The Absurd and Incompetent History of the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway | History in the Dark

[@lmm]

Heya. One of the MSLR coaches is still in existence at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey All items of stock are relevant to the line, built before it closed in '52 and tell part of the story of the MSLR. The Ruston 165 is owned by the society, and the Folwer and my 48 are not on loan, they are both based there. The Cockeril and the Y7 are also currently based at the railway. Nice to see my photos in the video, and good to see someone else covering the history of the line.

[@Pyrotrainthing]

A horribly managed line became a great Heritage Railway. I love how the whole reason I know of its existence is that Lawrie's Ruston 44 is there.

[@lmm]

Far better today then it ever was, and more engines running on it. There's 6 currently, which is twice as much as the original line!

[@Pyrotrainthing]

@@lmm It’s on my list of places I want to visit when I go to the UK

[@sirrliv]

Surely we should expect a guest appearance from Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels who volunteers at the preserved MSLR, even housing his personal Ruston 48 diesel engine there.

[@natevince3154]

I secure hope he shows up.

[@margotishrn]

Agreed!... I'd ñike a co-op betwen them one day👍

[@tobycaunt9257]

Lmm is seriously underated

[@TheSudrianTerrier653]

Lawrie and some others are also restoring another Ruston 48 they saved from scrap

[@lmm]

It's a lovely line, some of the best stories of the line were missed in this though!

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

Possibly consider telling the story of US equivalent railroads in fighting constant adversity: 1. Rio Grande Southern /2. Georgia and Florida Railway / 3. New York, Ontario and Western Railway.

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

I think the rack and pinion footage is actually the Snowdonia Mountain Railway and the narrow gauge is Welsh slate railways. Not that I mind, it's fantastic to see that footage. But someone's bound to get uptight about it cos this is KZbin.

[@HistoryintheDark]

Oh, none of the footage is from Mid-Suffolk. I couldn't find any, honestly, outside of the stuff from the modern heritage line.

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

@@HistoryintheDark that was my conclusion; you can't show footage that doesn't exist. But I also thought someone was bound to throw a hissy fit. And it is fantastic to see the old slate inclines in operation. Perhaps an episode of those please please please. Kudos Sir Darkness 👍

[@lmm]

There is is one film, which is of the last train@@HistoryintheDark

[@AnimalsVehiclesAndMore]

I would absolutely love to see Darkness cover the Northern Pacific Railway, or the Timken 1111/ Four Aces locomotive. Both had massive positive impacts on the railroads of today, and I would love to see a video on either one of them.

[@keithjones589]

as long as he also covers SP&S

[@make725daily1]

Your video is an endless well of motivation! -- "Each setback holds a gem of wisdom within."

[@SteamboatWilley]

There sure is a lot of stock footage of Welsh narrow gauge railways in this video.

[@fanofeverything30465]

Good to see you covering railways from across the pond

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

The pre-heritage rail days version of this company would easily belong on a list of worst railroad companies. That being said, I'll give them credit they weren't constantly at each others' throats unlike with Penn Central. Besides, it's kinda nice to see any rail line in that location these days.

[@lmm]

It was a poorly thought out line, and rushed into building. They tried hard, but there just wasn't anything in Suffolk at the time. You're talking the days that a big adventure was going to the next village, and if you made it to the local town, that was stuff of legends.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Interesting archive footage of the Snowdon Mountan Railway. Anyway, huzzah to railway enthusiasts for resurrecting another dead railway.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

You need to do the Derwent Valley Light Railway and the minimum gauge Sand Hutton Light Railway!

[@iaingardener9268]

May I suggest videos on the Bishops Castle Railway and the Shropshire and Montgomery railways, both of which make the MSLR look respectable

[@mikebrown3772]

Quite a typical story of many small independent railway companies many of which spent much of their existence in receivership and didn't finish all their planned lines.

[@yeo5811]

Most heritage railways are more successful than the company that had them before.

[@koppadasao]

Where in UK is Nor-witch?

[@harrisonallen651]

The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is a saviour

[@crashingboy2002]

why do you say that?

[@katherinemorey6517]

Hi history in the dark, my name is Cory Mears. I'm just wondering why you put Bugs bunny's head in the picture. It's just so creepy. I have a runaway imagination. Kind of like a runaway train. It can't be controlled. It has FLOATING HEADS! It scares me every time and that head went into my mind and it freaked me out when I first saw it. The next time you put a cartoon character in the picture, can you put the whole body in with the head? I do also mean bugs bunny. It's probably going to be in my mind when I get to bed. The worst time for it. You might want to explain the reason why to the viewers just incase they want to know why if you change it.

[@jwrailve3615]

This railroad was just covered in a forum I’m in pretty neat.

[@poowg2657]

Are you sure this wasn't the fore runner of Penn Central?

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Interesting.

[@trainlover658]

You think this line was nuts, wait till you come across the Weston Clevedon & Portishead light railway!

[@thesudricmerman3318]

Can I recommend a video on the malton to driffield Junction railway and it crazy history from near bankruptcy under uses and closedown to it revile in 2008

[@billy54bob]

Mountains,,,, ,,,!!!??? Suffolk is FLAT with a few hills, durrrrf

[@michaelhawk6847]

Preferred shares not preferenced shares

[@drewzero1]

Creditors not debtors

[@Nastyswimmer]

They seem to have built it in Wales - no wonder it was a failure :p

[@ALCO-C855-fan]

The Big Four grouping Was in 1923.

[@jodypitt3629]

Why are you showing film of the Snowdon Mountain Railway instead of the line your commenting about?

[@alexhajnal107]

A total lack of historical footage for the line (he mentioned this in another comment thread).

[@23GreyFox]

Could be difficult to use what not exist.

[@lmm]

Footage does exist of the last train. As do many photos of the railway throughout its existence@@alexhajnal107

[@alexhajnal107]

Suffolk → Suh-fuk or Suhf-'uk

[@poowg2657]

Unless you're from Maine and then it's "Sorefork".

[@srajfnly2]

No @lmm hmm🤔

[@lmm]

Could have shown off the mighty 48!

[@MidlandProductions]

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