Top 10 Extinct British steam locomotives

Ever since uploading both parts of my top 10 extinct American steam locomotives , they have become two of my most popular and successful uploads, despite audio issues and the facts that I was a rookie to this new activity.

With a commenter or 2 having been suggesting me to do a list for British ones, I've decided to accept their requests since I too have interest in British steam locomotives. As a matter of fact,
besides America which I live in, I have also taken interest in steam engines from Canada, the UK, and China.

I will point out that some of my picks are getting the new build treatment but are not finished as of the making of this video. I won't include classes with a completed new build project, nor
ones I really hate(because they sucked) like the GWR Great Bear, southern Leader class, or the LBSCR E2s. I have a lot of LNER designs on mind, but I have made sure to pick at least 1 class from each of the big four railways and or a predecessor of them.

With that said, this is my top 10 list of extinct British steam locomotives.

Disclaimer: all music and sound effects in this video ARE NOT owned by me/are not mine, they are credited with their rightful composer or movie/TV show they came from.

You might want to avoid checking out the chapters thumbnails as it will spoil my picks.
0:00 - 1:04 Intro
1:05 - 2:17 No. 10
2:18 - 4: 09 No. 9
4:10 - 6:33 No. 8
6:34 - 9:59 No. 7
9:59 - 11:51 No. 6
11:52 - 14:47 No. 5
14:47 - 17:39 No. 4
17:40 - 19:43 No. 3
19:44 - 23:33 No. 2
23:33 - 25:29 Honorable mentions
25:30 - 34:33 story of No. 1
34:33 - 35:45 Conclusion for No. 1 pick
35:46 - 37:15 Outro and Credits

[cliffmiller]

Any man who is a Gresley fan is a friend of mine. The P2 is being built just 60 miles from where I live and going by the quality of workmanship they put into their A1 "Tornado" loco, it will be spectacular. Tornado has already been run at over 100 miles per hour in a controlled test run, so I wait developments of the P2 with excitement. Thanks for a very interesting video.

[AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan]

For those who have suggested me to do an Extinct UK Steam locomotives list, your request is granted!

Thank you for 700 subscribers!

Oh and a minor correction to the P2 project. The expected completion is said to be in 2023, but might change again

[florjanbrudar]

"Not a single Claud Hamilton escaped the cutter's torch"
That's just really sad

[nielsleenknegt]

Thompson, living alone and leading the LNER during WAR, did what he had to do. The p2s were only available for about 55% of the time, and after their rebuild that number raised to about 75-78% i think. Railway mainia had a podcast on thompsen and it shows that he might not even be as bad as people say.

[pattonkesselring]

Can I just point out that what Thompson lacked in his pacifics he made up for in his freight locomotives, and all his locomotives introduced some semblance of standardization to the LNER which they needed for World War II (even though they didn’t know it at the time) and gave them some modern freight locomotives that weren’t ridiculously complicated and were reliable.

[jonberghello]

Baldwin 60000 was an experimental (4-10-2) locomotive. It was built in 1926. It was meant to be a prototype for future locomotive designs. However, none of the American railroads sought interest in it, despite having successful demonstration runs. It was put in storage in 1928 and in 1933, Baldwin 60000 was donated to the Franklin Institute where it remains on display.

[alanwarren]

Hi Andrew. Very enjoyable video. I am the editor of the magazine of the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust so was pleased to see your number 2 pick! Can we use your video please for promotional purposes at our various meetings and exhibitions?

[isaiahmarchington]

Still struggling at talking, but Getting better

[johnmurray]

You do Edward Thompson a disservice, he was hand tied by finance and war time shortages. Yet he built the B1s, a superb mix traffic class.

[AndrewTheRocketCityRailfan]

I noticed a forgot a few notable locomotives for both the list and honorable mentions.

LNER J50s and J70s
LMS Patriots
LBSCR E3

[mihaelalaber]

Love the work, keep making videos like this, perhaps do a least favorite if you want or maybe a top canadian loco list!

[EuroScot]

I'd love to see a build of the Highland Railway 'River' Class of 4-6-0. Due to misunderstanding of the effect of hammer blow, the HR Civil Engineer would not accept them and they were sold to the Caledonian Railway which found them to be better than their own designs. After the formation of the LMS in 1923, they returned to the Highland line and saw out their career doing their original task with great success.

[neilsonthegreat]

If I was edward Thomson I will just put the radial technology on the bogeys on the P2

[tgeiii]

To be fair, in defense of the A2/2's, even if they couldn't run the Edinburgh to Aberdeen, they could work more around the LNER network as in a railway podcast ft. Simon A.C. Martin, the availability figure for the ex-P2's were 57% during the war years and became 73% when they were rebuilt as the A2/2's. I admit, they are ugly, and yes, they did slip quite a bit, but engines do slip on occasion. I'm not saying I like the A2/2's more, but it's nice to point out that they weren't the worst things in the world.

[railstofails]

didnt even mention Big Bertha, the 0-10-0, 4 cylinder, one of a kind locomotive of the Lickey incline

[Thomasthestreamliner]

I also liked what you did at 33:11, that was hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[kineticrail]

A nice video. Only a tiny mistake in your honourable mentions you put the Midland compounds. No.1000 is preserved and own by the national railway museum

[davidatkinson]

Re your comments there are some additional facts that may help you. The LB&SCR H1 and H2 locos are having a replica built at Sheffield Park on the Bluebell railway and re the P1 locos and the fireman's work, they were short valve travel engines and would be coal hungry. They were also hand fired whereas many larger engines in the USA had automatic stokers. The passenger version of them, the P2s were also coal guzzlers until Thompson rebuilt them.

[mrsaturngamingandstories]

29:33 NO! NO!!! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!! DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!

[dabluepittoo-aqua]

The cutter's torch is no match for a well designed engine. Even if their butchered and scrapped, their legacy will birth new life to continue on the name.

Steam will forever live on, no matter what happens. And Gresley's extinct warriors are a testimony of that.