Spotlight: Northumbrian

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Anthony Dawson

4 жыл бұрын

The story of Rocket's lesser-known but equally important sister, Northumbrian.

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@vectorbrony3473 4 жыл бұрын

It's great seeing some of these early steam locomotives being talked about again. It's a part of railway history that is not covered very much and this is a great video. I hope you do more of these as this was very interesting. And I would suggest the Derwent 0-6-0 as a good locomotive to review.

@spicybecca4899 4 жыл бұрын

i have to say, one thing that could be improved is different thumbnails for different videos, but the content is Impeccable

@paulhorn2665 4 жыл бұрын

Yep I was thinking the same.

@thomasgriffin5340 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see a 1 Gauge model of this locomotive commercially available. Early steamers are perfect for the LGB 600 mm diameter curved track.

@GianUbertoLauri 4 жыл бұрын

A real pleasure. As usual.

@garryferrington811 2 жыл бұрын

That's a surprisingly short lifespan, despite being quickly outdated. You would think it would have been used for shunting or perhaps sold to a start-up.

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Technology was changing as quickly as PCs or mobile phones. Rapid obsolescence and little use for them second hand.

@eliotreader8220 2 жыл бұрын

i went to see a stage production of the titfield thunderbolt some years ago now they used a replica painting and wooden mock up of this engine i guess that was bacause they may have not have been able to get a reference picture of lion

@liverpoolandmanchesterrailway 4 жыл бұрын

Tis very good!

@imzachjones 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid, subscribed.

@fernandoqueirozpopovic7024 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice little engine, mostly overlooked but still very much interesting

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@the101stdalmatian8 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a piece on the Stourbridge Lion or the America/Pride of Newcastle.

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

I'm planning a video on Lancashire Witch/Pride of Newcastle :-) btw it was never called 'America' : in the order book that's the destination, not the name.

@hedgehog3180 3 жыл бұрын

I mean it's the "modern" locomotive boiler, railways are so old that things like this which were foundational for the field have been completely superseded.

@garryferrington811 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, lots of locomotives are electric now.

@Weesel71 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying your channel. One thing that I wonder about is the lack of protection from the elements in these early locos. I can see where this may not have been a major consideration for the earliest days, but once scheduled, long-distance travel with higher speeds is developed, it seems the engine crew would benefit from a cab. Thought?

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Cabs were.... an after thought. Afterall stagecoach drivers, mail coach drivers on the road didn't need roofs. 'Weatherboards' came in toward the 1860s basically acting as a wind-shield but full cabs are pretty much a C20th development in the UK. Some steam drivers in industry when interviewed in the 1950s-1960s who worked on the ironstone mines in the Midlands on Victorian locos with no cabs when asked why they eschewed them suggested that a cab impugned their masculinity (well not in those words). Cabs are... just not a thing.

@garryferrington811 3 жыл бұрын

People were riding horses and driving hansom cabs, dogcarts, and stagecoaches in the open air. It probably took a while to think about protection from the elements.

@Noblelox 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't start this one "Hello, and welcome to..."

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry! I'll make sure I do next time.

@knuckles1206 2 жыл бұрын

Does the wooden replica at the end of video still exist?

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

It does not sadly.

@eliotreader8220 3 жыл бұрын

what is 4 cwt exactly? in your book you said that Northumbrian used 4 cwt of coke fuel and 500 Gallons of Water on her run from Liverpool to Manchester

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 3 жыл бұрын

A hundredweight (cwt) is 112 pounds. There are 20 hundredweight in a ton. A hundredweight is 50.8kg.

@eliotreader8220 2 жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyDawsonHistory how many lumps is that

@AnthonyDawsonHistory 2 жыл бұрын

@@eliotreader8220 There's no such thing as a standard "lump" of coal. Ideally for firing a locomotive you want your coal to be the size of a man's fist. But there's no standard size or measure and you cant estimate fuel consumption by the lump.

@eliotreader8220 Жыл бұрын

@@AnthonyDawsonHistory a few years I saw a stage production of the Titfield thunderbolt. they used a picture of this engine to represent Thunderbolt instead of Lion. I am guessing they couldn't get a picture of Lion. the stage production was to mark 50 years since my home town lost its railway connection