I tend to agree. Some thing good looking about British steam that our foreign neighbours do not have :-) Thank you for watching - Allan.

We don't really care about power to weight ratio in steam traction, that's why we invented it for the bigger countries to exploit. We are only a very small Country....Oh sorry, I forgot The Mallard holds the world steam speed record at 126 mph, but that isn't really power is it, because it's not a big loco.

Don't tell me your American... if you are don't boast about your heavy goods trains!

I have heard a rumor that Tornado being built to modern day standards would be capable of exceeding Mallards record 126mph ? It has achieved 100mph relatively easily, so love to see it.

Grahame .White the Scotsman achieved 100 before it was even updated in period, i can't see tornado being capable because of aerodynamics, that was what made an a4 superior to an a3.

Many thanks for your comments, Much appreciated. Regards - Allan.

Actually Gordon is based on the 1920 plans of the GNR A1s which the plans existed and A1s and A3s are basically the same thing except the A3s have high pressure boiler and the banjo dome and some double chimney

So an A2? gotcha. Kidding!

I believe that the big city engine was based of a peppercorn A1 which appeared in one of the books at some point.

Gordon is based on the Gresley A1, Tornado is a Peppercorn A1. Gordon and Tornado would technically be siblings, along with Flying Scotsman. Scotsman was an A1 but modified into an A3.

I thought it was next week it was going to Darlington. Enjoy seeing Tornado and thanks for watching the video. Cheers - Allan.

@@allan5919 np, its today for definite, i went this morning and saw the carriages going Carlisle, where Tornado is.

@@RyansArachnids Yes you are correct Ryan. Its back Darlington way tonight. Sorry for the confusion. It is there next week also. Cheers - Allan.

@@allan5919 oh is it? I didn't know that thank you I'll go see it too

@@allan5919 The transport youtubers in mexico has a trick to find the hour of the model that Will pass: they tell to control centre of Subway to know the schedule. You can ask to station bossing in Darlington and they'll tell You the schedule. Take attention!

Thanks for watching and commenting. Regards - Allan.

Many thanks for watching Anthony. It's being kept very busy lately on the rail tours. Regards - Allan.

Thanks very much and agree, a very enjoyable day indeed at York. Cheers - Allan.

Many thanks for viewing Stephen. Appreciate your comments as always. Best wishes - Allan.

Thank you. Allan.

Yes the station was rather busy with rail enthusiasts today. Flying Scotsman was in the station 2 hours later. Thanks for viewing. Regards - Allan.

Thanks very much. I really enjoyed the day at York despite the large crowds. Cheers - Allan.

Thank you very much Alan and it was indeed a fantastic day out at York and Ian also made an appearance from across the Pennines and sampled the York Pumpkin (the tea is the very same standard by the way). My video of 'Flying Scotsman' wasn't too good and ended up on the cutting room floor for the cleaners to sweep up. Hope you are well. Best wishes - Allan. :-)

Thanks for watching. Regards - Allan.

Thanks very much for watching Cameron. Never seen 'Tornado' on this platform before and she sure made a magnificent sight under that roof. Best wishes - Allan.

The loco is a truly magnificent sight especially seeing it under that lovely York Station roof. Thank you for watching Bruce - Allan.

It was nice to see the A1 under that magnificent roof Anthony. A very interesting departure and that ice cream would have tasted nice on a very warm day. Many thanks for your comments. Regards - Allan.

It's a beautiful steam locomotive and hopefully we will see it back on the main line once the work on it is complete at Darlington. Have great fun with the Bachmann model. Regards - Allan. 👍

Thanks very much Trevor and I had a really enjoyable day. Lovely to see you once again at the station for the chat. Best wishes - Allan.

Thank you for watching. Much appreciated. Cheers - Allan.

The scrapping of steam locomotives shouldn't have happened.

Thanks for watching Steve. Much appreciate. Cheers - Allan.

I am pleased you like the footage Joshua. Thanks for watching. Regards - Allan.

Danke fürs Zuschauen. Allan.

She is, thanks for watching. Cheers - Allan.

Many thanks for your comments Derek. Much appreciated. Cheers - Allan.

Thank you Bruno. Pleased you like it. Best wishes - Allan. :-)

Thanks very much for your comments and I hope you had a very enjoyable day seeing the two iconic steam locomotives. Both a lovely sight. Cheers - Allan.

Many thanks Ulli. Much appreciate you comments. Cheers - Allan :-)

Thanks for your comments David. It was quite a severe slip on both occasions. Lovely sight. Never seen an A1 in that spot ever even in steam days. Cheers - Allan.

Many thank for watching. Regards - Allan.

Thanks for viewing. Two different classes of steam locomotive. Cheers - Allan. :-)

@@allan5919 My pleasure.. Greetings from Spain.. 👍👍🇪🇸🇪🇸

Thanks for watching and thanks also for your comments. The wheel slip was well caught like you said as it was quite severe. Hope you enjoyed the trip even though you had to work during it. Best wishes - Allan.

No, gordon is an a3.

Ur both wrong Gordon is an a0

@@jonathancruz562 true

@@jonathancruz562 your wrong too, Gordon was an A1 prototype

Ryan Ingham no he is a a0

Thank you very much Car. Cheers - Allan.

Yes I've got to agree with you there John. Robust, long lasting and quite nice too look at too. :-) Thanks for viewing. Regards - Allan.

Yes very undignified indeed. Hope he gained more adhesion later in the journey. :-) Thanks you for viewing. Regards - Allan.

@@allan5919 Typical behaviour from a loco with rear carrying wheels, I'm afraid. More power=bigger firebox=trailing wheels to take the overhang=less adhesion=wheel slippage...

Nice to see an A1 under that roof. Thanks for looking. Regards - Allan.

Hi Allan your welcome...Dave

Thanks for watching. Yes it was pretty severe that wheel slip. Regards - Allan.

@@allan5919 If that was 'pretty severe' I'd like to see your comments on the Southern Spam Cans!

@@paulcaswell2813 Yes Paul the Spam Cans weren't exactly good at the gripping the rails were they :-) - Allan.

nope gordon is a gresley while tornado is a peppercorn pacific

Richard Bolton, Jr. correction. This locomotive is an A1 class locomotive just like golden built to Nigels design. This particular engine is a brand new one built from the ground up to take a stand for steam preservation

Richard Bolton, Jr. Gordon is a A1/A3 great northern

Thank you very much. Cheers - Allan.

allan5919 I have so much respect for youtubers who replies even to the most trivial of comments👍👍👍👍👍

It's a fantastic steam loco. Currently out of traffic for repairs but back soon I hope. Not sure how easily it slips but personally not seen it slip too much over the years I've seen it. Thanks very much for watching and commenting. Regards - Allan.

Thanks very much Colin. I always think York isn't a very good place to film when the sun is shining. It seems to get in the way where ever you are except filming from platform 3 under the roof. Pity I missed you there. Regards - Allan. :-)

I could not agree with you more Ant. British Engineering was the best and still is. 'Tornado' is a great example of what still can be achieved. Thanks for watching the video. Regards - Allan.

True, but there are many reasons they have pretty much stopped making trains, because so many foreign countries make trains for the UK now and the UK have so many other things to think about which are much more important and require that money they would use to make trains.

@@TheBrickGuy7939 sending money abroad even if their trains are cheaper is still false economy, at the end of the day the poor got richer, so the rich got poorer, thus making everyone poorer. How great Britain was colapsed as an industrial superpower, commoners wanted more than their country country afford to give them, with poor common people great Britain was the richest country in the world, demanding to much from their employers they shot themselves, their employers and future generations in the back. The richer the rich are the richer everyone is. The mistake of comparing our poor selves to the rich. Look how china is growing, because the rich are the richer every day, not the poor in the same rate. They want an empire like we once had, and are inspired by what we did to build it. Sadly short sighted buisiness around the world are fuelling them.

@@theant9821 It has even got top the point where trains are barely even designed in the UK anymore, although sometimes manufactured there like the Hitachi trains.

Thank you for watching the video. Regards - Allan.

Thanks very much for watching Dave. Yes I did video 'Flying Scotsman' but the quality of the video was so poor I decide not to include it on this footage. Regards - Allan.

Thank for watching the video. Yes it can be quite a spectacular sight. Cheers - Allan. :-)

Thanks for watching Grahame. These rail tours with steam locos do attract quite a large volume of spotters, especially this on 'Tornado' and 'Flying Scotsman'. Regards - Allan.

Thanks for watching, Regards - Allan. :-)

Thanks for watching. Yes its very understandable with the unassisted load it had to cope with. Regards - Allan.

Surely the Diesel on the back (when used) is usually idling since it's only there in case of a failure and so only adds to the payload the steam loco has to cope with.

@@Martindyna it provides power for lighting and heating to the coaches usually and as a backup or shunting assistance.

@@mattlander9119 Thanks. I understand that sometimes it is used to help with accelerating the train from a stand, a practice I don't approve of (it's preferable to see what the steam loco is capable of on its own, as in the old days imo).

Yes it was always going to busy today Andrew with two steam locos there. Thanks for watching. Cheers - Allan :-)

Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated. The green is very nice. Cheers - Allan.

Yep. Thanks for watching. Allan.

Creeperboy and friends nope

Aye. Thomas deserves to ride the rails again.

Then it would be Gordon and Thomas.

Hell no. The E2 was one of the worst tank engines ever made. Rubbish brakes. Needed water every 2 minutes and was a rubbish passenger train as well

@@ieuanharries429 Thomas mostly just pull two passenger cars

I think they are but open to be corrected on that.

Doesn't look like the sanders were used. Probably a bit too much steam and slightly greasy/wet rail

people like you dont get why we transition to diesel power

Here is an article and some text which may answer your question. www.a1steam.com/origin-of-the-peppercorn-class-a1s/ I hope this helps. Thank you for watching the video. Regards - Allan.

OK thanks.

A lot!

No i don't think so. Thanks for watching. Allan.

This locomotive is not in Thomas fortnite kid

@@craigthe I think he is talking about modster

Hope you had a great day at the NYMR. Love the Escort comparison :-) :-) Best regards - Allan.

Yes there are some awesome steam locos in the USA Cameron from what I see on video. We are lucky here to have such an active steam preservation movement in most parts of the country. Many thanks for taking the time time to watch and comment. Best regards - Allan.

Thanks for watching Steve. Much better and classier coaches in the older days. cheers - Allan.

Thanks for putting these clips up for us to watch from afar.

You are most welcome Steve. . Allan.

But green and with red coaches and smoke deflectors.

gordon is an a1 gresley pacific while tornado is a a1 peppercorn pacific but close though

Richard Bolton, Jr. I thought Gordon had a rebuild, making him an A3.

Thanks for watching. Allan.

I believe it was because we already have an A3 preserved. There was no A1 preserved.

It's a peppercorn A1 and not a Gresley A1/A3. The Gresley A1's were reclassed to A3 when the Pepercorn A1's were built

Thanks Tony. I did get a video of Flying Scotsman too today but it was rubbish so I did not added it here. Thanks very much for watching. Cheers - Allan.

The class is A1 and it's a Pacific as its a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement but it can be also described with the designers name included like a lot of steam locomotives are.

Yes shes was blue for a while but returned to green a few years back Kevin. Regards - Allan.

Ruke Onos looks more like Henry

Creeperboy No Henry is a 5mt Black 5. Gordon is either an A1 or an A3 Pacific. Same type as Flying Scotsman as the two are brothers in Thomas canon. Tornado is in a league of her own.

Actually Tornado is only a half brother of Gordon and Tornado because he was built by Arthur Peppercorn not Nigel Gresley.

Ruke Onos Who's Gordon? I'm Tornado!

Yes I suppose it does look quite a spectacle to those watching and taking a video but maybe not good for either locomotive or the track. Many thanks for watching. Regards - Allan.

@@allan5919 Thankyou for posting. Im watching in New Zealand.

@@allan5919 Any loco with trailing wheels will slip. The driving art is controlling it, and in this video, I can't really fault the driver.

Ian Haenggi No. This is tornado. Flying Scotsman is a name given to A3 class locomotives which one of them is called Flying Scotsman (N° 4472) because it was hauling Flying Scotsman service