the history of trains, i guess

[@AmtrakGuy365]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed as it was nice to have some extra fun with the writing and editing. Make sure you check out Bill Wurtz’s “history of Japan” ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5mYfYxqgt9ka9Esi=yqE--BMXIOF8FG6l ) and “entire history of the world, I guess” ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqamn2urrZeamNUsi=CH2ER-4doYlzcDs- ) because those were my inspirations, I’m aware some people are confused about the style. Mind you this wasn’t meant to be an exact recreation of his style and more of a fusion with my style.

[@joshuam-vn9rd]

Where the hell is australia bro, we have some really good railways here, like in Vic they have the v line, and the metro there is really versatile

[@naypowell1715]

That is true I’m an Aussie and some of the trains here are big and fast

[@BMTEnjoyer160]

Hey I have a question what was the full stock footage at 13:51

[@Inucroft]

21:00 The UK did not Nationalise their railways, it was a rebranding and merger of prexisting Government bodies. Aka a PR stunt with no actual meaningful changes, as the network is still privatised

[@timotheatae]

Ireland isn't Great Britain!

[@TheGs4_4449]

NO WAY IT’S MICHIGAN BILL WURTZ

[@Comeng_]

FR FR ONG?

[@Jacy-dx6dx]

MICHIGAN MENTIONED YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@atsf47legit]

YOOO WSG BRO

[@TheGs4_4449]

@@atsf47legit NO WAY BRO YOOOOOO

[@cykablyatman6242]

​@@TheGs4_4449erm akshually bill wurtz is bill wurtz 🤓☝️

[@Danominator]

"Hey can we go on rail?" "NOOOOOO." "Why not?" "A truck's sitting on the crossing."

[@kingkoopa64]

Not anymore because he moved

[@Danominator]

​@@kingkoopa64Or the train sliced it in half 😂 trains stop for nothing

[@jokelethkurueisner9229]

Oh ok

[@darthmaul216]

@@Danominatorwell it did move. Off the road

[@scooterman3]

⁠@@Danominator *N O R T H F O L K S O U T H E R N W H A T S Y O U R F U N T I O N*

[@TheBleggh]

*US Government:* Hey Amtrak, remember your job is to fail, okay? Not survive for decades. *Amtrak:* _How bout I do _*_anyway?_*

[@cryorig_transit05]

Amtrak's ridership: increased by 20% Amtrak: 🗿🍷

[@DaRealDemobird]

Amtrak’s back breaking after carrying the American Railroad Industry for the entire late 70’s, 80’s and 90’s

[@S4b_3r]

a Victorian-era person would never comprehend the speed of a Keystone train going cab car-first

[@velocity9OOOYT]

Me deviously causing a couple hundred 18th century redcoat brits to have a heart attack after showing them the ICE train I brought with me

[@genoobtlp4424]

Keystone ain’t got crap to an ICE3 (Br403/406) at 300km/h with cab windows (optionally opaque glass between pax and engineer)

[@velocity9OOOYT]

@@genoobtlp4424 so, silly thing, it would probs take less than both of these to surprise a victorian era person Like, you could show them an american 2-6-0 from the 1890s and they still couldnt comprehend it actually for any of these theres a big chance they become paranoid of the train. They were terrified of them, even when the trains were of their time

[@GeneralLiuofBoston1911]

​@@velocity9OOOYT Show them a railway gun and tell them, "I can hit you 20 kilometers away with this thing!"

[@bahnspotterEU]

@@velocity9OOOYT Sounds like you don‘t know when the Victorian Era was. The 1890s are still a part of it…

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Government: Here's your railroads back, thanks again US Railroads: What the fu- Government: Actually I want them back... The passenger ones though. US Railroads: ... Government: Sparkle sparkle sparkle!

[@Seaboardsystem-t7e]

At least the second time around we got Amtrak out of it and I’d say that was for the best

[@TrainLover3268]

Yes so true

[@Pensyfan19]

Sparkle Sparkle Sparkle 🗣🗣🗣

[@LowgaenSchmidt]

As Nostalgia Critic once said........F*** YEAH!! SPARKLE SPARKLE SPARKLE!!!!

[@RooneyMac]

I was looking for WTYP gang but it's always grand to see TBolt c:

[@MatthiasWiesmann]

One thing you forgot to mention is that in 2018, there is a high-speed line in Africa. The Al Boraq runs from Casa Blanca to Tanger at 320 Km/h. Fun fact, it is completely in the Western Hemisphere…

[@jorkusmalorkus]

meanwhile california's fastest passenger train goes 120kmh lol

[@N0v4.fr05t.]

because its not a high speed train.​@@jorkusmalorkus

[@handsomerob1223]

*Average railway enjoyer* “Why is the army in town and why is there an EIGHTY FOOT long rail car?” “Don’t worry about it.” US missie command

[@SpringySpring04]

I live in southern very rural US, and was able to take a trip to Japan a few months ago, and wow... the trains there are FANTASTIC. I always knew Japan had amazing public transport but, WOW, they REALLY have amazing public transport. I love how just about every station has its own little melody for when the train doors are open, and just how easy it is to go from one place to another. And I've lived in rural US, I have never even touched a train before this, but after a little bit of getting lost like 2 times and fiddling around with google maps, it was very easy to figure out how to get around with the trains; ever since coming back from Japan, I've been fascinated by urban development, and especially how much more accessible cities in other countries are as opposed to the terribly car-centric America

[@mccoachrailwayproductions8958]

"Autonomous trains make drivers obsolete" Meanwhile, in Germany: "The last proper internet connection was a good five miles ago, and we're at a station with semaphore signals, that are being operated by mechanical wire systems. Or in short: I'm 24, and I have no fear of being replaced before my retirement, whenever that might be

[@Guy-Zero]

You would have no fear of being replaced literally everywhere on the earth

[@mccoachrailwayproductions8958]

True that! It's just that I regularly hear it in forums and discussion sites from our country, how people sneer at railway employees (Especially locomotive crew members) that they shouldn't demand too much money for "Pressing a few buttons", and that they'll be replaced by AI soon anyways. Honestly, it's almost cute how silly they display themselves, trying to discuss this while having nearly no deeper knowledge in the matter

[@Guy-Zero]

@@mccoachrailwayproductions8958 Exactly. Those people saying "its only pushing a few buttons" have no knowledge about that job or railways in general. It's sad to see so many people out there that don't appreciate the work everyone in the railways does but I guess there are always some people who are against everything, don't like improvement and don't like people getting treated better if it doesn't benefit them directly.

[@brentywenty]

AI cars seem to become a thing. And that's a piece of code, you don't technically need an internet connection. If it's also trained on visually recognising semaphores, then it should be possible. But most likely will not happen lol, unless you have someone with a passion and a lot of money.

[@m00teronyoutube]

thank u for the history lesson amtrakfeller

[@AmtrakGuy365]

when am i getting luigi's mansion iceberg follow up 421734621873

[@bennickss]

You have an amazing music taste and the abundance of OMORI references is epic

[@notme8232]

Yeah, I thought I was reading too much into the Mari mii, but then I realized it was, in fact, Mari.

[@adamgolshanara6350]

I had no idea anyone even remembered the Roseville yard bomb explosions. My great uncle was a higher up there and him and a number of other hostlers shunted around as many cars as they could to try and shield the blasts from the rest of the town. My grandpa lived miles away and could feel the blasts. It was crazy.

[@kyckrox1]

As someone who lived in Roseville this is certified

[@ThePutAponPuffball]

They just found a left over explosive from that I’m pretty sure

[@StickwithBrooklyn]

2 Places I Laughed at. 21:45 "THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE TAKES OVER THE WORLD-" 5:23 "Union Troops also stole a Confederate locomotive, said 'NAH NAH NAH NA BOO BOO'"

[@stinkyroadhog1347]

Kudos to you catching the shambolic gutting of VIA rail in January 1990

[@AUG_XZABER]

Yeah kudos. 👍

[@AmtrakGuy365]

VIA deserves so much better! On top of the financial cuts they're severely delayed because of freight trains having priority.

[@briannormant3622]

@@AmtrakGuy365 Tell me about it lol. Not so fun fact, a few days ago CN, the company that owns most of the tracks VIA operates on, imposed new speed limitation at crossings. Because the delays weren't bad enough I guess. The reasonning they gave is about the configuration of VIA trainset possibly not matching the crossing equipment and possibly detect the train and activating the barrier to late. Which is nonsensical as VIA operate this trainset since a certain time and never had issue, as well as ArmTrack on some section.

[@Mr.Memesmith]

I was not expecting this. But ok this is interesting. Not totally bill wurtz style, but close enough.

[@christianpark5155]

He doesn't really have that personality so he isn't able to pull it off as well but I think he did the best he could. Still very fun to watch

[@tackywhale5664]

It works if you speed the video up, though.

[@jmstransit]

No singing quirks, that’s another thing missing

[@telmomoreira7616]

@@tackywhale5664 Yup 1.5 makes the video 80% similar.

[@Finetales]

@@christianpark5155 IMO the biggest difference is the lack of bill's signature original music/jingles/sound effects throughout, as that's what makes bill wurtz bill wurtz

[@Mikey-xz4vn]

18:53 "America's first high-speed trainset" UAC TurboTrain & Budd Metroliner: _Am I a joke to you?_

[@sniper.93c14]

Acela's record top speed (as far as I can find) is 165mph - which is just 1 mph faster than the Metroliner's record... UAC turbotrain is even faster reaching over 170mph.

[@micuu1]

Yes, yes you are

[@SalmanMentos]

Those are semi highspeed trainset Alwo Budd Metroliner is literallly a can

[@sniper.93c14]

@@SalmanMentos they literally both have gone as fast as the Acela does… if they are semi high speed so is the Acela. This is a silly argument about definitions.

[@SalmanMentos]

@@sniper.93c14 According to wikipedia The most common international definition of high-speed rail (speeds above 155 mph (250 km/h) on newly built lines and speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h) on upgraded lines), The northeast corridor ia technically an upgraded line so im going to count above 124MPH as HSR Metroliner max speed is 150mph but its operational speed is 120MPH, just falling short of being a HSR, so its a SHSR The aerotrain design speed is 100mph (youch even a steam engine is faster) But the operational speed is 80MPH (even some freight engines are faster lmao) so its technically just normal speed Acela is designed for 200MPH but its operational speed is 150 so it counts as a highspeed train Edit: i forgot youre talking about the turbotrain and not the aerotrain Sorey

[@Nowheres_Channel]

I love the way America is depicted in this. They quite literally did railroads dirty.

[@WasatchWind]

I hold out some hope that times will slowly change. Things at least aren't getting worse (except with California HSR) and some stuff like Brightline seems to be doing alright

[@timothystamm3200]

Even worse we made Mexico denationalize for NAFTA and then killed their passenger service, though it wasn't doing that well before then, and the culturally similar Canadians and, to a certain degree, Australians and New Zealanders followed suit besides the fact that we haven't helped many countries south of the border. Essentially, we destroyed the North American network from its peak to its almost skeletal form and set the example or allowed them to rot for 11 other networks. If you wonder why competent or semicompeteny railroads are now mostly an old world phenomenon, it's our fault.

[@darknessofevil117]

blame ww2. we didnt have the destruction that the other places did and we went through a tech surge. GI coming from the war had money and cars were like the ultimate symbol of freedom

[@timothystamm3200]

@darknessofevil117 That's the thing, Robert Moses's own civil engineers had already discovered induced demand from the Manhattan, Queensborough, and Triborough Bridges and the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, the George Washington Bridge, the West Side Highway, and FDR drive confirmed it. They already knew they didn't work they just couldn't get the message out that all of that crap infrastructure for cars failed if cars were adopted in mass.

[@sorashirogami1729]

@@darknessofevil117 Bikes were the "symbol of freedom" you spoke about.

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Pretty ironic that trains changed from some of the most nonsensical things back centuries ago to some of the best things to film

[@fishman501]

"You want to go across the English Channel but your train can't float" All of the famous and profitable boat trains and overnight sleeper services: Am I a joke to you?

[@captainminecraft631]

"Wanna become a train driver? Too late, as a computer might be doing it for you." "and then thomas the tank takes over the world."

[@flopjul3022]

as a dutch, we also had the Fyra disaster(expensive train development only for it to not work) and the NS being privatized but still part of the government somehow ICMm(Koploper) and VIRM look nice and the ICMm was sold to japan partially

[@Pensyfan19]

Incredibly well made video, and what a video to celebrate such a massive milestone! Learned a lot of great things in this vid, and remember folks: trains are the answer to everything. Based on the efficiency of trains, building more trains allows for a cleaner environment.

[@ThompsonSteamtrain]

4:38 Australia always has different rail gauges in the same continent 😂

[@percyhenryenginefan99]

Australian, I can confirm that

[@sergeantfirstclass3810]

ACT and NSW: Hey guys, since we're now a unified independent country, we should use the same track gauge! WA: Ok. SA: Ok, lemme just run one more train out of Melbourne (The Overland will be back later). NT: ....do what you want, we don't care. QLD: We'll keep our narrow gauge, but here, have this plot of land for your standard gauge line thingemebob. TAS: Nah, we're good. VIC: .............how about no! (Gets a few standard gauge lines to make the feds happy)

[@danukil7703]

What a fantastic way to celebrate this milestone! Mari is particularly adorable :)

[@danukil7703]

Mari timestamps: 8:07 20:19

[@kuillus]

20:34 didn’t expect to see a picture of the Kitchener-Waterloo’s Ion LRT. Hi from Waterloo Region! 👋 Thanks for making an informative video. 🚂

[@SCL6054Prouctions]

I just love love how you did this it's a mix of History but it's funny and not something boring it's amazingly wonderful and it's also lots of international railroad history and I learned some very interesting things that I would've never never known or ever look up like the 1 millionth car of lettuce

[@EatJam_DontCatch]

This video got me to check out your channel. I really like the content and how even to someone who doesn't have extreme rail knowledge, can understand the vids. Keep up the good work man

[@AmtrakGuy365]

@@EatJam_DontCatch Thank you so much! That’s ultimately my goal with my scripts so I’m glad to hear it. I don’t like to get *super* technical with details and every single little factoid to keep the video understandable and easier to digest, and hopefully more memorable.

[@ErieRRfan]

This feels like the Winnipeg railfan on steroids, I love it

[@eclipsedbadger]

12:51 Argentina Jumpscare! 😂 I'm from Argentina, I did not expect hearing my country mentioned on a video about trains of all things! LOL Love from Argentina! 🇦🇷

[@twentysixbit]

This was f*cking amazing!!! Thank you! I needed something to scratch the itch of history of the world era Bill wurtz

[@KaiseroftheBlade]

1:24 was a missed opportunity to make a Half Life 3 or Valve joke…. Still amazing video!

[@Nictrain123]

You, my friend, just created another classic. 👏

[@bendafyddgillard]

I laughed, I cried, I cheered when Amtrak was invented. Full of interesting history, the good and the bad, and a creditable homage to the originals. Good work. Best wishes from 3'6"-land.

[@literaldirt]

is this the history of trains by chance

[@officialxverzusz]

Meanwhile in Hungary: MÁV: _Our trains have barely improved since the communist era aside from the ones that go to the big cities, but we're still going to charge you extra for a second class ticket._

[@kovacsabelkristof3566]

Hey, at least one of the great pre-communist era locomotives, the Máv class 601 made it into the video 8:32

[@maxhemenway]

11:28 Knock knock it's the diesel locomotive

[@adiamond563]

HOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNKKKKKK

[@maxhemenway]

@@adiamond563 OK

[@exempligratia101]

Steam Engine: “What do you think you’re doing?!” Diesel Engine: “I’m cleaner than you. Shove off to the torchers bench.” Steam Engine: “WAIT! NOOO-“

[@confusedbakugo1373]

With HUGE motors, with traction... traction motors.

[@slovakvillageboi5635]

Nice video dude, was entertaining to watch and also funny, could have made a tiny reffrence to the Czevhoslovak legion occupying the entire Trans-Siberian railway from the USSR, but still, great video

[@BunZen]

0:11 no way is this Mari from OMORI?

[@AmtrakGuy365]

low poly mari!!!

[@Crewwfoxxproductions]

@@AmtrakGuy365i just got back into touhou and war stuff, but I’m trying my best to get back into your channel after half a decade, good to see you’re still holding up! - a LONG time fan, Crewwfox

[@russellgxy2905]

Eurostar: Look at this “high speed train” lmao Acela: Why you got 3rd rail pickup shoes? Eurostar: *sweats profusely*

[@flankana]

19:40 it was built in the very same Darlington you mentioned near the start of the video and they're building a P2 gresley now

[@wan_kkkkkk]

Guess this is my favorite train related video now

[@lukasegeling5205]

Switzerland also had some electric steam locomotives. Coal was in short supply but they had lots of electricity.

[@Max24871]

Wow that's like a quarter the efficiency because you didn't want to wind a couple of coils for the motor

[@sorashirogami1729]

@@Max24871 It's like hot rods and/or muscle cars, they don't do it because it's efficient, they do it for the aesthetic.

[@SONICX1027]

Your best video to date. I love the comedy in this video

[@parappa922]

Ah, relaxing with MARI, truly a great moment for humanity

[@MegaEmmanuel09]

Congrats on 100k! Great video, btw 😁

[@smortgaming4217]

(7:03) Literally just a giant model railway

[@EversTrainz]

I love how the video slowly loses the Bill Wurtz vibe and instead becomes a more "in a nutshell" video

[@asamyers4572]

16:39 The way the two segments link together made it seem like the Smithsonian institution was the "undisclosed source" the provided Rhodesia with diesel locomotives, which is funny if true

[@Stevie-J]

No one formally recognized the legitimacy of Rhodesia, but South Africa "secretly" gave them support. A conspiracy of museum curators is such a funny idea though 😄

[@admydragon]

This is giving "Noo. Why not? The Sun is a dEADLY LASer" vibes

[@tristschannel5611]

Liam was present for all of these events

[@Inerturn]

The hype for this was real!!

[@FurryWrecker911]

The overlap of YT references, train content, and Source game sound effects and songs has my brain cooking at 200%. This was such a good historical recap video!

[@Sommernacht15]

12:26 I didn't knew your channel before but it was SO obvious that you can't make such a video WITHOUT this *very* historically important series. Who WOULDN'T? 😂👏 I love it!

[@ggoraa]

Bill wurtz unintentionally changed the internet with his masterpiece, now everyone else starts making masterpieces like him omg

[@y0d499]

This was a fantastic video. From the charming sound effects, the humor and memes, to the comfy retro video game soundtrack, and the interesting history highlights. It's an all-around great video! Added to favorites. Cheers!

[@BacontheGreat]

love the 9:30 diseasel bit from thomas and friends

[@jossdeiboss]

This is the funniest summary of railway history ever. And not only that, the quantity of information is massive for a 20-ish minutes video! I think this is a great video to show people who are not into trains but would like to understand why trains exist.

[@lia_heeler]

"Knock Knock, its the diesel locomotive"

[@dronemasterhalloweendude2479]

That was a fun video. I love the way you explained everything not like a documentary, but more fast paced and funny. We need more videos like that.

[@duckyelo4]

"trains were invented in the 16th century" commented friday september 20th 2024 16:25 - 16:26

[@iluxius8216]

I gotta say, I love trains and history both, so I was practically screaming for you to go into more detail during the Industrial Revolution-WWII period!

[@unnameduser06]

*Lord bill wurtz* will impressed of this history. i didn’t knew that much. thanks 4 the lore story :]

[@TranscontinentalRailfan]

I always love these railroad timeline videos and this is actually the most entertaining one, ngl. It’s really amazing how railroads around the world have changed overtime. I also want to mention to you that there is an upcoming celebration event to celebrate 200 years of the world’s first railway in the U.K. next year 2025. The B&O Railroad Museum is also preparing the 200th anniversary of the B&O event to take place in 2027.

[@beccajohnson-choma1762]

History of the C62, I guess

[@RichManSCTV0]

Another FANTASTIC video as always!!!

[@capefeartrainsandsirens]

They were really good at making self propelled explosives back then

[@PR-bu5pk]

Really great video. Most videos I've seen styled after Bill Wurtz's have felt like cheap knockoffs but this was much more creative and original while clearly retaining the inspiration

[@SPRailfan4449]

5:48 “And they took a gangster picture together!” lol 😂

[@Absorr]

I'm glad you didn't try to mimic every last Bill thing and gave it your own flavor! A great video!

[@Yearofthedeathofhumanity]

Me just watching cause im slowly rotting away on this inside

[@theguy7585]

19:52 was NOT expecting to hear oddloop in this video but honestly it's a fantastic song in an even more fantastic video

[@0truer]

I'm taking the train a lot more these days, this video seems pretty interesting, I take it for granted living in a well connected city, thank you for this high quallity content.

[@F59phishorts]

Yay this guy posts again

[@j-train13]

I love the commitment to the styling of the original, while also referencing the inspiration

[@traincrazymotive]

FINALLY, A TRAIN VERSION!!!

[@chilledburrito]

19:53 lmao, Girls and Panzer, forgot about that. Bullet trains will always be the train combiners from Transformers RID. Thank you for the great video. I like trains.

[@CNJL_Productions]

5:20 Hey my great (x5) uncle, Henry P. Haney, was the fireman on the confederate locomotive, The Texas. Also, both (main) locos from the chase are preserved in Georgia. I've seen both, and they are in IMMACULATE condition!

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

Boy, I wish cars were just a passing fad...

[@jyotikhanspal1299]

Love the streaks of fun and laughter threading thru a “ history” lesson of our good old’ railway

[@Bluecomet_833]

GUYS WAKE UP, AMTRAKGUY365 POSTED

[@stephenkeever6029]

This is amazingly well done! So many great images and clips made it impossible to watch without stopping and rewinding to look carefully at what I just saw. Thanks!

[@astralaegis6283]

Omg this is so cool. I really want this style of video to become more popular. I feel like you did a great job of infusing Bill Wurtz style into this video, while also making it your own. It might not be as humerous, but it's just as entertaining and educational. Please keep this up. I'm subscribing to see more.

[@Susu986]

Wow, you DID manage to cram everything in! Plus points for remembering that US is not the only country on the planet!

[@robloxtrainwatching]

No more advancements will be made, JUST Thomas the tank engine from now on.

[@mikemac803]

2:46 I drive over that exact bridge at least twice daily. Its still standing and was famous for being at a skew to the train line, adoping the name skew Bridge.

[@syaondri]

This gives a unique twist to Bill's video editing style also TRAIIIINNN

[@SouthernMaineFoamer]

What if the real locomotive was the friends that we made along the way?

[@Joel23901]

1:41 in Camborne, Cornwall (which was were Richard invented the puffing devil) there is a local celebration called Trevithick day celebrated on the last Sunday of every April and every year, that bring out a 1:1 scale working replica of puffing devil just like in the clip you see in a second and I actually got to RIDE IT and that was absolutely incredible. I will never forget the time when I rode a 223 year old engine recreation ever 😁

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

Oh no, bro is jumping on this thing..

[@quintonrhoads5630]

hey man this video goes hard, big train guy here. hope you produce more, I'll be waiting with great excitement

[@MrTragedious986]

Despite there’s a lot of Diesels. We still have Steam locomotives being preserved.

[@adityasanthanam1945]

That was incredible. Well worth the wait. Take as much time as you need, and we will wait for you.

[@bizmen81]

2nd Ave Subway: 1930: Woo! Were above ground! 1940: Uh...yea, I guess I'll be used for the war effort. 1950: No train 1960: No train 1980: OK, its a scary time to be a train in NYC. 2000: HOW IS THERE NO TRAIN! 2010: Yes, we're planning a train! 2020: Woo! We're below ground...for just 3 stops...for how much?!

[@filanfyretracker]

I feel like Robert Moses somehow had a hand in preventing the subway from being even bigger at a point in history when it would have actually been invested in without someone to get in the way.

[@cathlynng3184]

Yo this video is cool. I'm a train enthusiast who didn't know about these things until now. Greetings from Singapore

[@block_01_]

1:39 he’s Cornish, my secondary school also had a house named after him as they were called named after Cornish people due to being in Cornwall

[@elliotkopitske6222]

Took me a bit to get over you not being bill wurtz despite trying very hard to be, but I really liked this video because you are epic and trains are epic and your unique pace and style is you and cool and awesome

[@Sans_Official.]

15:04 now I’m imagining surgery of a train

[@jlaroque05]

Man that video was perfect, seriously. Congrats 💙

[@NO-ol3xc]

8:14 "You feel better."