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
@Albert654111 жыл бұрын
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 However, there were 16000 locos withdrawn by the end of steam, some of which were almost new.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...
@robmcg56714 жыл бұрын
Stunning and beautiful. Thankyou, Rob (who used to haunt scrapyards in 1964-69 in NZ many beautiful engines cut up)
@francis335113 жыл бұрын
Fabulous colour photos , I lived in Cardiff from 1968 to 1973 but I didn't take any photos of Barry scrapyard - remember it though .
@Cockroach200815 жыл бұрын
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!
@Davidevgen12 жыл бұрын
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
@foughtwolf13 жыл бұрын
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.
@Watsupwiya13 жыл бұрын
Your vid is two days of my life along time ago, thanks for the visual memory, good stuff !!, puts a tear in my eyes
@adm458nelson13 жыл бұрын
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.
@dadnyfur15 жыл бұрын
Great video, nice job. This would be an interesting place to visit, the resting place of these awesome machines, so much history.
@Colormepearl13 жыл бұрын
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.
@metadyneman15 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheTankTacticianofEngland9 жыл бұрын
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.
@Watsupwiya13 жыл бұрын
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 !!!
@Heroduothecomedian13 жыл бұрын
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_Siren11 жыл бұрын
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
@Colormepearl13 жыл бұрын
@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
@Wafflepudding13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@rickeymitchell86209 жыл бұрын
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
@rickeymitchell86209 жыл бұрын
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.
@PreservationEnthusiast9 жыл бұрын
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.
@globalaffair12 жыл бұрын
@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".
@firerx14 жыл бұрын
@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 .
@kealoa912 жыл бұрын
The music is Sonata in C by Ludwig von Beethoven. Also called The Moonlight Sonata.
@capmodesty15 жыл бұрын
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_Siren11 жыл бұрын
yea that's why I said almost all big boys. since I know some are in museums or coming back
@toasatoshi13 жыл бұрын
it's so sad, but yet peaceful (for some reason. idk why)
@douglasschultz98089 жыл бұрын
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.
@JonatanGronoset15 жыл бұрын
Happens to the best of em. Lovely version of the Moon Sonata bwt.
@Eli_Dunaway15 жыл бұрын
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*****
@bsg54914 жыл бұрын
1:22 The Duke of Gloucster, Look where it is now XD Running on the freaking mainline :D
@capmodesty15 жыл бұрын
They were left to decay, rather sad. But most of these engines at Barry were saved and run on preserved lines.
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
@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.
@SirTwangabangalot14 жыл бұрын
@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....
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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.
@760798760015 жыл бұрын
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.
@tonyspieshop13 жыл бұрын
Cant believe that I saw the Duke of Gloucester in the vid, its in steam tomorrrow on the Nene Valley railway
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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.
@LegoArtsProduction13 жыл бұрын
This is very sad. Good bye the age of steam. R.I.P :.(
@oliviaalwen21427 жыл бұрын
3:33 lthat one looks still healthy to live on but probly never excaped its faith
@MyErnieT12 жыл бұрын
@Natbilltv The song is a modernized version of Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"
@Colormepearl13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@Lisavinny15 жыл бұрын
I feel sad for the good ol' steamies. (Sniff!)
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheIntercityhst13 жыл бұрын
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)
@Shunteration15 жыл бұрын
...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...
@123legodude14 жыл бұрын
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.
@Hilux597214 жыл бұрын
@clissward The story im thinking of was the supposed hiding of the GWR Grange class somewhere in case the world ran out of oil.
@froggyman145214 жыл бұрын
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!
@MalzbierManLP12 жыл бұрын
Best Scrapyard ever!!!
@TheFirstConcorde12 жыл бұрын
Its a crime, an utter crime
@Gotthard6812 жыл бұрын
piano bit is Moonlight Sonata from Beethoven
@JintySteam111 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@metadyneman15 жыл бұрын
about £3000 would have bought you a large tender loco in the late 1960's
@Colormepearl13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@ModalTrains488414 жыл бұрын
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.
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
The railway speed record in this country is held by the APT tilting train. A diesel. I win the argument.
@gwr502913 жыл бұрын
@Natbilltv It's an upbeat version of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
@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.
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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.
@ModalTrains488414 жыл бұрын
@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.
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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.
@Colormepearl13 жыл бұрын
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
@LUNITICWILL11 жыл бұрын
I know of the Jupiter replica, 119 replica, 844, 3985, and soon the big boy 4014 also only 8 big boys left
@link1283213 жыл бұрын
with junk steel at $370.00 per ton. these things are worth more now than when they were new!!
@ajracer10112 жыл бұрын
I cry every time when i see this video. Thumbs up if you cried too.... :-(
@thystig13 жыл бұрын
@Natbilltv The Song is Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
@Wafflepudding13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@Jamfluff15 жыл бұрын
Rules of supply and demand. Lots of engines for sale, few people brave (or foolish) enough to buy them.
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
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?
@360Nomad13 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you miss the days when Giants forged from Steam and Steel roamed the Earth...
@WilbertVereAwdry14 жыл бұрын
damn, British Railways is even more cruel than the Railway Series let on. :(
@theredraven14 жыл бұрын
It doesn't do London to Scotland in 3 hours either like Diesels do.
@heezabirddog14 жыл бұрын
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.
@DaveP199115 жыл бұрын
I'm returning the comment, good evocitive vid! 5* also...
@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren11 жыл бұрын
What is the music?
@clissward14 жыл бұрын
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-tp7vt11 жыл бұрын
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE STEAM TRAINS!!!
@hunter4882012 жыл бұрын
Thanks or the video. Do you remember what the music is and who was the artist?
@Shunteration15 жыл бұрын
Well, you see, that is what happened in my country...
@ModalTrains488414 жыл бұрын
@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
@kealoa912 жыл бұрын
Beethoven's Sonata in C
@Rottweiller421814 жыл бұрын
Why would they be cruel to let these steem engines rot in this place?
@magneticmax12312 жыл бұрын
why do they just let them sit there just tke em to the scrapyard and put them out of there missery
@SAINT999114 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the locomotive pictured at 2.09 is or was? I would be very interested to know, thank you.
@worldwar2madman14 жыл бұрын
What's the song? I've heard it before BUT I'd love to know what it is.
@froggyman145214 жыл бұрын
@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
@mfsaeed10010 жыл бұрын
They should turn the diesel trains back to steam trains.
@Cockroach200815 жыл бұрын
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!
@50008Thunderer16 жыл бұрын
Spot the diesel at 0.21!
@Mr253raymond13 жыл бұрын
am I wrong or is the one at 3:40 the engine thomas the tank engine was modeled after?
@dm383013 жыл бұрын
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
@ThatClassyCombine15 жыл бұрын
THOMAS MURDOK
@Watsupwiya13 жыл бұрын
is this Barry Island
@pixxiestix2614 жыл бұрын
this is sad seeing very good engine just rust
@nerfreak0115 жыл бұрын
Steamers should still rule the rails, not bloody diesels. They don't deserve this. I think steamers are & were more reliable than diesels.
@420glass15 жыл бұрын
WoW
@tooturbugg2013 жыл бұрын
is this the them song from DR. Frankin
@cjpm9911 жыл бұрын
LONG LIVE STEAM ENGINES!!!
@ModalTrains488414 жыл бұрын
@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
@froggyman145214 жыл бұрын
this is just sad!!!!!!!!!!!!;(.... Why did they get rid of those poor steam engines? Why didnt they just give them away?;(
@Cockroach200815 жыл бұрын
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!