Warbonnet Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Now that's what you call a steam special. Castle and Dutchess in tandem over Shap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Yard Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Thats some amount of power and they're making light work of a stiff climb....must be one of the best runs over shap in steam preservation era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Thats some amount of power and they're making light work of a stiff climb....must be one of the best runs over shap in steam preservation era. Absolutely! Would've been great to be on that. Princess Coronations chuck out around 3,300hp and Castles are known to be strong performers. Would've loved to be on that. Another video of the tour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c2dfAE9JxU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Even better videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Stunning!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Yard Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I went over shap behind Tangmere in April 2012 and it struggled to say the least, speed reportedly fell to 15 mph over shap but these videos show true steam power at its best, imagine what they'd achieve if the 75mph limit wasn't in place. They must have gone over shap at 60mph minimum and that's a 1 in 75 climb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I went over shap behind Tangmere in April 2012 and it struggled to say the least, speed reportedly fell to 15 mph over shap There's a bit of a struggle here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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