Severn Tunnel Junction and other locations in the steam era. #BritishRailways #GreatWesternRailways #4079PendennisCastle #GWR4900Hall #GWR2800 #GWR2884 #SevernTunnelJunction #GWR5101LargePrairie #BluePullman #SouthWalesPullman
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@waldenhouse5 жыл бұрын
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.
@SMX8152 жыл бұрын
Ah good old days & lovely old footage 👍🇬🇧
@steverichards52145 жыл бұрын
This takes me back! - Was a frequent visitor to STJ in the early 60s as a teenager - all that activity (& shed) completely gone now
@flippop1014 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic Marsden narrative of how things were.
@VlakynaSlovensku Жыл бұрын
Excellent railway video!
@harvestjet7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this fascinating film
@thomaswykes36476 жыл бұрын
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...
@paultaylor4596 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the old St. Mary's football ground at Chepstow. Tesco occupies that site now.
@JohnPW226 жыл бұрын
Lovely clean video and good colours, unusual for film this old! Gloucester was local to me, so fascinating to see this!
@G0IMB6 жыл бұрын
I love the fact the enthusiasts were allowed to spill over the tracks at 5:57 in those days
@MasterMoyle6 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways5 жыл бұрын
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
@BrianSeaman4 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching that David - thank you :)
@mikego187534 жыл бұрын
Action packed vid.Thanks from a random you tube guy.
@Trent_The_Trainiac4 жыл бұрын
Steam for life
@TravelAndInfoWithHanif5 жыл бұрын
nice
@NickRatnieks6 жыл бұрын
Mike Higson bought 4079 from BR in 1964- the sale to Australia was much later.
@stephenchappell7512 Жыл бұрын
Contrast her with her classmate 5037 nameless and unloved
@spatewater7 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulrandall64627 жыл бұрын
Glos & Warwickshire railway
@JohnSmith-mx8jh7 жыл бұрын
Lovely jubly
@MrReakes2 жыл бұрын
very sad to hear the news r.i.p
@wdobni7 жыл бұрын
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....
@thedawsonvarietyshow65676 жыл бұрын
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.
@melanierhianna5 жыл бұрын
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.
@MasterMoyle5 жыл бұрын
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.
@melanierhianna5 жыл бұрын
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.
@JintySteam16 жыл бұрын
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?
@Bittern194 жыл бұрын
Hello
@geoffryllewellyn76935 жыл бұрын
Noticed that all the Halls and Manor had already had name plates removed................no dignity !
@michaelgoodliffe48876 жыл бұрын
Michael Marsden!
@djburland6 жыл бұрын
a shocking site and imagine how much wheels and connecting gear cost now!!
@JPLtrain Жыл бұрын
Les dernières vapeurs?
@stephenchappell7512 Жыл бұрын
In this area yes The North West was the last area with steam lasting until 1968
@Armadilling6 жыл бұрын
Z!!!!
@thee4tank6256 жыл бұрын
beeching was a horrible person
@thedawsonvarietyshow65676 жыл бұрын
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.istaker88626 жыл бұрын
Ernest Marples is the name to blame
@juleshathaway38944 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@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