Black Five 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier defeats Storm Bert! | Edinburgh Christmas Market | 23/11/24

Today's video is of LMS Stanier Black Five Class 4-6-0 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier making a rare appearance in the North East hauling RYTC's The Edinburgh Christmas Market tour from York to Edinburgh Waverley up the ECML via Darlington, Durham, Newcastle and Berwick upon Tweed! This last 10 days or so has seen the UK go through quite a cold snap and although today marked the end of it, the morning shot was filmed during a fair flurry of snow!
This morning I simply went to Newcastle Central to film the outward leg of the tour during its passenger pick up. 45407 coasted into Platform 2 under the grand canopies of the station, with a hefty bit of snow having accumulated on the front of the locomotive! 45407 was doing well, arriving in two minutes early and leaving spot on time, all the while the normal service trains were heavily disrupted due to the weather! With the signallers having given her the road, she departed in style, heading out past the Castle and towards Scotland. With it being so cold, the trains being so badly delayed and me having other commitments today, I left it at that for the morning run. In the evening, most of the snow having disappeared as the day has warmed up considerably, I took the Go NorthEast 21 bus service to Chester Le Street to witness 45407 pass through the night at some speed! Great to be with ‪@a.r.productions‬ and his mate whilst filming this shot! With that I headed home.
Thanks as always to everyone who made today possible, including RYTC, WCR, NR and the people I spoke to! Thanks particularly to 45407 and her crew for braving the weather today. I hope you enjoy this as I did.

[@TristansTrains-lz5xb]

Great shot of the Black 5 🎉

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Thank you very much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! Regards, Dan

[@CRB713]

Love that you caught some of the youth-of-today enjoying themselves at NCL too! Real throwback to some of the old trainspotting pictures you see

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Thank you very much, yes there's lots of old photos from Central of exactly that sort of thing, it was a very popular spot! It's great to see more young people involved in the hobby. Regards, Dan

[@karlthepotter4228]

What a trooper in that sleet at Newcastle!

[@FeckHallBahn]

Seconded!!

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Haha thank you! It was very very cold lol the locomotive and her crew deserve a lot of praise. Regards, Dan

[@GreatBritishRailways1]

Dan, Steam and snow make for an ideal match with great captures throughout. Regards, John

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Cheers John, yes they do and it certainly made for an impressive shot at Newcastle! I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Regards, Dan

[@JoshMallard96]

Great video of a black five while’s it’s snowing.

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Thank you very much! Snow is quite tough to film in. Regards, Dan

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

One of the best places to be in weather like this is on the footplate of a steam locomotive

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

I can imagine the fire gave the crew some very very welcome warmth lol! Regards, Dan

[@mobilephil244]

Pefect steam weather.

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Certainly for those on board! And 45407 certainly looked spectacular batting away the conditions like they were nothing. Regards, Dan

[@JohnGillespie-s5n]

Lovely ex Lms black 5

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

I'm very glad you enjoyed, cheers! Regards, Dan

[@michaeltaylor1869]

Well done 45407 looks splendid there I am going to see it at Hellifield today bye for now Philip

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

That's fantastic, hopefully it was really good! Regards, Dan

[@kenstrachan1607]

Obviously not the wrong kind of snow!!

[@crunchynutsteamfilms5043]

Haha not for the steam locomotive at least! I think the normal service trains were experiencing quite a bit more trouble lol which feels a bit backward 😂. Regards Dan