That's What I Call Mainline Steam
Video | 2 months ago
Ex-LMS Jubilee 45699 Galatea lifts 13 past Blea Moor signal box, nearing the summit of the infamous 1-in-100 climb from Settle Junction, 12 August 2021. Occasions such as this are what inspired me to develop an interest in mainline steam, with the efforts o...
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My Dad's Best Shots*
Video | 3 months ago
As it's Father's Day, here's a compilation of some of the best mainline steam shots my Dad (Peter Ainsworth) has taken over the years. Peter has been capturing still images for 50+ years, but he has also been capturing videos over the past 20+ years, and ha...
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Smoke, Steam & Weather In All The Wrong Places
Video | 4 months ago
10 shots where the smoke, steam or weather went in all the wrong places, or in other words, not where you wanted it to. Some of these are the result of bad planning or bad luck. In some cases, the results were still ok. Loco's featured are 45596 Bahamas, 46...
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What's So Special About Salwick Station?
Podcast | 4 months ago
In this vlog, I visit Salwick Station, attempting to answer the question, 'what's so special about Salwick Station'. In the end, I come up with 11 reasons. Salwick Station is an infrequently used station on the line to Blackpool (North or South), near Kirkh...
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The Final Steam Specials Over Jointed Track On the S&C
Video | 4 months ago
The remaining sections of jointed track on the Settle & Carlisle line were finally removed by 2010. This video shows some of the final steam specials to run over lengths of that track, with its wonderfully punctuating musical rhythm, a far cry from the Cont...
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Brief Encounter With 'BIL'
Video | 4 months ago
A small tribute to the Brief Encounter film, as Bulleid Pacific 35018 British India Line rushes past with a Santa Special, 2 December 2018. The main shot is by my father, Peter Ainsworth, a great idea and composition if you ask me. My website: https://www.l...
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Steam Hauled Freight Train in Black & White
Video | 4 months ago
Thank you to follower Bob Ingram for suggesting my latest video in Black & White; here it is. The colour version is here: https://youtu.be/ITY7W7aRi8Y Ex-LMS 48305 on a number of demonstration freight/goods train workings whilst on the Keighley & Worth Vall...
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Five Minutes Of Freight Fun With 8F 48305
Video | 4 months ago
Black & White version here: https://youtu.be/xIZWvzlgJnI Ex-LMS 48305 on a number of demonstration freight/goods train workings whilst on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Filmed 20 March 2025 during the Steam Gala, at various locations from Ingrow Tunne...
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8F & Merchant Navy Double-Header
Video | 5 months ago
Previously unpublished footage of the unusual combination of ex-LMS 8F, 48151, and ex-Southern Railway Pacific, 35018 British India Line, double-heading 'The Wensleydale Railway' special from Carnforth to Redmire and return, 6 April 2019. The pair are seen ...
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Lizzie Delivers Yet Again (12 Coach CME)
Video | 5 months ago
Footage of ex-LMS Stanier Pacific 6201 Princess Elizabeth, delivering another wonderful performance over the northern fells with the Cumbrian Mountain Express of 1 August 2009. Locations are Grayrigg, Angerholme, Ais Gill Viaduct and Pleasington. My website...
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Filming Steam Up High On A Hillside
Podcast | 5 months ago
Episode 13 of my ‘Old Haunts/New Jaunts’ series: Filming Steam Up High On A Hillside'. In this vlog, I film Stanier Black 5 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier from a high viewpoint above Copy Pit, on the boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire (between Burnley...
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Final Mainline Runs of Olton Hall (Hogwarts Castle)
Video | 5 months ago
Looking back to 2014 and the final mainline runs (to date) of ex-GWR Hall locomotive 5972 Olton Hall (Hogwarts Castle), as it worked 2 'Wizards Express' railtours, run and organised by West Coast Railways. These originated from Manchester Victoria and were ...
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