Vintage railway film - Diesel trainride - 1959

This vintage railway film, produced by British Transport Films in 1959, gives some sense of the novelty and excitement of a drivers perspective from a childs point of view in a new diesel railcar, a view previously unattainable with loco hauled trains.

[@MrTantrums007]

These were the final days when Britain was still decent and Britain had an excellent national railway network to travel on. I admire those who took advantage to travel the whole of Britain by train before the Beeching cuts destroyed and fragmented the railway network.

[@antonysmith9173]

Probably me,but those days seemed so much better and more enjoyable than the bs we have now! God for a time machine.

[@MrForforfor]

Wonderful piece of social history. I remember when the DMU's repalced steam in 1958 on the Ealing to Greenford shuttle. A fight to get to the front seat. Life seemed better then.

[@Steven_Rowe]

Quality footage from a simpler age when I was only a small boy.

[@zanelindsay1267]

A quaint and picturesque train ride with dad's answers to the children's many inquisitive questions. Unique view of track pans at

[@boweandrew3]

great british railways transport film simply classic

[@allanm6246]

The days of looking at the driver controls in a DMU or EMU are long gone!

[@259miamigo]

The water trough sequence was at Halifax Jn in Ipswich, and the final shots with the large signal gantry are Ipswich Upper Yard, by Gippeswyk Park.

[@johntyjp]

And all the time, Dr Beeching was plotting somewhere behind the scenes!!! 😆

[@paulwilson3083]

A tough era but a much simpler and enjoyable one.

[@petersmith4455]

those were the days, great video. i was 6 in 1959, train travel was great and peaceful. i lived in east sussesx and we had the brighton belle and 6pul units to marvel over and if we were lucky we got a glimpse of electric loco 2003 at newhaven,we always had lunch on the train if we went to london,that was exciting because of the pullman car in the middle of the train

[@mickd6942]

Look at the track and Ballast kept in excellent condition by the gangers responsible for they’re stretch

[@davidhurford573]

I'd love to go back to those unhurried days.

[@g2macs]

'Daddy what does'.....'WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP!'.....yes daddy...

[@anthonymerrett6837]

I remember it well ,lovely memories 👍

[@firstfreeone]

I have to laugh. Anywhere else in the world this would be a rail motor or rail car set. A traditional "train" is a locomotive hauling carriages , freight wagons or if in the UK, goods wagons. Good video to show the way it was.

[@alanmusicman3385]

Love it! I remember going on those Cravens units out of Kings Cross to Winchmore Hill many a time.

[@pauljohnson4590]

Lovely colour versions of some of the previously seen B&W footage, but I smiled that one train journey started in flat Norfolk with the Broads, and had mountains at the end! Not many mountains in Norfolk! even a short clip of Oulton Broad from the Lowestoft to Norwich line, looking across to Everetts Park!

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Interesting how it’s starts in Norwich and ends up on the Tyne Valley at Wetheral.

[@markcousins9337]

Not a Hi-Viz in sight on that track gang. Now they look like they just came from a rave in field off the M25 c1991.