Behind the Scenes of Wales's Gravity Train | Steam Train Journeys | Documentary Central

Great Central Railway’s duty traffic manager Scott Manley is on holiday…volunteering at the East Lancashire Railway. Whilst he’s away, Alan Pakes steps in to take charge of operations at Loughborough. In Wales, we follow the gravity train.
Behind the scenes of three preserved steam railway lines - the South Devon Railway heritage line, the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highlands Railway and the Great Central Railway.
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[@bambangsuseno8764]

The train reminds me of my childhood days when I was still in elementary school. Enthusiastic greetings from The Special Territory of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

[@J.G.H.]

I love how the little red Engine is called Merlin - Merddin Emerys. That's kind of adorable.

[@Baribrotzer]

This is so British. Among other services to the nation, it ensures that trainspotters will always have trains to spot.

[@larryfreeman7979]

kinda reminds me of watching Thomas the Tank Engine" with my kids many years ago. love how people work to keep history alive,

[@thudor1]

I was reminded of the train station in the mountain town of Ffynnon Garw in Southeastern Wales from the movie "The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain".

[@dmitrikupryaov7845]

I like that Alan is near constantly finding something to munch or sip on

[@shayne87]

Honorary Hobbit

[@freedomforever6718]

Beautiful history, scenery, trains and interesting people. Very well done. Thank you.

[@killernat]

16:44 "caution do not lean out this window" ........lol

[@iduswelton9567]

Now that would be a lot of fun - riding a Steam train - it a dream of mine to do so again before i pass on in my old age - im 75 years old now and the last time i rode a train of any kind i was a kid - that's about 65 years ago -

[@CanadasFoodieClub]

very very good, i made a spot of tea sat back and returned to my childhood, i loved every minute of it , thank you ver much

[@dundonrl]

For the 2nd largest US Railroad, technically the "steam" period never ended. Union Pacific never retired their 4-8-4 Northern 844 and she's still in special service. They also brought back one of the true giants of the rails, 4014 Big Boy a 4-8-8-4 and use her for steam excursions (and has at least once been uses to push a stalled diesel powered train)!

[@lostmoose9994]

Lovely country !

[@joejones4296]

Wonderful!!!

[@artmathias9725]

Thank you. I really enjoyed this presentation

[@Calispeedboi]

Even the vintage railways have a bus replacement service lined up 😂

[@MeteorMark]

I didn't know @scottmanley is just away on holiday from his job as Station Manager, and having a YT channel on his own about rockets, piloting , space & more. 😂

[@michaelpilling9659]

Hello Vanessa - greetings from a thawing out Poland. Not so cold today - a balmy +5 degrees! Another wonderful video with a stormy and windy start. You should have had your concentrating face on going into Boggs Lock. What exceptional bird life this week. The Great White Egret and Buzzard were the stars for me. A superb visit to Shugborough Hall with its impressive railway tunnel entrance - The Gateways to Jerusalm is a very apt name for it. The beginning of a new Journal. A new beginning perhaps - drawing first and poem second.

[@silk7306]

Excellent video and very informative

[@martinsto8190]

It's bazzar that because British Rail has a franchise system to get rid of unprofitable rail lines to private companies, that steam run trains have came back in life within obscure areas in Britain.

[@daninraleigh]

Is that THE Scott Manley?

[@rodgersrcaviation2785]

Really enjoyed this

[@huibertlandzaat1889]

You made a nice video. I enjoyed it. Thank you for uploading.

[@lucianopasserini179]

Grazie per la passeggiata virtuale che ho fatto con voi - un saluto affettuoso da Luciano il perugino (Italia) 😀🍀🍀🍀

[@artificercreator]

Interesting!

[@robertheinrich2994]

who else thought of a certain youtuber originally from scotland, when hearing a certain name in the first two minutes of the video? ride safe ;-)

[@624Dudley]

Hand up 🖐

[@paulyoung181]

Yep! 🤚

[@williamparker1085]

this is fantastic to hear about

[@dormcat]

3:50 explained that pouch of Whiskas at 2:03 😸

[@freeculture]

Scott Manley the conductor: "Ride safe".

[@cjhowell6406]

2:04 how many scott manleys are there, that's not THE Scott Manley right?

[@steffenk3807]

Wonderful, atmospheric documentary! However, if only these heritage railways were connected to the main network of British railways so that they could offer not just tourist trips but commercial services with an interchange of trains from Network rail to to destinations outside the current truncated system!

[@thatonesigmer_guy]

1:27 Was that Henry's whistle??

[@shayne87]

I can't even remember the last time I was somewhere remotely considered quaint

[@Sojourning_]

awesome video people, I very much enjoyed all of it. Just a thought on my part, A shout out to Scot, I get a long slicker for those times you are having foul weather, it only make sense to be properly covered for such days. Bless to you and yours, Jesus is LORD.

[@benediktmorak4409]

31.32 Minutes.On the left side,interesting steam loco..2 funnels,so she can run - both ways - always forward?

[@benediktmorak4409]

thank you for the reply!@seafiuma5100

[@broknsword23]

Could this be even more British? Beautiful presentation!

[@yawbirak]

Scott def cast

[@jameshudson169]

i figured who allan reminded me of. boris johnson. he must be from new york too.

[@cr10001]

What the heck was this about? Editing failure? Bits of the Great Central randomly intercut with bits of the Welsh Highland and the Festiniog? I managed to make a coherent ten-minute watch of the 'gravity' train by liberal use of the Fast Forward button. There were about four separate short stories going on, did somebody think it made them more intersting to cut them into disjointed bits?

[@roger0929]

I guess the fact that steam still powers 3/4 or more of the world doesn't count?

[@sammy5576]

Turbine

[@whispofwords2590]

...what? Why would that be relevant to a video about trains?

[@41divad]

Count for what?

[@jamesedwards9857]

They were talking about the end of steam locomotives.

[@mudman6156]

@@whispofwords2590It’s relevant because the video blatantly declares that the age of steam is OVER. THAT’S SIMPLY NOT TRUE. Anything that’s associated with nuclear power gets its main thrust to perform the work from STEAM. Nuclear power just replaced the need for boilers. But the work is still accomplished through the generation and expansion of STEAM POWER. Today that steam expands as it travels through turbines, causing them to spin. Those spinning turbines either generate electricity or spins a ship’s huge propeller shafts.

[@knownothing5518]

The puns are awful, I love them!

[@davidroddini1512]

You mean like plants being a growing problem for the railway? 😉

[@knownothing5518]

@@davidroddini1512 SHOO

[@sammartland932]

When the gravity trains were carrying ould the engine that hauled the gravity trains uphill haul several trains' worth of cars at one time, and go back down with the just one set? Of take something else down? Or run down on its own?

[@williambradford1603]

Daffid Winrobbins,greatest name ever...

[@gkoshinsky]

5:04 Is that guy smoking a joint?

[@GpunktHartman]

Taken out the carriage depend just by 1 Inch highdifferenz ore by a broken suspention?

[@41divad]

Did you hear the explanation?

[@GpunktHartman]

I hear some Words, might be welsh .. who understand that…?🤣

[@HDTech22]

Steam is not even close to being gone. lol.

[@mudman6156]

I’d rather travel on a train powered by steam than one powered by diesel/electric. However, replacing the coal with clean burning fuels would be beneficial for everyone. Cats are always on time!

[@suprisex4999]

Thats not how steam works. At all.

[@John.Mann.1941]

I was somewhat disappointed by the “bait and switch” tittle for this video. Based on the description I was expecting a video about the gravity train. It was buried in other material, which though itself very worthy, was not what I was looking for. I had to scroll through the video to find the parts about the gravity train. I love steam trains - I remember watching 6000 coming into Paddington, easily recognized at a distance by the bell on the front. However, I don’t like these “bait and switch” descriptions some Utube videos employ.

[@cr10001]

I thoroughly agree. There was some interesting material but this was just a disjointed mess. They could have made three short but far more coherent videos out of the bits. Makes me wonder if they stole the footage from somewhere else and cut it up to try and avoid detection. I have no reason to suspect that other than - if it was legitimately theirs - why chop it around like that? I just clicked on 'Don't recommend channel' - I don't need the frustration and there's masses of good steam footage on KZbin.

[@b43xoit]

Graph the atmospheric carbon-dioxide concentration for the 50 years before the age of steam up through the age of steam.

[@marlenecarrillo6399]

🙏🏻❤️✌️

[@user-eo6vw8zq3j]

ПАРОВОЗ , ЭТО ЖИВОЙ ОРГАНИЗМ ....

[@computername]

It's pronounced Ble-nai. The U is I in Welsh.

[@TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI]

Pls cover second Mexican congress hearing about aliens, three hours of scientist and evidence

[@b43xoit]

Fewer.

[@thebenefactor6744]

Roll coal!

[@raiansmobile]

Way too much pollution. Yack 🤮

[@fredjackson8408]

Nerds

[@davidroddini1512]

Aren’t steam engines coal powered? Isn’t that supposed to be bad for the environment? Shouldn’t we be encouraging electric powered locomotives? 😉

[@J.G.H.]

These legacy engines are pretty much nothing compared to the number of cars and trucks on the road across the world pumping out CO2, heck a single coal fired power-plant probably consumes more coal in a hour than the entire British Legacy fleet does in a year.

[@user-mr8ij8gi7c]

Aren't most of the electric power plants also burning coal? Wouldn't this mean the "electric trains" you wish to promote are indirectly getting their power from coal? (just burning the coal at a remote location, and using a steam turbine rather than a steam locomotive)

[@scottkludgedorsey4805]

It's true coal is pretty dirty, but the gravity train makes up for that. The gravity train has far less environmental impact than any electric locomotive.

[@suprisex4999]

Run 6x a year as a demonstration i dont think you should take it into account