A Bad Year For Steam

My third movie i made but my first to upload.

[@gingermegs138]

My Dad was a steam engine driver.He passed away last year at 90. We use to go to the rail museums he would climb up in to the cabs of all the steamies he drove pull the Regulator back and with a big sparkle in his eyes think he was 20 years old again. I miss him.Thanks for the video

[@Albert6541]

Every one of the 200 or so engines from Woodham's yard, as far as I know, escaped being scrapped, although some will never steam again they will live as parts for others. However, there were 16000 locos withdrawn by the end of steam, some of which were almost new. Which, in hindsight, looks like a crazy waste of resource. Thanks very much, Ernest Marples, the man behind Beeching, and the man who made the decisions, who incidentally had large interests in roads and road transport...

[@robmcg567]

Stunning and beautiful. Thankyou, Rob (who used to haunt scrapyards in 1964-69 in NZ many beautiful engines cut up)

[@francis3351]

Fabulous colour photos , I lived in Cardiff from 1968 to 1973 but I didn't take any photos of Barry scrapyard - remember it though .

[@Cockroach2008]

Mis-titled video! A great year for a scrap yard is a better title! Delightful to see! I like the scrap pile @ 1:10, the removed steam chests & driving linkages throughout video, exposed boiler @ 2:07, rust conquering the boiler shroud @ 2:34, graffiti @ 3:02, the strip down @ 3:21 & the scrap yard operation of these old relics @ 3:32! I like seeing these things being junked, cut apart, demolished & melting! Junk the steam locomotives & their tenders! 41 years ago & never coming back! Junk!

[@Davidevgen]

i hate it when people dont post the name of the song they use in video so if any one like this song heres the full data. Title: Robin Youngsmith - Before Moonlight Artist: Various - Easy, Lounge, Ambient Album: The Classic Chillout Album 2 Year: 2002

[@foughtwolf]

Real men poured their souls into each and every one of those machines, breathed life into metal and fire. These machines worked as faithfully as they could, and when old and tired, they were tossed to the side, dissabled with cuts made my younger men, and left to die. This is sade.

[@Watsupwiya]

Your vid is two days of my life along time ago, thanks for the visual memory, good stuff !!, puts a tear in my eyes

[@adm458nelson]

I can still imagine them running down the tracks as I watch this, can hear the pistons pumping. Sad, but we can't hang on to it all forever.

[@dadnyfur]

Great video, nice job. This would be an interesting place to visit, the resting place of these awesome machines, so much history.

[@Colormepearl]

Very, very good, and the music is absoluty perfect for it. Could be a real classic, I am serious. The forlorn music is made for the footage. Grats and thanks.

[@metadyneman]

Interresting to see 71000 Duke of Gloucester minus cylinders at 1.26.. they went to the Science Museum at the time I believe. It's also great to see so many videos of the "Duke" in full steam again having been left to rot in wales.

[@TheTankTacticianofEngland]

What we must remember is that the uniqueness of Barry's Scrapyard and it's owner Dai Woodham meant ALL of these engines went on to be saved or reused to fix other steam engines, the last one that left was in 1990 and was a large prairie built by the GWR.

[@Watsupwiya]

I'm 45 now, when I was 10ish, family went to Butlins at Barry Island, probably in a purple British Leyland "Maxi" , Dad found us a hole in the fence and we spent a couple of days climbing about on these rusting hulks, nobody came telling us to go, no health and safety crap like now, just a square mile of industrial history to climb/play about on, hope all those loco's made it to the owners/restoration people who had their names painted on them, wish I'd had a 1080p camcorder when I was 10 !!!

[@Heroduothecomedian]

i feel like im at the smelter yards in thomas and friends,sees all these bit of history about to be scraped and i can hear the engines crying and wanting to be useful again

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

I feel sorry for those steam engines. ;( this happened in the US too! Like NHIL 1553 and 9, almost all UP big boys, n&w 611's 13 sisters, and many more! But some still live on

[@Colormepearl]

@Colormepearl What many people do not understand about the steam locomotive, is that they started to beat themselves to death, the moment they were released from the manufacturer. The maintenance on these engines was astronomical. The cost to bring one of these beasts back to life, depending on the deterioration, and, most of all, the condition of the boiler, would break most of the wealthiest people in this country. I'm afraid that they are like many things, only a symbol now of a simpler time

[@Wafflepudding]

@14omega28ok A gas tank doesn't contain enough high pressure working fluid to tear itself apart and send shards of itself flying for hundreds of meters, and it doesn't depend on active monitoring and lots of parts doing their job properly to maintain structural integrity. I get what you're saying. When you actually go around looking inside a steam locomotive, it's... hard to describe. It's art and science, it's history, nostalgia and beauty. But I'm glad I never had to actually work IN one.

[@rickeymitchell8620]

So sad to see this. all those beautiful locomotives just rusting away and uncared for. in there time they were beautiful and poetry in motion. rest in reliable old friends

[@rickeymitchell8620]

If it were practical, and it isn't, i would like to see many of them restored and saved. As for boring, being an old man it doesn't take much to entertain me. I understand that you may like sparks and parts flying. I do too and l watch ship scrapping vids for that fix.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Rickey Mitchell Ah well Ricky, I am not only an expert in scrapping, but also in preservation. You'll be pleased to know that these pictures were taken at Barry Scrapyard, where only a small number of the locos were scrapped. So actually 213 locos were saved from this yard, and it was in fact practical to see nearly all of what you see in the video saved, and some restored.

[@globalaffair]

@KateFan . Yes, I remember the North British diesel loco ( 00:21 ) in the 'seventies'. Some of the last locos to leave the yard went to Wales Railway Centre, Cardiff (1988-1989), and I remember getting underneath to grease the bearings before the locos were moved. There is now a Railway Preservation group at Barry, see map of their network at Wikipedia "Barry_Island_Railway".

[@firerx]

@SAINT9991 , The is the American Version of the "mullet" UP has one remaining on display at the Sacramento Rail Museum in California if you want to see one in all it glory. This were the Cab-Forward design experiment. Due to a pretty bad Derailment. Production was modified .

[@kealoa9]

The music is Sonata in C by Ludwig von Beethoven. Also called The Moonlight Sonata.

[@capmodesty]

Actually, only 2 engines fro Barry went under the cutters torches and only the Barry 10 still need restoration work. These 10 are still in scrapyard condition but are all safe and are given some protection from the weather to prevent further decay. Whether they will ever see steam again is unlikely unfortunately.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

yea that's why I said almost all big boys. since I know some are in museums or coming back

[@toasatoshi]

it's so sad, but yet peaceful (for some reason. idk why)

[@douglasschultz9808]

Its like watching the titanic rust away. Its a shame here in America it kills me seeing rails ripped up and old engines rust away.

[@JonatanGronoset]

Happens to the best of em. Lovely version of the Moon Sonata bwt.

[@Eli_Dunaway]

1:39 That engine looks like she could give several more decades with just a little bit of repair. This whole movie brought tears to my eyes. =( Great job though.5*****

[@bsg549]

1:22 The Duke of Gloucster, Look where it is now XD Running on the freaking mainline :D

[@capmodesty]

They were left to decay, rather sad. But most of these engines at Barry were saved and run on preserved lines.

[@theredraven]

@mmikeironhorse Whenever I see a long coal hopper train or a long container train there is only ever one diesel (usually a class 66) pulling it. You're thinking of super long trains in the US. You'd probably need more than two steam engines for that, not to mention the effort involved. A steam engines power is often determining by the size of its wheels. A diesel however, doesn't need giant wheels. It can haul heavy loads without much slippage on a set of much smaller wheels.

[@SirTwangabangalot]

@trainlover657 I haven't heard about this for years! My late Great Uncle who worked on British Railways used to tell me this same story when I was a kid in the '70's - although he said it was down near Southampton....

[@theredraven]

Actually the very first diesel engines came about at the start of the 20th century. Plus, the electric powered locomotives which were around even at the end of the 19th century. So even before the glory days of the 20th century, steam had a rival.

[@7607987600]

it doesnt matter how sad or horrific the locos look in this film because in reality they are all safe and many have been restored including the mission impossibles (71000 and 61264) but for Mr woodham the story could have been a completely different one.

[@tonyspieshop]

Cant believe that I saw the Duke of Gloucester in the vid, its in steam tomorrrow on the Nene Valley railway

[@theredraven]

Yes because the Class 225 doing the Kings Cross to Edinburgh route faster than Flying Scotsman ever did means somehow steam is more powerful. If you want to watch steam trains, book to travel on a steam special or go to a preserved line.

[@LegoArtsProduction]

This is very sad. Good bye the age of steam. R.I.P :.(

[@oliviaalwen2142]

3:33 lthat one looks still healthy to live on but probly never excaped its faith

[@MyErnieT]

@Natbilltv The song is a modernized version of Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

[@Colormepearl]

@clissward Very, very good, and the music is absoluty perfect for it. Could be a real classic, I am serious. The forlorn music is made for the footage. Grats and thanks.

[@Lisavinny]

I feel sad for the good ol' steamies. (Sniff!)

[@theredraven]

I don't get why so many people hate on diesels and such. Steam engines are wonderful things but they require so much more effort to maintain not to mention infrastructure. You can't just stop and go off at the end of the day with a steam engine. It's fire needs dropping, it needs oiling and it's firebox needs to be cleaned (which is no easy or pleasent task) A diesel just needs to be filled up. At the night you can just switch off and go home, plus the effort of driving it is much less.

[@TheIntercityhst]

such a shame to see engines, gone from the daily life to be stood rusting away in an old yard. really sad to see what streamlined boxes on wheels we've got opperating britains railways, instead of the 9f, black 5 and various others. bring e'm back i say rather than have britains loved trains stood in a scrap yard awaiting death. by the way what was the music? great vid subscribed, and liked. again grat video and faved it to! :) (please reply)

[@Shunteration]

...or being scrapped... ...or left to rust until they're solid rusty dust on the ground where they stand... ...or being cutted up and melted in the throughts of the blast furnaces... ...or being smacked and battered and get filled with graffity and garbage... ...or being towed under an acid shower to be corroded 'til nothing last... - Witch one comes first...

[@123legodude]

wow. im glad that in america here, there are2 or 3 running steam engines. and the rest are deisels. its so depressing. and the famous engine the milwaukee road 261 was brought back to life. it was cool. but im sad that the bigest engine in the world was in the usa was scrapped. it was a bigboy #4008. it is a 4-8-8-4. huge engine.

[@Hilux5972]

@clissward The story im thinking of was the supposed hiding of the GWR Grange class somewhere in case the world ran out of oil.

[@froggyman1452]

we must avenge those steam engines! we will regain our lost and beloved steam engines!we must make them be operational! we will get revenge!

[@MalzbierManLP]

Best Scrapyard ever!!!

[@TheFirstConcorde]

Its a crime, an utter crime

[@Gotthard68]

piano bit is Moonlight Sonata from Beethoven

[@JintySteam1]

technically its actually the good time for steam, most steam locos in Barry were preserved its thanks to Dye Wooden there still here running today :)

[@metadyneman]

about £3000 would have bought you a large tender loco in the late 1960's

[@Colormepearl]

@cookhammanor I know the song....It is Ludwig Von Bettoven, Moonlight Sinata, Movement 4, but I have never been able to find who did this rendition of it. It is a bit different that the original score, especially at the beginning, and I actually like it better then the original. I would love to have the score on this version. Yes, please advise who did this rendition, or were you got it.

[@ModalTrains4884]

this is sad. someone should restore these engines. my dream is to see steam running on the rails again someday. why can't team and desiel coexist? especially since a lot of steam engines were more powerful than todays desiel engines.

[@theredraven]

The railway speed record in this country is held by the APT tilting train. A diesel. I win the argument.

[@gwr5029]

@Natbilltv It's an upbeat version of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

[@theredraven]

@mmikeironhorse I'm sure the people running the railways don't care how cool something looks as long as it can pull a train, get somewhere on time and safely.

[@theredraven]

China got rid of it's last full time steam engines a few years ago. Now it's all diesel and electric. I'm sure that's for the better. Steam engines should be preserved and kept to hauling specials for railfans.

[@ModalTrains4884]

@theredraven wait were talking about british railways? lol. i thought we were talking about american for a second. well in that case american steam engines were a lot more powerful than others. A UP Challenger #3985 once pulled a 143 car long double stack train all by itself. that normally does take like 6 diesels.

[@theredraven]

Why would you want to replace stuff that's cheaper and faster? Not to mention that steam engines require more infrastructure. A diesel needs a shed and a tank of diesel to fill up. A steam engine needs a water tower, coaling tower, turntable and a shed, plus requires much more effort to maintain. BR didn't even bother to clean them at the end because it took too long.

[@Colormepearl]

So.... Let us be thankful, very thankful, for the beasts that a few of the wealthy RR companies have invested millions in, to bring back to life, for PR purposes. A few insightful people have saved a part of our heritage for the generations to come. However, those insightful people did not just recently decide to get an old engine and fix it up. Engines like UP has restored, were set aside and kept in a condition where they were financially feasible to restore, at a later date. Nice video though

[@LUNITICWILL]

I know of the Jupiter replica, 119 replica, 844, 3985, and soon the big boy 4014 also only 8 big boys left

[@link12832]

with junk steel at $370.00 per ton. these things are worth more now than when they were new!!

[@ajracer101]

I cry every time when i see this video. Thumbs up if you cried too.... :-(

[@thystig]

@Natbilltv The Song is Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

[@Wafflepudding]

@14omega28ok *shrugs* Steam trains and nostalgia are cool, but at least an electrodiesel won't have a catastrophic boiler explosion that turns the engine into an oversized frag grenade. I like these trains, but I just have a general love for technology.

[@Jamfluff]

Rules of supply and demand. Lots of engines for sale, few people brave (or foolish) enough to buy them.

[@theredraven]

But to do that you need to have money, a place for them to go and then have the ability to restore them to working order. Plus, when you have several thousand, how do you decide? You will obviously keep the most important ones like Mallard and such but then what? Do you keep the unsuccessful Clan class or do you scrap them? Do you keep humble tank engines or might LMS Garrets?

[@360Nomad]

Thumbs up if you miss the days when Giants forged from Steam and Steel roamed the Earth...

[@WilbertVereAwdry]

damn, British Railways is even more cruel than the Railway Series let on. :(

[@theredraven]

It doesn't do London to Scotland in 3 hours either like Diesels do.

[@heezabirddog]

if steam had survived into the mid/late 70s as thought when they made the standard class's I wonder what they would had looked like in British rail blue and complete yellow front and backs. doesn't bare thinking about. mind you if this had, had happened at least maybe a few more would had survived. great vid ' but very sad.

[@DaveP1991]

I'm returning the comment, good evocitive vid! 5* also...

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

What is the music?

[@clissward]

Jeanniedee, how did you know about this underground ordnance factory housing all these steam locos? first ive ever heard of this, do you think theres any chance of looking at these loco"s that are hidden?

[@johnc-tp7vt]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE STEAM TRAINS!!!

[@hunter48820]

Thanks or the video. Do you remember what the music is and who was the artist?

[@Shunteration]

Well, you see, that is what happened in my country...

[@ModalTrains4884]

@kirbyfan600 ya wasn't it the UP Challenger #3985 too? like a 143 car double stack by itself? i can't think of a diesel that can do that (besides the DDA40X of course) and i'm not too sure about that. let them coexist. lol

[@kealoa9]

Beethoven's Sonata in C

[@Rottweiller4218]

Why would they be cruel to let these steem engines rot in this place?

[@magneticmax123]

why do they just let them sit there just tke em to the scrapyard and put them out of there missery

[@SAINT9991]

Does anyone know what the locomotive pictured at 2.09 is or was? I would be very interested to know, thank you.

[@worldwar2madman]

What's the song? I've heard it before BUT I'd love to know what it is.

[@froggyman1452]

@ModalTrains4884 You are awesome! high five, you are so right! i feel like sewing someone- even the president or government!- because the lack of engines! keep it up! - Froggyman144

[@mfsaeed100]

They should turn the diesel trains back to steam trains.

[@Cockroach2008]

Your guess is wrong! I don't care at all about any special pieces of equipment. I am a scrap yard operator / owner & I provide paying jobs for my crew for scrapping cars, trucks, appliances, mobile homes, motor homes, farm equipment, railroad equipment and all other forms of metal materials. My computer has never broken down. It sounds like you have bad luck with computers. I do appreciate the service the steam locomotives have made. Now it is time to junk the steam locomotives & melt them!

[@50008Thunderer]

Spot the diesel at 0.21!

[@Mr253raymond]

am I wrong or is the one at 3:40 the engine thomas the tank engine was modeled after?

[@dm3830]

Unbelievable. Comments on this I mean. Almost all the engines you see here have long since been rescued and are being restored. And as for the "wha't the music", well did anyone ever learn any Beethoven? Seriously. There is this thing called the internet that should make it easy to find out that the scrap rows at Barry are long since emptied. Some famous ex-Barry engines include Duke of Gloucester and the so-called "Hogwarts Castle

[@ThatClassyCombine]

THOMAS MURDOK

[@Watsupwiya]

is this Barry Island

[@pixxiestix26]

this is sad seeing very good engine just rust

[@nerfreak01]

Steamers should still rule the rails, not bloody diesels. They don't deserve this. I think steamers are & were more reliable than diesels.

[@420glass]

WoW

[@tooturbugg20]

is this the them song from DR. Frankin

[@cjpm99]

LONG LIVE STEAM ENGINES!!!

[@ModalTrains4884]

@theredraven i never said they were faster, just some are more powerful. like the big boy and challenger of the UP railroad? let them coexist. lol

[@froggyman1452]

this is just sad!!!!!!!!!!!!;(.... Why did they get rid of those poor steam engines? Why didnt they just give them away?;(

[@Cockroach2008]

Steam locomotives never lived! They do not have any life organisms within them. Steam is nothing but water vapor. Today, steam locomotives are nothing more than junk & should all be turned into melt for new products. It is great to see these clunkers lined up waiting their fate at their scrap yard. It is like watching the executioner! Off with their boilers! Off with their steam chests! Off with their whistles! Off with their gauge sets! Off with their driving linkage! Melt them all!