Railway Roundabout 1959 'A Visit To King's Cross Shed'

[@rogerredding5269]

So glad I have lived to grow up in and experience those times beautiful ❤️

[@brando6BL]

I bunked into Top Shed maybe half a dozen times in the early Sixties. Nine Elms, Old Oak Common, Feltham as well, to name just a few, but it was 34A that topped the list for me. Watching this I felt as though I was there again, splendid clip.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Did you ever see steam locos being ripped apart for scrap with cutting torches? That must have been exciting!

[@MrsBobby-gy5of]

brando6BL Bet you walked down the canal path and through the hole in the fence into Old Oak ?? Me too.

[@sameyers2670]

I'm too young to remember steam but it makes my day to see a steam engine at the head of a train on a special working

[@mawallace44]

Good to see this upload - and esp Mallard! and Flying Scotsman!

[@Turnerspaintbrush]

Interesting to see brand new NBL diesel D 6108 at the beginning . They did,nt last long on the Kings X suburban services and were soon all banished to Scotland

[@alanhobbs-tn4bw]

I cabbed over half of the 34 A4s at kings cross including Mallard in my young days.Most drivers would allow you into the cab but i often think it would never be allowed today H/Safety.I saw them all but one WILLIAM WHITELAW that stayed up the north.

[@Mounhas]

Some evocative scenes there. So many put out of work ultimately.

[@traingoddess]

Part of me wishes the days of steam to return, but on the other, steam only operating on heritage lines and rail tours makes them even more special.

[@Isochest]

This must have been bloody brilliant! As a child I loved going to Guide Bridge to cab Class 76 electrics and to Longsight for many other locos back in the 1970s

[@johnnypoker46]

As a Southern Region resident I only managed to spot 'Empire of India', 'Golden Fleece' and 'Golden Plover' among the A4s. But I did get 'Mallard' on my museum visit

[@oldsyphilitic]

Thanks for posting. I never got to 'Top Shed' having come from the West Riding of Yorkshire, but my love was for Gresley's engines and I saw many of them on my weekly visits to Doncaster. Probably my most exciting engine sighting though was at the then Leeds Central and the lunchtime arrival of the express from King's X, hauled on that day by A3, 'Pretty Polly'. In my excitement I tripped and broke my flask, but the sight, sound and smell of that engine still stays with me.

[@dg60epockinges]

How i wish for those days to return

[@TheLearningCurveBoi]

Same here.

[@stevenbanaan]

be happy, in the netherlands only a handfull of steam engines were preserved, only like 2 or 3 are in driving condition

[@TheLearningCurveBoi]

I:(

[@pmonkeygeezer6212]

They were nasty polluting locos. We cut up quite a few locos from Top Shed and the LNER, and good scrap they made too!

[@kyankoh2991]

Sadly though, these things called Diesels were invented and promised to be more efficient than steam engines and pretty soon, the steamers started heading for the scrapyards and diesels replaced them.

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train 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 which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 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 even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages 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 Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, 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 Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Scania N112, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five 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 can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small 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 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH 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 18 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 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH 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 very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@TallboyDave]

If anyone's interested, the unmentioned A4 we briefly saw as Mallard was coming 'off shed' was "Falcon".

[@johnjephcote7636]

The year I started Grammar School. I was looking for some shots of the N2s on locals coming up the drain from the Widened Lines into KX suburban but I suppose that wasn't considered romantic enough at the time.

[@amosmaclin4665]

What a beautiful train

[@barbarakirsopp]

My dad worked at The Cross from 1945-80 Im always hoping to see him in one of these film clips as he passed away in 1984

[@johnward374]

Wonder if he ever got to Hull. I was an engine cleaner and sometimes fireman in the early sixties at Dairycoates. Kings Cross men lodged there when working the fish train back to Billingsgate. It had top priority.

[@barbarakirsopp]

@@johnward374 Hi, my dad was a fitter at Kings X and Finsbury park depots, I'm always hoping they'd be films of the guys working in the sheds.

[@Shark30006]

Cool footage

[@chrisparkhurst771]

Tears just tears to me eyes !

[@altermike3197]

Ryan - N2 Gordon - A3 Diesel 10 - 42 diesel Spenser - a4 Henry (new shape) - black 5 Henry (old shape) - experimental prototype Diesel - diesel shunter The basis' showing in order

[@CoasterKeegan]

Mikentendo2003 diesel was a 08

[@TheNWClassA1218]

James-L&YR Class 28 Thomas-LB&SCR E2 Edward-Furness Railway K2 Duck-GWR Pannier Oliver-GWR 14xx Donald and Douglas-Caledonian Railway 812

[@theavocetpannier84]

Gordon was an a0 a prototype for the a3

[@gabrielstrainsproductions6541]

THAT IS NOT HOW YOU SPELL SPENCER ANF I SUBSCRIBED TO YOU

[@Levi99130]

@@gabrielstrainsproductions6541 Spencer is A4

[@Shark30006]

Nice video.

[@likklej8]

A lot of shed bashes were semi legal if you got past any jobsworth security the supervisor on duty would usually let spotters go round if they were not too busy. If you were lucky at Old Oak Common shed they’d let you cab locomotives!

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

1:24 this loco mallard is now on display in york railway museum 2:05 this loco flying Scotsman is now gonna celebrate its 100th birthday in February next year 2:43 today only a new build A1 loco has emerged from the grave of the others that didn’t survive and that’s 60163 tornado 3:01 today only one V2 has survived and that’s green arrow now on display 3:28 today only one N2 loco is still alive and it’s 1744 formally 69523 in Br days

[@terrybrooker6027]

Great

[@flyingscotsman611productions]

2:15 that’s me on the screen!😃

[@bennickss]

Role player spotted. Execution program initiated.

[@stevebarnes2]

No, it isn't.

[@flyingscotsman611productions]

@@stevebarnes2 Did you payed attention to the date

[@stevebarnes2]

@@flyingscotsman611productions You're an idiot, not a locomotive.

[@PeriStorm18]

The good old days of trains, now in 2018, stinking diesels

[@TheLearningCurveBoi]

Well, actually bullet trains are what are more commonly seen.

[@GeorgeLowther2000]

DOWN WITH DIESELS (Ecsept Daisy BoCo Mavis Derek Pip Emma Bear Rusty and Frank)

[@simonf8902]

Abrupt end sadly.

[@Shark30006]

60078 Nighthawk

[@bonniethebunnykctd634]

Who's watching at 2018?

[@TankEngine75]

Keinch Deceda Me

[@johnward374]

Me 2021

[@flyingscotsman611productions]

Woodcock😆😆😆wtf Who, who would put that name in the express engine!?!?

[@williamwoolhouse3702]

It is the name of a Game Bird do you not understand ?

[@geoffreyking4515]

She was a good un was woodcock

[@geoffreyking4515]

How some folk live to show their ignorance

[@Steven_Rowe]

Probably someone who didn't have a sordid mind. A woodcock is a bird.

[@josephmarrison4606]

Wonder who narrated this, sounds like Nicholas Courtney.

[@JR-SCOOT]

Peter Woods ex BBC news reader.

[@thebignoob1569]

Lol John Adams

[@rodsunderland9288]

And

[@marcdelente2456]

Quand a mis les mecaniciens et séparés les chauffeurs pour le diesel et l électricité beaucoups d hommes ont déprimés de ne plus conduires leurs locomotives c etaient durs oui mais ils aimaient leurs machines avant guerre ils en étaient titulaires et en avaients la responsabilité . Après guerre il en sera autrements . Mon grand me dira yavait après guerre des americaines la 141 r que tout le monde s'en foutaient plus de titularisations une equipes partaient une autres arrivaient ces pour cela qu il me disait les machines etaient tellements salles l ère moderne .

[@thatoneguythatlikesship]

"when i was young and green,he said i remember going to london.You know the place? The station called king's cross" -gordon

[@tankthehedgehog105]

THOSE DAMN DIESELS KILLED THOMAS!

[@gman99001]

we are on the same page

[@jossthewriter6862]

This engine is almost like gordon from thomas and friends

[@harold5337]

It's the class Gordon was based on, a Gresley A3, same class as Flying Scotsman.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Flying-Scotsman

[@xWitherKing]

Gordon and Spencer

[@bennickss]

Wrong. LNER A3 and A4. Neither of them ever existed.

[@florjanbrudar692]

I'm a TTTE fan but I'm truly annoyed by these comments. On a side note, Railway Roundabout is in fact a children's tv series.... Wikipedia says so.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

Mallard

[@daniellemoore5475]

My mom's birthday is July 3rd.

[@johnknott6539]

MusicalElitist1 I do- don’t you love your own mother? Have a heart you prick

[@johnward374]

So what! She shares same day with millions of others earth wide. So nothing special.