Churchward’s Masterpiece—Lode Star In-Depth Tour | Curator with a Camera

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Join Anthony Coulls for this instalment of Curator with a Camera, as he looks at Lode Star, the sensational steam engine designed by George Jackson Churchward.

"This is an incredibly precise and complex machine."

Built in the 1907, Lode Star was one of the first GWR 4000 Class to be created—and today it's the last to survive.

This episode of was filmed at the National Railway Museum in York. To find out more about NRM, visit: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:22 The modernisation of the railway
01:05 Churchward’s experimentation
02:23 Lode Star
02:59 Piston rods and valve gear
04:08 What a corker!
05:21 A maintenance nightmare…
05:56 ...but an effective loco
07:03 The Star Classes
08:11 Edwardian elegance
09:20 Cab tour
16:14 Legacy of Lode Star
16:48 Like and subscribe!

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