Brings back memories of my time as a footplate man at Kings Cross from 1960 - 1973. I had the honour and pleasure of driving many of these fabulous locomotives.
@petesomeguy7 жыл бұрын
I envy you Sir, such a great time in our history after WWII when the real race began in this industry.
@LukeThomasFilmReviews7 жыл бұрын
Do you like trains 🚂 then mate?
@peterwalker97267 жыл бұрын
I like locomotives, a steam engine is not really a train, but yes I love steam locomotives everyone is different, they all behave & run in their own way.
@PreservationEnthusiast7 жыл бұрын
Shame there was no footage of cutting steam locos for scrap. That was all glossed over,
@glennb91417 жыл бұрын
Wish I knew you.
@kevinsharpe97167 жыл бұрын
Even though I'm from America, I still have a great deal of appreciation for these living and breathing pieces of history. I wish we were half as good at keeping them around as you folks in the UK are. I wish I could come over and shake your hands for saving them and then volunteer on them, but I probably won't be allowed to
@mcguireshepherd7 жыл бұрын
Boy, I wish I was there too.
@dtaylor45525 жыл бұрын
There are American people who live in the UK today.
@Isochest5 жыл бұрын
I think the UK rail industry and those who work for the Government owned infrastructure company Network Rail are more sympathetic to steam traction and do what they can nowadays so I would hope you could volunteer with a heritage rail society.
@davidwayne14754 жыл бұрын
Exactly. In person would be great. For now wishing these would come out on dvd are a more realistic dream. David
@kevinsharpe97164 жыл бұрын
Knowing me, being the nostalgic sap I am, I’d probably start at the Bluebell, since that was the first one I was introduced to through obvious sources.
@terryashton35414 жыл бұрын
I can remember being on Doncaster station many times back in the middle to late 1950s trainspotting and there was no finer sight than to see a `streak` A4 Pacific thundering through the station albeit not at full speed because of the restrictions through the station but still going fast enough to captivate you, add to that the powerful A2s with such names as A H Peppercorn , Hornets Beauty and Blue Peter etc, yeh the 50s and early 60s was a good time to see some of BRs best and greatest locos, I was even lucky enough to see Batchelors Button coming out Doncaster works in pristine condition and at the time was shedded at 64b Haymarket, now that was a sight to see, thanks for the splendid video, it brings back great memories.
@reddiamond_17534 жыл бұрын
terry ashton sounds amazing! I wish I could have seen it
@marionevans47494 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me see These wonderful Railway Lines travelling often on From, Glasgow to Weyms Bay.
@Daimo837 жыл бұрын
Had this on VHS as a kid and finally remembered the name of it.
@Kanefan70111 жыл бұрын
brings back great memories when I was growing up in learning about Flying Scotsman and the other engines that served the LNER.
@johnjephcote76363 жыл бұрын
At 20:29 there was a shot in a cutting of the small and large Atlantics that were used on the Plant Centenarian...but I could not see any headboard. I believe that the large GN Atlantic did not steam well as the blastpipe was misaligned with the funnel. The pair were quickly taken away after the run as was the last Atlantic in BR livery about the same time. Management seemed to be very wary of having GN Atlantics on show at the time.
@nikerailfanningttm90462 жыл бұрын
LNER had the best steam roster to date! I am glad a lot these babes were preserved and saved from Barry and Doncaster.
@andrewtaylor5984 Жыл бұрын
It was a pity that so few LNER locos finished up at Barry.
@TheTrainMaster155 жыл бұрын
At the end when the narrator said Thompson hated all things gresley, ooh boy that just makes me mad. I swear Thompson was just out to destroy the image of the LNER
@mugwump2006112 жыл бұрын
Fabulous video! Wonderful trains! Thanks for posting this!
@joshslater24268 ай бұрын
It’s nice to know some footage of the A5 tanks still survive. They look like impressive machines.
@emilkarpo11 жыл бұрын
sort of looks like what might have been an Railscenes video. This yank bought all of them.
@jamesworsfold50654 жыл бұрын
This narrator has the best voice ever! I have no idea who he is though??? Anyone know or have any ideas please???
@thairatcatcher4 жыл бұрын
I believe his name was Peter Woods. He narrated a series of "Railway Roundabout for the BBC. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Woods_(journalist)
@donaldsmart93654 жыл бұрын
Yes...Peter Woods was a BBC newsreader in the 70s
@ashtonunderlyn9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting enjoyed it
@terminator-cgaming75362 жыл бұрын
13:46 that's actually Bittern because Silver Link was scrapped at Doncaster Works in 1963
@Pob762 ай бұрын
Bittern was one of only 4 , A4s I copped back in the early 60s. Living in the north west. I wonder why they scrapped Silver Link so early?
@cannadineboxill-harris29832 жыл бұрын
I wanted to know why don’t they dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so they extend the unused 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 and remix and make them all together and also redesign them overhead line and also make them into 5 cars per unit and also having 2 Disabled Toilets on those 5 cars per unit A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into a 11 car per unit so it could have less doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more 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 an High Speed train. The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 8 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 refurbish 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 stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train stations in Chingford and could they extend the DLR. All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel five carriages to disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extend doing 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 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 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.😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏
@bussesandtrains12184 жыл бұрын
Ah when this quality video was acceptable
@TRSPomerania7 жыл бұрын
Those were the machines...!
@anthonydonnelly868911 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, but isn't there a Part 2? This one concludes with class K4, and there are many more including the large V2s.
@charliechats99109 жыл бұрын
Macduff Branch (GNSR) 1960 at 24 to 25 minutes.
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth38197 жыл бұрын
The Lambton tank would have operated on NER rails as they had running rights from the collieries the Lambton system covered down to he local ports.
@robindastas3587 Жыл бұрын
He sounds like the man from the railway series was narrated by Willie Rushton
@KennethMyers-h6h5 күн бұрын
All the people watching UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA slip sliding away needed breathing apparatus
@michaelnaisbitt15905 жыл бұрын
I believe the MOST FAMOUS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE may now have been handed over the the monstreous BIG BOY 4014 it is truly a legend in steam
@FlyingScott5 жыл бұрын
Not to be that guy but with Big Boy being limited to only a few routes in the US and not really leaving her home metals, and her holding no record of any note beyond being the largest steam engine (left today), Scotsman still pretty much holds that title, with her two records + world tour.
@30453trains5 жыл бұрын
Nah. Scotsman is still the most famous. Happy to clear that up for you.
@terrier_productions4 жыл бұрын
Flying Scott * claps *
@neilvann26703 жыл бұрын
Flying Scotsman WASN'T named after a racehorse.
@warrior3456_5 жыл бұрын
Steam trains > Modern Trains
@TheSaint49111 жыл бұрын
Sorry mate, you're thinking of the Terriers from the LBSCR. They're what stepney is based off of
@terrier_productions4 жыл бұрын
Brad_0 Stepney is a real Terrier.. He’s at the Bluebell Railway
@IAM-us9op4 жыл бұрын
YOU Got IT NARRATOR Flying SCOTSMAN IS THE Famous
@christoph7395 Жыл бұрын
It's like watching the dawn of civilisation.
@Jimboliah39859 жыл бұрын
13:35 I really hate to be picky (and I don't know if it'll be mentioned later in the video), but the REAL 2509 was scrapped... That middle A4 is actually LNER engine 4464, better known as Bittern. :/
@51AStuidos9 жыл бұрын
+Jim van der Kolk well maybe Silver Link might be rebuilt back into the proper A4 and not painted
@Jimboliah39859 жыл бұрын
As if there's a need for a brand new A4 Pacific with 6 out of the original 35 preserved... 2509 Silver Link back from the scrap? It won't happen, buddy...
@51AStuidos9 жыл бұрын
all you gotta do is BELIEVE!!
@Jimboliah39859 жыл бұрын
But there is NO reason to build a new A4 Pacific with 6 still with us!!! Heck, Bittern has become known for cosplaying as some of the deceased A4's, such as Silver Link and, more recently, engine 4492, Dominion of New Zealand! As much as I hate saying this, you HAVE to face it! Silver Link is gone! Dead! Destroyed! Cut up for scrap! Wiped off the face of the planet!!! However you want to put it... So unless there were no surviving A4 Pacifics at all, there is NO demand to build a new Silver Link! And in case you haven't heard this little story about the Great Western 7800's (Manors), building a new Silver Link would honestly be just as pointless as building 7830, Norton Manor, the 31st Manor class locomotive that was ordered buit never built! Heck, the name was carried by 7828 Oddney Manor back in 2011... Seriously, buddy... Putting it a bit bluntly: you can't win this... :/
@PreservationEnthusiast9 жыл бұрын
+Jim van der Kolk All steam locomotives should be cut up for scrap and melted down. Very polluting locomotives. Let's stop this pollution now!
@hamishpriddle11207 жыл бұрын
Those pacifics are massive! The largest driving wheels in my country is 5'00
@PreservationEnthusiast7 жыл бұрын
Those driving wheels are big and heavy! When cutting up these locos for scrap, it takes quite a bit of torch work to slice the wheels into manageable chunks for transportation and melting down.
@philaypeephilippotter65324 жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast The *GWR Dean* 7 foot singles were extraordinarily elegant.
@paulcaswell28133 жыл бұрын
@@PreservationEnthusiast Why mention torches when we're talking of these? We've lost enough already!
@paulcaswell28133 жыл бұрын
@@philaypeephilippotter6532 Stirling 8' singles?
@philaypeephilippotter65323 жыл бұрын
@@paulcaswell2813 Lovely locomotives but I still think the *Dean* singles were more elegant. The 4 *Dean **_Armstrong_* class were over-cylindered but more elegant still. But it's all a matter of opinion,
@purplesprig16907 жыл бұрын
673 Maude shame she won't see Main line work again
@annajeannettedixon24538 жыл бұрын
Wrong It was Not the first Pacific locomotive Raven had 4-6-2 built before Gresley And there was not much difference in speed and power the raven locos burnt more coal per mile than Gresley But Raven WAS the Executive Locomotive engineer ever was Gresley was running the LNER He was there Has consultant to Gresley AND RAVEN LOCOS ARE NOW FORGOTTEN ABOUT
@tinkiwinks7 жыл бұрын
anna jeannette Dixon But they were scrapped in the 1930's
@PreservationEnthusiast7 жыл бұрын
W.P. ALLEN No.60114 Yes that old scrap was ripped apart with cutting torches, even before the war.
@philaypeephilippotter65324 жыл бұрын
When was the *GWR Great Bear* built?
@paulcaswell28133 жыл бұрын
@@philaypeephilippotter6532 1908.
@philaypeephilippotter65323 жыл бұрын
@@paulcaswell2813 So, as I thought, it was the first _Pacific-type_ passenger tender locomotive to run on *UK* metals.
@oldwarriorproductions8411 Жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does the narrator sound exactly like Nicholas Courtney??
@mensamoo7 жыл бұрын
61657 Doncaster Rovers
@charliechats99109 жыл бұрын
Aberdeen at 13.06.
@Jigen749012 жыл бұрын
When was this actually made Class40100?
@TheTrainMaster155 жыл бұрын
7 years and you never got a response... feels bad
@reddiamond_17534 жыл бұрын
I think maybe somtime from the late 60s
@vincentmusic093 жыл бұрын
@@reddiamond_1753 i think some clips are from the 80s and some are from the 60s
@mr8I73 жыл бұрын
Well the Tornado group was supposedly formed in 1990 (which is referenced in this video) so I'd go for early 90s.
@charliechats99109 жыл бұрын
Lauder Branch 34.00
@mr.creeper27985 жыл бұрын
yay
@pramit77454 жыл бұрын
*this is Gordon*
@vincentmusic093 жыл бұрын
'S brother
@alanmunro7 жыл бұрын
the s@d video with d beale p Smith happy memories thank you
@johnknapp57347 жыл бұрын
Marching bands
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
Funny a D16 will return as rebuild believe it or not
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
***** I am talking about a LNER D16/2 and it will be called Phoenix
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
***** Yup are you following the progress?
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
***** Web page here www.claudhamiltonlocomotivegroup.co.uk/
@finndahuman575 жыл бұрын
1:06 the scene to end The Scotsman german Part debate
@pingpongpung8 жыл бұрын
email = steamlover1?
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
Shame Scotsman is in bit's But she'll come back eventually
@thurstablelane75679 жыл бұрын
***** She is in bit's still check this website out from the national railway museum-www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/see/photos.aspx
@thurstablelane75679 жыл бұрын
***** Scotsman had to have new front frames built, new cylinders and other expensive work need to be done so scotsman can run again. Did you see her at the NRM when the Great Gathering was going on?
@thurstablelane75679 жыл бұрын
***** Ok but Scotsman might return in late 2015 as most of the other work that needed to be done has or is being done it now just comes to the boiler
@thurstablelane75679 жыл бұрын
***** I doubt it will be scrapped as it is an icon and is the most famous steam engine in the world and the NRM get a lot of money from visitors and the British Government also Flying scotsman is quiet old but no way is it the oldest the Rocket has to be the oldest which is in the science museum and a engine called the J15 is 103 years old and there are engine build before then like a Claud Hamilton which was built in 1900 which makes it 115 years old.
@thurstablelane75679 жыл бұрын
Did you know I am helping to build a steam engine called Phoenix which is a Claud Hamilton here is our website- www.claudhamiltonlocomotivegroup.co.uk/-
@falcons198810 жыл бұрын
I have this on VHS
@thurstablelane756710 жыл бұрын
Same but I have lost mine
@AdamewaldSommer10 күн бұрын
Famnr2
@vincentmusic093 жыл бұрын
7:58 wheelslip
@danielferstendig6 жыл бұрын
omg gordons brother
@jacquesblaque77286 жыл бұрын
Chauvinist much? Ever heard of Union Pacific, New York Central, B&O, SP, Norfolk & Western in the US of A? Some arguably more famous machines built/run there, covering more that a relatively wee patch of an island, with some mountainous terrain included. Be real.
@thecorinthian46635 жыл бұрын
I don't think the Americans produced anything to match the grace and elegance of a Gresley pacific.
@TheTrainMaster155 жыл бұрын
thecorinthian to be honest the only US locos I know are 4014 and daylight. And as an Aussie, we have mostly US inspired designs so you would think that I would have heard about more US engines before hearing about Flying Scotsman, Mallard, City of Truro and Princess Elizabeth.
@philaypeephilippotter65324 жыл бұрын
@@thecorinthian4663 The *PRR T1.*
@vincentmusic093 жыл бұрын
@@thecorinthian4663 yeah. I mean we have the hiawatha. But thats kinda it. I love british steam so much. I would move just to see them
@mr8I73 жыл бұрын
Make (or find) your own video featuring the old US steam locos. And share it in here.
@pencils19514 жыл бұрын
Rather an abrupt ending, but maybe the poster has an abrupt brain.
@Sam_Green____41147 жыл бұрын
It `s not called the Flying Scotsman anymore ! It`s now known as the Flying Moneypit !
@jackekins58516 жыл бұрын
U hush ur mouth
@tttebeastarsfankingofaustr34325 жыл бұрын
Be careful what you saying little shit, you will make steam fan angry.
@jamesworsfold50654 жыл бұрын
Look mate if your trying to blow some smoke up someones ass, you really need a steam train for that, not a spread sheet for a budget. What are you, ..... an accountant. LMAO