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Steam Locomotives
Video ... EXPRESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE BRITISH RAILWAYS
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Peter Burgess
EXPRESS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE BRITISH RAILWAYS https://youtu.be/9Fq-oWYEcag
Manu Guinarte Manu Guinarte Subscribe902 Add to Share More 12,170 views 54 3 Published on May 7, 2017 The nationalised British Railways inherited a substantial stock of steam locomotives from its constituent companies. However, it was still necessary to replace many worn-out and obsolete machines before the change-over to diesel could take place. To this end a range of “standard” locomotives was produced, and the first of these, number 70000 “Britannia” appeared in 1951. Members of this class were used on the famous named Express trains of their day, including the “Golden Arrow” of the Southern Region. The ultimate Express passenger locomotive design in Great Britain was the solitary British Railways Class 8P71000 “Duke of Gloucester”, and both these engines survive today and are featured extensively in this programme, together with archive footage of them at work in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Other British Railways classes appeared on Express trains although not strictly Express engines, especially the last steam locomotives of all “Evening Star” which, although a freight engine, worked on trains such as the “pines Express”. This collection of VHS shows Express steam locomotives in action, using rare archive footage from the 1950’s and 1960’s together with contemporary material of today. Category Science & Technology License Standard YouTube License SHOW LESS COMMENTS • 4