Great Central Railway | 101 Facts About A Truly Unique Railway!
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2021
- 🚂 Time for a trip back in time to the Great Central Railway! 🚂
🛤️ The preserved GCR has an incredible history and boasts a number of unique features, complete with a double-track mainline and even it's own attached branch line!
🚂 We look at the history of the route, plus we look to the future with their reunification plans with the Great Central Railway Nottingham line. We look at the line's stations, rolling stock and more as we cover 101 Facts about this incredible railway!
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Great Central Railway website: www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Great Central Railway Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_C...
Great Central Railway Nottingham: www.gcrn.co.uk/
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*DISCLAIMER: This is not a paid promotion for the Great Central Railway, though donations to the line are wholehearted encouraged*
Note: Video made in 2021 so some information may now be out of date.
👇Have you visited this popular heritage line? Comment below!👇
yes i did visit it for autumn steam gala.
Yes, several times a year.
9:56 It's me! (On the right)
I'm a volunteer at the Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre, helping with the many ongoing restoration projects, such as the relaying of the narrow gauge railway ready for passenger trains, and as a shunter during standard gauge demonstrations. Thanks for mentioning the museum and the branch, it's always nice to know we're acknowledged for our hard work.
Pleasure Alex! Would love to pop by and do some additional filming at some point - be great to explore the centre in more detail!
Lovely Video ! I visited in the late 70s . Greetings from Western Australia ! Simon
Thanks Simon, hope you’re keeping well in Oz! Lots of changes over the years, you’ll have to fly over for another visit!
I’ve recently developed an interest in the former Great Central Railway and the effort taken to preserve it. I might consider visiting in the future, but I’m currently most interested in visiting Butler Henderson in Barrow Hill.
I traveled on the Leicester Nth to Loughborough section in 2003 while my wife was on sabbatical at Leicester University. I had a great day riding the heritage trains and having a railway lunch at Loughborough Station Tea Room. The railway is a credit to all involved in it's running and maintenance. A great day out by a visitor from Australia.
Great story Dennis. You'll be pleased to know it's much the same now in terms of their charm and their good food. The railway's expansion is really exciting to see take shape. Hope all is well out in Australia 👍
Hey wait a minute the Victorian 440 locomotive is the real life version of Edward from Thomas the tank engine because Edward is a similar look train to the victorian 440 locomotive ua-cam.com/video/xu--_LS6x7k/v-deo.html
Brilliant presentation, shows the tremendous effort already made by restoration.
A national railway treasure for everyone to come and experience.
For a day out it's well worth visiting, with something different to see, like going back in time to when railways were the equivalent of today's motorways, smooth and rapid travel.🙂👍
Thanks for your kind words Mervyn! It is indeed a gem of a railway!
Cracking video mate, still have yet to visit this line myself 👍🏻
Thanks pal. Definitely worth a visit when you get the chance, brilliant line!
Brilliant vid.... thanks for the update.. I will come again this year, its a great day out....
Thanks Richard! Can’t wait to visit the line again myself this year. Pleased you enjoyed it!
Been their many times and well worth a visit.
Excellent video! The GCR is amazing, I haven’t been but I have loads of videos and DVD’s of it.
It was sad that the original GCR only lasted 70 years, built by private developers, and ripped out by the government who had poor forethought.
Then 35 years later they started building HS2, costing £100 billion, to replace something they already had.
Thanks very much Ewan, glad you enjoyed it! It’s remarkable as you say how they are building HS2 - over parts of the old GCR route I believe - when they could have kept the original links in play years ago. I was born near the old M&GN lines and that’s another case of useful links being ripped up. At least this wonderful preserved GCR example exists and we’re in the middle of a rail renaissance with other lines either being built or re-opening!
@@trainsonthebrain The GCR route alignment is not suitable for HS2 and never was, it's a myth perpetuated by railway fanboys. It does not serve Birmingham and follows a tortuous curved route over the Pennines to Manchester.
The government ruin everything. They are not to be trusted.
I still remember going on the Great Central with my Grandad on a Thomas Day Out and waving at the other children going on the train on the other line.
I visited a couple of years ago for the first time and was blown away by the place. My other half came with me and did the same, waving at another passing train! Hopefully they run a gala this year and I can get down there and get some more footage!
Nicely edited video, with a good selection of stills.nicely done Nick !!👌👌
Thanks Paul, mammoth edit to pull together but worth it in the end I think!
Very professional! Must have taken some time putting this all together and gathering the facts! :)
Thanks! Yep, had to edit gradually throughout the week, a big task gathering everything but really happy with the end result!
Amazing video can’t wait for 202 facts
Ha, good idea for a sequel!
You have done a really nice job of this video on this wonderful railway
Thanks very much Keith 🍻
Wonderful video, and very informative. I haven't hesitated in subscribing and I look forward to watching future videos.
Thanks very much Alex, glad you enjoyed it. Wonderful railway!
Amazing video, do hope to come here someday.
Thanks very much Charlie. Yes, definitely visit it if you get the chance!
It's a must to visit the GCR for m whenever I'm in the UK. Highly recommended!
Indeed! Thanks for checking out the video, hope you’re keeping well!
Lovely video! Very professional and informative!
Thanks Jacob!
Excellent mate. Enjoyed 👍
Thanks pal. Eventually when I can visit the ELR maybe I could do one about that one day!
I’m visiting the line at the end of the month for their Winter Steam Gala and this video has intrigued me more! Great content.
Thanks Kyle! Have a great time at the gala!
I was on this wonderful piece of history recently and it really is amazing as to how people have worked so hard.
It’s lovely to hear the locomotives heading back late in the evening back to their sheds, one of the advantages to living in the area!
i live within a 15 min walk of the rothley to leics north line. Used to have fun on the tracks as a kid. Felt like i grew up pre 1960s when we used to go there but in reality we used to go their early 2000s.
Lovely place, can’t wait to head back to the line this year. I often feel like I was born in the wrong era enjoying the trains!
@@trainsonthebrain me too. I still think about how it would have looked when it was being built. The navvies that did that were highly skilled as hard workers. From the huge 40ft cuttings to the 40ft embankments it boggles the mind how they did it without machinery.
too add. Even as 12 year old kids we were very resepctful on the tracks and knew how special it was. It was scary being chased by the ''orange men'' though aka hi vis haha
Good video as always. I live just up the road from it and should visit more after lockdown :)
Thanks Harry, would love to visit once Lockdown ends!
Just discovered your excellent channel. Superb video, great presentation, subbed!
Thanks very much Philip, welcome aboard 👍
Awesome
Thanks very much 🍻
@@trainsonthebrain your welcome
I love this railway, miss it so much because of the lockdown. Great inspiring video, can't wait to return!
Thanks Bill, glad you enjoyed it and I feel exactly the same!
Awesome, hope to come here one day
Thanks DP. Well worth the trip - I’d recommend staying in a hotel nearby and making a weekend of it in Leicestershire - loads of nice things to do. The space museum in Leicester itself is very cool!
Awesome video! Could you do 101 facts of the gwsr
That could be great Matthew, definitely one to plan for I think!
I’m imagining what would happen if the GCR Loughborough finally joins with the GCR Nottingham
You won’t have to imagine for much longer hopefully - they’re slowly getting closer and closer each year!
@@trainsonthebrain maybe one day we'll have the whole GCR Mainline preserved aswell as some more branchlines, maybe normal trains could travel at 30 or 40, event trains could possibly travel as high as 60 or even 70 just like on the National Network
Nothing will happen. It will still be a line from nowhere to nowhere.
The original demolition of the GCR was the correct decision.
Hey great vid i learnt a lot from it well done
Glad you enjoyed 👍
@@trainsonthebrain 😉
Excellent job nick
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@@trainsonthebrain anytime
Superb heritage line with double track. If you've not been go and see for yourself.
Quite agree Paul 👍
Super video :)
Cheers Simon!
Great video. Very interesting and thanks for subscribing. Have subscribed to you too.
Thanks very much!
Superb video mate with some great editing, would like to meet up if you ever come to GCR. Also would be happy to help on any other GCR videos you do, work closely with the railway.
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@@trainsonthebrain Just subscribed and watched another 3 videos! Ever want another person for the channel 🙋♂️😉
As with all disused rail infrastructure they had to build on it, destroy bridges, tunnels and viaducts, the infrastructure was in place and it would of been far cheaper to just leave it as it was without the tracks in place and allow nature to take over.
In the not too distant future a lot of these old branch lines will reopen again as demand increases, that is a fact.
Interesting times certainly 👍
Well put together, but a number of small errors.
Thanks David - every effort has been made to verify each fact from various sources but all corrections welcomed 👍
There's an interesting chap featured in Fact 44 about 6 minutes in...looks familiar :D
Have been a regular visitor since the start of preserved operations. They have come a long way from industrial tanks Loughborough to quorn, but still a lot to do with reunification to ruddington. And more double track?
Thanks Brian. Aye, there’s still a way to go for the reunification but it’s good to see them making progress on it, definitely getting closer. Would love to see more double-track running - that would make some of the running possibilities even more exciting!
@@trainsonthebrain typical of time and cost overruns on all major projects everywhere, in the 80’s there was even talk (hope) of reinstatement north of Loughborough by 1999 to celebrate the London extension’s centenary. But things then went very quiet for many years. But good things are worth the waiting.
hi im just wondering who told you it was going to be a new 8 track shed?
Hi Luke, I think this info will have come from a Friends of the GCR Facebook group or via one of their appeal pages, hopefully I've not gotten my facts muddled! Thanks for watching 👍
506 butler henderson isnt at york its at barrow hill roundhouse
Great facts, but where do you get them❓
Thanks Boom! Just lots of research basically - the main GCR website has a lot of info, and then through Wikipedia there is always a bibliography at the end of the article with a link to different sources, so a good place to start, and then effectively just searching around the web and using my own knowledge gained over the years 😃
Cool😎
Well done for not including the "continental loading gauge" myth, that everyone thinks is a fact.
Ha!
It’s a huge shame you’re gone, I’ve been here now and I wish you could watch my premiere. I’ve also reached 100 subs and you’ll never know 😢
Hey Ethan! Sorry for the late reply - this has been sitting in my “upheld for review” section for some reason. Hope you’re well and keep up the good work!
Haha that’s fine, I understand that you’ve been incredibly busy trying to reply to all these comments you’ve had recently. I’m studying a lot now as I have my mock GCSEs next year so I’m not sure how much I’ll be uploading until Spring 2023 😬
@@EthansTrains Good for you! If you are having a brief channel hiatus then here’s my advice - don’t close the channel, keep all the footage you have and you have the foundations to do some great things with it when you can devote more time to it later on. Absolutely no footage is ever wasted - I often re-purpose and repackage my content for different videos as do many other UA-camrs. Also, remember, it’s a hobby for when you need a break from your studies. So have fun with it. And when you do have time, do the odd bit of shooting. Again, it’ll gradually build your footage bank and you’ll have lots to play with when you come back. Good luck!
I hope you can make an update when things are happening in Lochborough
Hopefully! 🤠
@@trainsonthebrain 👍
*Loughborough Please ! Pronounced Luf Burrow**
@@GrrMeister sorry I'm Danish
@@jappedut9009 It is a hard word. ok regards
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On my to do list! Planning a visit soon to get more shots - hopefully tie it in with a gala.
Hi
Hi again 🤣 Thanks for watching!
A wonderful project - I wish it luck.. But if ever a programme required a map - this was it.. Pity they've gone a single line bridge.. I think that was a mistake. Hope I'm wrong..
Will be interesting to see how they got on once it’s unified! Thanks for watching Mark 👍
good video, but annoying dings throughout!! Like listening to my daughter constant phone message alerts!!
Thanks Johnboy...and apologies about the dings! You're not the first person to mention them. For me next videos in the series, you'll be pleased to know the ding sound effect will be sent to the scrapyard 👍
Good little film but I think you got one or two small facts rong. One fact is the locomotive Buttler Henderson is at Barrow Hill not York.
You showed a photo of the shed at Swithland and said it was at Rothly.
Thanks Matthew - valid points.
Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf)
Hi Ed, I sent you a reply to your comment about another video, can you let me know if you saw it? Would love to get you by email to chat through in more detail? Appreciate your comment, thanks again 👍
Should never have closed...people back then we're idiots?
Great effort! However, the commentary pace is unrelenting and cluttered with facts, making listening a challenge. There is also repetition of facts and clips. More expression and emphasis in delivery, please. Some frames are also introduced without explanation, such as the aerial view of Loughborough. Also, when using 'unique' it can't be qualified, ie: Almost unique means it is no longer! All the best for the next one.
Thanks very much for your feedback Charles, appreciate your notes and thoughts 👍