The main reason 9Fs are fleet of foot is the excellent valve design and steam passages, able to get the steam in and out of the cylinders quickly enough for that 90MPH on 5ft wheels. Chapelon probably approved.
Showed my grandson this video today as my daughter said he likes trains, but we were both surprised when he knew what a steam locomotive was. The surprising thing is he's only 4 and we haven't showed him anything like this before, so his seen it somewhere so can't wait to take him to the Bluebell or Mid hants railway. Train set on its way next birthday.
Absolutely MUST keep steam railroading alive. If for no other reason than to tell your grandchildren--you see, you CAN make a machine that doesn't need a computer. Living history these. The perfect marriage of function and beauty.
There will never be a locomotive that can capture the beauty and feel of a steam locomotive. True iron horses that don't feel like machines,but rather as living beings..... Truly,a remarkable piece of engineering
People don't understand about the true pleasure you can get out a steam engine, I've been bought up on steam and the traction engine i drove was a beautiful black red and gold burrel, for me it was the smell of the steam and the smoke, the fact was that you had to feed it and grease it to keep her alive and happy, people think I'm mad but they don't understand, I always tell them until they have had a bacon and egg butty with a cup of tea made off the shovel they haven't lived 😉 ohhhh the good old days, I miss them, dad and I loved everything to do with steam I've driven a steam train 🚂 at the bluebell line loved every minute my dad knew the owner so I got to spend the day with him great day ❤ I tuturned up in my boiler suite which was covered with grease and coal dust, my hair tucked up in my cap ready for work it was fantastic. Anita from Kent UK 🇬🇧
@@IslandofSodorStudios I did but unfortunately over time they were lost, my dad had most of them he passed away in 86 and my sister threw alot of them away unbeknown to me, she hated steam, because it was dirty stupid moo she wasn't like me, roll your sleeves up and dive in, I wish in a way they could bring back the steam engines there's just something so lovely about them, they are a living thing in their own right, and of course you get to love them.
@@anitainglis2005 Have you ever read train books, like The Railway Series or anything? James A Williams has a video series in which he reads that series. I've listened to that series, so I can tell you it's stories of living engines. They got faces, they breathe, talk, feel sensations and emotions and even cry, for example, when they've been a "naughty engine", in quotes due to a little engine called Thomas being told "You're a very naughty engine!" in a story. That same engine does a different naughty thing in another stories and he cries in that one, too. There's another engine, his name's James, crying and being miserable when he's been naughty, too. They also get sad when someone's mean to them, like in the first TRS story, the other engines make Edward cry and at least in the TV show based on the books, an engine nicknamed Duck's in tears over another engine's meanness.
With the power to weight ration the Kings must have been the most powerful 4-6-0s ever built, they were 26 tons lighter than a Princess Coronation class although they were 4-6-2s and were 11 tons lighter than the Britannia class 4-6-2s, the Kings also had a greater tractive effort than both these classes and to see them in full flight was an absolute fantastic sight to see, it speaks volumes about these Railway Mechanical Engineers back in the 1920s and to think they were still running into the 1960s, the Kings were such a beautiful engine.
There used to be a good video on You Tube about preparing Kings for cutting up for scrap at Cashmores. They had to cut the back wheels first to get them round the tight curves in Cashmores yard. Actually the King was a terrible design, the result of trying to get too much power out of a 4-6-0. This resulted in a very compact front end which was difficult to access and maintain with the large internal inside cylinders. The axle loading was too high resulting in very small route availability, just 15% of the network. And the firebox too narrow for the size of loco as it was constrained by the rear drivers ... no such limitation in a Pacific. These faults meant the Kings were quickly torched in 1962, with Swindon C shop and Cashmores Newport being favoured places for quick disposal.
"It wasn't until 1825 that the iron railway and the steam engine came together" (3m21s) - nobody involved with this video knew about Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick's 'Pen-y-Darren' steam locomotive hauling "10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men" from Penydarren to Abercynon along the Merthyr Tydfil Tramroad in 1805? See e.g. Wikipedia for Richard Trevithick... Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed every informative minute!
@@nikerailfanningttm9046 Yes. Last I heard, Wales and Cornwall were still part of the BRITISH Isles - specifically the big island known as Great Britain, as, indeed, they were in 1805 and 1825. Your point is...?
Not to mention, Trevithick also built and ran a passenger steam locomotive called "Catch me who can" in LONDON in 1808. Also, Locomotion isn't even George Stevenson's first locomotive, he'd built the engine Blucher for the Killingworth colliery in 1814.
Tragic to see all those rusting locos in Barry, but wonderful that Brits have a deep love of what can possibly be described as one of their more important Inventions. The whole story of railways in Britain is one of woeful waste
Overall a nice video, but I can't shake the feeling of irritation I get any time a history of of steam locomotives that credits George Stevenson as inventing the steam engine. He only built his first locomotive after observing one of the rack locomotive engines built by John Blenkinsop in 1812. He didn't invent them, he improved on and standardised them. Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive in 1804. I used to live in Swansea where they keep a replica of his Penydarren locomotive.
I laughed at 6:19 - 6:37 because "As a Passenger Railway, the Liverpool and Manchester needed Speed and Steady Riding from it's Locomotives, Rather than Freight Hauling" I have a feeling that Lion knows better, as the screen shows one of the only Goods engines the L&M had at the time that wasn't a return-flue boilered engine with vertical cylinders built by Timothy Hackworth (aka Stevenson's old rival), followed immediately after by a "more modern" Goods engine by Stevenson's other main rival: Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy! :)
I'm also an old romantic when it comes to the steam age railways. I just love them all. So very sorry to learn the sad news regarding David Shepherd. Thank you very much for the video.. oved it.
@@IslandofSodorStudios -- Thank you for posting Shepherd's voice and image online so others can know he even existed. His persona typifies a breed of man that is fading away, a previous generation. Our children won't have any idea what people used to be like because all the true old-timers are gone. Thank you for the memories.
Great footage of a big era. I didn't know that the steam era in GB ended in 1968, I thought it was in the mid 70s. That is why English fans made a pilgrimage to West Germany until there was no more steam in October 77, and also determined to East Germany until 1988 ... PS: The first German steam locomotive, the Adler, came from England ...
Sorry, City of Truro, your 100 mph speed doesn't count if it's done running downhill. Turn around, make the run uphill, then average the speeds. What do you want next, a tailwind?
A kid would say "Choo-Choo". I'm one of the church baby-sitters, so to speak. As in sometimes, I'm in the toddler nursery at church, where they play with toys that include an animal train and a toy James. One girl played the toy piano with James and they also wanna put them down the plastic slide, the animal train and James.
The steam does not come out of nowhere. You have to boil water to get steam. These old trains used to burn COAL to make heat, to boil the water. Coal is not exactly what one would tag environment friendly and/or healthy!
Those steam engins hade power though it wasent that tha lack the guts china still uses them they should of came up with more better ways i think they shlould give steam another heat
But just think, eventually over 250 locomotives sent to Barry scrapyard were sold, renovated and returned to service since they were de-commissioned in the 1960's. The man who owned the scrapyard was considered a hero for not immediately putting them to the torch. Google it, and see for yourself!
David Young I wouldn’t say Dai saved the engines, he was an opportunist and made big bucks off of the engines and didn’t really care that much about them. But I will say that his somewhat greedy attitude helped others save steam in a way.
@@davidyoung5114 the first engine to leave barry yard was the 4f of 43924 in 1968 and the last engine to leave barry yard was 5553 the tank engine in 1989
Great videos, but I like the Steam Engines more, because of the magnificent machinery that encompasses each Engine. The MARVEL OF PHANTASMAGORICAL MAGNIFICENCE OF THESE MAGICAL MACHINES. YOU WATCH THEM GO AND WATCH THE STEAM, AND THE PISTONS, AND RODS, ETC., THAT MAKE THEM GO, AND THE BEAUTIFUL MAGICAL WAYS THEY DO THEIR WORK. GODSPEED, AND GOD BLESS THOSE CREATORS OF THE STEAM TRAIN 🚉, AND STEAM ENGINE VIDEOS. THANKS AGAIN. SINCERELY, LIGHTSTTN1.
We should of stay with sream and more people would travel by train because when I have the chance to take a ride upon a steam train I jump at the chance.
I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
To understand the attraction of machine such as steam locomotives one must first look beyond the machine. Most of the folks that i have worked with looked at me with a quizical expression when I stated that I always saw the intelligence that created the machine, and as such the machine is entitled to be viewed with respect. Crazy you might say not to those of us that love engineered equipment.
Sounds like Nigel Harris doing the narrative. Nice. He, the Castle Productions chap name escapes me, and the S&D Signalman Mike Arlet ? They are my favorite commentators these days.
WRONG. Stevenson didnt create the first steam loco and it wasnt the first in service. Trevithic created the first - and then set one up in London just for a trip round the park. His first was actually a road not rail engine
Thank you for uploading this video! We found the book with DVD probably 3 or so years ago. Our young son has loved it ever since. He's almost 5 now and still watches it with great interest. Thankful to have it available on UA-cam rather than only being able to watch on DVD.
Unfortunately the presenter has very poor diction - I strained to hear every word he spoke and though I went back I still missed 'important' comments - otherwise very absorbing. Luckily some might say, though post nationalisation, I was in and out of the Leeds area loco sheds by bike on more than a weekly basis in the early mid '50's, courtesy 'Ian Allan'. My home was 500 yards from the ex LNER Leeds to Harrogate track so my alert to the Pullman Express imminence was often the melodious tone of an A4 Pacific horn, - the substitute A1's, and A3's never gave the same buzz! Hunt's or Shire's usually headed lesser local trains. Down in the valley a mile away the River Aire was accompanied by the old LMS track's past the 12th Century ruins of Kirkstall Abbey! Haulage here was Patriots, Jubilees, Royal Scots etc. It was the loco sheds I enjoyed exploring most, usually without permission, or with a nod, but with little hassle from officialdom - Imagine that today! Neville Hill was most difficult to access [unofficially through iron railings], but Farnley, Wortley and Holbeck in retrospect were dream venues.
It’s a tragic and darkest day and my heart goes out to David shepherds wife and family but the locomotive 92203 black prince and the loco will continue on to the future
What great engines the Western region Kings were both in aesthetics and performance, probably with their power to weight ratio the most powerful locos on British rail and to hear them at speed was something else, I know they are well maintained now but even back in my day in the 50s they were also well maintained and at speed they were a terrific sight to see, I know the LMSR had the `semis` and `prinee royals` but the Kings were the ultimate in raw power.
I read somewhere that the UK has approx 500 preserved locos. What a massive debt of thanks we owe to those restorers who gave so much time (and money) to their projects. So much owed to so few! And perhaps I should like to thank the "steam widows" whose husbands were always away working on their projects.
So proud about diesel trainsdude just trains normal trims nothing applying nothing call about them you know what school steam trains are the coolest race someone yesterday 😁 I love steam trains diesel trains is love diesel trains do you ruin the life of steam trainsand seeing god we still have skin trains around the world still today 🙏
I've especially wanted to mention that I personally saw David Shepherds BR class 9F tender engine named Black Prince in Best of World Steam as well since the 1959 built steam locomotive had been bought by the famous artist from BR in 1967 as to now have been owned by him several decades longer since that's what Peter Fairhead personally said as I've heard those exact words with my own ears!
Zack Bobby they didn’t diesels weren’t steam was more reliable and most of the big steam locomotives were more powerful and performed better than their diesel counterparts the only diesel that was great was the Deltic and the HST
To see why they writhdawn the steam locomotives look at this: ua-cam.com/video/5XxaGBG6Xdo/v-deo.html In some Europeanen countries (even Western Europe ones) steam lived untill '60-'70's. So USA was quite an exception.
I've especially wanted to mention that the BR class 9F remind me of a character named Murdoch who was introduced in the show's season 7 episode titled peace and quiet!
Thanks to this documentary now I know why American steam engine enthusiasts pay no attention to the British history of steam engines. It has nothing to do with steam engines! It has entirely to do with the American scorn for everything royal. Imperialism, kingship, queenship and all the words that remind one of them cannot be tolerated (just stating a fact, trying to be objective). These British locomotives were "Christened" with names of kings, queens and royalty, so, in order to talk about them, one has to utter the names that Americans don't want to speak. That's the whole of it. Now, add the fact that the engineer rides on the left and the fireman on the right, and it's game over. Americans don't want to even GO there. Okay, now set all that prejudice aside, and look at the British legacy. The engines were beautiful. They made sounds that are entirely new to Americans' ears. Brits have preserved more of them than Americans have of their own. British people are more apt to appreciate the steam locomotive mystique for the wonder it is. You guys across the pond should be proud of what you have, and don't worry about "keeping up with the Joneses." You can develop new technologies all right, but don't lose track of your legacy and heritage, because it is yours, and nobody can keep it shining and presentable like you can. Besides, if you don't, then nobody else will.
As an American I can tell you that it has nothing to do with any of the crap you listed at the beginning. Simply put, we have our own romance for, and history with steam locomotives. (The Great Locomotive Chase is an interesting story if you haven't heard it.) We've also built our share of beautiful locomotives such as the Norfolk & Western 611, Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific 119, and the Southern Pacific Daylight. Even diehard british steam fans would be hard pressed to refuse their beauty. While it's true that we may not have the fastest locomotives, we do have the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built. As for "sounds that are entirely new to Americans' ears". I present the Erie Triplex as well as Geared engines like the 3 truck Shay. Nothing if not unique, and probably quite foreign to British ears. We don't have a history with British steam, we're not British. That's why we focus on the history we do have with steam. I've heard there are around 1,000 engines in the US, and there are countless people who love them and continue to keep our legacy and heritage alive.
"Now, add the fact that the engineer rides on the left and the fireman on the right, and it's game over." You may not have noticed, but the Great Western driver was on the right and he fireman the left, i.e. right hand drive. This caused an issue with - and dislike of - the Britannias sent to the western region after 1951, as they were indeed 'left hand drive'. And yes, I've had a few trips on US preserved lines and loved every minute.
Could not agree more.However, we seem to overlook the fact, that, the Americans' very subtly, imitate, the English with all their Pomp and Glory as also their class system. In addition, the British are tying very hard to get rid of racism, whilst in the U.S., iot now resembles the old days of Jim Crow!!
@@johnclayden1670 I took an Adirondack train ride and spent a night in Sandusky, Ohio. Also, in my lifetime, there's been freight trains in a town near my hometown. There's also a local train museum and I've been in sight range of their train engine on display. The front of the display engine's...round. Otherwise, I can say all my experiences with trains have been stories, videos and toy trains. Even videos of toy trains, given I grew up with model TTTE. My mom called them "toy trains", the TTTE models.
Used to have this on DVD. Very good documentary reminds my teen years when I first got this. I have meet both Nigel Harris and the late David Shepherd as well at Barrow Hill. RIP David
That's my childhood you're talking about. I'm not British, so apart from those, I wouldn't be here on this vid. I grew up with model TTTE, '90's kid here. Shining Time Station was my favorite show as a young child.
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19 September 2017: Rest In Peace David Shepherd
He said he wanted his steam engine to outlive him, around 1:25:00
it was a tragic loss
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The olden days of steam have always fascinated me. Being in America, I probably would've never seen this without you uploading it. Thank you.
Agreed there
This documentary I always loved as a kid. I love steam trains. And this documentary always captured how great they are.
The main reason 9Fs are fleet of foot is the excellent valve design and steam passages, able to get the steam in and out of the cylinders quickly enough for that 90MPH on 5ft wheels. Chapelon probably approved.
He (Chapelon) probably would have.
Showed my grandson this video today as my daughter said he likes trains, but we were both surprised when he knew what a steam locomotive was. The surprising thing is he's only 4 and we haven't showed him anything like this before, so his seen it somewhere so can't wait to take him to the Bluebell or Mid hants railway. Train set on its way next birthday.
Paul Roberts Your grandson would be so happy.
As a kid i always watched this documentary and was obsessed with it
Absolutely MUST keep steam railroading alive. If for no other reason than to tell your grandchildren--you see, you CAN make a machine that doesn't need a computer. Living history these. The perfect marriage of function and beauty.
There will never be a locomotive that can capture the beauty and feel of a steam locomotive. True iron horses that don't feel like machines,but rather as living beings..... Truly,a remarkable piece of engineering
People don't understand about the true pleasure you can get out a steam engine, I've been bought up on steam and the traction engine i drove was a beautiful black red and gold burrel, for me it was the smell of the steam and the smoke, the fact was that you had to feed it and grease it to keep her alive and happy, people think I'm mad but they don't understand, I always tell them until they have had a bacon and egg butty with a cup of tea made off the shovel they haven't lived 😉 ohhhh the good old days, I miss them, dad and I loved everything to do with steam
I've driven a steam train 🚂 at the bluebell line loved every minute my dad knew the owner so I got to spend the day with him great day ❤ I tuturned up in my boiler suite which was covered with grease and coal dust, my hair tucked up in my cap ready for work it was fantastic.
Anita from Kent UK 🇬🇧
Wow! You’re so lucky!! Did you happen to have hundreds of photos of the steam locomotives?
@@IslandofSodorStudios I did but unfortunately over time they were lost, my dad had most of them he passed away in 86 and my sister threw alot of them away unbeknown to me, she hated steam, because it was dirty stupid moo she wasn't like me, roll your sleeves up and dive in, I wish in a way they could bring back the steam engines there's just something so lovely about them, they are a living thing in their own right, and of course you get to love them.
@@anitainglis2005 Have you ever read train books, like The Railway Series or anything? James A Williams has a video series in which he reads that series. I've listened to that series, so I can tell you it's stories of living engines. They got faces, they breathe, talk, feel sensations and emotions and even cry, for example, when they've been a "naughty engine", in quotes due to a little engine called Thomas being told "You're a very naughty engine!" in a story. That same engine does a different naughty thing in another stories and he cries in that one, too. There's another engine, his name's James, crying and being miserable when he's been naughty, too. They also get sad when someone's mean to them, like in the first TRS story, the other engines make Edward cry and at least in the TV show based on the books, an engine nicknamed Duck's in tears over another engine's meanness.
With the power to weight ration the Kings must have been the most powerful 4-6-0s ever built, they were 26 tons lighter than a Princess Coronation class although they were 4-6-2s and were 11 tons lighter than the Britannia class 4-6-2s, the Kings also had a greater tractive effort than both these classes and to see them in full flight was an absolute fantastic sight to see, it speaks volumes about these Railway Mechanical Engineers back in the 1920s and to think they were still running into the 1960s, the Kings were such a beautiful engine.
There used to be a good video on You Tube about preparing Kings for cutting up for scrap at Cashmores. They had to cut the back wheels first to get them round the tight curves in Cashmores yard.
Actually the King was a terrible design, the result of trying to get too much power out of a 4-6-0. This resulted in a very compact front end which was difficult to access and maintain with the large internal inside cylinders. The axle loading was too high resulting in very small route availability, just 15% of the network. And the firebox too narrow for the size of loco as it was constrained by the rear drivers ... no such limitation in a Pacific.
These faults meant the Kings were quickly torched in 1962, with Swindon C shop and Cashmores Newport being favoured places for quick disposal.
Thank you so much for the effort, very much appreciated.
1:25:00 Great video of steam loco cutting. Scrapyards shown, C shop Swindon works. Cohens, Kettering. Woodhams, Barry.
"It wasn't until 1825 that the iron railway and the steam engine came together" (3m21s) - nobody involved with this video knew about Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick's 'Pen-y-Darren' steam locomotive hauling "10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men" from Penydarren to Abercynon along the Merthyr Tydfil Tramroad in 1805? See e.g. Wikipedia for Richard Trevithick... Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed every informative minute!
have you ever red the title of this thing: BRITISH!
@@nikerailfanningttm9046 Yes. Last I heard, Wales and Cornwall were still part of the BRITISH Isles - specifically the big island known as Great Britain, as, indeed, they were in 1805 and 1825. Your point is...?
Not to mention, Trevithick also built and ran a passenger steam locomotive called "Catch me who can" in LONDON in 1808. Also, Locomotion isn't even George Stevenson's first locomotive, he'd built the engine Blucher for the Killingworth colliery in 1814.
Tragic to see all those rusting locos in Barry, but wonderful that Brits have a deep love of what can possibly be described as one of their more important Inventions. The whole story of railways in Britain is one of woeful waste
I'm a tram and I approve this video!
19th september 2017 we will miss you david shepherd
Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley. Now that's a quiz question Ive never got wrong. Great Video
Im a 14 year old train enthusiast, to me steam will never die
Overall a nice video, but I can't shake the feeling of irritation I get any time a history of of steam locomotives that credits George Stevenson as inventing the steam engine. He only built his first locomotive after observing one of the rack locomotive engines built by John Blenkinsop in 1812. He didn't invent them, he improved on and standardised them. Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive in 1804. I used to live in Swansea where they keep a replica of his Penydarren locomotive.
I laughed at 6:19 - 6:37 because "As a Passenger Railway, the Liverpool and Manchester needed Speed and Steady Riding from it's Locomotives, Rather than Freight Hauling" I have a feeling that Lion knows better, as the screen shows one of the only Goods engines the L&M had at the time that wasn't a return-flue boilered engine with vertical cylinders built by Timothy Hackworth (aka Stevenson's old rival), followed immediately after by a "more modern" Goods engine by Stevenson's other main rival: Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy! :)
I'm also an old romantic when it comes to the steam age railways. I just love them all.
So very sorry to learn the sad news regarding David Shepherd.
Thank you very much for the video.. oved it.
Thank you for the comment. It’s a shame that David Shepherd already passed away.
@@IslandofSodorStudios -- Thank you for posting Shepherd's voice and image online so others can know he even existed. His persona typifies a breed of man that is fading away, a previous generation. Our children won't have any idea what people used to be like because all the true old-timers are gone. Thank you for the memories.
Great footage of a big era. I didn't know that the steam era in GB ended in 1968, I thought it was in the mid 70s. That is why English fans made a pilgrimage to West Germany until there was no more steam in October 77, and also determined to East Germany until 1988 ... PS: The first German steam locomotive, the Adler, came from England ...
A wonderful and informative film. Thank you.
with my volume up full blast I still can't hear this vid!
love the name of the carriages..Blood and Custard..........
Sorry, City of Truro, your 100 mph speed doesn't count if it's done running downhill. Turn around, make the run uphill, then average the speeds. What do you want next, a tailwind?
Very good, thanks.
Love it. Liked and shared.
whats the music called at the start and during end credits?
1:36:43 Magnificent!
Well done.
having steam engines is better than having boxes on wheels
Yes, great for 150 years ago, we who invented the railway should have Maglev rails now
Yes until you have to do a valve/piston job, did it when I was young, no more, big dirty mess !!
A kid would say "Choo-Choo". I'm one of the church baby-sitters, so to speak. As in sometimes, I'm in the toddler nursery at church, where they play with toys that include an animal train and a toy James. One girl played the toy piano with James and they also wanna put them down the plastic slide, the animal train and James.
We should go back to steam and electric vehicles. No more pollution!
The steam does not come out of nowhere. You have to boil water to get steam. These old trains used to burn COAL to make heat, to boil the water. Coal is not exactly what one would tag environment friendly and/or healthy!
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Those steam engins hade power though it wasent that tha lack the guts china still uses them they should of came up with more better ways i think they shlould give steam another heat
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1:26:11 This is so sad!
But just think, eventually over 250 locomotives sent to Barry scrapyard were sold, renovated and returned to service since they were de-commissioned in the 1960's. The man who owned the scrapyard was considered a hero for not immediately putting them to the torch. Google it, and see for yourself!
David Young I wouldn’t say Dai saved the engines, he was an opportunist and made big bucks off of the engines and didn’t really care that much about them. But I will say that his somewhat greedy attitude helped others save steam in a way.
@@davidyoung5114 the first engine to leave barry yard was the 4f of 43924 in 1968 and the last engine to leave barry yard was 5553 the tank engine in 1989
its a very sad time for the steam traction to be ending after such a long time
We've lost real life British railways, and now we've lost Thomas himself because of his 2021 reboot, but model railways are still very much alive
Holy smoke...
Holy smoke, what is cooler then a Ferrari? A steam locomotive.
Zeeteava Thepipe what’s cooler than a steam locomotive. A steam locomotive and cheap coal prices, but only one of those exist.
No one metions terrvic
Big boy not mentioned?
May be this is because it is about "British Steam Engines".
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"Wars may come, and wars may go. But the sausage remains forever!" That cracked me up.
Great film.
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If I ever get to visit the UK again I want to ride on one of these beeootifull Trains
Oh man they are freaking gerogeous
They are the gem in the heart of the uk
I recommend the north Yorkshire moors railway. Probably the best I. The country at the moment. Or the Severn valley railway or west somerset railway
I'm glad steam didn't give up. By far my favorite era to watch train videos was when there were about an equal number of both steam and diesel trains.
Great videos, but I like the Steam Engines more, because of the magnificent machinery that encompasses each Engine. The MARVEL OF PHANTASMAGORICAL MAGNIFICENCE OF THESE MAGICAL MACHINES. YOU WATCH THEM GO AND WATCH THE STEAM, AND THE PISTONS, AND RODS, ETC., THAT MAKE THEM GO, AND THE BEAUTIFUL MAGICAL WAYS THEY DO THEIR WORK. GODSPEED, AND GOD BLESS THOSE CREATORS OF THE STEAM TRAIN 🚉, AND STEAM ENGINE VIDEOS. THANKS AGAIN. SINCERELY, LIGHTSTTN1.
We should of stay with sream and more people would travel by train because when I have the chance to take a ride upon a steam train I jump at the chance.
I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations.
Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers.
A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines?
The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden.
oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily.
Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford?
All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains.
Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
To understand the attraction of machine such as steam locomotives one must first look beyond the machine. Most of the folks that i have worked with looked at me with a quizical expression when I stated that I always saw the intelligence that created the machine, and as such the machine is entitled to be viewed with respect.
Crazy you might say not to those of us that love engineered equipment.
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Sounds like Nigel Harris doing the narrative. Nice. He, the Castle Productions chap name escapes me, and the S&D Signalman Mike Arlet ? They are my favorite commentators these days.
this is nostalgia at its best i loved this dvd when i was 6 thats uhm 12 years ago now ... how time does fly
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WRONG. Stevenson didnt create the first steam loco and it wasnt the first in service. Trevithic created the first - and then set one up in London just for a trip round the park. His first was actually a road not rail engine
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And the wife stays with him
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Thank you for uploading this video! We found the book with DVD probably 3 or so years ago. Our young son has loved it ever since. He's almost 5 now and still watches it with great interest. Thankful to have it available on UA-cam rather than only being able to watch on DVD.
Thats was an excellent video presentation by Nigel Harris. What a good show and great to you for sharing it!
Mr. Shepherd you are not Crazy, You are Absolutely Right. Steam Trains are Wonderful, I To can remember Those days And ROMANCE
Unfortunately the presenter has very poor diction - I strained to hear every word he spoke and though I went back I still missed 'important' comments - otherwise very absorbing.
Luckily some might say, though post nationalisation, I was in and out of the Leeds area loco sheds by bike on more than a weekly basis in the early mid '50's, courtesy 'Ian Allan'.
My home was 500 yards from the ex LNER Leeds to Harrogate track so my alert to the Pullman Express imminence was often the melodious tone of an A4 Pacific horn, - the substitute A1's, and A3's never gave the same buzz! Hunt's or Shire's usually headed lesser local trains. Down in the valley a mile away the River Aire was accompanied by the old LMS track's past the 12th Century ruins of Kirkstall Abbey! Haulage here was Patriots, Jubilees, Royal Scots etc.
It was the loco sheds I enjoyed exploring most, usually without permission, or with a nod, but with little hassle from officialdom - Imagine that today! Neville Hill was most difficult to access [unofficially through iron railings], but Farnley, Wortley and Holbeck in retrospect were dream venues.
The presenter speaks perfectly clearly.
Superb documentary, Evocative Scenes throughout, TY BBC for a Superb History of Steam Power in this Country. Brilliantly Narrated throughout.
Host: "Closest thing we've created to a living machine."
AI: "Hold my beer"
It’s a tragic and darkest day and my heart goes out to David shepherds wife and family but the locomotive 92203 black prince and the loco will continue on to the future
god bless
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I lost the DVD to this and I’m so glad you uploaded this. I remember watching this all the time
Losing movies/documentaries like this sucks. Usually can't replace it easily like your average movie they made a million copies of.
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This is a lost memory found. I’m glad I found this video.
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not the way the did back in 1954
There's a lot of u tube programs where the volume isn't loude enough ! This is vary irritating.
What great engines the Western region Kings were both in aesthetics and performance, probably with their power to weight ratio the most powerful locos on British rail and to hear them at speed was something else, I know they are well maintained now but even back in my day in the 50s they were also well maintained and at speed they were a terrific sight to see, I know the LMSR had the `semis` and `prinee royals` but the Kings were the ultimate in raw power.
I read somewhere that the UK has approx 500 preserved locos. What a massive debt of thanks we owe to those restorers who gave so much time (and money) to their projects. So much owed to so few! And perhaps I should like to thank the "steam widows" whose husbands were always away working on their projects.
And more are being built!
Wow I sat through the whole thing and learned a lot too
So proud about diesel trainsdude just trains normal trims nothing applying nothing call about them you know what school steam trains are the coolest race someone yesterday 😁 I love steam trains diesel trains is love diesel trains do you ruin the life of steam trainsand seeing god we still have skin trains around the world still today 🙏
Trackside keep them engineer's a waving chris so the engineers still wave from the trains still.chris
Nothing more romantic than a steamy train station.
wonderful brought tears to my eye.
This is good film, but I wish they didn't feel the need to have annoying, irrelevant and obtrusive music.
In Germany the steam-lokomotives were used till 1977.
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I like the modern train's
Hardwicke and no No1? West Coast bias in the extreme...
At least their trains did not inbreed or they would have one heck of a mess.
Music to my ears fired the sir Nigel greasily many years ago worked and lived on the railway it's in my blood and always will be
The Mallard went through Seaham at one point. And I seen it.
I love her as much as my children and my grandchildren. Try that one on, and see if it fits.
I've especially wanted to mention that I personally saw David Shepherds BR class 9F tender engine named Black Prince in Best of World Steam as well since the 1959 built steam locomotive had been bought by the famous artist from BR in 1967 as to now have been owned by him several decades longer since that's what Peter Fairhead personally said as I've heard those exact words with my own ears!
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I love king arther so skiped some minets and found it first skip
Steam didn’t have to go it was mainly because of politics
Henry Dover-Porter I love steam engines, but they are dirty, slow, and inefficient. They did have to go from mainline service.
Zack Bobby they didn’t diesels weren’t steam was more reliable and most of the big steam locomotives were more powerful and performed better than their diesel counterparts the only diesel that was great was the Deltic and the HST
To see why they writhdawn the steam locomotives look at this: ua-cam.com/video/5XxaGBG6Xdo/v-deo.html
In some Europeanen countries (even Western Europe ones) steam lived untill '60-'70's. So USA was quite an exception.
I've especially wanted to mention that the BR class 9F remind me of a character named Murdoch who was introduced in the show's season 7 episode titled peace and quiet!
Awesome video,me and my sister sat on the rods on Princess Margaret Rose at Butlins Pwefelli.....think that how ya spell it 🤣😊😊😊
I can see the class 08 Stunter in the background.
Black Prince he's a love. These heat engines each possess an individual personality. They are ALIVE.
Great Documentary!
Thanks to this documentary now I know why American steam engine enthusiasts pay no attention to the British history of steam engines. It has nothing to do with steam engines! It has entirely to do with the American scorn for everything royal. Imperialism, kingship, queenship and all the words that remind one of them cannot be tolerated (just stating a fact, trying to be objective). These British locomotives were "Christened" with names of kings, queens and royalty, so, in order to talk about them, one has to utter the names that Americans don't want to speak. That's the whole of it. Now, add the fact that the engineer rides on the left and the fireman on the right, and it's game over. Americans don't want to even GO there.
Okay, now set all that prejudice aside, and look at the British legacy. The engines were beautiful. They made sounds that are entirely new to Americans' ears. Brits have preserved more of them than Americans have of their own. British people are more apt to appreciate the steam locomotive mystique for the wonder it is. You guys across the pond should be proud of what you have, and don't worry about "keeping up with the Joneses." You can develop new technologies all right, but don't lose track of your legacy and heritage, because it is yours, and nobody can keep it shining and presentable like you can. Besides, if you don't, then nobody else will.
As an American I can tell you that it has nothing to do with any of the crap you listed at the beginning.
Simply put, we have our own romance for, and history with steam locomotives. (The Great Locomotive Chase is an interesting story if you haven't heard it.)
We've also built our share of beautiful locomotives such as the Norfolk & Western 611, Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific 119, and the Southern Pacific Daylight. Even diehard british steam fans would be hard pressed to refuse their beauty.
While it's true that we may not have the fastest locomotives, we do have the largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever built.
As for "sounds that are entirely new to Americans' ears".
I present the Erie Triplex as well as Geared engines like the 3 truck Shay. Nothing if not unique, and probably quite foreign to British ears.
We don't have a history with British steam, we're not British. That's why we focus on the history we do have with steam. I've heard there are around 1,000 engines in the US, and there are countless people who love them and continue to keep our legacy and heritage alive.
"Now, add the fact that the engineer rides on the left and the fireman on the right, and it's game over."
You may not have noticed, but the Great Western driver was on the right and he fireman the left, i.e. right hand drive.
This caused an issue with - and dislike of - the Britannias sent to the western region after 1951, as they were indeed 'left hand drive'.
And yes, I've had a few trips on US preserved lines and loved every minute.
Norfolk and Southern 611 is capable of over 100 miles per hour, just not the rails. That would get messy lol...
Could not agree more.However, we seem to overlook the fact, that, the Americans'
very subtly, imitate, the English with all their Pomp and Glory as also their class system. In addition, the British are tying very hard to get rid of racism, whilst in the U.S., iot now resembles the old days of Jim Crow!!
@@johnclayden1670 I took an Adirondack train ride and spent a night in Sandusky, Ohio. Also, in my lifetime, there's been freight trains in a town near my hometown. There's also a local train museum and I've been in sight range of their train engine on display. The front of the display engine's...round. Otherwise, I can say all my experiences with trains have been stories, videos and toy trains. Even videos of toy trains, given I grew up with model TTTE. My mom called them "toy trains", the TTTE models.
Used to have this on DVD. Very good documentary reminds my teen years when I first got this. I have meet both Nigel Harris and the late David Shepherd as well at Barrow Hill. RIP David
The heritage of who Thomas and the Tank Engine are both proud of
That's my childhood you're talking about. I'm not British, so apart from those, I wouldn't be here on this vid. I grew up with model TTTE, '90's kid here. Shining Time Station was my favorite show as a young child.
Thanks for uploading and sharing this video.
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Excelent I have a simulation of all of these thats greate
Great video , Sir Lamiel in BR green mmmmmmm
Do you know what the intro theme is called?
This should have millions of views. :)