Vintage railway film - The diesel train driver, part 2 - Driving the train - 1959

This vintage railway film, part two of a four part series produced by British Transport Films in 1959, was made to teach train drivers about the then new diesel multiple unit railcar trains being introduced to replace steam trains. This film deals with the operation and driving of the DMU railcar.

[@yann5427]

I love these old films... they're so well made, 18 minutes felt like 5 minutes. So interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@johnnyb8825]

As a boy in the 1970s I used to travel on these trains a lot with my parents. I would look through the glass door between the front carriage and the cab and watch the driver. Sometimes they would let me into the cab. Those were the days!

[@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839]

That’s concerning. Did the driver do anything inappropriate to you?

[@johnnyb8825]

@@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839 No absolutely not. They let me into the cab because they could see I had a boyish curiosity about how the train was operated. I'm not sure why you had to put a negative spin on it. Typical of today's times I guess.

[@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839]

@@johnnyb8825 well I would never let my young lad go into a drivers cab. You never know what could happen.

[@fiddlix]

@@johnnyb8825 sometimes it’s best to know when to put a muffler on. This was one of them.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

@@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839 the fuck? How can a person do anything pornographic to a young child when there’s a *GLASS WALL* between them and the passengers that allows the passengers to see everything the driver does and sees.

[@5mnz7fg]

How nice, simple, and tidy everthing was back then. ^_^

[@alanbeck7093]

Systems protocol for heavy machinery. 'PC' now.

[@VSTARMAN51]

Wow...MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS on these powered passenger units!! Reminds me of the European short-line converted buses (with train wheels) - except for not having a steering wheel, they were (some still are) driven like a manual transmission lorry!

[@irfanqadir3840]

So superbly explained that one could become engine driver easily fabulous video nicely filmed

[@metrahan]

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[@drgarcha1964]

nice information. kudos to such a diligent video.

[@philipeldridge7346]

Great film. Depot is Lincoln. End station is Skegness.

[@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839]

Wrong

[@mrokokay9412]

@@assistanttrailerparksuperv6839which station is the one at the end then? I'm curious

[@nickedwards2904]

i thought it looked like skeggy too

[@basfinnis]

Very well made information video. Really interesting stuff 👍

[@GregInTokyo]

My grandfather used to drive steam locomotives for British Rail. He said when they switched to diesels he didn't like it as much as you no longer had someone else in the cab to talk with.

[@TonyLing]

It constantly amazes me how much effort was put into producing the mechanical visualisation in these films, especially given the primitive production tools of the time

[@dwaynejohnson8606]

made in china 🇨🇳

[@TheFlatzz]

I think the technic back in the 50s, 60s was anything but primitive :D

[@roverchap]

Amazing, almost Victorian technology in the post-War era. And everything made in Britain.

[@Sajuuk]

Yes that "almost Victorian" level of technology still being used at the dawn of the jet and nuclear weapons age is odd.

[@Obladgolated]

It's interesting how they got around the limitations of their time. They didn't feel limited at all. Some day people will be watching videos of us, and saying "They actually cleaned their own homes? Had to drive their cars with a big circular mouse-thing?"

[@arjenvandoorne9321]

My uncle had a drivers box like that, proud of those diesel engines leaving steam.

[@gii_vannile]

Very very valuable footages . Thank you very much . I love this video clip very much . Aug. 8th 2022 Mon. 04:24 am from Yokohama City Japan

[@stefano2069]

Spectacular!

[@silviu-radugrigore5258]

What memories...found myself 14 years ago when I drove a diesel electric locomotive. Its been designed in...1959

[@Mitch-Hendren]

I've always loved this film . "How to nick a 101 " Seriously though a lot of thought went into these films . The whole concept of diesel never mind the unique transmission would have been brand new to their intended audience .

[@metrahan]

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[@kaasmeester5903]

That’s why they removed the brake handle from the train, I guess. To ensure that anyone foolish enough to nick the train would be left without brakes.

[@lorrainedimmock4096]

Much more to it, than I thought, I would imagine the new trains are more straightforward to operate, than these old things, but they lasted well into the 2000s and still the mainstay of the heritage lines....

[@paulsmith1499]

I wish things were so clearly explained these days

[@ap42869]

this is absolutely great

[@jimmillington8299]

Brilliant! Though passengers sat at the front of proper DMUs could watch drivers, and some of the regular practices didn't exactly follow that guidance!!! Poor old Tyseley DMUs took a pounding....

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

One vital piece of driver's equipment is missing. His tea can !

[@jamesbelmont3603]

And his watch to make sure he doesn't leave on time!

[@johnmayberry7669]

And his porn mags

[@ohcrikey9560]

And his piss bottle

[@enerovivar7042]

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[@enerovivar7042]

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[@christopherhampson265]

Fascinating ! Most excellent 😁😁😁

[@Mercmad]

Worked on these diesel engines and the "self changing gears" gearboxes ,they are giant version of the Wilson Preselector car gearboxes.

[@garyreams8123]

Wow! The excitement never ends with this diesel train film.

[@davidowen7793]

Not a hi-vis in sight, brilliant

[@P61guy61]

Excellent. Thank you for posting

[@andysaunders3708]

I love the way the narrator speaks. Probably never did an honest day's work in his life, but he talks down to us all. Funny. Rather, I say.

[@rovertaw22]

It always seems like the same guy did all British information films/newsreels back then, but I guess it was different people who sounded the same

[@andysaunders3708]

@@rovertaw22 Oh, rather. I'd say so. Jolly good! Cheers.

[@chriswalker8440]

Excellent films these. I'm sure I saw them in the days whilst I was at school in Grimsby. However, East Lincolnshire line. Those units worked frequently on the Grimsby-Louth-Mablethorpe-Perborough -Lincoln-etc plus Doncaster and Sheffield lines. Looks like Skeggy was the terminus it visited, certainly not 'Meggies', the only other seaside terminus in Lincolnshire.

[@peterb1543]

I would have thought the engines would have been started up with the the main shed door opened first. It is more involved than a layman would think.

[@ovemunk]

My thoughts exactly. But health wasnt a big issue back then.🙁

[@michaelphilpot1912]

1jm puzzled when driver has duplex gauge to the pressure when guard checks the train red or buff card red train not to be moved buff not to be moved or with permission years manager or signal man on hap stock as two coaches eco trains 4 coaches guard checks train that all pipe right please either coaches to coaches at the back a thick pipe called jumper cable gives electric though the train contact driver ok tiebreaker test driver puts brack held should read 85 and90 if don't read could be handled above the in wrong posion

[@Twittler1]

@@michaelphilpot1912 What? That made no sense at all in any known language!

[@ianwatkins9602]

@@Twittler1 that's what I thought

[@pauletchells4127]

love it, good old class 101 DMU

[@MarioSJr-ms5vg]

Nice stuff.

[@metalman4141]

Now can you go over that again please !

[@pavelspura]

Podobný, jako start letadla...

[@JintySteam1]

That terminus station the train pulls into is Skegness.

[@RetroJack]

Yes, I read the sign too.

[@007KURGAN]

The two "bell" sounds from the guard brought back memories?

[@jimmillington8299]

Yeah, from literally yesterday. The RMT will be insisting on laughable 1930s work practices long after trains have become history. And as someone who used to regularly watch New St drivers ripping the guts out of clapped out Tyseley DMUs, it's amusing to see how driving should've happened! Zero brake, to full brake approaching Sutton was the everyday norm. As well as crunching the gears. Happy days!

[@coloradostrong]

I loved riding this train from Portley-on-Wine to Savages Unfit-in-West by The-WeWuzKingz-Downs. Cheers.

[@philiprufus4427]

YESSSS ?

[@mr8I7]

Brilliant stuff. The Train Sim World 'games' have got me back into the world of the railways again and one of the most enjoyable trains to drive in the game is the Class 101. Interesting to know that you should only coast in 4th gear. I wonder if my habit of starting off in 2nd (1st seems to be rather shortly geared) to save time on gear changes would be frowned upon as well...

[@Twittler1]

Oh yes indeed! You’d cause all manner of gearbox damage - their brake bands are not designed to be able to slip, which starting in 2nd would cause. You’re fired! 😆😉😆

[@johnm2012]

I don't play TSW2 much as I prefer TS Classic but the online manual for the first generation DMUs mentions the need to coast in 4th gear. You can do all manner of gearbox damaging things without incurring any penalties but it's more enjoyable to drive as realistically as possible. The drivers' manuals are available online and they cover everything that this film does but in even more detail. For example, you must be traveling at less than 10 mph when you select neutral and you must be stationary when you shift out of neutral.

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

damn could they have made this any more diffucult ! get in turn key, get out lock door, start engine one side, walk around to the other side and start engine, unlock door, get in, turn off brake, get out, lock door, turn off engine, walk around other side, turn off engine, unlock door get in !! is this why trains are always late...great film though !!

[@onceuponatimeonearth]

It's still funny that you bring you own brake lever to the train.

[@oliverkeating4894]

Its actually a good safety feature as if there are some trespassers who get inside the cab they are unable to release the brakes.

[@rael5469]

I would have thought that at least the two engines would have been automatically synchronized.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

hi Thanks Outstanding Video SeND Again

[@mystified1429]

Love the driver still wearing his ( plastic) steam driver's hat.

[@frenchsteam7356]

see my comments to "tamar"

[@adrianpeters2413]

Staff in training, looks they are on the right track here, oh what's the point, I hope there is no buffering on this video , i could signal the destination but still stationary here .....

[@trailwayt9H337]

🚅🚞🚞This program is very good.. By this view of procedure for cabin operations on engine of the train..by railway locomotive engineer..views of before and after with same time of oparatings also are very informable. This video is very informable with enjoyfull.. Thankyou for this different of the video. ❤️🧡💛💚

[@sameerwaliya2844]

Were excellent 👌

[@thesteelrodent1796]

Interesting old film. Always found diesel-mechanical drive a peculiar thing to use in something as heavy as a train, but it's even stranger when it's a manual gearbox. Do wonder why, if the controls are electric, why not put an electric interlock in the system to block the driver from throttling up before the gear is engaged?

[@tedsaylor6016]

All I heard was, "When starting pull the handle out 'till she screams, then pull it some more!"

[@Dan_druft]

Strange watching a film made the same year I was born 62 years ago

[@timgerard262]

By the time the driver gets the train ready to go it will be quitting time!

[@atulbesra822]

Not exactly. All this becomes second nature for a driver.

[@baddrivers6807]

these vids were around east anglia, mainly norfolk

[@Bulletguy07]

If KZbin had been around at the time of the Great Train Robbery this would have made a perfect instruction manual!😄

[@Twittler1]

Nope. That train had a diesel-electric locomotive. Different kettle of fish altogether.

[@Bulletguy07]

@@Twittler1 Yeah I know......just said in humour mate.

[@Twittler1]

@@Bulletguy07 Oops! Soz! 😬😬😬

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

They were using toggle switches the bulky instruments and leavers, yet digital touch systems and display was not involved.

[@tamar5261]

That's a steam engine driver driving a diesel 😊

[@frenchsteam7356]

Green uniforms weren't introduced until the middle 60s which were then replaced with blue uniforms in the 70s.

[@leplessis8179]

3440 City of Truro: I was there at Didcot, in the 1950s!

[@rael5469]

The takeaway is.....the gear box can easily be damaged. Yikes.

[@bouffant-girl]

The engineer was being a little too aggressive on the throttle and rpms when the diesel engines were cold! You have to keep the rpms low until the engine/engines have warmed up and the lubrication and cooling fluids have started to flow and warm up! Otherwise, you can seize up the bearings and pistons very easily,and very quickly, thereby turning the diesel engine into scrap metal very quickly!

[@zedcharlie]

In the real world which I was part of we revved em from cold to keep em running and build up the air. Main problem was low water on blue squares. Watering cans at most larger stations ! Blue squares was the coupling compatability code. Was common name used for dmu by drivers on my patch. Preston Manchester

[@bouffant-girl]

@@zedcharlie Thanks for sharing your experience regarding the diesel electric locomotives 🚂 That really does make sense!

[@alext8828]

7:33, that belt is gonna fly off in the road. It's going crazy. Look out!

[@edwardsp1916]

lol, there is a little play in that belt!!

[@McSynth]

I wonder If Sir Lofty Voice-Over ever drove any type of rail conveyence ?

[@Oakleaf700]

Unlikely...He probably is a voice over Actor reading a script.

[@michaeladriano612]

what are for DETONATOR CANISTER???

[@ednorton47]

Dealing with terrorists.

[@MichaelL-vy1te]

If the train breaks down an explosive detonator is placed on the rail some way behind it to warn following trains of the obstruction. The cannister contains the detonators.

[@sylviaelse5086]

I wonder how often these trains were damaged by driver mishandling.

[@olivertwist3920]

Why?

[@sylviaelse5086]

@@olivertwist3920 Because the video makes it clear that changing gears quickly causes wear.

[@olivertwist3920]

@@sylviaelse5086 And? Each railway vehicle has speed levels to switch. In Germany I drove railcars from the 1980s, which were not damaged as a result. They can even handle rough handling.

[@sylviaelse5086]

@@olivertwist3920 The issue wasn't switching at the wrong speed, but completing the switching process itself too quickly.

[@olivertwist3920]

@@sylviaelse5086 Railway vehicles have to have that. I shifted with feeling while others jerked shifts.

[@willythewave]

This is like conducter training for kids.

[@andyny29]

Think about how much better this training film would be if Richard Burton narrated?😀😎

[@timf4015]

James Mason 😁

[@user-iz7oy8jn7q]

老式柴油客車 早期Sop就做得很好！🤩🤩🤩

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

look's like the Space Shuttle was less complicated to start...

[@David-hk7ul]

why was this recommend and why did I watch it all :D

[@erikthepirate8068]

10:24 It's Daisy the Diesel Railcar!

[@markbrennan4693]

Love the security, if any one watching this that has been a bus driver you know what i mean !!

[@metrahan]

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[@jmm1233]

it so bizarre that the brake and drive handles were separate , were they that worried that trains be stolen

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don,t wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Now you know why there was a British Empire.

[@philipmason3218]

And next week, how to build a box girder bridge.

[@user-hh3rd5nt1p]

Yotam amity’s has always happened when 😊

[@MM0IMC]

9:36 I notice that the driver didn't acknowledge the 2 buzzes, with a return 2 buzzes. I guess this procedure was only adopted later on?🤔

[@NQY-flyer]

Correct

[@jimbobo55]

Oh crap, I forget the third step, could you please repeat!!!

[@DMBall]

They didn't have automatic transmissions on these trains? Learn something new every day.

[@paulanderson7796]

Shamefully some of these were still in passenger service into the early 1990's.

[@carlroff3181]

He leaves his flask on the ground when unlocking and entering thr cab,

[@Lauriedriver]

No mention about going on strike?

[@markbunion7115]

Why is it so complicated?

[@TheMightyLordismySheperd]

Minute 05:00 did the trains were running on tyres in the old days?

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, notlike in 1954

[@Nderak]

hold on these aren't diesel electrics?

[@thekiha1970]

plain diesel, mechanical gearbox ;)

[@prowlus]

What if it doesn’t start ? Call the AA?

[@robfriedrich2822]

Streetcar type railway car.

[@amjad6978]

Quite a hassle !!!!

[@metrahan]

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[@BillAndersonNS]

@1:50notice painted on the wall of the train "Car No. 56009" But the satchel that stores the levers and keys has "50009" not "56009" on it. However @5:09 in the rear cab notice painted on the wall it says "Car No 50009" Very strange

[@paulebberson4884]

In the early days the two car sets were formed with corresponding numbers 50009 one end and 56009 the other. 50009 being a Motor Brake Second and 56009 being a Driving Trailer Composite.

[@BillAndersonNS]

@@paulebberson4884 thank you so much for the explanation. We had similar trains to these in Canada back in the 1960s.I think they were referred to as Rail-liners. Usually two were coupled together and went between two cities. I used to take the rail-liner between Moncton and Saint John New Brunswick every weekend for a year.

[@isuzukoon7174]

This is like Japanese KIHA-train😂

[@shanestephens2877]

Anyone know what route that was ?

[@metrahan]

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[@petrhoward]

Easy, bout as simple as installing an app on my Iphone.

[@christopherdibble5872]

Chris

[@fredfungalspore]

By the time the driver prepares this train The next imagine is cobwebs and a skeleton with a his hat on sitting on the seat 😂 There are less procedures to start A380 😆

[@birdman4274]

I've followed all the instructions but I still can't get the bugger moving

[@mordokch]

Skegness ???

[@MIKES0029]

Why does the gear selector have a Bitcoin logo 😂😂

[@gordonjohnson8432]

dont think drivers do this now...lol!

[@COIcultist]

01.44 look at the CAR No then the satchel No......

[@COIcultist]

05.20 Ah he has the satchel for that car

[@finndahuman57]

@@COIcultist it is most likely the satchel box has the number for the Motor car but it works for the whole set

[@sapper82]

Anyone know where this was shot?

[@hon123da1]

last station is skegness

[@chriswhite2710]

Old Eastern region, Lincoln to Skegness, one of the places passed through on route was Wickenby (closed in 1965)

[@sapper82]

@@chriswhite2710 Ta muchly!

[@coloradostrong]

Afrika.

[@philiprufus4427]

@@coloradostrong No Sorry Mostly White British People here then, though there was a few Asians or Africans who were serving in the Merchant Marine or the Armed forces, l also saw an African working for the railway, when I was a kid,he was a fireman.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I wanted to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so they extend the new abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into six cars per units and also having three Accessible Toilets on that six cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and also having 8 DisaAccessiblelets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build a brand-new underground train station so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford and could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Six carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique minor no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 16 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@johnm2012]

Wibble.

[@RHR-221b]

Imagine giving such inside information out to 'all and sundry' nowadays. *They* would have an 'AwayDay' and a half ... Stay free. 😎

[@beeble2003]

Not sure what you mean. This is a training video, which was intended for internal consumption only: it wouldn't have been released to the public at the time it was made. However, these trains were withdrawn from service 20+ years ago, so it's hard to see any danger in making the information public now.

[@mr8I7]

Going by the 'Train Simulator' ...simulator series most of the systems used even on the modern trains is basically public information. Same with Flight Simulator and how some of the airplanes are at 'reference' quality (I think the Airbus A320 was done on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020) so can presumably be used as a training tool.

[@billhosko7723]

@@beeble2003 Good reply.

[@jasongoulden2938]

These train made me want to drive them but certainly not the boring heaps of glass and plastic you see going about now though

[@742East3rd]

Unbelievable...just like driving standard auto transmission. Too complicated.

[@johnwalsh7806]

Then they turned into the greedy bastards we have today.

[@billhosko7723]

Go away Karen.

[@jasongoulden2938]

Agreeed lol and as you can see they had to actually drive the trains back then and not just pull a handle back and forth like they do now

[@philiprufus4427]

@@jasongoulden2938 Once travelled in the cab of something similar at age seven. Brewers outing from Glasgow to Crianlarich. Callandar and Oban, Killin Branch,Callander.Never forgotten it. One drivers name was Davy the other was Angus a big highlander. They arranged for me to go into the signal box at Killin Junction,and there was still a steam( 264 tank big pug) loco working the branch.There was one similar at Callander on the Glasgow train at 5pm where we had tea,before returning to Glasgow. This part of the route closed in 1965.,and from 1972 for the next forty five years I and occasionaly some of my mates,never tired of walking the trackbed.

[@ohcrikey9560]

@@jasongoulden2938 90% of train driving is whats going on in a drivers head. There's a lot more to it than pulling a handle.

[@ohcrikey9560]

Not greedy. Just lucky. 😎