Beachy Head on test

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Beachy Head on test

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John Sandys

Ай бұрын

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@sirjohng1 Ай бұрын

Lovely loco. It still amazes me even after 65 years of interest in steam traims that that kettle on wheels can, through those little cylinders, produce enough power to pull 100's of tons of train.

@joshslater2426 Ай бұрын

Even though I live over 5 hours away from the Bluebell Railway, I would travel down just to see this loco.

@danielanderson2331 Ай бұрын

Same here

@timhale748 Ай бұрын

We will make the pilgrimage too

@I_like_planesandtrains860 Ай бұрын

Me two

@AnthonyFurnival Ай бұрын

August bank holiday is her launch into passenger service 🙂

@susannefinch5211 Ай бұрын

5 hours is nothing. Here in Australia we typically have to fly on a plane for hours to visit anything mildly interesting.

@levelcrossing150 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful and graceful little engine. Well done too everyone for making this happen, I'm sure she will be a real crowd puller.

@JohnDavies-cn3ro Ай бұрын

She aint so little!

@levelcrossing150 Ай бұрын

@@JohnDavies-cn3ro So I'm beginning to find out.

@629__abb8 Ай бұрын

This year should be called “The New Build Year” as we have already seen GWR 6880 enter service, the LNER P2’s tender frames, Ffestiniog railway “James Spooner” and now this.

@Falconproduction9509 Ай бұрын

Don’t forget Corris no 10

@ethanwhitham2022 Ай бұрын

The Beachy head locomotive is finally finished

@elijahstevenson2546 Ай бұрын

I always love the sound of a new steam locomotive's pistons pumping as it moves the new engine.

@22pcirish Ай бұрын

A little bit of Ivatt, Marsh and Billington! Nice.

@williamarmstrong646 Ай бұрын

Billinton, no g!

@22pcirish Ай бұрын

@@williamarmstrong646 Lawson Billinton straightened out the running plate in the design of the H2 where Marsh had left the original multi level design by Ivatt.

@williamarmstrong646 Ай бұрын

@@22pcirish The Ivatt Atlantics did not have the undulating running plate that was, in my opinion, such a fussy feature of the Brighton H1s. Save for where it rose next to the coupled wheels and a break above the cylinders, where there was a separate unconnected plate, it was a straight line from buffer beam to cab. I am, of course, referring to the standard (LNER) C1 and C2 classes and not the one-offs found in both classes.

@22pcirish Ай бұрын

@@williamarmstrong646 Correct, Marsh complicated it for his version (H1) but Billinton tidied it up for the H2. And is better for it. It was Marsh’s idea for the big boiler inspired by his time at Swindon. He obviously persuaded Ivatt to try a big boiler in the C1, to great success. That’s why Ivatt let him have the plans, the GN Atlantics were virtually a Marsh design in the first place!

@Steven_Rowe Ай бұрын

She is beautiful, i love atlantics and my favourite is the Ivatt C1. I can hear a westinghouse pump so she is air brake fitted. I am assuming she will be able to travel on Network rail

@mattlander9119 Ай бұрын

It's only air brake fitted on the loco as per the original design so not suitable for coaching stock. There also isn't room to fit the electronic gear required for mainline running.

@TheAntisocialTrain Ай бұрын

EPIC I didn't think we had any Atlantics! I'm delighted to be wrong

@mattlander9119 Ай бұрын

There's a few Atlantic preserved but only Beachy Head is the only one in service.

@TheAntisocialTrain Ай бұрын

@@mattlander9119 nice! You learn something new everyday.

@user-lh1xk3lk3e Ай бұрын

Looks asuperb well done the team

@adeerdoes Ай бұрын

Incredible to see her finally in steam! Am I right in thinking she's the only working Atlantic in the uk?

@TheHoveHeretic Ай бұрын

So far as UK standard gauge goes, I do believe you're right. GNR No.251 has run in living memory, but seems unlikely to do so again. Not sure when GNR 990 last ran. Tank locos LT&SCR No.80 and B&CDR No.30 (5'-3" gauge) are both stuffed and mounted and likely to stay that way. Can't think of any other preserved examples offhand. Newbuild Saint, 2999 'Lady of Legend' was designed to be configurable as a 4-4-2 (IIRC with a set of 'Churchward' nameplates) but I've certainly not seen any photos of it in that guise and to the best of my knowledge, it hasn't put in any public appearances configured thus. Next in the 'Atlantic House' will be the B4 and (drum roll please) the sole surviving Adams 0415 4-4-2T, No.488/30583. 0:02

@dirtydodge96 Ай бұрын

I’ll bet if you told Dr Beeching that people would be rebuilding steam engines in the 21st century, he would have thought you were crazy.

@JohnDavies-cn3ro Ай бұрын

Magnificent - a marvellous recreation. Well done. One of my all time favourite engines.

@2010ditta Ай бұрын

I had forgotten all about this one. It looks amazing. What a lovely looking loco.

@michaelnaisbitt7926 Ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful the grace and the lines are superb well done all the men and women responsible for her restoration

@maly2ts408 Ай бұрын

Surely it's not a restoration it's a new build

@jugbywellington1134 Ай бұрын

@@maly2ts408 Isn't it a new-build with bits of an original?

@bluebellsalmon Ай бұрын

The restoration of Beachy Head's whistle and regulator handle are magnificent... and the re-construction of the rest of the loco around them helps give context! ;-)

@cannadineboxill-harris2983 27 күн бұрын

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 8-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

@Sam_Green____4114 Ай бұрын

I donated some money to this project years ago ! Unbelievable to see it up and running !

@TheHoveHeretic Ай бұрын

I regularly slung some cash in that chimney which stood in front of that unpromising big lump of boiler, round behind the engine sheds at SP. TBH, I seriously didn't expect much to happen, but as any cash would've been used on the Bluebell anyway, that never once bothered me. Then they got started ..... and witness the magnificent result. What an absolute stunner!!! Such a shame lack of drawings (among other things) means it'll never now be joined by a Billinton K class mogul. Truly 'the one that got away'. Ho-hum .... can't win 'em all.

@Trainboy17 Ай бұрын

We Have An Atlantic In Steam Again!

@ALCO-C855-fan Ай бұрын

OH YEEEEEAAAAAH!!!!!! FINALLY THE DAY HAS COME!!!!! And I see this on 21st birthday! Can I pls. use the footage to make it go a bit fast? (And foreward. Just to cheer on Beachy Head.)

@georgeewart52 Ай бұрын

Fabulous locomotive! Fantastic achievement!

@SunshineArsenal Ай бұрын

She be a crowd pleaser for sure and i think that she will be the bluebells poster child

@sirmatsdubois2509 Ай бұрын

Wow now we got a London Brighton and South Coast Railway H2 Back in Action. Now alongside tornado and Lady of Legends we have three fourths of the big four covered in terms of new builds. All we now need is the Patriot to be finished and we got the whole Big Four represented by a new steam engine!

@NathanielPiscian Ай бұрын

😮 my word your right I can’t wait to see a potential new build representing the last of the big four which ever that’ll be

@johnjephcote7636 Ай бұрын

I cannot afford the price of railway magazines nowadays and I had no idea she had been completed. So much of Ivatt's GN in the Marsh Atlantics and they lasted well into BR days, unlike the GN ones that were scurried away out of sight when withdrawn and even after the run of The Plant Centenarian.

@Gordontheexpressengine Ай бұрын

The only steam railway was NWS rail museum, even the coach queen Elizabeth the 11 rode in rest in peace..

@garryferrington811 Ай бұрын

Beautiful engine.

@skydive7054 Ай бұрын

the world finally has an atlantic type back in working condition

@AndreiTupolev Ай бұрын

What a gorgeous little thing.

@TheHoveHeretic Ай бұрын

Little? These things shifted the heaviest passenger expresses into London from the coast for two decades. 💪💪💪

@mrmrst9020 Ай бұрын

Superb really lovely seeing this loco built from nothing in the 21st century 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧

@user-AZ-phil Ай бұрын

A beautiful little lady happy to be back in steam, and stretching her legs once again. Listen to her sweet stack talk! Doing what she was built to do!

@Alpha-oo8 Ай бұрын

It’s beautiful!

@dwstrains Ай бұрын

Nice!!

@daystatesniper01 Ай бұрын

Great capture

@d5m2t2k41 Ай бұрын

A truly magnificent sight

@user-gk8gg1zt7l Ай бұрын

.Excellent video, likes from me.

@KingBLUCK Ай бұрын

I'm really trying to like european stream trains but I really can't.

@SimonTog Ай бұрын

Nice video John :)

@blindpugh12 Ай бұрын

Brilliant; well done all! (What's next???)

@jeffreyhodge5564 Ай бұрын

What an amazing piece of restoration

@shepherd8171 Ай бұрын

Cant wait to see her meandering down the coast

@user-zf2hs3mx3h Ай бұрын

Why [yet another] BR liveried loco? British Railways had nothing to do with this engine. The company and its employees who designed and built it deserve to be remembered.

@bluebellsalmon Ай бұрын

It's how many people in the Atlantic group remember it. In that form it was: * The very last Atlantic running in BR service. * Was used on many railtours in the late 1950s, including over the Bluebell line. * It was this loco's scrapping in 1958 which led Brighton enthusiasts to realise that something must be done to save something of the history of the LB&SCR before it was too late, and led to the first meeting of what became the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society in 1959. So it is significant in the Bluebell's own history. * Since the project plan to reconstruct this locomotive was announced 23 years ago, all the fundraising has been on the basis that it would be in this livery. Undoubtedly it will carry other liveries in subsequent boiler certificates.

@petergaskin1811 Ай бұрын

As I remember, it had a walk-on part in the film "Chariots of Fire" playing a GNR Ivatt Atlantic.

@mrsaturngamingandstories Ай бұрын

At long last Beachy Head is steamed up and might be be the only operating Atlantic Type in the world i think im not sure

@xavierlu5849 Ай бұрын

Other countries have running 4-4-2 Atlantics as well.

@colinsrailways Ай бұрын

Supper

@ALCO-C855-fan Ай бұрын

I have an idea. I can create songs. Ya want a song for Beachy Head?

@transporttimeagain3632 Ай бұрын

How New is the locomotive

@mattlander9119 Ай бұрын

Completed this year

@johnlunnun9769 Ай бұрын

Magnificent!❤

@johnbourke723 Ай бұрын

absolutely stunning... Brighton elegance- imagine the Remembrance class tanks and Bessborough tanks all had these beautiful lines...it would be even better in Marsh umber...but this is still amazing.....

@TheSudrianTerrier653 Ай бұрын

And There were the More Utilitarian Ones of the Later Era, Like the K Classes on Heavy Goods, and the Sight of an E2 shunting in a marshalling yard

@TheHoveHeretic Ай бұрын

Don't forget, like many Brighton locos, the H2s needed 'trimming' to fit the SR composite loading gauge. Practical upshot... you'd need to fiddle with the cab, steam dome and chimney to present it in Brighton umber .... well, that and either borrow some LBSC stock from the IWSR (and they need it to run trains), or whistle up some Panter era 'balloon' stock, of which none survives (and I reckon C&W at HK have got enough to keep 'em occupied without some random gricer suggesting new build carriages!!).

@williamarmstrong646 Ай бұрын

@@TheSudrianTerrier653 Utilitarian?! I can't agree that any of the younger Billinton's engines merits that description; even the E2s had running plates that weren't straight. The Rev. W. Awdry liked them, albeit with a modified running plate... What a great shame that a K wasn't saved, although I believe that one nearly was, the Bluebell turning it down.

@bluebellsalmon Ай бұрын

@@TheHoveHeretic We do have about 1/3 of the body of a Balloon Brake Second tucked away in a container at Horsted Keynes, so you never know...

@bluebellsalmon Ай бұрын

@@williamarmstrong646 At the time the Bluebell had no money - the rolling stock appeal hadn't raised enough for 'Birch Grove', and someone who'd offered to put in a large amount of cash towards the purchase of 'Fenchurch' had gone AWOL, so given that the K was, in practical terms, a very large engine (and hence more expensive to buy too), it was simply out of reach. So yes, it was a great shame our forebears didn't donate the money to buy it!