The crowds came out today to see the two "King" class locomotives meet for the first time in 49 years. It was certainly a spectacular event, apart from the small problem that No.6023 "King Edward II" had this morning.
For the first part of the morning, No.6024 "King Edward I", visiting Didcot between Mainline Engagements, ran single headed on the main demonstration line and I managed to get several good shots. These were achieved by lifting the camera and tripod over the fence. The sound was very loud and ruffled the hairs on the back of my neck today!
At around about 2:00-2:30, 6023 was finally in action. She was lined up with No.6024 for half an hour and at 3:00, she was turned on the turntable. Finally, at 3:30, much later than planned, they were Double Headed for the rest of the day. There were cameras everywhere at this point in the proceedings.
On several of the shots, both "Kings" opened their regulators for the cameras, resulting in a sound that had to be heard to be believed. It was around 25 degrees celsius today, so by the time I finished gathering all of the material, which took me nearly 4 hours, possibly more, I was very hot indeed.
This material will go into "New Romney Productions Steam Magazine, Issue 1", which covers the most notable events from January to April 2011, including the launch of No.6023 "King Edward II" and "The Two Working Kings Event", filmed at the railway centre today. This material will be a special supplement to the programme.
Regards,
Chris Neson,
2nd Cameraman
NB No.6024 will not be running tomorrow as running repairs need to be carried out. It is hoped that she will be out again during the "Steam Railmotor Weekend" on 28th May, before she makes her debut apperance on the 2011 season of "Torbay Express" trains.
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