058. Hornby's Royal purple SR West Country class loco Elizabeth II No.70 Incline Power Tests (4K)

1 год назад

2,295 Просмотров

It was quite a shock to myself & many others hearing on the News back in early 2022 that The Seven Valley Railway (SVR) had repainted their Southern Railway West Country class light pacific (4-6-2) locomotive Taw Valley (then as BR 34027) in a Royal Purple livery. This was to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022. The SVR also decided to temporarily rename it as ‘Elizabeth II’ No.70.

At the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, I bought a commemorative silver plated tray from my Work’s factory shop. Then nothing for her interim jubilees, but though I needed something for this extremely rare 70 year reign Platinum Jubilee, hence the loco No. 70. Luckily Hornby came to the rescue, offering this loco, so I ordered this limited edition of 2500 pretty dammed quick (PDQ). Now going for silly money on eBay I see (Feb 2023).

Anyway, my mate John Harman, now he’s retired, asked me to come on down & run some of my stock on his loft layout (analogue dc). Along with my LSL Midland Pullman Class 43 pair, I also had this loco handy in the spare room, so saved me rummaging around for interesting stock up in the loft.

Starring :
John Harman & his Loft Layout. As yet, it has no name.
A Hornby SR West Country class light pacific, Seven Valley Railway's locomotive 'Elizabeth II' No.70 in Royal Purple. Cat No. R30231.
Various BR Mk.1, Gresley & Thompson Carriages in Blood & Custard.

Also Featuring :
A Hornby The One:One Collection LSL Midland Pullman HST Class-43 pair.
An Accurascale Class 55 'Deltic' Nimbus with DCC sound.
Various Class 31 diesel locomotives.

Venue :
John Harman’s home loft, Buckinghamshire, England

Filming :
Camera – Sony Xperia 1 II (Mk2) smartphone.

Video creation :
Software – Microsoft HD Movie Maker PRO.
Background sound – freesound – 118733__acclivity__bluebellrailwaytrip-110402-001.WAV file by acclivity
https://freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/118733/

Тэги: