👇Have you visited this popular heritage line? Comment below!👇
@Courtneyobrien1910 ай бұрын
yes i did visit it for autumn steam gala.
@martinwardle66958 ай бұрын
Yes, several times a year.
@alexhando85412 жыл бұрын
9:56 It's me! (On the right) I'm a volunteer at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre, helping with the many ongoing restoration projects, such as the relaying of the narrow gauge railway ready for passenger trains, and as a shunter during standard gauge demonstrations. Thanks for mentioning the museum and the branch, it's always nice to know we're acknowledged for our hard work.
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Pleasure Alex! Would love to pop by and do some additional filming at some point - be great to explore the centre in more detail!
@EelingStudios Жыл бұрын
It's a must to visit the GCR for m whenever I'm in the UK. Highly recommended!
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
Indeed! Thanks for checking out the video, hope you’re keeping well!
@mikepocock5755 ай бұрын
Been their many times and well worth a visit.
@trainsonthebrain3 ай бұрын
Fantastic line, lots of exciting things going on there!
@dennisjohnstone47393 жыл бұрын
I traveled on the Leicester Nth to Loughborough section in 2003 while my wife was on sabbatical at Leicester University. I had a great day riding the heritage trains and having a railway lunch at Loughborough Station Tea Room. The railway is a credit to all involved in it's running and maintenance. A great day out by a visitor from Australia.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Great story Dennis. You'll be pleased to know it's much the same now in terms of their charm and their good food. The railway's expansion is really exciting to see take shape. Hope all is well out in Australia 👍
@arcticwarriors7014 Жыл бұрын
Hey wait a minute the Victorian 440 locomotive is the real life version of Edward from Thomas the tank engine because Edward is a similar look train to the victorian 440 locomotive kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqaQXpKCiJurbc0
@joshslater2426 Жыл бұрын
I’ve recently developed an interest in the former Great Central Railway and the effort taken to preserve it. I might consider visiting in the future, but I’m currently most interested in visiting Butler Henderson in Barrow Hill.
@mervynsands35013 жыл бұрын
Brilliant presentation, shows the tremendous effort already made by restoration. A national railway treasure for everyone to come and experience. For a day out it's well worth visiting, with something different to see, like going back in time to when railways were the equivalent of today's motorways, smooth and rapid travel.🙂👍
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words Mervyn! It is indeed a gem of a railway!
@richardjoyce3612 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant vid.... thanks for the update.. I will come again this year, its a great day out....
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
Thanks Richard! Can’t wait to visit the line again myself this year. Pleased you enjoyed it!
@simonvancoevorden295 Жыл бұрын
Lovely Video ! I visited in the late 70s . Greetings from Western Australia ! Simon
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon, hope you’re keeping well in Oz! Lots of changes over the years, you’ll have to fly over for another visit!
@TheJacobite3 жыл бұрын
I still remember going on the Great Central with my Grandad on a Thomas Day Out and waving at the other children going on the train on the other line.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
I visited a couple of years ago for the first time and was blown away by the place. My other half came with me and did the same, waving at another passing train! Hopefully they run a gala this year and I can get down there and get some more footage!
@westmidlandsrailenthusiast3 жыл бұрын
Cracking video mate, still have yet to visit this line myself 👍🏻
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks pal. Definitely worth a visit when you get the chance, brilliant line!
@keithallen99943 жыл бұрын
You have done a really nice job of this video on this wonderful railway
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Keith 🍻
@andybrown82932 жыл бұрын
I was on this wonderful piece of history recently and it really is amazing as to how people have worked so hard. It’s lovely to hear the locomotives heading back late in the evening back to their sheds, one of the advantages to living in the area!
@paulhinkley1982 жыл бұрын
Superb heritage line with double track. If you've not been go and see for yourself.
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Quite agree Paul 👍
@emeraldsword3643 жыл бұрын
Amazing video can’t wait for 202 facts
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Ha, good idea for a sequel!
@PaulAFulcher3 жыл бұрын
Nicely edited video, with a good selection of stills.nicely done Nick !!👌👌
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Paul, mammoth edit to pull together but worth it in the end I think!
@kyleowens18962 жыл бұрын
I’m visiting the line at the end of the month for their Winter Steam Gala and this video has intrigued me more! Great content.
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kyle! Have a great time at the gala!
@alexfisher54753 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, and very informative. I haven't hesitated in subscribing and I look forward to watching future videos.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Alex, glad you enjoyed it. Wonderful railway!
@doubleL_S Жыл бұрын
i live within a 15 min walk of the rothley to leics north line. Used to have fun on the tracks as a kid. Felt like i grew up pre 1960s when we used to go there but in reality we used to go their early 2000s.
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
Lovely place, can’t wait to head back to the line this year. I often feel like I was born in the wrong era enjoying the trains!
@doubleL_S Жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain me too. I still think about how it would have looked when it was being built. The navvies that did that were highly skilled as hard workers. From the huge 40ft cuttings to the 40ft embankments it boggles the mind how they did it without machinery.
@doubleL_S Жыл бұрын
too add. Even as 12 year old kids we were very resepctful on the tracks and knew how special it was. It was scary being chased by the ''orange men'' though aka hi vis haha
@charlie500153 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, do hope to come here someday.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Charlie. Yes, definitely visit it if you get the chance!
@trainstrainstrains403 жыл бұрын
Very professional! Must have taken some time putting this all together and gathering the facts! :)
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yep, had to edit gradually throughout the week, a big task gathering everything but really happy with the end result!
@374183 жыл бұрын
Excellent mate. Enjoyed 👍
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks pal. Eventually when I can visit the ELR maybe I could do one about that one day!
@JacobsTrainVideos3 жыл бұрын
Lovely video! Very professional and informative!
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jacob!
@nexterstopproductions6373 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much 🍻
@nexterstopproductions6373 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain your welcome
@TheSudrianTerrier653 Жыл бұрын
I’m imagining what would happen if the GCR Loughborough finally joins with the GCR Nottingham
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
You won’t have to imagine for much longer hopefully - they’re slowly getting closer and closer each year!
@TheSudrianTerrier653 Жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain maybe one day we'll have the whole GCR Mainline preserved aswell as some more branchlines, maybe normal trains could travel at 30 or 40, event trains could possibly travel as high as 60 or even 70 just like on the National Network
@PreservationEnthusiast Жыл бұрын
Nothing will happen. It will still be a line from nowhere to nowhere. The original demolition of the GCR was the correct decision.
@thebrummierailenthusiasts53293 жыл бұрын
Excellent job nick
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
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@thebrummierailenthusiasts53293 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain anytime
@DPTrains3 жыл бұрын
Awesome, hope to come here one day
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks DP. Well worth the trip - I’d recommend staying in a hotel nearby and making a weekend of it in Leicestershire - loads of nice things to do. The space museum in Leicester itself is very cool!
@matthewpalmer20493 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Could you do 101 facts of the gwsr
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
That could be great Matthew, definitely one to plan for I think!
@flippop1013 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your excellent channel. Superb video, great presentation, subbed!
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Philip, welcome aboard 👍
@harrywheeler16333 жыл бұрын
Good video as always. I live just up the road from it and should visit more after lockdown :)
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Harry, would love to visit once Lockdown ends!
@MinerBill3 жыл бұрын
I love this railway, miss it so much because of the lockdown. Great inspiring video, can't wait to return!
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bill, glad you enjoyed it and I feel exactly the same!
@belgianrail13 жыл бұрын
Hey great vid i learnt a lot from it well done
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed 👍
@belgianrail13 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain 😉
@brianwillson95672 жыл бұрын
Have been a regular visitor since the start of preserved operations. They have come a long way from industrial tanks Loughborough to quorn, but still a lot to do with reunification to ruddington. And more double track?
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian. Aye, there’s still a way to go for the reunification but it’s good to see them making progress on it, definitely getting closer. Would love to see more double-track running - that would make some of the running possibilities even more exciting!
@brianwillson95672 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain typical of time and cost overruns on all major projects everywhere, in the 80’s there was even talk (hope) of reinstatement north of Loughborough by 1999 to celebrate the London extension’s centenary. But things then went very quiet for many years. But good things are worth the waiting.
@SimonTog3 жыл бұрын
Super video :)
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Simon!
@owenslanejunction75443 жыл бұрын
hi im just wondering who told you it was going to be a new 8 track shed?
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Hi Luke, I think this info will have come from a Friends of the GCR Facebook group or via one of their appeal pages, hopefully I've not gotten my facts muddled! Thanks for watching 👍
@TheTransportHub173 жыл бұрын
Great video. Very interesting and thanks for subscribing. Have subscribed to you too.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much!
@BoomTrainspots3 жыл бұрын
Great facts, but where do you get them❓
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Boom! Just lots of research basically - the main GCR website has a lot of info, and then through Wikipedia there is always a bibliography at the end of the article with a link to different sources, so a good place to start, and then effectively just searching around the web and using my own knowledge gained over the years 😃
@BoomTrainspots3 жыл бұрын
Cool😎
@Tw1st3dpictures3 жыл бұрын
Superb video mate with some great editing, would like to meet up if you ever come to GCR. Also would be happy to help on any other GCR videos you do, work closely with the railway.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
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@Tw1st3dpictures3 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain Just subscribed and watched another 3 videos! Ever want another person for the channel 🙋♂️😉
@cjmatthiasakamatt81743 жыл бұрын
As with all disused rail infrastructure they had to build on it, destroy bridges, tunnels and viaducts, the infrastructure was in place and it would of been far cheaper to just leave it as it was without the tracks in place and allow nature to take over. In the not too distant future a lot of these old branch lines will reopen again as demand increases, that is a fact.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Interesting times certainly 👍
@jappedut90093 жыл бұрын
I hope you can make an update when things are happening in Lochborough
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully! 🤠
@jappedut90093 жыл бұрын
@@trainsonthebrain 👍
@GrrMeister3 жыл бұрын
*Loughborough Please ! Pronounced Luf Burrow**
@jappedut90093 жыл бұрын
@@GrrMeister sorry I'm Danish
@GrrMeister3 жыл бұрын
@@jappedut9009 It is a hard word. ok regards
@owenslanejunction75443 жыл бұрын
506 butler henderson isnt at york its at barrow hill roundhouse
@davidpladgeman14623 жыл бұрын
Well put together, but a number of small errors.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks David - every effort has been made to verify each fact from various sources but all corrections welcomed 👍
@madolly20003 жыл бұрын
There's an interesting chap featured in Fact 44 about 6 minutes in...looks familiar :D
@alecwaddington7993 Жыл бұрын
Do the nymr
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
On my to do list! Planning a visit soon to get more shots - hopefully tie it in with a gala.
@EthansTrains3 жыл бұрын
It’s a huge shame you’re gone, I’ve been here now and I wish you could watch my premiere. I’ve also reached 100 subs and you’ll never know 😢
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Hey Ethan! Sorry for the late reply - this has been sitting in my “upheld for review” section for some reason. Hope you’re well and keep up the good work!
@EthansTrains3 жыл бұрын
Haha that’s fine, I understand that you’ve been incredibly busy trying to reply to all these comments you’ve had recently. I’m studying a lot now as I have my mock GCSEs next year so I’m not sure how much I’ll be uploading until Spring 2023 😬
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
@@EthansTrains Good for you! If you are having a brief channel hiatus then here’s my advice - don’t close the channel, keep all the footage you have and you have the foundations to do some great things with it when you can devote more time to it later on. Absolutely no footage is ever wasted - I often re-purpose and repackage my content for different videos as do many other KZbinrs. Also, remember, it’s a hobby for when you need a break from your studies. So have fun with it. And when you do have time, do the odd bit of shooting. Again, it’ll gradually build your footage bank and you’ll have lots to play with when you come back. Good luck!
@MarktheMole3 жыл бұрын
A wonderful project - I wish it luck.. But if ever a programme required a map - this was it.. Pity they've gone a single line bridge.. I think that was a mistake. Hope I'm wrong..
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Will be interesting to see how they got on once it’s unified! Thanks for watching Mark 👍
@leeosborne37932 жыл бұрын
Well done for not including the "continental loading gauge" myth, that everyone thinks is a fact.
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@NorthEastTravelling3 жыл бұрын
Hi
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Hi again 🤣 Thanks for watching!
@matthewwren11773 жыл бұрын
Good little film but I think you got one or two small facts rong. One fact is the locomotive Buttler Henderson is at Barrow Hill not York. You showed a photo of the shed at Swithland and said it was at Rothly.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matthew - valid points.
@johnboy88462 жыл бұрын
good video, but annoying dings throughout!! Like listening to my daughter constant phone message alerts!!
@trainsonthebrain2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Johnboy...and apologies about the dings! You're not the first person to mention them. For me next videos in the series, you'll be pleased to know the ding sound effect will be sent to the scrapyard 👍
@jimward80952 жыл бұрын
Should never have closed...people back then we're idiots?
@edscoble Жыл бұрын
Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)
@trainsonthebrain Жыл бұрын
Hi Ed, I sent you a reply to your comment about another video, can you let me know if you saw it? Would love to get you by email to chat through in more detail? Appreciate your comment, thanks again 👍
@lei44cester3 жыл бұрын
Great effort! However, the commentary pace is unrelenting and cluttered with facts, making listening a challenge. There is also repetition of facts and clips. More expression and emphasis in delivery, please. Some frames are also introduced without explanation, such as the aerial view of Loughborough. Also, when using 'unique' it can't be qualified, ie: Almost unique means it is no longer! All the best for the next one.
@trainsonthebrain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for your feedback Charles, appreciate your notes and thoughts 👍