Railway Roundabout 1958 'The 'Bristolian' in the days of steam'

Here we come to the Bristolian, one of a few named expresses the GWR ran, this one travelling between Bristol Temple Meeds and Paddington.
Coming up next, the Cardigan Branch
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[@robertgift]

3:56 Love the view from the locomotive cab! Well done film. Clear speaking announcer.

[@fordlandau]

One of the best Railway Roundabouts. This train runs faster than a lot of current expresses. Fantastic. The loco Is in splendid condition too.

[@JimTLonW6]

Great piece of nostalgia!

[@TheSuperHarrygeorge]

Aww those were the days.

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Wonderful, everything that made this country, including an intelligent clear narrator

[@levelcrossing150]

This film should be shown in all schools.

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

Who of thought, but more coaches on at the week ends because of more passengers? No lets make them stand-up between London and Bristol.

[@simonf8902]

Love this one. And the narrators gorgeous voice.

[@984francis]

@ Adrian Vaughan: Why is the posh voice irritating? I find it calming, easy to listen to because it is absolutely clear and I wish people in general would speak with such accuracy and clarity. The way people speak these days is lazy and depressing.

[@dissilymordentroge5818]

Posh voice? How I wish today’s news readers and voice overs on documentaries were as clear.

[@oliverkeating4894]

It is not "posh" it is actually "received pronunciation", as in, for voices to be "received" over radio you had to speak clearly to be understood, especially before the days of HD/digital etc.

[@haroldpearson6025]

Note the mechanical lubricator which an be seen rotating on the front of the running board.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@haroldpearson6025 Not long before these locos are sliced apart with cutting torches and melted down as scrap charge recycling!

[@haroldpearson6025]

@@PreservationEnthusiast they will outlast you!!

[@wetaskiwin888]

Very interesting and very nostalgic. Those BR dining/restaurant cars truly were fabulous.

[@984francis]

I wish people still spoke like this, it is music to my ears!

[@steamgent4592]

Well I'd guess he still is unless this narrator has since passed away as he's produced many videos over the years during preservation with Jeremy's English Productions.

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Ahmen

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

7018 had drywallwyn castles name until it was scrapped until that name was gifted over to 5051 before changed its name to Earl of Bathurst

[@lukegreen5341]

This Is My Favourite Railway Roundabout Episode Ever Made. Thanks Mate. X

[@SteamCrane]

From the US - wonderful video, subscribed to look at more of them.

[@aCivilServant]

Really nice film. Anyone else notice the mechanical lubricator ticking around at the front of the loco when the cab camera shots are used?

[@LeamingtonSteve]

Good to see 2 Castles which made it to the present day in this period piece!

[@stephenchappell7512]

Which ones?

[@Isochest]

Amazing how railways worked out their consists without the precision weighing of today

[@andyrichards2569]

I thought it might be Tom Jones Driving !! The first shot on the footplate looks mighty like him !!

[@liverkewell07]

Brilliant Video thanks for sharing #greatwesternway

[@captainmorgan757]

At 6:24, my word! How nice and posh were the seats back then!

[@lopzilla]

Does well spoken English offend you ?

[@stevethompson9714]

lopzilla g

[@railyatri8891]

Wow great old videos sir I like this video so good job

[@benlahrman4149]

Love the Great Western Railway stock...

[@yankiemog]

I traveled from Paddington to Paignton every fortnight during 1957. We used various methods to time ourselves on the run and it invariably came out at not more than about 85mph.

[@HeavensGremlin]

+yankiemog Overall - it's all restricted past Exeter.

[@robertgift]

4:53 What is on the ties to the left of each rail?

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

These are called sand drags, in the case of a runaway Or parted train, the train speed would be greatly reduced by the sand.

[@robertgift]

@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 Thank you. 5:02 At the end, do they pull a derailed car and those angled rails re-rail the wheels? Is that a gap in the left rail for a wheel flange to pass through? (In the 1930's, my great uncle waslowly pulling some cars with his 4-8-4 freight locomotive. A car's truck had derailed. Flange grooves in the ties showed that when the car was pulled through a switch, the switch rails had re-railed the truck!

[@raybird1420]

Great film, i think though it ran via Bath, not Badminton as stated in the film.

[@0Dkiew4S]

The film is correct. It ran through Badminton. Another Paddington-bound train ran via Bath 15 minutes earlier. I took it to school for three years.

[@marsvltor2]

Is it me, or does the guard look the same as the one from BR's ER 'Elizabethan' film? Maybe he was the only guard with an Equity licence!

[@keithshephard6802]

marsvltor2 I thought that too, going to have a look now.

[@sameyers2670]

Anyone know who is doing the voice-over on this?

[@castlesandjazzers1534]

Apparently it's Peter Woods.

[@christhompson2126]

Where can the uplifting theme music for the series be found?

[@borisclover]

From Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington in 1958. A long time before I became a railway buff. Gives a flavour-already of the past-of steam haulage before diesels took over. Drswllwyn Castle was one of the Castle class of steam locos,designed BY Churchward that hauled express trains over the West of England between the early 1920s and 1960. This particular engine has been preserved and still is in steam from time to time. Even Temple Meads is recognizeable tho much has changed in 60 years.

[@markturner4219]

Actually the Castles were designed by Collett in 1923. The Castles continued being built until 1950, and remained in front line express service until 1965, when dieselization of the WR was completed. Powderham Castle had the highest mileage (just under 2 million miles) at withdrawal. Their longevity was testimony to the effectiveness of the design in meeting the operational requirements of the GWR, later BR (WR).

[@TallboyDave]

Pretty sure it's the post-war Drswyllyn Castle; the one that was preserved was the pre-war engine, 5051; 7018 was one of the many sent to the breakers.

[@streamleazefishhouse]

Who is narrating this video. It sounds like James Hunt.....

[@NuriToxican]

+streamleazefishhouse It's Peter Woods.

[@streamleazefishhouse]

cheers :)

[@IAM-us9op]

THE BRISTLIAN WAS THE CASTLE CLASS IN 1953-2010

[@sadelsor]

Swindon DIDCOT Reading !!

[@simonf8902]

So charming.

[@adrianvaughan8857]

Wonderful film. I regulalry 'got the road and pulled off' for the Up Bristolian and the Down one too sometimes. The only cloud in this sky is the irritating posh voice of the bloke they have doing to talking.

[@Uftonwood2]

Yes it’s a shame that we don’t hear the driver or guard speaking.