new P2...
They definitely are!! :D
I reckon at least half the locos in this video are new build projects so some time in the next couple of years you might have to make a video called locos back from the dead ;) with the new build project of the j50 (don’t quote me on this) from what I have heard the project was cancelled due to lack of support or something like that.
haha yeah you're right - I wonder how many will actually come to fruition though - sad about the J50 - yes I think you're right :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great video! Makes you appreciate what we still have a little more. Would you consider making a completely video based on working accessories you can buy / modify for the layout? (Eg. points motors, level crossings and barriers, lights, signals, and others.) I have really enjoyed the videos in the past on the mail wagon and turntable. :)
Thanks Marc - yes it certainly does! That's a good idea - I can look into that! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I believe there maybe a few beyer garrats outside of england, however, they may be a different model and just look similar.
There are indeed - but they're not LMS ones sadly :(
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
I love those large tank engines you guys have over there, it's a shame most of our locos here in the US were tender engines.
We did have some big one's, 0-8-4's, 2-8-0's & 2-8-2's for freight ... Think the GWR were thinking of a 2-10-2 for the South Wales coal trains but that was never anything more than a rumour as far as I'm aware.
2-6-4, 4-6-2 & 4-6-4 for passenger traffic
Yeah me too - some of them were really awesome! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Really awesome video I really liked it and learned from it about British steam engines which I am so facilitated with keep up the great quality videos. Coming. I just cannot wait for each one for you to put out . From America great job.
Thanks a lot Louis - really glad you enjoyed learning about these! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Love the track at the beginning, very apt!
Thank you Callum!! :D
This might be a weird question but if they made Stepheson's Rocket in model form do they make other very early steam locos like the Lion?
I've never seen a Lion RTR - I'd love one though! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
@@SamsTrains Really? Well that's quote a shame. They really should since it's essentially one of the many grandfathers of steam. Been reading up on history of these machines if you haven't guessed 😁
This subject matter has always interested me Sam, and there are some interesting underlying factors behind the representation of British main line loco preservation being not quite as broad as it could have been - especially tied to the steam era. Prepare for a lesson on business affairs. A key reason was that most long-serving locomotive classes went through varying levels of design alterations in service, to the point that railway officials and enthusiasts in those days took for granted the idea it would be impossible to restore them back to the physical appearance when first built; indeed Flying Scotsman was in that situation but for Alan Pegler's timely intervention.
With more modern cases like the Thompson L1 and the BR Standard 3 Tank, they were not considered as significant and successful classes in service and were thus also dismissed. And let's not begin to bring up the forced loss of the Euston Arch. I have indeed been thinking seriously about what could have been if the fate of symbols of engineering history wasn't left as much to chance takings, and I have been developing a number of projects with that as a key theme. You'll find out more as time goes on. Yours faithfully, Samuel F.
Thanks Samuel - really appreciate all the extra info! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
2-6-2 were common in LNWR when I was a kid....
Really?! How old are you?!?
Are you thinking of doing a review of the gwr 3161 or 1366 class because if you do remember me from the last video even though my one has failed they are beautiful locos with buckets of characters:D Thank you
Yes I am doing a review soon - though they're pretty bad if you ask me ;)
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
*Disclaimer!*
*No Trains were hurt in the Making of this Video*
haha very true! ;D
I don't own any steam locos myself, but, they are soo much more emotive 🙂
Yeah I'd agree with you there! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Great vid Sam!
Thanks Joe! :D
Are you going to be getting the Stephenson's rocket and if so when is it coming?
I hope so James!! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
The first batch of LNER - 2 of the tank engines kind of look like Aurthur / Whiff from Thomas
2:38 - 2:52
Also 15:30 looks like Henry! (Don’t get mad at me. I know it’s not I just like the resemblance of most locos to Thomas locos which I’m aware they are all literally made up) ❤️
Are the Beyer Garrets in Australia replicas or originals. Did we ship them over there.
They are originals - they're just not LMS garratts, so a different design!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
There is a P2 being restored at the minute Prince of Wales at Doncaster work there is apparently a hand full of P2's been restored there
It's being built pretty much from scratch I heard - amazing stuff! :D
Thanks for watching - Sam :)
Yes it is I can not wait to see it running along the main line again
Apparently they are having to have the coupling rods remade along with most of the locomotive frame and and boiler