A lot of thought went into this video - most enjoyable; thank you!
@tristanstrains8 күн бұрын
beautiful locomotive. great video
@Hicksonssteamadventures7 күн бұрын
Thank you very much!
@AllensTrains7 күн бұрын
I have been to the Bluebell Railway 3 times. Once as a small boy when it first opened, and once as teenager, and once as a young man accompanied by my then girl-friend! I have not been there since the extension to East Grinstead was opened. So this video was interesting viewing. Good choice of shots and angles. The beautifully restored Kingscote station is shown to good effect - it looks as though it had neer been derelict! The only thing that does strike me about the Bluebell Railway of the present day is its museum-like quality compared to what it was originally like. When it first opened, it had the air of a dilapidated BR line that had somehow defied Beeching! Thanks for uploading.
@Hicksonssteamadventures7 күн бұрын
Beautiful railway that’s for sure I’m sure most of the stations along the line are exactly the same which is perfect in preservation it would feel you’ve never been away East Grinstead is strange to explain it completes the set is best best description as the aim of travelling through the eras a modern station ending is fitting and a great place to see the engine run round especially if your lucky enough to get a cab visit
@AllensTrains7 күн бұрын
@@Hicksonssteamadventures Sheffield Park was a very quiet country station in the days of British Rail. It is now the bustling terminus for the Bluebell Railway, and it has been considerably altered from as it was originally. Looking at the Bluebell very critically, you say it isn't preserving anything. From the point of view of the casual visitor, it is the best heritage line in the country!
@SimonTog7 күн бұрын
Great video Ryan, thumbs up :)
@WheelsonRails7287 күн бұрын
Well shot and presented, Mr Ryan!
@Hicksonssteamadventures7 күн бұрын
Thank you wasn’t the easiest filming when going on a family trip with 3 kids running riot but they loved it too 😎
@bahoonies5 күн бұрын
I just watched a short video of the Beachy Head in steam when up popped your marvellous, evocative video. What a delightful trip down nostalgia lane. Many thanks. I've subscribed.
@Hicksonssteamadventures4 күн бұрын
Thank you very much love my trips to railways and I am equally as passionate about making videos of my trips and it’s brilliant it can bring joy and good memories to so many
@fredscratchet135510 күн бұрын
That was lovely, thank you.
@Hicksonssteamadventures10 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for the lovely feedback can’t beat a day out at a steam railway
@TheHoveHeretic9 күн бұрын
@@HicksonssteamadventuresActually, you can. If only 'coz it's not currently possible to do Caernarfon - Porthmadog - Blaenau and back by train in single day. Just sayin'! I'd like to second @fredscratchet's comment. A most enjoyable clip. Thanks. 👍
@philippankhurst66806 күн бұрын
I've never been to the Bluebell, sadly but this superb video leaves me feeling that I've spent the day there. A brilliant piece of work !
@Hicksonssteamadventures6 күн бұрын
Thank you I know how lucky I am getting to so many railways and until last August I’d never been before just went on a standard running day couldn’t fault it so wanted to go back Hopefully one day you’ll get to experience it in full glad my video gave you a bit of that
@user-gb6mk4vx1g7 күн бұрын
I was familiar with 80152, 80151 & 80154 at Fratton Loco, until July 1967. Also 76067. There were other Standards loafing about & Cromptons, and Peak turned up. My favourites were the Bulleid Pacifics, especially Bude, 34006, and others, on which I had footplate rides. After ‘67 it increasing declined into a ghost village and evolved into a ghastly concrete industrial estate. Even the LSBCR water tower was destroyed by the vulgar iconoclasts.
@rolandbevan70882 күн бұрын
Recently at a May weekend a Panier Tank lit-up the Sharpthorne Tunnel with red-hot cinders flying through the air It was traveling bunker-first to EG,
@eveb4466 күн бұрын
I have subscribed!
@pim1234Күн бұрын
11:33 what a small reservoir for those large trains ?
@stephensmith7998 күн бұрын
I lost my favourite hat by hanging out of the window and you passed the spot! It’s at your third clip after about ten seconds. Lovely video. Thanks. So well thought-out and the pace is perfect.
@bussesandtrains12188 күн бұрын
Our hats too big
@Hicksonssteamadventures8 күн бұрын
It’s amazing the memories that stick with you at railways not always the most positive mine was getting stung at grosmont waiting for sir Nigel Gresley when I was a kid and the lady in the cafe putting vinegar on it 😂 Glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
@stephensmith7998 күн бұрын
@@Hicksonssteamadventures indeed! One memory that sticks is eating an egg sandwich in the tunnel approaches to the old Birmingham New Street station in the steam age. I learned that steam loco exhaust drifting through an open BELCLWAT sliding window enhanced the eggy-ness of the egg in a rather nice way. It was probably a Castle up front as the train was the CCE. Probably had to be the right coal from the right coalfield😉
@SWRural-fk2ub7 күн бұрын
@@stephensmith799 I would have thought you would have had to be in Snow Hill?
@stephensmith7997 күн бұрын
@@SWRural-fk2ub I was travelling on the Up CCE another time when he got out at Snow Hill ‘to stretch my legs’. The train started and he wasn’t back. I had a fright because I was only about seven or eight. Then he appeared at the door a bit out of breath and flustered. The carriage had stoped by that giant clock. Weak summer sunshine made its way through the murk.
@sirjohng111 күн бұрын
Presumably your Atlantic is the loco shown very briefly at around 12:50 front on? More video of this, your title, would have been good. Decent filming style though.
@Hicksonssteamadventures11 күн бұрын
With it being such a big deal in railway preservation it gets hidden out of sight but was really excited to see it a volunteer let me have a sneak peak but was only allowed a minute but was very excited to get to see it the bluebell railway want to keep it away for the big reveal day coming up in a few weeks which is fair enough title is I get a sneak peak which is true in fairness but will get many more videos of it I’m sure
@TheHoveHeretic9 күн бұрын
Typical bloomin' gricer .... you want the moon on a stick, you do. The official launch isn't for another 7 seeks or so (23rd August).
@Hicksonssteamadventures9 күн бұрын
@@TheHoveHeretic did see some people have been lucky enough to see it running today so won’t be too much longer of a wait but will be worth it
@keithtanner28067 күн бұрын
I blinked and nearly missed the subject of your title. 👿
@Hicksonssteamadventures7 күн бұрын
Oh did you not see a day out at the bluebell railway with a sneak peak of beachy head ?? 😂 Do you understand what sneak peak means not a ten minute video 🤦♂️🤷♂️
@user-gb6mk4vx1g7 күн бұрын
I should have said, that much as I disliked the horrible “LMS” Engines, they are actually very very good value and for ease of use, for the people who work and use them. I’ll get crucified by Hall and Black Five enthusiasts, but I seriously like 73’s, better than the ubiquitous BFs.
@Hicksonssteamadventures7 күн бұрын
Lms have never been my favourite but they all have their uses and in preservation these br standards are the most modern option still 60+ years old 😂 i enjoy southern and gwr but everything has its place and purpose in preservation and satisfies someone’s joy in the hobby