There are two name plates in a museum round the corner from me. One is from 2853 Huddersfield Town and the other 47 434 Pride in Huddersfield

Might I ask, is this AI narration?

Technical gibberish, not impressed !

I’ve got a book on Fury. It was a fairly interesting read, and told me a lot about the engine and its issues. Unfortunate that it ended up killing someone, and that its technology was not fully refined.

Wow, 130 separate rail companies became just one of the big four? Hard to imagine how such a physically small country could have so many.

At 2 40 why is there a picture of an American locomotive

One nit to pick in an otherwise good video - I've never heard of high pressure steam referred to as "superpower steam". I know the Wikipedia page for Fury makes that claim but without a reference and the actual page for superpower steam contradicts it. (Basically, it was a Lima Locomotive Works marketing term.)

I've been interested in the 'Fury' recently and suddenly this is released, how odd. But great for me.

Best history of "Fury" I have heard or read about.

Are you ready to admit you lied about Trump being a liar? Or were you simply misinformed? Either way, Trump will win, and his revenge shalt be his success.

Phenomenal stuff

Brilliant video, thank you.

The locomotive slung under the crane is either a NZGR J / Ja class depending whether pre or post war. Chances are that the other locos in shot are J class. Great video

Why American images intro ?

Should have called it Christine after attacking the crew like that. Sounds like a Stephen King novel.

I was on a tour of Crewe works in August 1961 and in the paint shop I saw a gleaming, newly-painted Scot, 'British Legion', having the tender transfer applied. This engine was the rebuild of the high pressure 'Fury'.

120 railway companies into four plus the Liverpool Overhead Railway, the Mersey Railway, London Underground Electric Railways, the Metropolitan Railway, the Midland and Great Northern, the Cheshire Lines Committee, the Somerst and Dorset Joint Railway, and all those railways built under the Light Railways Act of 1896 (although some lines did join voluntarily).

Many commenters seem to forget that rails are often sunken into asphalt or stone, looking exactly like this track, only difference is the metal reinforcement.

I didn't know steam trams existed until I watched your excellent video. I recall Jago Hazard saying that in London the trams were seen as a cheaper alternative to the trains/underground services. It's amazing how we have now gone "back to the future" with electric public transport. Whilst trams have made a comeback throughout Europe, including some UK cities, their future proliferation may well be stifled, as the arrival of zero emissions buses offers a cheaper alternative to laying expensive tram tracks and OLE installing equipment.

Fascinating video! It is heartwarming that the Isle of Man managed to so successfully preserve their rail heritage. Although I am quite fond of modern low-floor boarding trams for accessibility reasons, it is nice that these historic trams continue to run across ~~Sodor~~ Mann :)

Thank you for the comprehensive history of trams in Leeds! I have never visited, but I wish your public transit system fruitful growth :)

You should check your English because its not too good!

The fundamental difference between a railway and a guideway is that a ralway is a mechanism and a guideway is not.

Something about trams and tramlines must be in my genes. I remember the London trams from 1952 riding on conduit and overhead pickup. Then I travelled on the Glasgow trams before they finished in 1962. Sadly, I was too young when my father's home city of Leicester closed its tramways in 1949. I built from scratch in 1/16 scale (9cm gauge) a London and a Leicester car. So good to see the new 2nd generation 'cats' in Nottingham and Sheffield Tho' sadly, not double deck.

Thanks for that detailed history - yes, let us hope for a better future for trams in Leeds

Another gem

Cool insight. Leeds tramways history stretches long, echoing the early development of trams in Copenhagen where horse powered trams and later a few steam trams paved the way for electrification. Leeds were early to close their trams with many continental European cities stretching the modernization and use for their trams way into the 60's and 70's till the oil crisis put a question mark on the utility of having a transport infrastructure dependent on combustion engine busses. Needles to say the closure of many tramways was more of a fad than a necessity.

Very interesting

What a surprising piece of ancient engineering, and an interesting solution to a problem.

There's two things likely, the first recorded or intact remains of a railway that can be clearly dated and recognised as such and the first railway. So who invented it, probably never know. Where are the earliest extent remains of a system of wheel and rail? That's up for debate and discovery going forward.

What evidence is there that the vehicles had wheels? Could they have had runners like a bobsleigh? These could also have potentially run in (greased) grooves in stone and may have been easier to build than very strong wheels at that time.

I'm wondering why, if they had to separate the cargo from the ship, to move the ship, why they didn't just have another ship to complete the voyage, like they used to do at Panama? If these ships were so fragile, they were also fairly cheap and circular schedules were know of then, from the port to the transfer point and then back again. Why go to the trouble and expense of moving the entire ship over land when all you really need to do is move the cargo? Those people were extremely smart, you had to be to be a businessman in those days, so why didn't they do the smart thing? Or am I missing the point? There still would have been the track, called a "Portage" in French, with its ruts and back breaking labor, and place in history, but why move the ship on such a heavily trafficked route?

There is a difference between a 'Railway' and a series of ruts worn into the ground, the most obvious being that the second had no rails and is just ruts in the stone worn away by constant use. So here is a suggestion "The very first aircraft" 'Ancient people were known to create cloaks, they could not fly but when they held their arms out wide it looked like wings, so ancient man invented the modern aeroplane!', sounds stupid doesn't it? Ruts in the stone are obviously crated by carts because they were on the ground and not rails, so feel free to denounce my comment but I have a thousand more and every reply will prove you less and less reliable. I suggest that you take a deep breath, look again at your 'evidence' with open eyes and accept that you were wrong. As Thomas Edison once said "I have not failed to crate the lightbulb, I have just found 10,000 ways that will not work" So accept that you are not a failure but simply that you have only failed up until this point in time.

Maybe it's a rut-way, like an inverted railway

Powered by animals or slaves, not engines. Wagons cut tracks in stone due to multiple use over time. As for tracked paths you would go back to the Romans who had grooves for chariots to travel along in the cities.

Not sure it can be considered a railway, but a fascinating historical artifact - and very interesting video about this innovative transpotation method - nonetheless. Perhaps it could be claimed to be the first "intermodal" transportation system?

No rails, hence no railway. What it is is a guide-way. The stone groves guide the wheels but are not, technically rails. The wooden rails of early mine operations might be counted, but the real advantage came when it was metal wheels on metal rails. Then the coefficient of friction became highly advantageous. I hate to think how many mules or whatever they used had to haul something on this guide-way given the frictions of the bearings and wheel resistance and all. Poor things what had to hauls ships across that. ANd I can't help nut wondering what the incline on it was... Shudder. Still with enough slaves or mules, or oxen, or whatever.

Well, not really a 'railway' as there are not any rails, but certainly a guided trackway for wheels. Interesting, all the same.

Well I never! Fascinating ! Thankyou for this. Your content just gets better and better ❤

Many thanks - absolutely fascinating!

Hi and thank you for the feedback, I love that you are loving my content. While i know that it’s frustrating that I have it for a specific time, there are many reasons behind why i do this. The main reason is that it gives me a specific deadline to work to, to ensure the content is sent out. I have seen other creators send out videos when they are ready with some getting unmotivated and not sending out content for weeks at a time or wanting to work on bigger projects. I am also rather busy at times scheduling wise either with volunteering or other commitments meaning that i would struggle to be at a computer at a specific time to upload. It’s also good practice to have videos out at the same time and date for the consistency for the viewers. But i will take comments on board. If i get enough footage, may be KZbin shorts? I’ve never gone down that avenue before and certainly something to explore :)

Hey there Miss Doncaster, I love your work but if the video is ready, just release it. KZbin Premieres is a feature meant for LIVE broadcasts, not pre-recorded stuff. Turning an on-demand service back into the doldrums of scheduled programming is ridiculous and it gets people excited when they see your video in their video feed but get hugely annoyed when they realise it’s set for a few days in the future. It’s got absolutely nothing to do with me, I’m just saying how it is for your customers. With all that said and however you choose to proceed, please keep up the great and very interesting work (so long as you enjoy doing it of course)!!

The lamp on either side at the bottom and one at the top is for empty coaches. Did you know that?

Very interesting. Talyllyn 1864 Dolgoth 1865 both still running at the Talyllyn railway. Both built at Whitehaven in Cumberland.

Thats the neat thing about old machines: You can always mend them. They just keep working if you put in the maintenance

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Great! Thanks. I had the privilege of seeing Prince at the Ffestiniog a couple of years ago. A great little engine. Thanks for telling his story! Another great story is that of Alice, another Welsh narrow gauge locomotive. Maybe you could do a video on her? She’s probably had a tougher life than Prince, who has clearly always been cherished by his owners over the years. Not so for Alice, though she’s safe and happy today fortunately…

Great story! Interesting to learn that Prince = Duke😎. Looking forward to your next post.

Good narrative. Thank you. Gratuitous slur on Trump NOT appreciated. Stick to trains, please.

I started working in construction after leaving school in 1960 as a chain boy assisting the engineer. The contract was to enlarged an old steam train tunnel that took empty railway carriages coming from the sidings into Euston Station. Six teams of Irish miners worked off benches fitted to coal wagons, three team worked five 12hr. day shifts and three teams five 12hr. night shifts. The teams consisted of a leading miner, 2 miners and 2 miners laborer's, my father the General Foreman had a black book full of Leading miners names and contacts. He could man up a contract with from the tea boy and night watchmen, through all the trades needed for a large tunnel project. Wages were way above what could be earnt on house building site and my wage on constructing The Victoria Line was between 80 & 120 pounds per week, a new Mini Cooped could be bought each month, pay the rent eat well and have a good time. The best clothing to wear was Grandad short sleeve vest with the two button collar, army type drill trouser, leather soled boots and a cloth cap. Safety helmets were just starting to come onsite in the middle 60s, ear plugs started to appear, gloves had been in use for the guys handling cement grout. We would start work at 7am/pm advance the station ground shield and muck out with compressed air clay spade by the miners. The miners labors cleared the dropped muck to conveyor that dropped it inti mini rail tubs. As room came to the rear of the shield the others in the gang built a cast iron in segments to form a ring. The shield would be pushed forward 6 inches and the void between the back of the ring and the ground filled with cement grout to form a water tight seal. 10am Breakfast time 11 hungry men would descend on a café and order steak, eggs, double bubble toast and mugs of tea. Back to work another ring built then off to the pub for a quick pint of shandy, followed by a slower pint of bitter or light and bitter, maybe a pie. Into the site canteen for Ham or Cheese doorstep sarnies and huge mugs of tea. Back down the tunnel for ring 3 and a big tidy up for the next shift to take over. During this an enameled bucket would arrive with tea, the mix was quarter pound of tea, 1ld sugar and a pint of milk, mugs were strings tied to the handle. After a shower it was two pints to wash the dust down and then drive home for me, the Irish lads would call at another pub near their digs for supper and more dust wash down. Friday evening the guys would buy a suite, shirt, shoes and undies and live in it all w/e and turn up for work Monday night with it all trashed. Now the guys who dug the Electricity and gas board trenches would be hired by the day off the pavement in Camden & Kentish Town. Lines of tipper truck would be lined up and gang boss's would pick out guys. They would be taken to points in and around London to dig 4ft deep trenches by hand pick and shovel, another teal would lay the cables or pipes and the trench back filled. The teams then returned to Camden Town be dropped at a pub that the Gang Boss owned or had an agreement with. The lads would sup a pint and have a simple cooked meal and maybe a few more beers all on tick until the GB arrived and paid them out. Of course he was very sorry to be late. So it would go on being hired by the day and no guarantee of how many days they could get. I gave up tunneling in 2015 after traveling to many fantastic parts of the world. My last two contracts were in KL Malaysia My first was a road tunnel under the Suez Canal.