British Railways: Goodbye To Steam aka Railway Modernisation (1958) | British Pathé

[@robertneave2669]

Thank God for these British Pathe short films - a priceless window on the past aren't they? I have a few compilation DVDs of these - fantastic! Keep Smiling Everyone 😃

[@keithlemon457]

And 6 years later Beeching cut the heart out the entire railway system, the impact of which is still being felt today, nearly 60 years later.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

Could be worse CIE was made to pay for being loss making note there is no money in public transport

[@bobtudbury8505]

beeching cut nothing, it was the labour party that closed the lines

[@michaelhunt4445]

@@bobtudbury8505 It was E. Marples (a road maker) who commissioned the Beeching report so although you may be technically right, it was the Tory party who started the ball rolling.

[@bobtudbury8505]

@@michaelhunt4445 zzzz yes we know .to create a report .BR could not even tell you how many staff it empolyed, something had to happen. (i'm glad the roads were built, the car gave me and my family total independant travel and freedom like you enjoy today. ) when the report was complete labour did not close all on beechings report but did close hundreds of miles not in there!!! ....after the culling ( the torys stopped it in 1970) labour then gave beeching an award....the whole thing was labour, no one else

[@richardsawyer5428]

From what I seen and heard I feel that Beeching was just a fig leaf to cover what was already decided. The manipulation of statistics and "research" to give those that commission his report what they wanted to hear. A "Beeching" in some guise has probably existed since ancient times.

[@joshuaslocombe6087]

1:53 THAT IS CLEARLY AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE!

[@kennztube]

Joshua Slocombe no it was duel powered loco, if you look closely the wasn’t a pantograph line.

[@MajesticTrains]

@@kennztube its not, its an 1500v EM2 electric locomotive built for the woodhead route. Its fully electric. There has been some kind of mistake in the film there.

[@RoadCone411]

Ken Brickley Majestic is correct. I don’t believe they had dual mode electric-diesels back then but either way those are Woodhead electrics.

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

@@MajesticTrains agreed! Pure DC power there....

[@Andrea.583]

@@MajesticTrains 27000 can still be seen at Butterley and one of her sisters is in occasional use in The Netherlands.

[@robertpetts9482]

In 1958 I was working at English Electric and may well be in part of the film, where they were winding armatures.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Cool, man.if you were there, you’d remember

[@johnsplayworld2402]

You used to work in the railway about the starting of diesels in the age of 20?

[@johnsplayworld2402]

1958?

[@oscarosullivan4513]

If he did work at English electric it would be working in an engineering firm not the railway.

[@richarddutchholland4780]

My dad left school as a 15 year old boy and he joined GWR as a fireman out of Cardiff.... It broke his heart when they phase out steam. He had the chance to go to South Africa with the driver, they were looking for drivers and firemen to emigrate, but he stayed home and left the rails for good

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Wow so your dad is a fireman in a steam locomotives

[@TankEngine75]

Your dad could've just volunteered on a Heritage Railway

[@richarddutchholland4780]

@@TankEngine75 I believe heritage railways came much later after the demise of steam. He went to work in Staffordshire with his dad (my grandfather)

[@TankEngine75]

@@richarddutchholland4780 Nice

[@rmgilyard]

Why does he not like diesels?

[@CullenRick]

As others have said, I loved them talking about diesels while showing an electic!

[@qmsarge]

At 2:10 a train is shown as to be leaving with "Diesel Locomotive". But it does seems to have pantographs and looks like an Electric locomotive.

[@barrymorris7856]

+Sachin Perinthalakkat You`re correct . It`s a BR Class 77 ....

[@Garbageguitarist]

It’s a dual powered loco I think

[@iainstenhouse8399]

@@Garbageguitarist No DC only

[@MrJhonnyJackson]

Try to listen to what he says before commenting. The diesel engines power a dynamo that creates electricity that runs the locomotive

[@iainstenhouse8399]

@@MrJhonnyJackson we are referring to the engine shown at the specific timestamp, which is not a diesel-electric locomotive, rather a 1500v DC Electric locomotive (Class 77).

[@AndreiTupolev]

"No smoke", he says at 4:26. Not if you were sitting in that buffet car with that table of vicars. And "no smoke" referring to DMUs must raise a wry smile.

[@lawrencelewis8105]

I was at a patio at the end of the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire heritage railway a few years ago. There were "no smoking" signs on the patio. Less than ten feet away was the turntable where the steam locomotives were turned around.

[@ncs8730]

Relatively. Relatively, as everything is.

[@superbracey]

I wasn't around for the steam age. But despite the romanticism for the era, I bet a lot of drivers were happy to give up standing on an open, draughty footplate, to instead sit in enclosed comfort, with relative quiet and heating controls at their fingertips.

[@ncs8730]

You are right, that's the difference between steam locos fans and drivers. Yet I love steam. (yeah I'm not a driver :)) )

[@TheHatMusic]

I believe that the carriage at 5:32 is now preserved on the Severn Valley, and was intended to rival the airline industry for commuter travel between major cities. The seating was built to the same sort of style. Shame they didn't catch on really, they're pretty comfortable.

[@oscarosullivan4513]

They look interesting

[@TheHatMusic]

@@hoolydooly5072 well, no. I did not. And I did not help preserve that carriage, I simply pointed out that is has been preserved. Those carriages could be hauled by diesel or electric locomotives, so they would simply be comfortable carriages. I don’t see why you have decided that I am somehow to blame for climate change given that I was born almost 30 years after this video. I’d quote some figures on how negligible the heritage rail sector is to climate change (and there is a lot of information on this), but I don’t expect you want to know. Yes, steam locomotives did cause pollution. As did the large amount of coal burned in industry. Yes, coal dust does get into everything. It’s filthy and sticks like nothing else. But, it did come to an end, and the railways are a lot cleaner now. But to decide I’m somehow to blame for them being preserved is absurd. You picked up a comment I wrote 3 years ago, and have chosen to have a go at me for it. There has to be a better use of your time, surely?

[@binbagful]

Makes me laugh. 1958 and the aim is to make British Railways the best in the world. What went wrong then?.

[@nathanlucas6465]

It would be interesting to know what the guys working on the 'improvements' back then would think of where we've got to today

[@zeeteavathepipe3184]

The Germans and the French and even the Italians managed to make better rail transport.

[@stevenbanaan]

the fact that no one bothered to make high speed lines to and from economically vital cities. for example: in japan the shinkhansen high speed trains fixed the economy.

[@MarioStahl1983]

Very easy: Instead of electrification most lines were dieselized. A historic mistake AND THEY KNEW IT!! They simply didn't care.

[@DisleyDavid]

binbagful Arguably British Rail was as good as the best in Europe when the Government sold off the system. If investment had continued rather than giving the money to foreign operators.

[@anilchauisms]

Steam - dirty and inefficient - but so romantic!

[@JOYOUSONEX]

Agree totally. The steam blasting in your face, the smell of the coal generated smoke, the roar of that noisy engine are memories that I shall never forget.

[@who9387]

@@JOYOUSONEX Grew up in the 50's - the glorious age of steam !! WTF ? Don't people realise that every time the train went uner a railway bridge all the "steam" aka dirty choking soot filled the carriage and I remember every time there was a tunnel someone would leap up and shut the windows. While I appreciate the nostalgia when seeing one in the distance now with the smoke billowing out, was a bleeding nightmare to travel in. You only had to take a short journey for your clothes to smell of the smoke.

[@jonathanj.7344]

I miss the "clickety-click, "clickety-click "clickety-click" and watching the looping telegraph wires out of the window. i wasn't very old at the time.

[@calvinnickel9995]

@ Who ? Exactly. Most large underground stations like Grand Central in NYC were electrified and used electric locomotives because venting all of that soot, smoke, and steam would be impractical. It’s Hollywood smoke machines that make it seem romantic.

[@who9387]

@@jonathanj.7344 The clickety-click went out with continuous welded rails, was far too easy to nod off with that constant rhythm.

[@steamfans]

A problem with coal burning steam locomotives was the smoke they added to smog, a word coined by a London newspaper. Newcastle coal was very dirty (high sulfur content)

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Mixed with an incoming thick fog. Hence “ Smog”

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

No they will emstead use charcoal or scrap wood or paper

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

Why did you hate steam drilling oil under the sea and damaging wild life so if i have a railway i will choice the steam that that stupid deisels

[@herzikkimolog]

@@catthecommentbothunter6890 i wouldnt say that, while burning coal is highly pollutive for atmosphere. Diesel locos are preferred for being more powerful, efficient and time saving

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

@@herzikkimolog yeah yeah diesels can have smoke to and can have more carbon dioxide so shut up Diesel entusiats because diesel locomotive is dirty,oily and ineffcient

[@waleedarif6740]

British Railways is much better now but it will never be as stylish, colourful, tasteful and popular as it once was.

[@robharding4028]

The crime of the century, There was something magical about steam. We should have kept it, and got rid of beecham,

[@lukeslocomotives]

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[@ncs8730]

"Dwight D. Eisenhower"! I tried to find it out but in vain. Thanks!

[@brianhepke7182]

What a great piece of history. A pity the railways didn't live up to the narrators vision of "best in the world" all these years later. It was pretty obvious that steam wouldn't have survived much longer after this was made. To maintain and run a steam locomotive is a labour of love. The drivers were passionate and proud of their positions on the footplate.... dedicated to their profession. Watching from the sidelines today it seems they have to be coerced into doing the job. No regard for passengers who support the railways, only their pay packets.

[@MikeGMcDermott]

Apart from the BR Southern Region's third rail lines in the South of England, the Manchester to Sheffield (via Woodhead) line was the first all-electric main line when it was electrified at 1,500v DC overhead wires in 1954. Sadly the Woodhead line was to be host to its last passenger train in 1970, with the line closing to coal and other freight trains in 1981. Technology had moved on, more so as from 1959 all UK lines to be electrified with overhead wiring were to be electrified with the 25kV AC system, something which BR insisted was impractical for the Woodhead line.

[@herzglass]

Everybody talking about the Diesel-Electric mixup - I found 4:24 even more amusing. "No smoke, no dirt." while the whole compartment is smoking cigarettes.

[@gerry343]

4:25 'More tea, vicar?'

[@landmarkrealtors3278]

Yet another nice video from British Pathe 👍

[@1258-Eckhart]

The "Diesel" at 1:58 is not a diesel at all but an ex LNER Sheffield - Woodhead - Manchester electrification project 1500DC Co'Co' electric loco of the E27000 Class later reclassed 77 by BR and the entire class later still sold to Netherlands Railways NS and reclassed 1500. The overhead equipment can clearly be seen in the shot of the train entering the tunnel (2:20). So this is wrong: CU New diesel engine. CU Sir Brian Robertson talking to train driver. CU People watching. CU Sir Brian Robertson blowing whistle. CU Int. diesel engine with driver operating controls. SV Diesel train moving out of station. CU Driver of diesel train. CU. Sir Brian Robertson sitting in carriage. LV Through window of diesel cab as train enters tunnel.

[@noyoureafuckintube]

CU nts!

[@likklej8]

Marcomanseckisax reopen the Woodhead Tunnel says I

[@shielahowcroft9852]

My father was a steam loco driver at Ninivah loco shed Holbeck leeds drove a steam loco from skipton to Carlisle with a delicious engine on the back to see if they could make it up the steep inclines.there was a French loco newspaper reporter on the foot plate

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Great new video .Thanks very much.

[@stotheh]

Oh I hope those aerial phots are archived and accessible somewhere. What a trove!

[@androo4519]

'The aim is to make British Railways the best in the world.' That went well then.

[@Reddsoldier]

Crazy to think that the locomotives that this programme created are still cutting about today in one form or another.

[@rshvkkt91]

And then came the Beeching Axe.

[@AndreiTupolev]

York PSB was an amazing piece of late 1940s technology, but it's a bit rich to claim it at part of BR's modernization scheme since it was built by the LNER and commissioned about 1948, when BR had only just come into being,

[@florjanbrudar692]

3:37 First two mainline diesel locos and they eventually got scrapped themselves. They're also building a replica of 10000.

[@Shark30006]

It was anticipated that mainline steam would continue to see operations until as late as the 1990s and the very latest

[@Masire0009]

Steam trains are by far the best but I will admit the early diesels are pretty cool..

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Yeah like the British Rail 11001 diesel locomotive the wheels are like in the steam locomotives but power by Diesel

[@bennickss]

@@JosephStalin-hv8en are you referring to 10100, the 4-8-4 diesel locomotive built in 1950?

[@pizzaplanettruck9761]

​@@bennickss You could say that about both really.

[@lennoxschannel7484]

Both of them are the best!!!!

[@louisholmes6961]

The steam engines of Sodor didn’t have to worry about being replaced, even when diesels joined their workforce. However they felt sorry for their mainland cousins, especially Gordon, who lost his brothers to scrap..except for one.

[@itzmespencer]

Lol Sodor is in another universe

[@louisholmes6961]

@@itzmespencer hey, don’t judge me just because I’m a fan of a famous franchise.

[@chugwaterjack4458]

Perhaps one of the challenges was the inability to distinguish between diesel and electric locos? See 2:00-2:15

[@PhilPage227]

Loved it.

[@jasonl5967]

and what happened to some of the BR network, routes were closed and tracks dug up.

[@kennztube]

jason long mr Beeching happened.

[@MikeWillSee]

3:40 "And eventually the mainlines will be electrified" Here we are in 2024 and somehow we still have several major intercity routes which are lacking electrification...

[@dniwu3878]

4:29 on on on!

[@ALCO-C855-fan]

Aimed for the best but became the worst. A shame.😔 Well atleast we got the memories.😊

[@Don_Camillo]

2:27 : The role model for the Hogwarts Express 😁

[@florjanbrudar692]

Excuse me?

[@Vinyl_guy]

i believe they are referring to the fact that is it is a gwr hall class

[@bennickss]

@@Vinyl_guy it’s not, it’s a king class, you can tell by the four cylinders and enormous boiler

[@amp9930]

What locomotive is this being fuelled on the left? 5:57 All the louvres/vents in the middle are missing?

[@AndreiTupolev]

That's one of the Southern diesels 10201/2/3.

[@amp9930]

@@AndreiTupolev- Thank you, I had a feeling it was one of those but from that angle and with the large holes I wasn't sure. That makes this quite the unique footage then as I can't remember seeing them on film before.

[@stephenbennett3126]

awesome film.

[@VRDenshaOtaku]

at 5:37 the VR did that with the B class in 1951

[@EE12CSVT]

Well, the first 'diesel engine' they featured was electric, from the Woodhead line

[@bigmanted9864]

3:43 “eventually the mainlines will be electrified” Meanwhile the midland lads waiting for electrification in 2023:

[@K-Effect]

The British made some of the most beautiful steam engines in the world. Than turn a 180° and make some of the ugliest diesels. I do think the Deltic is a very good looking locomotive

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

My favourite is the delightful Mallard series of steam locomotives

[@bennickss]

‘Ugliest’ *cries in 20, 35, 37, 40, 44/45/46

[@rmgilyard]

How are diesel Engines ugly?

[@x-fun3149]

@@rmgilyard they all look like knobs of butter

[@lennoxschannel7484]

@@x-fun3149 How?

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Look at the former steam railwaymen running the diesel locomotives. Sad, isn't it?

[@snesman3768]

Not really! 10000 was far better than any kettle in regards of efficiency and driver comfort, let alone paving the way for future british diesel and electric designs.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@snesman3768 In the future Diesels will be cut for scrap with shears and torches and electric and hydrogen power will take over.

[@snesman3768]

@@PreservationEnthusiast Ok, but what has that got to do with the LMS twins? I just stated that a diesel loco from the 1940's was superior in terms of efficiency & driver comfort to steam locos of the era. You seem a bit thick for a troll. I'm sure you've got better things to do than prowl around youtube comments trying to mildly irritate people.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@snesman3768 I don't know why you keep bringing up the 10,000 class. It was a very early underpowered and polluting diesel. One was ripped apart with cutting torches at Cashmores in 1963, the other disposed of in 1966. All scrap was sent for melting down and recycling. They were chopped before even steam locos were finished with!

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@snesman3768 If you would like to see 10,001 being cut to pieces at Cox and Dank's yard: facebook.com/LMS10000/photos/pcb.2019581194804904/2007997156171561/?type=3&theater Great cutting action!

[@AndreiTupolev]

That commentary is decidedly economical with the truth. "The big diesel engines are gradually replacing the steam loco." This was 1958, when the D200s were first being introduced. Nice clips of 10000/10001 though.

[@JasonBlueberry129]

4:57 its emilys brother stirling number 1

[@caledoniansignalman8153]

“Brother” you mean sister because every locomotive and boat and car is considered a “she” for some reason

[@RFFSA_SR7]

@@caledoniansignalman8153 *Actually no, you are tremendous wrong.*

[@Charles-cl7qd]

his comment is fairly accurate I'm afraid

[@thomaspanditfan2435]

@@caledoniansignalman8153 I believe in the books this particular engine was a brother. So in that way he is refering to it as a brother.

[@bennickss]

It’s not, it’s her basis, I hate anyone who says ‘omg it’s (thomas character)/(thomas character’s sibling) while referring to their basis, I wish thomas stayed as books and nothing else

[@charlesgault3777]

Nowadays they use drones in place of airplanes for surveying projects.

[@florjanbrudar692]

Drones were invented in 1935

[@kenet71]

Goodbye Thomas, goodbye Gordon, goodbye Henry, goodbye Edward, goodbye James. Goodbye Percy. WHAAA 😭

[@calvinnickel9995]

“No more steamies!”, oiled Diesel.

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

All the E2 tank engine where scrap no one is survive

[@bennickss]

Funnily enough, not a single E2, k2, black 5, Gresley A3, L&YR class 28 or GWR saddle tank were shown in this video

[@rmgilyard]

Derek, Daisy, Salty, BoCo, Paxton, Mavis: Oh don’t cry, it’s not the Edna of steam.

[@РиммаАвазова]

I'm sorry, but it would have happened sooner or later. Someone will be sent for scrap, a landfill, another city, to a country, they will be sold to some railways, somewhere they will rot in forests, fields or reservoirs. Lucky for those who are restored and sent to museums. Perhaps some will be kept and they can work to this day, but it will not be what it used to be. Imagine modern Sodor like this, you will be sad and hurt, right?

[@martm216]

They were going 'full steam ahead' with electrification'! Mind, I think that might have been a deliberate pun.

[@asolurs]

at 3:04 you can hear Thomas The Tank Engines whistle !

[@catthecommentbothunter6890]

Oh yes maybe Rev W awdry copy the wistle sound from the british pathe

[@asolurs]

@@catthecommentbothunter6890 most likely Christopher Awdry !

[@florjanbrudar692]

solurs It's high-pitched

[@Isochest]

Actually steam coped well and the present modes are not that much better final speed wise.

[@allangreenley9901]

Less hard work shovelling coal and one driver cleaner .press a button and drive off no waiting for stem to build up or lightning fires

[@allangreenley9901]

@Ward Studios well thought out .I just think too hard work for shovelling coal in this day and age.dirty sweaty work and little reward. Non stop in a express train

[@arkadiuszgremza5963]

@Ward Studios Such a device (mechanical stoker) has actually existed for a long time and was used on biggest locomotives, mostly in US. There was still potential for improvement in steam locos at the time, but diesel/electric ones simply turned out much cheaper.

[@mikemancini313]

@Ward Studios Rip

[@mikemancini313]

@Ward Studios Not for the atmosphere.

[@sutherlandA1]

And to think that the class 9f were destined to be in commission as recently as the late 1980s

[@swiftymorgan5064]

Very interesting

[@Fnftctxtczyuw2u]

Title : Goodbye to steam jinty and pug : We ain't dead

[@florjanbrudar692]

They're fictional

[@Fnftctxtczyuw2u]

@@florjanbrudar692 what do you mean?

[@Tachikawa_2006]

​@@florjanbrudar692They are real, not fictional. Do your own research

[@Fnftctxtczyuw2u]

Update : ok why was i so dumb ​@@Tachikawa_2006

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Diesel just press in the button your ready to go Robber be like wow thats nice😂😂

[@rmgilyard]

What’s that supposed to mean?

[@CyrusInIndia]

But there are still so many steam locomotives operational in UK.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@Singapore Pearl Most of the steam locomotives were chopped to pieces with cutting torches and melted down and recycled. There are a handful left in museums and short lines which run occasional tourist services.

[@lachlanstephens4168]

They have been restored or left to rust

[@philipkay8116]

Keeps on about diesel locomotives whilst showing a new class 77 over the new Woodhead route.

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

If steam engines dirty and hard to operate because coal is expensive why just use dead wood

[@Cromwelldunbar]

Ha ha, the dialogue spouts forth on the merits of « diésélisation » yet the supporting photo script is of an electric locomotive including the cab working! That said I still think more ought to be said about « The Big Four » as such and « what happened to them » what did they ie the Big Four think of nationalisation…and in detail!

[@marvwatkins7029]

'Best in the World'? Not then or now. Probably not ever. (But top 10, perhaps.)

[@MeisterKiel]

Ich mag diese alten Dokus

[@muhammadmeharmangi4562]

It is still better then our railway today 2024,

[@ncs8730]

2:07 what A4 is it? Poor quality of the film doesn't let to see. Interesting how something, that was met proudly as the modern and the best in the past, becomes ordinary and dull decades after. Diesel locomotives will possibly be seen as an object of worship too, but they lack the charm steam locos have.

[@Usa1293-s2k]

Wow

[@johnny5805]

"To turn British Railways into the best in the world !". How'd that turn out then ?

[@shielahowcroft9852]

Apologies it should read Deltic engine

[@rossspenser8314]

Well it's not the best now

[@billsalvey]

it also means job cuts too.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

ALL TECH removes jobs. Especially. The Shitcunt Ones. Always something new to play with. And we won’t die of black lung.

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

Correct because those steam loco driver dont know how to drive diesel loco

[@spongebobgrumpypants6862]

I'm extremely disappointed at the lack of diversity in these pictures. Shame on you British Pathe, and indeed British Rail...................

[@davidmonro3270]

Now it is hello to steam. From recent developments diesel is too dirty and the thinking is back to steam. A friend of mine Ted Pritchard, designed and built the lowest emission engine in the world over fifty years ago It was a steamer. Took it to America, demonstrated it successfully to Senators and the vehicle industry. They didn't want it. I could be excused for believing the govt. doesn't run the country over there and when it came back to Australia the reception was much the same. We are just as stupid. The steam locomotives he had in mind would come in around 6,000 H.P. where now loads of 35,000 tons are being moved. Diesels are dead.

[@rossspenser8314]

And still runs late

[@theflyinghamster8442]

Bring back steam!!!!!!

[@will_levitt926]

Diesels should get scrapped

[@conor-rants-about-stuff]

It's protest time

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

If coal was dirty use paper we have the biggest problem of paper waste so use it as a burning fuel for steam and diesel smokes make me sick

[@JosephStalin-hv8en]

@@will_levitt926 scrap metal is cheap now a days they should be melted into large furnace and make steam locomotives

[@whossean]

they're on the island of sodor, don't worry

[@oldmate3152]

1:10 yeah he looks pretty bored 🤣

[@kennztube]

“Most men these days understand motor cars , ah really, and therefore understand what about diesel locos?”

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

how the internal combustion engine worked i assume? Cars were a much simpler beast in those days......

[@trainknut]

The difference between a GM car and an EMD 645 engine is pretty much just size... Which makes sense, because GM owns EMD.

[@Fnftctxtczyuw2u]

Now its just box machines with oils and keys.

[@simonf8902]

They were still building steam till 1961.

[@florjanbrudar692]

1961? BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star was the last steam locomotive built in March 1960

[@rossspenser8314]

We ended up the worst in the world even after private

[@Markman4205]

I really did not like the i dont really love the modernisation, it made the grand steam workhorses of the railway to oily boxy diesel locomotives, steam engines gave more of a fancier and cleaner look than the modern diesels

[@williamcaldwell-smith3865]

The British government wanted to make British rail the best in the world now it's the worst in the world, well western world and the most expensive

[@warwicktregurtha4198]

Bit ironic watching it in late May 2023.

[@mattipolarbear6739]

RIP steam locomotives

[@davidantoniocamposbarros7528]

"Goodbye to steam" Bruh wait till 1960

[@joesprinter8202]

Its a shame that the bloke doing the talking hasn't done his homework. If this is what we're up against, god help us.

[@jackwalker9100]

The bloke doing the commentary is typical of the public school educated tossers still running the country today. They might not speak with the same stupid accent, but they still don't have a bloody clue what they're talking about - as evidenced by his describing the advantages of diesel traction over steam... while a 1500 vdc electric is being shown.

[@steveluckhurst2350]

@@jackwalker9100 Do you not think that he may be reading a script? I have a feeling it's Bob Danvers - Walker, who was bought up and educated in Australia. So that sort of ruins your theory doesn't it !

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@steveluckhurst2350 Yes it's Bob Danvers-Walker

[@marvwatkins7029]

'The best in the World'? Sorry old boy.

[@mpedward2]

Sad

[@nickybritain4900]

Was this the beginning of increased unemployment? Less people needed to operate these trains, more people out of work, saves money for BR, but costs in other ways!

[@mickclay-vx1sx]

Best thing they ever did , cut them up for scrap

[@MintuChamua]

❤uk

[@superstepno835]

Steam engines goes to the fat controller’s railway

[@keithdeley7236]

The best in the world what happened 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trainrover]

those couple of swivel seats look American

[@thehumancanary131]

So...China has built 40,000 kilometres of hi-speed rail.....Britain spat the dummy at 100 kilometres...😂😂😂

[@garyt6747]

Fillum

[@daviddalby9699]

All Mason's

[@Hogger280]

Great Propaganda Film!

[@jamescollier847]

Propaganda!

[@someshwarroy52]

All rubbish, they boast a lot, but the output is not that much