Change the playback speed to 0.5 x the speed of the film and it looks fairly realistic. For 42 miles the non-stop journey taking 59 minutes looks extended, even in 1956. The non-stop Victoria to Piccadilly trains took 45-48 minutes in the 1960s. The schedule may have been slower because of the number of loose-coupled coal trains between Penistone and Gorton. If the Woodhead Line were to be rebuilt and reopened. electrified at 25kV with a curve from Sheffield Midland to Victoria, non-stop in 35 minutes should be possible.
@napierpaxman2 ай бұрын
Class 60 - the new force in motive power, Class 66 - hold my beer! :D :D
@napierpaxman2 ай бұрын
Did I catch a glimpse of the old Didcot 'A' station cooling towers at the start :)
@CynthiaClark-g6n3 ай бұрын
Kelsi Alley
@KarenTaylor-o2m3 ай бұрын
Santa Ports
@HelenHarris-w4q3 ай бұрын
Prudence Fort
@SarahRobinson-d2p4 ай бұрын
Delaney Prairie
@PatriciaMoore-o2d4 ай бұрын
Friedrich Rapid
@TheElDoctoro245 ай бұрын
Metals nearly dead, coal gone and wagonload a distant memory.
@CARLIN47377 ай бұрын
Wow now that was the middle to late 80s in a nutshell?
@tobysummers4718 ай бұрын
Brilliant film. For any of those interested. The title music is Contrapunkt by Francis Monkman as part of the kpm library.
@MannyAntipovАй бұрын
thank you very much for this!
@TheCaptainsBlog8 ай бұрын
Corporate tosh - all good for the management but make the workers falsely believe they are the key.
@pkscarr9 ай бұрын
BR in the 80's: "running a commuter train intercity isn't a good idea" Northern Rail in the 2010's: "oh yeah i'm sure 142's will work just fine on a 2 hour route"
@ModelRailwaysUnlimited10 ай бұрын
Mr Benn's voice
@danzebub11 ай бұрын
Corby in Leicestershire? That's news to me!
@ChangesOneTim Жыл бұрын
This film features the rebuilt Old Course Hotel...obviously there was no room in the script to mention that BR closed the branch to St Andrews the year!
@ChangesOneTim Жыл бұрын
Oh dear Oh dear oh dear....
@Afc1987 Жыл бұрын
Typical 80s I love it 😀
@gordonjohnson8432 Жыл бұрын
Privatisation......worked didnt it.........
@gordonjohnson8432 Жыл бұрын
now its all shut and gone!! Ive been a railwayman for 47 years at Crewe Works..sad....
@mr.atomic2970 Жыл бұрын
0:39 Same Theme used for the ICE Prototype in Promotional Videos in the late 80s in Germany.
@BrakeCoach10 ай бұрын
Where can I find these videos?
@dannycarter1966 Жыл бұрын
The video was absolutely right, and 20 years before the penny dropped. Sadly the system was up against a deadly and wicked adversary. Thatcher.
@ianburnett7333 Жыл бұрын
When I worked at VSC Clapham junction, opened in stages 1980 it was a Disaster! Contractors installed cheap substandard relays which kept failing, constant points track circuit failures. ASE was 'Wrong man for the job'had to be paid off, replacement narcissistic told by Chairman BR Board that he was to be sacked in 6 months time unless failure rate dropped, made lots of recommendations to reduce failure rate, 2 were carried out, wrote that all 4 men on mtc faulting shift had to do outside work, previously top grade didn't want to do outside work, 2nd recommendation can't say but improved railway operations considerably. ASE bought in man from Swanley led a task force team, found lots of equipment faults reduced failure rate.
@BassandoForte2 жыл бұрын
Why the Soft Porn music at the beginning tho..?? 🤔🤣🤣
@richardmcgowan63832 жыл бұрын
Seems very old-fashioned for 1969. The narration style and background music are the same you find in BTF films from the early 50s.
@ChangesOneTim2 жыл бұрын
"ESIPS" was the scheme that established the new Swindon B Integrated Electronic Control Centre (a.k.a. 'Swindon Megabox'). The resignalled area replaced the Didcot panel position within Reading Signal Box, which had controlled it since 1965. Uffington's goods loops shown at the start of Part 1 were in fact subsequently removed, as they were too short for the long trains serving Didcot Power Station with imported coal via Avonmouth and had only 25mph entry and exits. Shortly after comes the reinstated relief lines (taken out in 1965) from Challow to Wantage Road, making the 4 mile stretch a four-track railway again. Not many people know this, but as the main commissioning weekend for "ESIPS" happened over 31 March/ 1 April 1994, Didcot was the only major signalling scheme to be commissioned under British Rail and accepted into service by Railtrack. Safety assurance paperwork galore!
@390h8er2 жыл бұрын
Aw, I really wanted to know how long it would take a Red Star parcel to get from Glasgow to Aberdeen.
@StuAnderson902 жыл бұрын
It's BR so 3 days i estimate... 😂😂😂
@astrabelmont2 жыл бұрын
Oh what a fabulous look back to the prime of my life; the year I left college. What a marvellous trip of nostalgia! The suits, haircuts, ties, vehicles and of course rolling stock liveries. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Gut-wrenching to realise that, with all this investment, reorganisation and optimism, it was all over just a few years later. What a loss of a national asset. Nothing to have replaced it either. One giant step back for the UK ... again.
@SpoonyMcSpoonface2 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed my time in Red Star parcels. I well remember the PBM computer being foisted on an older generation of clerks some of whom found computers baffling. I thought the PBM system (seem but not mentioned in this film) was excellent and easy to use. Many happy memories bought back for me here (apart from the management BS). It was a shame it came to an end!
@johnbuoy14013 жыл бұрын
How did that work out guys?
@bruceanderton15183 жыл бұрын
Interesting film but a faded print.
@adrinathegreat30953 жыл бұрын
And now for something a little more interesting.. the shipping forecast
@CosgroveNotts3 жыл бұрын
Worst corporate I've seen
@gainsbourg663 жыл бұрын
That was at least 200mph!
@nicks49343 жыл бұрын
My mum used to send me fruit cakes by Red Star when I was in uni. Great!
@StuAnderson902 жыл бұрын
now their in parliament in the houses of commons and the house of lords 🤣🤣
@CosgroveNotts3 жыл бұрын
Dicky topping up pension fund day 👍
@malthuswasright3 жыл бұрын
Dickie Davis - what a pro.
@jon18643 жыл бұрын
Well getting off roads back then didn't work and it won't work now either
@djtrainspotter3 жыл бұрын
Think that was Temple Mills yard @2.40 and Willesden @13.48
@MarkMcCluney3 жыл бұрын
He's got Dickie Davis Eyes.
@TheFokker033 жыл бұрын
good grief,remember Dickie on a Saturday.used to love WoS,better than Grandstand.Great memories of the Foster Yeoman 59's.
@steelhelmetstan73053 жыл бұрын
Blast furnace on Teesside gone, thornaby rail depot gone, ICI gone left over bits sold off to smaller companies, the future of the region?...well its part of the northern powerhouse and the Great 'levelling up ' thing now....🤣🤣🤣🤣....better get a job at an amazon workhouse....sorry warehouse 👍
@markcousins93373 жыл бұрын
World of Sport was better. I was hoping for Big Daddy and Kendo Nagasaki.
@hackdaniels72533 жыл бұрын
5:03 I wonder - did he ever finish painting that ceiling?
@COIcultist3 жыл бұрын
4 million tonnes of steel or 80,000 tonnes per week and rail moves 31,000. Not that good, is it?
@simonclark290419783 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell Great to See Ted Hancock I was friends with his Sons David and Phillip Ted we knew him as uncle Edward had a massive train set I used hours with Phil and David and Ed would sit there with train drivers hat . Last time I saw Ted his wife Kate read a beautiful poem at my mums funeral .
@voicezful3 жыл бұрын
World of Sport was great, don't remember any adverts either.
@COIcultist3 жыл бұрын
In 1969, I'd love to know how many collieries had the bunkerage and loading facilities to load a complete train in one operation. I worked in three collieries, where the waggons were all split into groups (often 6) for shunting by the NCB's own shunting locos. The only place I worked where they didn't split the train had a new loading facility installed at great expense three years before they declared the colliery uneconomic. By the mid 80s the trains could consist of 45 waggons and haul just short of 1,500 tonnes. I do believe the 1960s and 70s built 2GW power stations all had the facility to handle MGR trains.
@COIcultist3 жыл бұрын
In the opening frame the prediction of the future oil shortage. We now have more known reserves than we did then.
@COIcultist3 жыл бұрын
The person who coined the phrase, "White Van Man."