THE LAUNCH OF 1466 - Didcot Railway Centre | 23.08.2025

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NOTE: This video contains footage captured by three cameras on a field test. Now that I have tested them properly on the field I will take what I have learned to improve how I utilize these cameras in the future.

ALSO: Instead of having text within the video, I have created them as subtitles instead which you can turn ON and OFF in the closed caption tab in the video player.

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This is another one of my regular visits to Didcot Railway Centre this year as I was excited to see some 14xx class locomotives on the field. The speeches were interesting to listen to and I could see the love that went into the overhaul of this flagship locomotive. May she have many amazing years in service.

Also, it was a lovely surprise to see CLAN LINE at Didcot Parkway. I figured I was going to be unlucky and miss seeing her, but as I arrived she was preparing to take off. I believe her service was delayed a bit? Never mind; it gave me an opportunity to see her up close.

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.:CHAPTERS:.

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - CLAN LINE pulling the English Riviera Express
2:31 - Arriving at Didcot to see No. 65
3:28 - The Speeches and Launch of 1466
16:32 - GWR 1450
20:33 - 1466 fills up on water and makes her way to the demonstration line
25:56 - Let's go for a ride behind 1466
31:20 - Outro

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.:INFORMATION:.

https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/ar...
https://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bl...
https://www.svrwiki.com/GWR_1450

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