A trip on “ The Bristolian “

[@GBNorton]

Such a lovely, nostalgic film, thanks for posting. One can pick out the familiar land marks along the way that are still there.

[@tango6nf477]

1950d the decade of my birth. As a child I used to believe that the locomotives were alive as they seemed to have a personality all of their own, to stand at the bottom of its footplate and look into the cab was fascinating, enchanting and a little scary too. I also remember the sudden grasp of mums hand on my collar pulling me away form the edge as there was a non stop coming through. So thrilling for a small boy and whilst I struggle to remember last week I remember this as if yesterday

[@johnjephcote7636]

Yes. BR was two months old when I appeared. My home station then was Watford Jct on the LNW out of Euston. We had a shed, several branch lines and Princess Coronations on the top expresses plus the enjoyment of Bushey Troughs.

[@BevMattocks]

We used to get the Devonian, from Leeds to Weston-super-mare, in the days of steam

[@lynnmorton7544]

The guard / (T.I.) seems to have turned a blind eye to the family travelling in a first class compartment on second class tickets

[@johntyjp]

If only we had archive film from Broad Gauge days!🧐

[@keytesofessex]

@@johntyjp like trying to find a Victorian cd cabinet , I bet

[@BrokenIET]

There was a 4 year period between the invention of the video camera (1888) and the closure of the last of Brunel’s broad gauge (1892)

[@stephenholmes1036]

Look at the beautifully maintained PW unlike tne disgrace it is today

[@darleytransportandtravel6353]

Yes, indeed. I also noticed this. Quite unfair to those who paid extra for first. I recently travelled third in a Great Western carriage on the Severn Valley Railway and thought if only we could travel in such style today.

[@elfontanero1484]

4:35 "The only train booked to run at 100 mph". I'm sure that's wrong - 70 mph would have been more like it.

[@limeyfox]

118 miles in 100 minutes non-stop is an average of just over 70mph. To achieve this in practice, given the various slacks and checks en-route (for example the first and last mile of the journey probably each take 3-4 minutes) you’d need to sustain running at 90mph. The 100mph figure will have been touched on occasions, I doubt any individual sectional timings actually required it.

[@BrokenIET]

Just because it’s booked to run at 100mph doesn’t mean it did. 100mph was the maximum speed allowed (speed restrictions permitting), not necessarily the maximum speed attainable. That being said, the Kings occasionally worked the Cornish Riviera Express up to 108mph somewhat regularly during the early BR steam days.

[@liwanda8114]

With 6 or 7 coaches a Castle would easily have done 100mph on Brunel billiard table.

[@landhopper4296]

In 1932 the GWR got the Cheltenham Flyer to average 82mph between Swindon and Paddington. That’s with a Castle.

[@petercollingwood4108]

And now everything comes to a stand for an IT blip. 🤦‍♀️