Quite a frequent occurrence with a heavy train in steam days because the section of track at the end of the platform would accumulate grease from the various locos that had been standing there waiting for the off.
It’s still horrendous to watch isn’t it?
A little bit! I probably should have put a health warning!
From what I remember the loco primed itself after the boiler was overfilled and the driver (who was inexperienced) was unable to shut the regulator because it became hydraulically locked open.
Yes, and I don't think 60532 has run since, or have I had a 'moment' here?
Indeed, but "heavily loaded" is relative here - 6 or 7 coaches doesn't compare with main line loadings. Keighley is uphill and on a sharp curve, which is trickier.
You've had a moment.
Yes I think the rebuild was paid for by an insurance pay out (which must have been hefty). She was certainly back on the mainline a couple of years later and put some pretty sparkling performances in through the late 1990s.
Thanks. That was scary serious.
I assume in those cases there would have been some assistance in the rear out of King's Cross from the loco which had brought in the empty stock? Never quite understood how they could deal with 20 coaches - a third or more of the train must have been beyond the platform - but that's getting off topic, perhaps!
Even as I typed, I wondered if I might have! BTW, is it known if there are plans for 'Blue Peter' to return to the main line?
Probably helped out by the loco at the stops, but also remember that individual coaches were shorter and somewhat lighter than today's. The V2s were 2-6-2s so had slightly better adhesion than pacifics. Also before the era of a stationary train prior to departure being a SPAD! The centrally-located 'box at King's Cross helped the signalman to see what was sticking out and by how much.
He wasn't thinking - appalling driving. If you don't get any forward movement pretty much immediately after notching up, don't just leave it there and read the paper or something! The 'Westerns' had a very high tractive effort so he should have realised something was amiss and shut off straight away, rather than risk rail and/or tyre damage.
It was on one engine with a coolant leak. The coolant contaminated the track making it particularly slippery, it's on quite a stiff gradient, and the driver did not immediately realise the loco was slipping as the rear engine was the one working and the front cab only has a rev indicator for the engine at that end. At least one preserved Western has had a mod done with rev counters for both engines at both ends but D1015 hasn't.
We’re in danger of veering wildly off topic here but, I do remember reading somewhere that the wheelspinning bogie was not the bogie with the speedo drive on it.
