Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
.....when you can't get up !
I would love to have been on that footplate.......this evening looked good though, what's the chances ?
Col.
At least he was still going with 12 on, this one just barely made it with three on, I'm sure I've posted this before but does sound good.Right, hands up if it was you’re idea to put 12 bogies behind a bullied….. on a hill
JB.
That’s brilliant!Maybe it was this gezzer who knocked it over
.....so was the banker breaking traction as well ?This one always make me cringe the most..
JB.
I have no idea, but I got the impression from the video that he wasn't doing much at the back, maybe taking his own weight.......so was the banker breaking traction as well ?
I believe it's 1:37 up to Exeter St Davids, and for a Std4 to pull an excursion train up that (as good an engine as they are), unless both locos were working hard they were never going to make it without some sparks.Scary! That shows how much craftmaship the professional drivers in the past had. Driving a steam engine every other week won't give you the experience needed to handle such a situation.
I remember a trip with 01 1066 on the "Schwarzwaldbahn" that failed to pull a 6 coaches train over a 1:50 grade. A Class 64 had to push it up. I heard its driver saying "We'd pushed the train up if there wouldn't have been this heavy lump of steel in front".
Michael
Scary! That shows how much craftmaship the professional drivers in the past had. Driving a steam engine every other week won't give you the experience needed to handle such a situation.
Maybe it was this gezzer who knocked it over