25 Steam Engines! Alstom Presents: 'The Greatest Gathering' - 01/08/2025 скачать в хорошем качестве

25 Steam Engines! Alstom Presents: 'The Greatest Gathering' - 01/08/2025

The world’s first passenger-carrying railway commenced operations in the North East of England in 1825. Soon after, public lines sprung up all across the globe, reinventing the perception of travel and leaving an everlasting impression of luxury, prestige and speed. Now, two-hundred years on, the former Midland Railway works at Derby would host an extravaganza for the ages, celebrating the very best of the past, present and future of rail technology: ‘The Greatest Gathering’. Now occupied by French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom, the Litchurch Lane plant would see over a hundred vehicles visiting over the first weekend of August, each with their own role in the history of railway development. It was to be the largest temporary gathering of locomotives in a generation, featuring steam, diesel, electric and battery-driven traction on display. Such was the popularity of the gathering that when tickets went on sale in February, the website crashed in minutes and all three days sold out in the space of a few hours. As well as static displays, three demonstration lines would be offering rides, with temporary two-foot and fifteen-inch gauge track laid by numerous narrow-gauge railways. Further attractions included a range of grouping and pre-grouping coaches on display and talks with the likes of Chris Gibb and Pete Waterman. Models and trade stands were set up in one of the workshops, as well as a five-inch gauge circuit. Reminiscent of the BR open days from yesteryear, the gathering was described by the press as the ‘Glastonbury of railways’. A milestone of the bicentennial celebrations; never-to-be-repeated. I visited on the Friday of the gathering. Despite arriving an hour prior to the grand opening, folks were already queuing in their thousands outside the main entrance. The sheer scale of the celebration meant that clear sightlines were virtually impossible. Also, due to the monumental scope of the event, this video only focuses on the steam exhibits. However, it was thrilling to see people of all ages turn out for the festivities. The full steam lineup consisted of: Visiting: LNER Peppercorn A1 4-6-2 60163 ‘Tornado’ (from The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust) LNER Peppercorn A2 4-6-2 60532 ‘Blue Peter’ (from The Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust) LNER Gresley A3 4-6-2 60103 ‘Flying Scotsman’ (from the National Railway Museum and Northern Steam Engineering) LNER Gresley A4 4-6-2 60007 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ (from the Sir Nigel Gresley Locomotive Trust and Locomotive Services Ltd) LMS Stanier 8P ‘Princess Royal’ 4-6-2 46203 ‘Princess Margaret Rose’ (from The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust and the Midland Railway - Butterley) LMS Stanier 7P ‘Royal Scot’ 4-6-0 46115 ‘Scots Guardsman’ (from West Coast Railways) LMS Stanier 5XP ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 45699 ‘Galatea’ (from West Coast Railways. Running as 45627 ‘Sierra Leone’) LMS Stanier 5XP ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 45596 ‘Bahamas’ (from the Bahamas Locomotive Society and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway) LMS Stanier 5MT ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0 44932 (from West Coast Railways) LMS Stanier 5P5F ‘Mogul’ 2-6-0 13268 (from the Stanier Mogul Fund and the Severn Valley Railway) GWR Collett 60XX ‘King’ 4-6-0 6023 ‘King Edward II’ (from Didcot Railway Centre) GWR Collett 49XX ‘Hall’ 4-6-0 4930 ‘Hagley Hall’ (from the Severn Valley Railway) SR Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’ 4-6-2 35028 ‘Clan Line’ (from the Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Group) SR Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’ 4-6-2 35018 ‘British India Line’ (from West Coast Railways) BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 92214 (from the Great Central Railway) BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 73129 (from the Midland Railway - Butterley) BR Standard 3MT 2-6-2T 82045 (from The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust and the Severn Valley Railway) LNWR Webb ‘Coal Tank’ 0-6-2T 1054 (from the Bahamas Locomotive Society and the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway) MR Johnson 4P ‘Midland Compound’ 4-4-0 1000 (from the National Railway Museum and Barrow Hill Roundhouse) Furness Railway A5 0-4-0 No.20 (from the Furness Railway Trust and the Ribble Steam Railway) Stockton and Darlington Railway Stephenson 0-4-0 ‘Locomotion No.1’ (from the National Railway Museum) George England ‘Small England’ 0-4-0TT 2 ‘Prince’ (from the Ffestiniog Railway) Hunslet ‘New Type Brazil’ 0-4-2ST ‘Trangkil No.4’ (from the Statfold Barn Railway) Heywood 0-4-0T ‘Katie’ (from the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway) Exmoor Steam Railway 0-6-2T ‘Anne’ (from Perrygrove Railway Adventure) I hope you all enjoy the video. My camerawork is less than stellar in some instances but I had to make the best of the crowds. Enormous thanks must go to Alstom as well as all locomotive owners for pulling everything together. If you like what you see, why not follow our Facebook and Instagram pages at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... and   / secondvalvesteam   for photos and updates throughout our railway journeys. Feel free to like or leave a comment and make sure to subscribe for more!