Scrapping the Old Iron Horses

Watch how trains are broken down for scrap when they are retired in this archive footage from Pathé news.

[@zombieninjablu5622]

For a steam train lover. I’m kinda sad.

[@ThomasAndSkye]

Same

[@fadouaajuiddahiri6825]

I'm devastated

[@sarahhockey02]

I’m pissed

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

i mean, the metal goes to good use most of the time, so it isnt really a waste.

[@lmsjinty2289]

Yes i agree

[@Mickey12X]

At least there’s a tank engine is still alive.. Hint here : Thomas

[@fx6r]

Ryan the purple engine

[@fx6r]

N7s

[@fx6r]

Hunslets

[@fx6r]

Austeritys

[@fx6r]

Stepney fenchurch

[@maruamor1992]

Train hell.......speechless.......

[@strongblader2813]

Train heaven would be a place where they are preserved, like a museum, and a train hell is this

[@fx6r]

@@strongblader2813 a train heaven is heritage line and the mainline taking tours

[@anthonynigri4058]

Correct

[@RETRO--qs9cf]

This looks very scary to think about Thomas and friends episode when that one engine went to the scrap yard and see things.

[@Bigbigpoopi]

Shed 17 Beware

[@Conman_57]

@@Bigbigpoopi we don't talk about shed 17...

[@Jake_Josh]

So I’m going to be a sore thumb, but if you want to make an E2. Just get your own funds. The blue prints exist you just need the time and money.

[@inevitableanarchy4203]

In the railway series, both Gordon and Toby had siblings who were confirmed to have been scrapped.

[@TSKALEX876]

@@Conman_57 yeah no not shed 17

[@blurredputin1755]

Sir topham hat said “remember really useful engines, only you can have a life on sodor”

[@elijinn5044]

1:17 woah I didn't know you could take off Thomas' face by twisting his nose!

[@Notrubenn]

2:39 and then there is duck

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@Benjamin Havan The way to do it to light up a gas torch and cut right through the hinges.

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

break thomas's nose and pull his face off now you have a dead sentient steam locomotive bleeding from the smokebox

[@michaelaftonfanaccount7851]

@Benjamin Havan well DUH That's how real life engines Work

[@kuregami3035]

Bruh it's not thomas it's a N70 and it's something called the smoke box releasing steam into the chimney

[@paidt8622]

This is literally breaking my heart

[@sdmedia1323]

R.I.P 69647, and all the rest.

[@paulvozman842]

I consider myself lucky to have travelled on steam trains in the late 50s and early sixties. I grew up in Barry S,Wales and spent many hours exploring the Locos sent for scrap in Dai Woodhams yard. It used to make me very sad to see them laying there in such terrible condition. Then in the 70s I worked very near to Dai Woodhams and was so happy to see these Locos being rescued by the preservation groups and then transported on low loaders to start a new life. I believe 213 were rescued with the majority in steam again this is all due to the hard work by enthusiasts which has enabled younger generations to see them working again.

[@God_Of_Nissan]

Ur so super lucky I have watched Thomas the tank engine since I was 6 months old so this is heartbreaking for me to see

[@God_Of_Nissan]

God bless the hearts of those men and women who work for steam preservation groups

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@God_Of_Nissan Also God bless the hearts of those men who cut them up and melted them down, transforming large useless objects into valuable new steel for the nation.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@God_Of_Nissan They were large useless objects at that time. They had electric and diesel to replace the services to Southend and other suburban lines those engines worked on. BR had no use for those locomotives. The quickest way to liquify those assets was to break them up for scrap as seen in the video. They were occupying space and tying up materials.

[@notafanofthegovernment9982]

@@PreservationEnthusiastL

[@charitorodriguez1535]

2:39DUCK NO !!!!

[@charitorodriguez1535]

Idk

[@charitorodriguez1535]

There just dumb

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

@@charitorodriguez1535 its because they are worn out and it will be expensive to keep them running, besides, metal is used for lots of things like houses and building other locomotives.

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

@Benjamin Havan They needed the metal for ammo etc cold war you see

[@deviousdiesel9481]

Good riddance! That's what he should get for what he did to me!

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

1:37 ur a good boi for that

[@dubonha]

Rip Thomas the tank engine

[@mamaciminohandmade]

Thats not Thomas that is his last brother .unless...

[@SomariTheAdventurerJam6]

and Duck

[@RETRO--qs9cf]

Finally we have some Thomas comments after I comment mine months back

[@RWSfan2024]

Ryan and Duck died on screen

[@nathanpitones]

⚠ WARNING ⚠ The following video contains graphic footages of engines getting dismantled. Viewer description is advised.

[@atsffan-lm9ib]

Yeah

[@koranadams9992]

These were bad times for the good old steamies I watched documentaries of scrap as a kid and this was sad and scary and it was pretty upsetting that they almost fully replaced steamies with deisels

[@bennickss]

Aye, truly a tragic sight. It’s fantastic that the effort that enthusiasts go to restore these majestic machines.

[@abinfoahmcinnesooohffggghh9474]

hi

[@JKF10210]

Engines can't be restored without new parts, scrap is used to build new parts and new machines.

[@the9thsymphony900]

It’s sad that they wouldn’t fix and preserve these engines

[@MrTrainerProductions]

Got ya this time, Stepney! You'll make very fine scrap indeed! Buffer him, Bert!

[@JosephRomano]

This is a living trains worst nightmare 🚂😱

[@mrfilmers8046]

3:49 how is he doing with that??

[@goldey2353]

He pushing the Turn tablet to Move the Locomotive

[@mrfilmers8046]

Yeah but don’t trains weigh like, hundreds of tons?

[@66Oliver]

Mr Filmers They’re balanced near perfectly on the table, and spin well.

[@commscan314]

@@mrfilmers8046 Have you have not heard of the glory of gear ratios?

[@Blueberry.Flavored]

It's every Tankie's (Thomas fan) worst nightmare...

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

you gotta admit the music is epic

[@Framed_Niner]

2:18 “Pictures like these provide a sorry but inevitable reflection of the times in which sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress. The age of steam is practically dead”

[@sarahhockey02]

It’s sad for steam engine lovers,but I think these diesels are looking good too,there also worth somethin too

[@GamerB2022LikesTugs]

Diesel 10 wants you to be his new henchman.

[@blurredputin1755]

@@GamerB2022LikesTugs I wonder what diesel 10 would be used for if he was created

[@commscan314]

@@blurredputin1755 Probably would work in the scrap yards for loading and unloading trains he pulls.

[@XelGabCell]

Tbh though, they scrap some hard work for nothing! They are wasting trains

[@XelGabCell]

@@Angie-dh5gr your right, diesels produce smoke instead of steam and smoke is killing the earth.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Angie-dh5gr Steam locomotives produce smoke from burning coal as well as steam. Coal smoke contains cyanide, arsenic, as well as damaging hydro carbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. In fact steam locos are far more polluting and dirty than other types.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@Angie-dh5gr Burning wood is very inefficient and still produces pollutants and greenhouse gasses. Burning wood is very similar to burning coal, you just need more of it!

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

True

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

@@Angie-dh5gr nope steam is worse than diesel byt who gives a freak ? Diesel is also dead with pure electric locomotives being prodused and replace the diesels

[@timothyghost8899]

DON’T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT

[@anthonynigri4058]

RIGHT NO SCRAPPING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

[@timothyghost8899]

@@anthonynigri4058 Eeyup

[@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk]

@@anthonynigri4058 bro these things has been used since like 1899 they need to rest RIP Old Steamies

[@anthonynigri4058]

@@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk No matter of how old they are they don't need to rest they are history and will always be around

[@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk]

@@anthonynigri4058 i dont know... ive seen old trains break down before

[@mrfilmers8046]

Why are they sending JUST steam engines to the scrap yard? Why not diesel locomotives too??

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

They are scrapping diesels now, but when this film was made, most diesels were new and not ready for scrap at that time.

[@elijinn5044]

The Diesel's deserve it

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@elijinn5044 Why? They are still polluting but they are more efficient plus easier to maintain and operate than steam.

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

@d. yu he speaks more facts than u idiot

[@lepto5611]

d. yu I’m 14

[@walterwhite5388]

It was time for Thomas to leave, he had seen everything

[@J4CK50N.]

When I see this, I get nauseous. It brings back those scary moments in Thomas the tank engine’s darkest episodes.

[@anitacullaro8668]

This is just depressing just once these prideful locomotives just put to waste all that hard work just for nothing

[@hikiy]

eh atleast you get deisel lcomotives from these metal

[@class28studios78]

I can just hear all those steam engines screaming

[@Lamo679.]

Every second of this feels like I’m being shot

[@craigbrown3870]

This is steam hell

[@madzabucar5375]

For me,this is excruciating pain.

[@prestonsvideos6133]

We don't have to be sad, there are plenty of steam locomotives in the UK that have been preserved.

[@jsut2654]

Like ones on the ELR

[@Eflgoat]

@@jsut2654 bro not just elr the nyr wn kwvr and loads more

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

Me: *Wanders around and heard a wheesh of steam* W-Whose there? *Sees a very old Furness K2 in blue* Whoa... Excuse me? ??????: I-I-I don’t mean to be rude, miss... A-Are you Ambassador Dreemurr? Me: The one and only. You can call me Frisk. Whats your name? And why are you here? ??????: My name is Edward. And me and my friends have been here since 1960. Me: Why are you and your friends here? Edward: One word... Scrap... Me: I can’t let them break you and your friends into bits. When will you be scrapped? Edward: We’ll be scrapped by the end of the year. Me: Don’t worry... You can count on me. The next day... Me: Edward, you’re still there. I brought coal and water. We’ll get the others out, together. *Fills his boiler with water, steps onto his cab, places the coal in his tender, takes a shovel, scoops up some coal, puts it in the firebox, lights it and shuts it easily* Ready, Eddie? Edward: I’m ready. *Starts up and steams away from his spot* Thomas...? Thomas: Edward...! We’re over here...! Me: Over there. Later... Me: *Couples Oliver up to Douglas* Okay. That’s the last one. *Sees 4 CSX engines help and steps onto Edwards cab* Here we go... Our daring escape... I’ve always wanted to say this... FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!!! Thomas and his friends: *Blow their whistles* Me: Start up, Edward! Edward: *Blows his whistle and chuffs* Scrapyard worker #1: *Sees the scene* HEY!!! GIVE THOSE OLD IRON HORSES BACK!!!!! Me: *Throws a piece of paper* MAKE ME!!!!! The next day... Edward: *Stops in a siding* Me: Mom and dad are gonna be so angry... Toriel: Frisk! *Runs to me and hugs me* YOU SAVED THE ENGINES OF SODOR FROM SCRAP!!!!! WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!

[@lopwr1212]

✨cringe✨

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

@@lopwr1212 Dude! Seriously?! That is rude!

[@UrLocalTTTEFan]

Cringe

[@FriskDreemurrOfBiggCityPort]

@@UrLocalTTTEFan Says you. I was bored.

[@florjanbrudar692]

I have no idea what I just read, but CSX? that's in the US

[@arandomyugoslav389]

As a kid I almost fought mountain engines were real but to me Snowdon mountain railways both Ralph and Erie were scrapped and with John of course

[@Outslaught]

Goodbye our beloved Old Irons

[@northrailproductions]

*WHY MUST YOU HURT ME IN THIS WAY*

[@Tak3452]

for a train lover from when i was a baby this makes me cry

[@scoobthee28]

The engines have worked hard and this is how British rail repay them

[@sirwelcome]

XD

[@generalsquirrel9548]

Lets court british railway for murder on steam engines.

[@florjanbrudar692]

British Railways is long gone and haven't you listened to the narrator? He says they're not efficient anymore.

[@penginator88]

hes joking @@florjanbrudar692

[@SoraFan23]

And this is what Scrap Yards looks like according to Thomas and Friends.

[@FLonYT326]

Wow, pipes are what are inside Thomas.

[@sirwelcome]

Please shut up

[@prestonsvideos6133]

The pipes are there to hold the water, which gets boiled to steam by the fire and goes to the pistons which have siderods to make the wheels turn.

[@FLonYT326]

@@sirwelcome no u

[@sirwelcome]

@@FLonYT326 Why are you replying to a 6 month old comment?

[@joshteshek1155]

What if these trains had faces. Just imagine the pain

[@Daddy_donaldanddouglas]

At least one of them didn't get scrapped.

[@bluebellsfan8704]

R.I.P to all those steam locomovites

[@user-bv7xu8qr7l]

I watch this every day

[@keniawaleskahernandezherna7148]

You ruend my childhood

[@lopwr1212]

Shut up

[@anthonynigri4058]

@@lopwr1212 YOU SHUT UP

[@lopwr1212]

​@@anthonynigri4058 Stop being so fucking cringe and man up its just Steel

[@ezeahrizcalupas6280]

Ruinend you mean.

[@tee6025]

When they said in that one RWS Book “they take your wheels” is this what they ment

[@bidaddy56asda77]

Very exciting music whilst the train is being teared apart

[@florjanbrudar692]

The word is "torn"

[@GreatCenteralGlory]

It's a shame, the N7s are lovely tank engines.

[@fordaxgamer4024]

if only the steam train still existed. the steam engine can half replace it with the engine so the smoke isn't thick. oohhhhh Thomas the tank engine. why did you go...

[@soundwave2120]

1:20 imagine if that number plate said 69420

[@smootherthemaskedengine4303]

Oh god

[@olympus__]

Nice

[@dr_weil]

@@olympus__ nice

[@jmtrainz2582]

That number plate probably exists

[@jmtrainz2582]

Just found out it did at one point! It was carried by an ex-ner N class(lner n9). www.lner.info/locos/N/n9.php en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NER_Class_N

[@robojumadecreier8668]

Why people are still sad about this,this is like from so long

[@florjanbrudar692]

It doesn't matter how long ago it was.

[@johnmasters504]

Great film

[@naturespecialist1489]

2:30 not for a run away 14xx his auto coach and Toad

[@penginator88]

farwell old freinds, you will be missed, but it is what it is and things come and go

[@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk]

Atleast there are still 812 Classes, My favorites

[@florjanbrudar692]

There's only one of that class...

[@sarahhockey02]

I will hate people who like death of steam engines

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

It is not the death of steam locomotives, they are not living people. You have been watching too much of a fictional cartoon show. They are inanimate collections of steel and copper which need to be recycled to make new useful objects.

[@sarahhockey02]

It’s history now of the steamcengines

[@sarahhockey02]

I was so dum now I understand

[@anthonynigri4058]

@@PreservationEnthusiast 🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@sarahhockey02 No problem Sarah, it's an easy mistake to make. You don't need to enjoy steam loco scrapping but you will at least be able to understand the purpose.

[@RWSfan2024]

Omg, they scrapped Ryan and Duck on screen! At least Henry and Thomas survived

[@generalsquirrel9548]

Wouldnt be that sure about thomas tho

[@RWSfan2024]

@@generalsquirrel9548 I meant in this vid I know in irl Duck, Ryan and Henry survive but not Thomas

[@generalsquirrel9548]

@@RWSfan2024 ah oke

[@RWSfan2024]

@@florjanbrudar692 the main comment was meant to be a joke

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@RWSfan2024 Obviously I'm aware

[@Ashton_2014]

Just imagine when the Thomas universe grabbed the yards what you're gonna about making a video about. This train that's been took in butt to the scrapyard and he meets this black tank dungeon named Joe. It's a waste of survival to stay alive so they can't get took in a park biter. Breakers torch

[@GriffinTheLNERV2]

Note: NEVER SHOW THESE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SODOR

[@mrglonk527]

It was time for Thomas to leave... he had seen everything

[@F4productions4072]

Not only steam trains get scraped desle engines get scrap and electric engines aswell

[@75732]

3:42No I am actually kind of worried and sad

[@75732]

1:37

[@75732]

2:34

[@75732]

0:00

[@75732]

1:17

[@75732]

3:38

[@Holines6737]

MATTEL in a nutshell

[@easykeysy5973]

Only real men cry when watching this video

[@Creeperboy099]

3:45 Is that an E2?

[@gold9523]

Either e2 or e4

[@VHDXO]

E4

[@chez069]

e2

[@meepmeep1909]

It isn’t an E2 as they had curved running boards on both buffers (or just the back) and they were never fitted with wheel arches

[@dimitrispaliogiannis7953]

Yep

[@Braydontheconfidentengine76]

So this is what the engines of the N.W.R think of when someone meations scrap

[@blueeyesstick123minecraft3]

Trains: AAAAAAAA I FEEL IN PAIN!!

[@florjanbrudar692]

They're inanimate...

[@thefunnydeadchannelthatdoe7054]

nice

[@dedikkurnia]

Island of sodor: *N O*

[@charlie709]

Little did they know they were making A horrible mistake

[@sbc9127]

0:29 the steam engine: have I just witnessed MURDER

[@uglyowl5684]

R.I.P steam engine train

[@dxagonwrld4630]

Also I love trains

[@mikeyhasfuntoo9164]

Thomas saw this video and he’s getting therapy soon

[@felipen3673]

Such cap, at 4:24 they said all railways would be run by desil and electric trains, theirs still a ton of steam trains

[@TSKALEX876]

Such as the 5MT black 5 there’s still about like 20 of them in service

[@dr_weil]

The train's number tho *nice*

[@javodey]

Poor Thomas was so sad, he nearly cried

[@smythiousme7556]

thomas?

[@momenaalomari8077]

And I Love steam locomotives

[@samuelanimations7582]

That poor E2 no!!

[@lopwr1212]

That wasn't an E2 dodo

[@lopwr1212]

Anyways you wouldn't have loved E2s if Thomas was an J50

[@samuelanimations7582]

Yha its pretty trash

[@FazbearEntertainment414]

Tank engine at the beginning: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@stanleighsusiloh1488]

Oh the indignity

[@fx6r]

This is just sad if diesels replace they should help the line NOT REPLACING WHO EVER LIKED ARE NOOBS AND HATE LEGENDERY THINGS IN OUR LIFE STEAM ENGINES ARE A SYMPLE

[@lopwr1212]

I can't believe y'all are that childish

[@fx6r]

@@lopwr1212 what do you mean I ain't childish I just like steam engines aka THE BETTER

[@jmtrainz2582]

@@fx6r You definitely are being childish. It’s sad sure, but these steam locomotives weren’t as good as new ones. It’s the way of life, get used to it. Many locomotives of the steam era still operate under private ownership. Be happy for what you have, don’t be angry for what you lost.

[@brianawong9676]

It's like project g-1

[@georgiamapping7803]

That tender engine looks a lot like a real life james from Thomas and friends and a tank engine duck

[@florjanbrudar692]

Looks nothing like James who is an L&YR Class 28

[@georgiamapping7803]

@@florjanbrudar692 I said tender

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@georgiamapping7803 The L&YR Class 28 was a tender engine

[@Shipwright1918]

Only 1500 quid? If I'd been around then, I would've bought one.

[@thomasoates3003]

£1,500 in 1962 values is about £15,000 today. This put steam locos out of reach of the average pocket.

[@Shipwright1918]

@@thomasoates3003 Still a bargain, as something like a 9F cost around £200,000 to buy new from Crewe Works (Swindon charged more even though they were identical). Steam engines were sold by weight under scrap value, so that's how many average people DID save one, they just went for a smaller engine. The one that takes the biscuit is Chaloner, a narrow gauge vertical boilered De Winton engine. Wasn't saved for any historic reasons, it was because it was the smallest locomotive that could possibly be found. Was about 20 or 30 quid, purely by its weight in metal.

[@thomasoates3003]

@@Shipwright1918 Thank you for this. If memory serves quite a few of the bigger locos survived as people clubbed together to buy them.

[@Shipwright1918]

@@thomasoates3003 Indeed so, or advertised in the various railway magazines of the the time for donations, which came in from all over, in amounts large and small. Didcot Center, the mecca of GWR heritage these days, got started by a group of young lads who banded together to buy a single 14xx tank engine with the help of donations and rented a siding to keep it in. Old railway men told them how to run it and look after it, so it spent many days running backwards and forwards on that little stretch of track. Even after all this time, the engine is still a part of Didcot's collection. Also like the story of David Shepherd, the artist who bought two steam locos after his wildlife paintings sold well in New York. Completely on a whim, rang up British Rail and asked to buy a steam engine. Had enough sense to say he wanted a good one, not a worn-out piece of junk, and got the reply, "Well, you're in luck. 92203's just come off heavy overhaul, and we'll be getting rid of 'er in six months anyway, so why don't you buy her? 3000 pounds, scrap value." When he told the story, he equated it with ringing up British Airways and asking to buy a 747 off of them, completely unheard of and having quite a lot of cheek. Fortunately he knew the right people from days doing paintings of the last days of steam loco operations that they helped make it happen.

[@georgigenov8793]

I love steam engine not too bee raplaist

[@Thomas-ok4pq]

1:10 NOOOOOO THOMAS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@cartopics8878]

RIP thomas the train

[@TwilikeWonder]

Im in pain

[@greenbeanwater6686]

The fall of titans...

[@dxagonwrld4630]

They should make new ones

[@sirwelcome]

Make new what exactly?

[@anthonynigri4058]

@@sirwelcome steam locomotives

[@sirwelcome]

@@anthonynigri4058 Who is they? And what specific steam locomotives?

[@pahirapahira9480]

😭 nooooooooo thomas

[@Daddy_donaldanddouglas]

Ima not telling though.

[@thomasandthedoctor]

they that out of all the 134 n7s only one was preserved

[@SwagNeverDies55]

I'm too sad cuz why they do this they scrap the steamies :(

[@mikeyhasfuntoo9164]

2:39 Oh Dear

[@uzi5787]

Thomas Had never seen such bullcrap before