TheSoutherner's video: Best of British Steam: Steaming through Summer 2020

Best of British Steam - Volume 4 Despite a global pandemic, this years' Summer saw a variety of locomotives, from a number of designers, taking to the rails at preserved railways all across the UK - and on the Mainline. From Fowler to Riddles, Churchward and Wainwright to Bulleid and Hawksworth, Summer has brought out some of the best that British Steam has to offer. Filmed at 10 different preserved railways and heritage centres, and on the Mainline, this video features over 20 locomotives; demonstrating the variety and diversity of the steam locomotives that have survived into preservation in Britain. As well as this, the video showcases the countless hours devoted by volunteers across the country, to keep the memory of steam alive in Britain for the future generations to enjoy. With this rendition, given the global situation and the silence that echoed across the preservation movement as heritage railways around the UK were unable to run public services, a broader perspective has been taken with the final cut: including locomotives static on shed, on display, and even one example under overhaul - to better represent the wider preservation movement. Locomotives: BR Standard Class 4MT Tank - 80104 BR(S) 'Battle of Britain' Class - 34072 "257 Squadron" RH&DR Pacific Class - No2 "Northern Chief" RH&DR Mountain Class - No5 "Hercules" BR(W) 7800 'Manor' Class - 7827 "Lydham Manor" BR(M) Class 2MT Tank - 41312 BR Standard Class 4MT - 76017 Ex-SR U Class - 31806 Ex-LMS Rebuilt 'Royal Scot' Class - 46100 "Royal Scot" BR Standard 'Britannia' Class 7MT – 70000 "Britannia" (also appears as 70022 "Tornado") GWR 2900 'Saint' Class - 2999 "Lady of Legend" Ex-GWR 6000 'King' Class - "King Edward II" SE&CR O1 Class - 65 BR Standard Class 4MT Tank - 80151 BR(W) 6959 'Modified Hall' Class - 7903 "Foremarke Hall" GWR 6959 'Modified Hall' Class - 6960 "Raveningham Hall" Ex-GWR 5700 'Pannier Tank' Class - 7714 Ex-SR Rebuilt 'West Country' Class - 34027 "Taw Valley" Ex-MR 3835 4F Class - 43924 Ex-LMS 'Jubilee' Class - 45562 "Alberta" (45699 "Galatea") WSR 9351 Class - 9351 (Ex-5101 'Large Prairie' Class - 5193) Ex-GWR 6000 'King' Class - 6024 "King Edward I" Railways featured, excluding Mainline shots: Swanage Railway Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway Dartmouth Steam Railway Mid-Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' Didcot Railway Centre Bluebell Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Severn Valley Railway Keighley & Worth Valley Railway West Somerset Railway All the original videos which feature clips in this video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3PcfZoKI5ta44YrfrguYEDgRTJXVLCmU All footage filmed during the Summer months of June, July and August 2020.