HST Castle set rescues the night Riviera + class 57 movements at Long Rock 10/7/24

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HST Castle set rescues the night Riviera + class 57 movements at Long Rock 10/7/24

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cooltrainfan

Ай бұрын

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@nimbus44767 Ай бұрын

Wow , never see a HST rescue a loco hauled train before!!

@fuzzyblueProductions4553 Ай бұрын

a HST is a loco

@nimbus44767 Ай бұрын

@@fuzzyblueProductions4553 A class 43 is a loco, a High Speed Train is a train. It’s never something I have ever seen before have you ? Yes 47,57 rescuing them but the other way around ??, now you knew what I meant stop spitting hairs dafty. When locos form trains (class 43 included) of any more than 1 coach or van or wagon then it’s a train .

@railfreightdrivergallagherGBRf Ай бұрын

I have,several times in 49 years on the system! JG.

@Oldie1970 Ай бұрын

I’m glad someone was able to catch on video. I was in St Austell and couldn’t believe what I saw go through…an extended Castle Class. Nice video👍👍

@Aperturespacecore-3A 28 күн бұрын

gotta love par station

@ORBITERDAVE Ай бұрын

That sleeper rescue was amazing.

@andrewbennett7756 Ай бұрын

Shunter the unsung heros of the railway not a great lover of new locomotive nice to see the 50 putting on a great show wen I see GWR I remember green steam of chocolate and cream carriages

@jwpalfrey 25 күн бұрын

Wow, fantastic to see and reminiscent of the BR days when anything would rescue anything (almost). One can argue the use of “older” traction both created the problem but also helped save the day. Dare I say an 800 class set couldn’t have helped at all. Given the castle set is running lower capacity stock it had some capacity to spare and clearly did the job. I do hope the GWR castles are here for some time but fear their days are numbered. However is a fleet of retired 43s top n railing the sleeper out of realm?

@jonathanj8303 20 күн бұрын

I believe GW once hauled the sleeper from Paddington with a pair of back-to-back power cars, but I suspect there must have been another lco in the formation even if it didn't help with traction - the HST power cars and trailers have a unique electrical system for their hotel power (ie lights, sitcom, etc.) and the sleeper coaches probably aren't compatible with it.

@physiocrat7143 22 күн бұрын

It would have been even funnier to have seen an actual Castle 4-6-0 doing the rescue.

@roblane6368 Ай бұрын

HST showing how it's done.

@12crepello Ай бұрын

I wonder how they connected them? They must have used the emergency draw bar which is kept in the power car and rarely used?

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

Yes thats correct, they normally have had a emergency coupler for when a hst set fails and has to be dragged within where the former guards area was.

@ianjones4116 Ай бұрын

Good vid mate. 👍

@BritishRailJack Ай бұрын

Nice video! Will the sleeper be running as usual this upcoming Sunday as me and my dad plan to go on it (we live in north west England) also do castle sets run normally and how often?

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

@@BritishRailJack there is roughly 3 per day that run between penzance and plymouth with one of the sets going to exeter later on. Sleeper i think will run as usual with 57602 on the front as all other 57/6 are broken or under heavy exam

@SimonTog Ай бұрын

Nice video :)

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

@@SimonTog thanks

@MatthewRailways50033 Ай бұрын

Nice video 👍👍😎👍

@Ashworth-Media Ай бұрын

Well that video certainly fits into the 'I have never seen that before'. but is not as daft as you would think as an HST power car is a diesel locomotive and not a DMU as some people think, and when you have two HST power cars coupled together you have a very capable double loco with 4'500hp on tap and a high route availability given its Bo+Bo-Bo+Bo wheel arrangement, will we see these pulling a very fast freight at 125mph?

@tgk300xx4 Ай бұрын

No, this was a struggle for the two powercars and although they have 4500hp between the two of them, the combined tractive effort is equal to on Class 67 and roughly half a class 57.

@Ashworth-Media Ай бұрын

@@tgk300xx4 The Class 43 HST Power Cars where wrongly geared for the added weight as they where built for speed and in locomotive terms they are light weight but they where getting the job done. I have seen at first had just how fast just two Power Cars (without coaches) can accelerate from a rolling start of 10mph up to line speed in 1/4 of mile.

@tgk300xx4 Ай бұрын

@@Ashworth-Media Definitely, the gearing is the issue not the power. They are spot on for fast acceleration but for heaving haul up hills they are awful. They really do suffer on hills.

@Ashworth-Media Ай бұрын

@@tgk300xx4 I caught these two locally 074X Crewe H.S. to Neville Hill T&R.S.M.D HST Light Engine 43049+43046 Accrington 18/07/21 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbuEqMaE1621ZKM.html

@ACELog Ай бұрын

What station were you at for the freight at the beginning, and (the sleeper?) at 17:00?

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

@@ACELog par station. Right next to st blazey sidings where the clay traffic originate or go via.

@billpugh58 19 күн бұрын

Too many ads

@stuartbroome1258 Ай бұрын

Nice, which 57 failed?

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

@@stuartbroome1258 57605

@charlie8562 Ай бұрын

Where abouts was it rescued?

@cooltrainfan9190 Ай бұрын

@@charlie8562 it was declared a failure at Redruth. A hst castle set was behind it that was going to Penzance on a service but then dragged the sleeper back to plymouth where it ran around the set and headed up to Penzance

@charlie8562 Ай бұрын

@@cooltrainfan9190i wonder how it failed and i saw that hst was partially cancelled, i wonder how it runs round penzance because its a terminus