Severn Tunnel Junction.

Severn Tunnel Junction and other locations in the steam era.
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[@waldenhouse]

I was sad to hear that Michael Marsden had died. We owe him a debt of gratitude for these fabulous recordings and the means to enjoy them all now reproduced to digital media. Sadly he didn’t live long enough to enjoy the rewards of his success. Much the same as Ivo Peters who recorded the Somerset & Dorset for posterity. Thanks for uploading.

[@SMX815]

Ah good old days & lovely old footage 👍🇬🇧

[@steverichards5214]

This takes me back! - Was a frequent visitor to STJ in the early 60s as a teenager - all that activity (& shed) completely gone now

[@flippop101]

What a fantastic Marsden narrative of how things were.

[@VlakynaSlovensku]

Excellent railway video!

[@harvestjet]

Thanks for posting this fascinating film

[@thomaswykes3647]

Can't believe how miserable they have made Severn Tunnel Junction now. Crap bus shelters and no loos. Even that ticket office has been replaced with a lovely Portakabin. Vandalism...

[@paultaylor459]

Nice to see the old St. Mary's football ground at Chepstow. Tesco occupies that site now.

[@JohnPW22]

Lovely clean video and good colours, unusual for film this old! Gloucester was local to me, so fascinating to see this!

[@G0IMB]

I love the fact the enthusiasts were allowed to spill over the tracks at 5:57 in those days

[@MasterMoyle]

They weren't as bad with H&S back then so could get away with it, but if you try that now it's a £1000 fine OTS. Heritage lines you can go lineside with a special pass but with the mainline you need to work for either NR or a charter company and have a lineside pass.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

Just found these clips; If only we had cameras back in the 1960s. I was too busy being a DJ in the North West; Rolling Stones and all that..................Mike

[@BrianSeaman]

I enjoyed watching that David - thank you :)

[@mikego18753]

Action packed vid.Thanks from a random you tube guy.

[@Trent_The_Trainiac]

Steam for life

[@TravelAndInfoWithHanif]

nice

[@NickRatnieks]

Mike Higson bought 4079 from BR in 1964- the sale to Australia was much later.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Contrast her with her classmate 5037 nameless and unloved

[@spatewater]

Thank you for posting this video! I have no interest in trains , but my beloved grandfather was a wheel tapper at severn tunnel junction for 45 years! Wonderfull to see it at its hayday ! knowing he was there! Nothing to see there now, sadly.

[@paulrandall6462]

Glos & Warwickshire railway

[@JohnSmith-mx8jh]

Lovely jubly

[@MrReakes]

very sad to hear the news r.i.p

[@wdobni]

its such a tragedy that UK scrapped the steam service, no matter what the cost and expense of keeping it......during those days every engine and every village was a combination of Harry Potter and Disneyland....

[@thedawsonvarietyshow6567]

They should have kept the branch lines and other small lines, but the idea of phasing out steam, as heart wrenching as it may be, was arguably for the better.

[@melanierhianna]

Monsieur Laemone If they had phased steam out earlier may be the branch lines etc. would have suffered less. Steam was very inefficient, and needed a lot of people. It was also exceptionally dirty and bad for the health. A small single car DMU or even petrol railbus would have been probably affordable on small lines where as having to support steam wasn't.

[@MasterMoyle]

Melanie Rhianna Were glad that so many steam engines have survived otherwise the preservation scene wouldn't be as big as it is because most will likely be just stuffed and mounted in a museum. Being a huge steam fan myself steam traction will always be loads better than diesels and electrics, it might be dirty and more labour intensive but had they never been invented we may never have had railways built. Dont forget future generations of people have a liking for steam engines too.

[@melanierhianna]

David Moyle Oh I love preserved steam railways and I love steam days out. I especially love narrow gauge steam. Projects like Tornado are amazing. However I wouldn’t want them as regular transport. Public transport should be fast, clean, efficient. A class 69 on the front of mk5 coaches does it quietly and is far better for the environment.

[@JintySteam1]

Could someone enlighten me on cameras back in that time? My question is: did cameras have zooms back then? @ 2:24 the camera zooms back but was that the camera or was it done in editing?

[@Bittern19]

Hello

[@geoffryllewellyn7693]

Noticed that all the Halls and Manor had already had name plates removed................no dignity !

[@michaelgoodliffe4887]

Michael Marsden!

[@djburland]

a shocking site and imagine how much wheels and connecting gear cost now!!

[@JPLtrain]

Les dernières vapeurs?

[@stephenchappell7512]

In this area yes The North West was the last area with steam lasting until 1968

[@Armadilling]

Z!!!!

[@thee4tank625]

beeching was a horrible person

[@thedawsonvarietyshow6567]

I don't like him either, but he was smart. He brought back the war crippled railways by replacing older traction with the new. Everyone hates change, but It had to happen. Diesels and Electrics provide more power by comparison to fuel intake.

[@p.istaker8862]

Ernest Marples is the name to blame

[@juleshathaway3894]

For the 1964 general election the Labour Party promised to halt the closures that Beeching proposed. Barbara Castle became the Transport Minster and rather than save the closures she authorised them. So whilst Beeching and Marples were bad guys, Castle was too but somehow she is always forgotten about.

[@stephenchappell7512]

​​​@@juleshathaway3894 Being a non driver she was more sympathetic however in the age of devaluation she couldn't halt the call for cutbacks however she did delay and even stop the closure of some lines including the St Ives branch