Advantages: Even more great steam footage Disadvantages: None
...Taw Valley Orient ExpressSteam has to be one of moy favourite of the Green Umbrella steam train videos.
It tells the story of then Southern West Country Class steamlocomotive 34027 "Taw Valley." You see, years ago, railway companies would design a new locomotive and name the after things. The Castle Class, for example, would all be named after castles.
The West country class locomotives were all named after features in the South West of England. Hence, of course, the name Taw Valley."
Taw Valley is a Bulleid locomotive. "What on earth," I thought, "is that all about, then?" Ths video explains all. (A clue: It is not pronounced Bell-eyed, but rather Bull-Id. No. You are right. That's not much of a clue, is it? I'll explain the name, later.)
In 1980, Taw Valley was, let's be blunt about it, in a bit of a dreadful state...
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Advantages: Fantastic record of this loco Disadvantages: None!
...I like steam trains. I find myself fascinated by them for several reasons. The power, the effortless way they hauled apparently ridiculous heavy loads for long distances, after periodically stopping for food and water at strategic railway stations or engine yards.
Also, at the age of 48, steam trains were a part of my childhood. I can still remember travelling between Shropshire and Birmingham on the London Paddington to Birkenhead Express. It served Birmingham Snow Hill (that's the REAL Birmingham Snow Hill, the one Mr Beaching rather stupidly had knocked down) and Wolverhampton Low Level, another of his brain-dead targets for closure. But I digress.
Back in the 1960s, many people knew that the steamlocomotives could not be allowed to die. That at least one representative of each class of locomotive, if possible, should...
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Advantages: The interview Disadvantages: Not as good as it should be
...to stop running and just comes to an unceremonious halt. You are shown steam trains (where are they? What are they?) but you are given no details about their location, what they are used for, etc., which was, I thought, very disappointing.
Various steamlocomotives in stages of dishabille, obviously ready for maintenance work, were seen waiting. But where? It is clearly a preserved line, but if we were told, it was when the commentary was beaten by a combination of various noises off. The titles revealed that it was a preserved line in Gloucestershire. Interestingly, we are also shown a collection if preserved diesel locomotives.
The next scene was recorded at the Chasewater Railway in Staffordshire. This was interesting, as it gave a rare opportunity to look at a wide-ranging collection of industrial locomotives and goods trucks, etc...
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