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Keeping that 2-10-4 loco fired over long distances must require serious stamina & musclepower, np lightweight. The operators probably took turns or had an extra buddy ?

Thanks for sharing this fascinating video on how the Channel Tunnel. For those interested in more railway history, I recommend checking out the Hand Drawn History video on Euro Tunnel History: ua-cam.com/users/shortsvMKJUoS5RtA

At least it’s now being run by the Epping Ongar railway

35 years later and trains on the ECML are still limited to 125mph

Maybe the 07.30 Stranraer Harbour (Platform 2 !!) arriving in Glasgow Central ? I caught this train, after a night on the Stranraer Harbour Boat Train (21.15 ex Euston). It was hauled by 86 102 to Carlisle, 47 414 to Ayr, and 20 039 piloting 47 414 to Stranraer Harbour.

Mid 90’s WCML was a great line then. Spent many weekends running up and down the steps at Tamworth…..

Best of train ever by gb😊

An absolutely fascinating piece of history. Thank you.

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Getting out of Ongar is a real problem.

The power car in the middle was something I couldn't quite figure out...in effect giving you two trains, was there a solution to load the two halves evenly so you didn't have the front standing full and 50% open seats in the rear.

Enjoyed watching the past,life as it was.

My granddad used to work at westoe colliery and harton colliery untill he retired

Train line, life line, time line, end of line. A nice reminiscence by all of a calmer period, without too much intrusion of our complexer world of today.

Now we are heading back into state ownership. How ironic. I hope this time we don't squander the opportunity to encourage people to take the train for a reasonable price.

Wonder what happened to Eric Robson; he was always the presenter on these BBC north-east produced programmes.

The only solution is to bring in a rail company from the far east and give them unlimited legal powers of direct and complete control with no other interference being allowed for at least 40 years, passing laws in Parliament to do so - this would improve standards and lower fares, rail projects would be done much faster and in half the time - strikes would have to be banned on the railways and trade union leaders would have to be arrested if they started strikes, in fact trade unions on the railways would have to be made illegal

My granddad's favourite line as a driver.

Fantastic sight. I love the sight of that bridge and have a couple of pictures of it. Love from Oz.

wonderful, and especially wonderful to see the Mallard, such a shame that we got John Major, the worst Prime Minister ever, he privatised BR and the railways into a tail spin of years of confusion and uncertainty. Back then a ticket had a fixed price, and you could travel spontaneously. Now thanks to him, you have to book weeks in advance on the internet and still have to pay a horrendous price to travel. What a tosspot John Major was, and him shagging Edwina Curry, what a disgusting thought.

The Four coach Double Decker electric unit trains operated on the Charing Cross and Cannon Street to Dartford via Sidcup line. They were painted in Southern Region green at first but this progressively changed to British Railways green in the early 1950s. They received all over blue with full yellow ends around 1970 which lasted before they were unceremoniously retired in October 1971.

Smoother than a Boeing 747 and this on rails. Love the curves, don't know about the wine, but it does look promising.

Hi, please can you share where you found this footage? I'm researching the HS4000 and available data online is pretty slim. Thank you!

My dad said that he remembered that rail crash

What a horrible person Dr Beeching was Newcastle station is more busier nowadays him closing Newcastle station would have been a disaster. Glad that did close

One little fact, from a BBC video on the event, Rev Wilbert Awdry visited the show

Wow, this video taught me so much about how the Beeching Axe changed trains in Britain! I had no idea that so many stations and tracks were closed because of it. It's sad to think about how it affected rural areas and made things harder for some people. But hearing Dr. Beeching's reasons for doing it made me understand a bit more. Overall, it's interesting to learn about something that had such a big impact on transportation. Consider watching the history of Dr Beeching Report for more insights by Hand Drawn History

Lost on me.

Completely unrepentant.. What a ****

I love the Station Hall. It’s so atmospheric. The NER M1 and GER G58 are locos I still wish were there. Also, curious that the museum’s original renovation was 18 months, and the current one is also 18 months.

One of the most important lines Closed by labour was the line From Matlock to Buxton And Matlock It Takes Four Hours to get from Buxton To Matlock You have to go Buxton to Stockport Stockport to Sheffield Sheffield To Derby Derby To Matlock It takes one hour on the bus 🚌 And they it’s quicker by Train!!!! The line was an alternative route to London and the line To Manchester Central should Never have closed Obviously people who make these decisions don’t know Anything about Railway’s Ernest Marples has a lot to answer for Beeching lived in East Grinstead which had a high level and low level station The high level line was closed On the 2 January 1967 The track bed was later used To build a relief road and was Named Beeching Way A Car 🚘 Park was also built On part of the level Station The High Level Station The line from East Grinstead to Hayward’s heath and the from Uckfield to Lewes was another Piece of Railway Vandalism As they were alternate routes To Brighton went main line was Closed for engineering works Or any derailments which Blocked the main line The uckfield to lewes line is Mentioned In ADRIAN’S VAUGHAN book railway blunders

Ah yes, all those lovely diesel fumes to enhance the beauty of the countryside.

Classic brilliantly British 🤣🇬🇧

Comfort and service from British Rail in 1985 you could only dream of today....This may have been a one-off run but as a regular user of HSTs and Inter-City services at the time, first class dining, just as in the video was a regular option, on-board buffet catering was excellent and second class had mostly seats with tables, less aircraft style seating. Ive not seen a better service anywhere today on any network from any provider than was provided by BR in 1985!

This is classic misrepresentation of the facts. Beeching didn’t close anything, ministers did. Indeed, most closures happened under the Wilson Labour government, long after Beeching had gone.

What a bunch of railway legends!!!

great video, reminds me of the good old days of rail travel : is it just me or does the 1'st song sound better sped up 1.25

beeching made sence why pay tax for linse that didnt pay

The people who think the government was ‘evil’ at this time have never been able to explain why, if things were so bad, rail passenger numbers went up throughout this period. Asking people to pay the full cost of their ticket seems perfectly reasonable, especially for relatively wealthy commuters in the south east.

I lived at Long Drax, right next to the power station, C.E.G.B stood for Central Electricity Generating Board, their land rovers used to make spot checks on the water outflow station that crossed our land out into the River Ouse opposite Hemingbrough, Nth Yorks.

The fact he said he wanted to close the north end of the ECML says it all. What a misguided man.

You were and remain a complete idiot. JML

Never be the same as sitting on a Pullman pulled by a STREAK or a DELTIC---although it's better than the crap these days !

The situation we’d be in now doesn’t bear thinking about if the Settle & Carlisle had closed, because Skipton - Carnforth would’ve been next. What should be happening now is speed improvements. The S&C was designed for 90mph running yet most of it is only as high as 60mph. There also needs to be some overtaking loops.

Here lies the problem with state ownership….money is always tight. It’s was the same under governments of both parties. Those who pitch nationalisation as a magic solution couldn’t be more wrong.

The state of the roads nowadays are completely unacceptable. The line should be re - opened ASAP.

Super !

1980s

Scottish finest ; loved staying at Queensferry marvelling at this Beautiful Rail bridge and the suspension bridge just opposite ( this was time before the 3rd crossing was built). Glad Jerry didn't destroy this bridge in WW2 with excellent defence by RAF and local brave Scottish Military forces near by

Nice to see Maude out on the main line, and in North British livery, too. The Sealink Mk1 and CR coach make an interesting combination behind her.