A locomotive with a 5000 HP RR Tyne would have been great.

It's so British to design a gas turbine locomotive that looks like a steam engine! lol

NBL had started construction of a gas turbine loco in 1953 but project abandoned in late 1956

18100 was built by Metropolitan Vickers not Brown Boveri

Beeching wasnt the mastermind. Mr Marples however, was the mad roadman who "railroaded" beeching into making severe cuts. If my research is correct, some of Beeching's cuts were put down as "potential for re-opening at a later date". He also had a hand in railway preservation, hence the picture of him at horstead keynes at the opening of the bluebell railway. I wouldn't be surprised if the state government of Western Australia took the example of BR and/or marples during that period too... as that'd explain the unnecessary closure of lines such as the one to Fremantle in the 70s which the public opposed thoroughly. The excuse made by the road-loving government was they insisted that "roads were more economical" only to have stirling highway crammed bumper to bumper with cars and busses. Thats the really odd coincidence I keep seeing in people in charge of railways during that period... they always seemed to be trying to make themselves wealthy at the expense of others - that being forcing railway staff out of a job, cutting off transport links that people like the nurse in this case relied upon, and forcing local businesses such as farms or factories to either invest in a truck, or get a trucking company to cart the stuff for them!

great video but only one minor error you refered to the westrn has a 50 to the end having already called it a class 52

The road railer concept was used in the US until fairly recently. There are KZbin videos available.

would have been nice if one would have been preserved

I think I’ve seen the last 2 4dds in the uk

Fascinating Nothing els matches the idea or engineering off that time Well thought off as out the box

Could you do some videos about deutz tractors in the UK or more popular tractor brands it was a really good video and would love to see more

How would wet rubber pneumatic tyres grip wet rails ?? How would wet rubber pneumatic tyres brake the train on wet rails ?

That cement loco with the indicator box 'NOB' ! 😆

Very interesting, don't think I ever saw one.

Steam tank locos also were usually deficient in brake power on unfitted trains in comparison with tender locos ,so the term brake tender was very appropriate !

Who've guessed it: - An innovative British manufacturer uses a US Corp product to develop a practical and unique maxhine for worldwide export, for, then to "have the rug pulled from their feet...."! RIP "Tiran of..."! Tragic, but entirely predictable....

Thats why the world is heading the same direction as the titanic

Any history of the Ashbourne to Buxton line?

Great idea, but what a ball ache.

Excellent video, thank you

Derby didn't have to do anything. It just IS. Same goes for Clacton and Southend.

This was the most interesting video I've seen in years and a great lot of knowledge about an Iconic tractor ❤

Have always wanted to drive a triple d

He only wanted to be a really useful engine.

@3:00, how does a Land Rover replace buses adapted to carry bicycles?

I'm glad that footage of this rather bizarre idea still exists.

Isn't it the case that BR/British safety regs never really understood, nor wanted to, the requirements of light rail?

first thing that comes to mind: :it looks like a "

I'm not sure promoting it as a vehicle to sightsee on closed lines was the best decision - I'd think that would be quite a limited market.

Building such a railbus which could only go in one direction was just stupid! No wonder no-one ordered one.

The mockup at the Design Centre was in an orange and grey livery. The comfort of the train was light years ahead of anything built subsequently. The 800 series trains are the ultimate "Long tube effect"

3:20 I think it’s important to note that this service only existed thanks to the factory being built near Glasgow, as the government gave money to anyone who dared to do business up there. The only problem is that the Rootes group’s headquarters, and where they made all the mechanical stuff, were in coventry. So, what ended up happening was the cars would be basically made as a bear-bones chassis and body, transported by rail down south to get the engines, gearboxes, etc fitted, before being transported back up north to Glasgow again to get the interior and other things finished.

It would be interesting to hear why the IOW project was abandoned. I gather it got a bit messy and Sadler walked away.

No mention of STRACHANS who bodied it.

I'm sorry, but whilst I fully commend you on your excellent video of the Railpacer experiment, I have to stand up for the Pacer 142s. The Pacers probably saved more branch lines than we will ever know about. They were built as a 9 year 'stop gap', awaiti g abetter replacement, which never happened and meant they had to soldier on for over 40!! And unlike any other class of DMU, I have NEVER been on one that broke down. On welded rail, they were excellent. It was only on joined rail that they became "nodding donkeys" and even then, not always. They had, by far, the most favoured driving positions of staff and were so basic as to be so easy to fix any smaller "issues," usually with a kick or a screwdriver. Were they perfect? No. Absolutely not. But did they do an excellent, reliable, very cost-effective, and trojan job for FAR longer than they were EVER intended to do? Yes, absolutely they did This is why so many of them have, quite rightly, been snapped up by heritage railways, not only because they are a legitimate part of our railway's history, but also as they are a very viable source of rolling stock at minimum cost to the heritage railways concerned. So I'm sorry, but the Pacer was a much maligned and unfairly so, reliable, very efficient, and cost-effective vehicle.

I wasn't going to watch this, but, I did and it is very very interesting. A largely unknown (for me) piece of transport history.

I was a clerk in Acton TOPS office 1978-80. Brake tenders were still in use between Acton yard and Severn Tunnel Junction.

C Hamilton-Ellis's "lovely Meon Valley Line" was also used for the Black Magic Chocolate ads with someone on a carriage roof delivering the goods "All because the lady loves..."I remember the skirted AC Cars railbuses on the St.Albans - Watford branch in the very early 1950s. They were very rough-riding. Pre-War, the LMS tried out a single decker bus with a roadrailer gear interchanging flanged wheels and rubber tyres on the former Midland Railway Hemel Hempstead branch.

When the Great Western way doesn’t work

It's only a week ago I commented on the power of tractors now at the Lincolnshire show. I related a tale of a farmer my father worked for joining two tractors together and copying the tractor you show here. Sadly the coupling broke on one of them and there was a foot race to catch the first one before it reached a natural obstacal, The farmer in question also pioneered what we called prairie farming filling in ditches and tearing out hedgrows so they were able to catch the tractor before it caused too much damage. I should say this is my recolection and at this age I am far from infalable! The reason I mention this is because in the comments I said I thought it was a tripple d. If no-one else reads my comments it shows Googles bots do!

I'm trying to think of the coach model this was adapted from?

Enjoyed that, thanks. I'm local to Droxford and had read about this but never seen a video on it.

These, sort of, still exist in Japan. Although a much better design that the Pacerailer and used in a much better way kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ-YZ5WDj56Ce5o

I never liked the pacers anyway. A friend of mine in elementary school described his trip to Wales, saying that when he rode one, it felt like he was on a bouncy castle.

For a moment there, I thought the Pacerailer was American just by the looks of it

hmm if it weighs 6 tons im guessing the body has the structural strength of the tube from a bog roll and is basically a machine that exterminates pensioners 50 at a time?

He basically made a Double Fairlie Tractor. 😂

I saw one of these Sadler Railcars at Droxford, on the Meon Valley Railway, in Hampshire, and met and spoke with yer actual Mr. Sadler. It was a pity this concept was not taken further - we may still have the Hayling Island Branch if it was successful!

I spent a large part of my life living in Southampton but apart from the proposal to run these on the Isle of Wight I don't really remember much about them so it was an interesting insight into the concept. It would never have got off the drawing board today if you were to enter from track level, health and safety would have had kittens on the spot! A good video thank you.👍👍

My favourite 'rail bus' is the DB Class 670.