Twenty years for a cat that's a long time of love

watching STEAM LOCOS IN PROFILE feels a lot like a professional TV program. Chris sure is good at his job

Another great video, Chris. Sorry about Casper.

Rest in peace Casper. F to pay respects.

Losing a pet is hard, condolences. Also quite a few Railway Series references too.

RIP to Casper, sorry for your loss. Great video here Chris. A lovely little set of classes of engines. Really interesting to hear the history of the class and their relationship to the "Austerity" tanks. Ridden behind a few of these. Regular performers on some preserved lines back in the early days and still now after so many bigger engines have been returned to steam. Well done.

Honey! Chris uploaded again! Wanna watch it with me?

Thanks for including PWD No.79 down in Australia

I just love the little hunslets

Sorry to hear about the passing of your cat. Losing a pet can be tough. I really enjoyed this, another extremely professional and entertaining video. I have a soft spot for industrial locos, which probably stems from the steam engines that used to toil at the colliery where my dad worked. One of them was class 57(8750)xx #9600, which is still with us and makes an appearance behind you in every Gauge the Issue video 😊

these were the 08 shunters of steam

I got say when I go to a steam gala, I always enjoy a service hauled by a tank engine as they put a lot more thrash into it. Don’t get me wrong I love the big expresses and strong goods but the tank engines are just fun.

In The Netherlands two locomotives are preserved: the 8811 at SSN in Rotterdam, that can still run. And the 8826 at ZLSM, that can't run at the moment.

Great video Chris and sorry for your loss great tribute for Casper

Yet another excellently made video. Nicely done!

Very nicely done, Chris. Very sorry about Casper. I lost my cat almost Two weeks ago. It takes time to get over a loss like that.

Rest in peace Casper. Cherish those dear memories with him Chris, whether you find a new feline friend or not. As for the locomotives, these Hunslets are like the ideal look of a british saddletank. The proportions are just right, and the perfect look for a small heritage railway, much more so than the austerities. They just have a ton of charm. The single surviving 18 inch loco, Leslie, actually went to my home country of Denmark in the past, back when it was a Thomas replica with sidetanks. Not exactly the brightest spot in its career, but its not often we get british rolling stock here. Especially saddletanks, as weld tanks were far more popular in my country. 2 of the only saddletanks in the country are 2 small Hudswell & Clarke 0-4-0's that were used by a heating plant in Copenhagen. So there is just something so distinctly british about saddletanks.

chris you have my condolences 😔 may casper rest in peace.🐱

This video specifically has some of the greatest shots I've seen on KZfaq as far as just well staged cinematography is concerned. Bravo Chris and crew.

Condolences with Casper, losing a pet friend is always sad. The merit of small industrial locomotives is that they can be more fun as they can be worked harder on the average preserved railway. While they may be too small for the longer railway running 7 or 8 on like SVR or WSR they are the perfect size for the 6-10 mile line during the weekday running pulling 5 coaches. The Austerity is fine with even 6-8 on not to steep inclines and too long distances. And yes, I know all about failing injectors because of warm water, in my case it was a tender engine but it had been 30-35°C all week here in the Netherlands and the injectors are the lifting type, so they have even more difficulty starting. We had to pour buckets of water over them which turned the enclosed cab of our Swedish engine into a Finish sauna! But eventually we got them going when we had less than a cm of water in the glass, all the time prompting the driver to minimise the use of steam. Fusible plug failure or dropping the fire on the line avoided.

Awww RIP Casper

I accidentally stumbled into this video and even if I am not so much into tank locos, the way you presented them made me stay and really enjoy the whole video. Very professional, thanks!

I always loved Hunslet 16in locomotives ever since trying to look for a basis for 3 of my fictional locomotives and now after around 3 or 4 years after finding out about these engines there's now this video which compiles all info in one spot.

My deepest condolences for your loss Chris, i'm glad you made many memories with Casper. Hope you're doing well!

Nice to see Newstead again in the media. King George also looks great in that dark Blue color, the sidetanks also make a nice touch in variety with most of them are saddle tanks.

To my shame I never knew they were called "Fitzwilliams". Very informative

I have to say, the Fitzwilliams are more aesthetically pleasing than the austerities. The industrial types also generally have a lot more variety in naming and liveries than their mainline counterparts, which can make them a lot more charming on heritage railways, not to mention some have become synonymous with the lines they operate on now (take Coltness No.1 at the Bo'ness and Kinneil for example).

Rapido did a lovely model of the 16 inch wheel version.

Thanks Chris for another fantastic episode. There's a class I didn't know much about.

Another super great video of my absolutely personal favourite locomotive that Hunslet has ever built. These locos which I now know their nickname which is ‘Fitzwilliams’ are my simply the best industrial locos that ever been seen and I’m so excited to see Newstead in action in a few years time.

Great video man! And im sorry about your cat, I hope he wasnt in pain.

A very interesting Video Chris ......I live close to the Fitzwilliam Estate {near Rotherham} ....as a child I would watch two Hudwell Clarkes {an outside cylinder 0-6-0 No1528, and a 0-6-0 Saddle tank No 37.} working coal wagons from the "Stubbin Colliery" to the local Chemical Works {the "South Yorkshire Chemical Works" } I have no idea what happened to these two locos {indeed, I would love to find out if they still exist} The full story can be found on Wikipedia by searching "Earl Fitzwilliams Private Railway" Also, the {now defunct} Elsecar Heritage Railway" had a 0-6-0 Saddle Tank? {or was it actually a Pannier Tank} named "Earl Fitzwilliam" ....which was taken off-site when the railway closed a few years ago.

Another Great SLIP Episode! 😄👍🏻 Keep up the good work and don’t stop being awesome! 😉👍🏻 RIP Casper. 😔

a lovely video about a lovely set of little locos so sorry to hear about Casper mate =( he must have been very well loved to have left such deep pawprints on your heart

Another banger from a Kentish Man!

Excellent episode Chris. Sorry about Casper. 😿🙏

chris is doing more goobers!

Rest in peace Casper 😢

Quick Chris uploaded !!!!!

What cute little engines

Would love to see the Manor class!

RIP Casper.

R.I.P Casper

Hi, Chris. It's Scott. Do you have this on DVD by any chance?

RIP casper :(

Rip Casper

Sorry about Casper. Good work all the same

I'm Pleased that you included King George.

Barclays next?

Have a Hunslet kick, Chris?

I was wondering about the class of the blue NCB from the Volume 6 teaser. Now if only I could learn the outside cylinder tank from the last shot...

to be honest if I had to pick between one of these or a big mainline engine to put all my heritage trains I would pick one of these. not only because of Economics but they are so cute! the austerities might have been pure workhorses. But theselittle speed but these little ones have speed and power! also I definitely think it is funny that one of these engines actually turned out to still be around. you never know what you'll find hunting in the bushes. Also at 7: 37 You can actually see a Thomas in the background!

Casper ♥

Didn't the 15" come first? Airedale was the prototype for the standard Hunslet range if memory serves

You forgot 3782 Arthur, a 16 inch which has just been completely rebuilt as of last month as...... Thomas. Having fired 66 in the video l, an Austerity 0-6-0 and the 16inch I can say it uses alot less water and coal than an Austerity on the same run!

Hunslet Fitzwilliams is basically Percy The Small Engine but with extra pair of driving wheels and no outside cylinders