It really makes you realize that the original Top Gear public challenges were things that nobody would believe had actually happened. "Yeah, I was driving my train when I passed a car carrying four caravans, one of the caravans burst into flames" It's very similar to "I got stuck in traffic because a stretched limo van got stuck on a corner"
I mean, it's basically all staged for funsies; they were clearly on a disused or heritage line in the first place. You can't just close off a main line for the sake of filming these sorts of stunts. the whole idea is to build the worst contraptions possible and take the piss. They would get canceled if some of their more outrageous stunts weren't planned out, like thr train mashing the carrivan at the end.
to be fair here, they did get into trouble multiple times for some of the stunts they pulled. I think the BBC actually got fined multiple times for some of Top Gears wilder stunts, like the times they actually did sink cars into a sea or the like.
@@EnerKaizer I can't find anything on them getting environmental fines; however they did ultimately get cancelled because they were turned down by insurance. While what they do is 'staged' in a way, they are still stunts, carried out with practical effects and real people. If things go wrong, people can be hurt, and apparently were during a racing stunt which caused the production to be declared uninsurable.
@@kauske Yes we know but it's still a fun and absurd thing to do that probably wouldn't happen just these few short years later. As an FYI it was the GCR. James even says Quorn heading to Loughborough 🎉
It's all scripted and staged . You really think they will let a fire break out and it not be part of the plan . It's still funny but come on , don't get over the top and believe they don't know exactly whats happening and aren't just actors in many ways ......
3:25 The fact that they can and have been communicating through the announcement system, yet Hammond here decides to communicate to James to slow down by shouting at out at the front.🤦♂️😂
Even the 144p option for this video doesn't look as crunchy as the old uploads. Back then, they were compressed, reposted and recompressed about a dozen times before they ended up on YT.
A "real" train uses a solid axle with conical wheels. Because it's a solid axle, the wheels spin at the same RPM, but the conical profile adjusts the wheel diameter on the fly, giving the whole thing dynamic stability on the track. Putting rail wheels on a car isn't the same thing at all. Without a solid axle, the wheels are free to spin at different RPM. The wheel flanges may prevent derailment, but there's no dynamic stability. This is why the vibration is so much worse than a normal train.
You are forgetting a major detail: those trailers had zero suspension, it was just wheels attached to the frame. I'm surprised they made it so far with such a poor design lol
I think the just-a-man and the editor of Rail Express magazine were quite brave. That cut-down caravan was pretty bouncy at speed and if it had derailed I'm not sure those harness installations or those roll bars would have been all that helpful.
@@halalnews The line they are on looks to be disused or herritage; so they likely rented it out for filming. I'd wager since a caravan is very flimsy the heritage railway didn't mind mashing it with a sturdy engine. Alternatively, they used forced perspective to hide a near miss, and used a small ammount explosives or a pull cable out of sight to demo the caravan safely. After that it's just a mater of cleaning it all up.
To the Team or Person behind TopGearClassic, id love a video on the WHOLE car boat history. From the Inception of the Toybota and so on until the race for the record of crossing the Channel in an amphibeous Car. No single scene missing. Thank you
Depends on the rail network; Not every rail network still has a conductor-type position. GO network in Canada for example has a two-man crew on most trains, both of which are engineers. Any non pre-recorded announcement falls to them, and ticket collection is all automated. Conversely I've been on some full service trains that still have stewarts/stewardesses; and they tend to make most announcements, like telling passengers about scenic views coming up, itinerary, etc. While the conductor calls out stops, delays and other information.
Damnit, I'm gonna miss these chaps. But thank god for this channel, I can rewatch all their old challenges in good quality. Muuuuuch better than the BBC's videos.
Hell, riding third class @ 195yrs ago with the loco throwing cinders and muck back at you , faster than you believed possible without the benefit of actual signals...
I think this channel should upload the segments without any cuts. From how the idea came up, everything that happened until the end, because if you watch the original episode there will be at least twice as much content.
That is kinda half the point of these though. Show you enough to entertain and leaves you wanting more so you will go buy whatever streaming service Top Gear is on or buy the series.
11:30 ironically train tickets in 2024 travel by train is too expensive for most people to leave their home town for days out with the family. Manchester to London costs more than a plane ticket to Spain
"There was nothing to eat, the ride was awful, the noise was distressing. I spent most of the day going backwards, I genuinely feared for my life, and I ended up covered in excrement". "so it's exactly like a normal train... only much cheaper!".
This was always my favorite episode, and also the first episode of top gear I saw when my dad showed it to me one day laughing his head off That moment has changed me ever since
Nice, this was on the Great Central Railway (Rothley - Quorn & Woodhouse - Loughborough). There are so many bits here that I hadn't seen on other videos of this challenge - I really need to see the whole thing now. Also, if only Top Gear (if it was still running) did this again, I wonder what improvements they would make given the TGV wasn't really practical and the caravans had their own issues?
As an aside , my train passed a Kubota quad micro truck thing with hyrail wheels towing about 4 maintenance trolleys with seats outside Reading at the weekend . Although Myanmar railways came closest to these guys ' concept.
They're on the left, they're on the right, they're back on the left again... Jesus, whoever edited this must have been blind. The continuity is all over the shop.
On the other of the Channel, in France, train drive on the left side and cars on the right ! TGV, the name of french high speed trains. I did not miss it, guys !
A bit of inconsistency. At 10:30 James shown on the left track (he is back on an oncoming line). Few seconds later he is on the right track. Then in the next shot (10:40) he is again on the left. Finally he is shown on the right before switching back to May and Hammond. And then he overtakes them on the left track.
Amazed they got sign off for that stunt. Had a strong piece of the vans underframe got caught under the front of the loco it could be just enough to raise a wheel 2 inches to then derail and it was going at a right old lick......and Hammond crossing the gap between vans. One slip He would have been strawberry jam.
What other car would make a great train?
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@@timothyleskiv9064 good news!
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Old school Landrover defender, that way you can carry even more passengers!
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The classic “Hammond and May try and do everything at once while Clarkson goes for style and wins” type of Top Gear challenge.
Could maybe argue "slightly overdone" but that's being pedantic lmao
They were all very similarly scripted…
@@CycolacFan It worked.
@CycolacFan anyone who is a real fan of the show know that already lol
@@ooferrell to be honest the real fanboys tend to believe it’s all genuine.
Whoever's idea it was to create this channel, thank you
The BBC finally accepted the fact that the Old Top Gear is just better
its from the BBC
@@youtubepremuim4226 yes, but someone at the BBC must have decided to do it
Its nice, but i would like to see ALL off the challenges, not starting halfway through
@@charlie-j4o7uthe realized that the new top gear just isnt perfect and what everyone has wanted
It really makes you realize that the original Top Gear public challenges were things that nobody would believe had actually happened.
"Yeah, I was driving my train when I passed a car carrying four caravans, one of the caravans burst into flames"
It's very similar to
"I got stuck in traffic because a stretched limo van got stuck on a corner"
I mean, it's basically all staged for funsies; they were clearly on a disused or heritage line in the first place. You can't just close off a main line for the sake of filming these sorts of stunts. the whole idea is to build the worst contraptions possible and take the piss. They would get canceled if some of their more outrageous stunts weren't planned out, like thr train mashing the carrivan at the end.
to be fair here, they did get into trouble multiple times for some of the stunts they pulled. I think the BBC actually got fined multiple times for some of Top Gears wilder stunts, like the times they actually did sink cars into a sea or the like.
@@EnerKaizer I can't find anything on them getting environmental fines; however they did ultimately get cancelled because they were turned down by insurance.
While what they do is 'staged' in a way, they are still stunts, carried out with practical effects and real people. If things go wrong, people can be hurt, and apparently were during a racing stunt which caused the production to be declared uninsurable.
"I was rowing my boat in Oxford shire when I nearly got sunk by a floating van!"
@@kauske Yes we know but it's still a fun and absurd thing to do that probably wouldn't happen just these few short years later.
As an FYI it was the GCR. James even says Quorn heading to Loughborough 🎉
"Meanwhile further up the line May had also got his foot down 😑"
"Twenty five miles an hour! 🥰🥳"
Mr Slowly honoring his name
@@-tiofer-8943you mean captain slow
12:00 James not believing his train is own fire with that cheeky smile will always be a favorite
It's hilarious
same
It's all scripted and staged . You really think they will let a fire break out and it not be part of the plan . It's still funny but come on , don't get over the top and believe they don't know exactly whats happening and aren't just actors in many ways ......
@@jamesshannon4921you’re so smart
Every single time it cuts to the editor of Rail Express Magazine is comedy gold. I bet the video editing team had a great time with this one
The man on the left, he's just a man...
Would like to read his review in full!
I love that he doesn't get to say a single word, but we know what he's thinking anyway
@@arch9eniusIt was hilarious. He had a great time.
@@EE12CSVT The whole thing's a throwback to the pioneer days of railways.
The simple gags of Hammond trying to enter the car with the overheight carafes and doinking the sandwich tray on the door are pretty much perfect.
3:25 The fact that they can and have been communicating through the announcement system, yet Hammond here decides to communicate to James to slow down by shouting at out at the front.🤦♂️😂
The person in scum class actually gets more food than the modern passenger on a flight in economy class lol
That's because he's paying more. Ultra low fare airlines can genuinely be cheaper than trains.
and that's why it's over five times cheaper to fly to Morocco from London than to take the train to Manchester
Remember to turn the quality down to 144p for the true classic experience
Excellent idea
But then you got some people complaining about 144p in 2024. These are the same people who don't even miss the past.
Aaw yeah
@@automation7295 There are many things in the past to reminisce over.
Objectively-worse video quality is not one of them.
Even the 144p option for this video doesn't look as crunchy as the old uploads. Back then, they were compressed, reposted and recompressed about a dozen times before they ended up on YT.
A "real" train uses a solid axle with conical wheels. Because it's a solid axle, the wheels spin at the same RPM, but the conical profile adjusts the wheel diameter on the fly, giving the whole thing dynamic stability on the track. Putting rail wheels on a car isn't the same thing at all. Without a solid axle, the wheels are free to spin at different RPM. The wheel flanges may prevent derailment, but there's no dynamic stability. This is why the vibration is so much worse than a normal train.
You are forgetting a major detail: those trailers had zero suspension, it was just wheels attached to the frame. I'm surprised they made it so far with such a poor design lol
Noted.I shall use a 4x4 with difflock as my engine.
James May is that you 😂
6:24. This is a little something we like to call “foreshadowing.”
James!
What?
Your trains on fire.
Is it(?!)
Yes it is.
Right.
Comedy gold.
Boy who cried wolf
„Is it?“ 😃
“Right..” 😏
I think the just-a-man and the editor of Rail Express magazine were quite brave. That cut-down caravan was pretty bouncy at speed and if it had derailed I'm not sure those harness installations or those roll bars would have been all that helpful.
The destruction of the caravan by the locomotive at the end is peak 😉
right?! How did they even get approval to do that ??
Yeah but its actually so class (40)
I remember the first time I ever saw this segment, it was truly the icing on the cake
@@halalnews The line they are on looks to be disused or herritage; so they likely rented it out for filming. I'd wager since a caravan is very flimsy the heritage railway didn't mind mashing it with a sturdy engine. Alternatively, they used forced perspective to hide a near miss, and used a small ammount explosives or a pull cable out of sight to demo the caravan safely. After that it's just a mater of cleaning it all up.
@@kauske cleaning up and the railway in 1 sentence tells me you dont work on the railway lol
The Fat Controller: "You've caused confusion and delay"
"Thomas was cross.."
And the best part is that English railroads actually look like how they're depicted in Thomas!
gotta love it when a GCR class 45 rams through a caravan trailer blocking a switch outside of Loughborough
Even better when you realise that it is a Class 45...
"The wind in your hair, the bees in your face."
I like how a diesel train passes them at 2:09 but the audio editor puts in the sound effect for a steam train.
To the Team or Person behind TopGearClassic, id love a video on the WHOLE car boat history. From the Inception of the Toybota and so on until the race for the record of crossing the Channel in an amphibeous Car. No single scene missing. Thank you
"STOP DOING THE FU**ING ANNOUNCEMENTS THATS MY JOB" I love Hammond
(EDIT) Chirst on a bike these likes
Swearing should be a standard for any sentence.
One of my fav quotes from Hammond along with "What the ****ing hell are you you great..."
@@automation7295Fucking hell yeah bitch I fucking full ass agree with that fucking opinion
James May - "P nis P nis P nis P nis. xD
Hammond asking Mr. Slowly to slow down is the most uncanny thing that has ever happened on Top Gear.
I can't believe the Great Central Railway actually let this happen 😅
The irony at 10:18 is that the anouncments are done by neither on a train. Its done by the guard/train manager 😂
Depends on the rail network; Not every rail network still has a conductor-type position. GO network in Canada for example has a two-man crew on most trains, both of which are engineers. Any non pre-recorded announcement falls to them, and ticket collection is all automated.
Conversely I've been on some full service trains that still have stewarts/stewardesses; and they tend to make most announcements, like telling passengers about scenic views coming up, itinerary, etc. While the conductor calls out stops, delays and other information.
@@kauske I would say this comment I made is more in line with the railway in the United Kingdom I imagine other countries do things totally different.
@@AnonymousCaveman In the Netherlands James would be in the right... when it comes to trains without an automatic announcement system.
@@marktegrotenhuis in the UK guards make the vast majority of announcements.
@@JamesSomersetActor ^^^ this
3:47 Even HERE we're stuck behind caravans! 😂😂
"Speed and power solves many things" - Jeremy 'Genius' Clarkson
Damnit, I'm gonna miss these chaps.
But thank god for this channel, I can rewatch all their old challenges in good quality.
Muuuuuch better than the BBC's videos.
You probably know this but this channel is made by the BBC.
Must have been scary as heck being in the sports train lol
Hell, riding third class @ 195yrs ago with the loco throwing cinders and muck back at you , faster than you believed possible without the benefit of actual signals...
the quality,the pixels
it's majestic
For those who don't know. This was filmed on the Great Central Railway. The only main line heritage railway in the world.
I think this channel should upload the segments without any cuts. From how the idea came up, everything that happened until the end, because if you watch the original episode there will be at least twice as much content.
That is kinda half the point of these though. Show you enough to entertain and leaves you wanting more so you will go buy whatever streaming service Top Gear is on or buy the series.
I was going to watch this episode today, and there it is xD
If I had a nickel for every time a Peak has been intentionally crashed into something, I'd have two nickels.
that's a clever reference lmao
The Resolution quality is so good, it makes me feel old 😂❤
The first time in history that James May has been asked to slow down.
11:30 ironically train tickets in 2024 travel by train is too expensive for most people to leave their home town for days out with the family. Manchester to London costs more than a plane ticket to Spain
Hence air travel exploding above pre pandemic levels
Some poo's come out. The most used statement by Jeremy Clarkson ever. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That genuine “Yes it is” from Jeremy😂
El "tren" con un coche como locomotora tirando de cuatro caravanas es una de las ideas más locas que he visto.😯
So happy when they recreated this on their last GT episode
"The man on the left, he's just a man!"
So they took the best feature of the train - that it being scalable, removed it and proceeded to make a car, but worse.
Amazing top gear ❤️
Please upload FULL EPISODES
they don’t need to be shortened for us to watch. I promise.
I saw the TGV12 at Beaulieu National Motor Museum and other cars from the challenges. Sadly the World of Top Gear Exhibit is due to close next month.
"There was nothing to eat, the ride was awful, the noise was distressing. I spent most of the day going backwards, I genuinely feared for my life, and I ended up covered in excrement".
"so it's exactly like a normal train... only much cheaper!".
No, i never wonder what's in my morning coffee, i just want to watch some Top Gear while drinking my morning coffee
James was a proper three-legged man in this episode
1:11 “The man on the left he’s just a man”
This was always my favorite episode, and also the first episode of top gear I saw when my dad showed it to me one day laughing his head off
That moment has changed me ever since
Imagine being a train operator and you see a car on rails fly past by
When you are an engineer and you let the intrusive thoughts win
Classic British Silliness. I love it. Thank you for some laughs.
“Look at that! I’m now doing nothing!”
Nice, this was on the Great Central Railway (Rothley - Quorn & Woodhouse - Loughborough). There are so many bits here that I hadn't seen on other videos of this challenge - I really need to see the whole thing now. Also, if only Top Gear (if it was still running) did this again, I wonder what improvements they would make given the TGV wasn't really practical and the caravans had their own issues?
Love that they recreated this on the final Grand Tour, must mean it was one of their favourites
Never seen this on a British railway, great job on the last bit
This one is one of them Epic episodes I'll watch this again and again . I think will show this to my kids i don't have.
2:57 Passengers and DfT when CAF announces a new unit
the open air bog is simply ace!🤣
Caravan justice at the end 🤣
i like how they have hands on the steering wheel like there is turns coming up lol
"And all the engines were happy that they weren't going to be replaced by 3 buffoons without a clue"
Awesome video! Would like to see more of this!
Just crazy, how they even managed to film this!
THERE WAS ANOTHER CAMERA WHEN THE TRAIN HIT THE TRAILER???
What can you not predict when something crazy happens
Probably in the trailer.
This isn't a memory.
This is national heritage.
“Nobody makes an exciting train” - that’s a rollercoaster innit?
As an aside , my train passed a Kubota quad micro truck thing with hyrail wheels towing about 4 maintenance trolleys with seats outside Reading at the weekend . Although Myanmar railways came closest to these guys ' concept.
“The man on the left; he's just a man” 😂
I watched only 2 top gear episodes when I was very little. One of them was the limo challenge other was this.
This channel is amazing and this video is one of my favourite ones
It’s The Best Top Gear Scene EVER IMO
LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA! (10:53)
2:31 WALKERS BBQ RIB CRISPS WOW
True British crisp lover there
Old TG is the best show ever made
my favorite top gear episode of all time
8:24 they are lucky that is only an shutting locomotive
I would so definitely ride the mobile home express I'll even pay for the sleeper 😂
They're on the left, they're on the right, they're back on the left again...
Jesus, whoever edited this must have been blind. The continuity is all over the shop.
Its was a resounding success....everyone is dead now, but a success none the less...
As a train driver: yeah that would be a perfect car for me. Please reserve and I try to manage doing a video on that.
On the other of the Channel, in France, train drive on the left side and cars on the right ! TGV, the name of french high speed trains. I did not miss it, guys !
“Get the fuck off the tracks” said Spamcan annoyedly
If they put some kind of aero screen on the carriage of the sport train it would of actually been good
That looks cool and awesome 😊😊❤
This episode must have cost a lot of money to organise 😂
Can't imagine what the ride must have been like since it's basically a poor man's Pacer...
A bit of inconsistency. At 10:30 James shown on the left track (he is back on an oncoming line). Few seconds later he is on the right track. Then in the next shot (10:40) he is again on the left. Finally he is shown on the right before switching back to May and Hammond. And then he overtakes them on the left track.
"ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ!"
This is the life of a hyrail worker here in the US
5:16
"Stop doing the announcements." Hammond said calmly.
1st, 2nd and scum class cabins were hilarious 🤣, and absolute true )
the one problem on the caravan train was the lack of suspension lmao
i find it funny that after James and Richard extinguished their fire on the caravan that a real passenger train destroys the backhalf of their train
Home made train that fit on the track
That is still crazy do that back in days imagine do it in 2024,impossible:)
Amazed they got sign off for that stunt. Had a strong piece of the vans underframe got caught under the front of the loco it could be just enough to raise a wheel 2 inches to then derail and it was going at a right old lick......and Hammond crossing the gap between vans. One slip He would have been strawberry jam.
Brave heart with self-made cartrain at 70mph.....
Is this at the GCR?
The noise inside May and Hammond's carriages 😂 it sounds like they are standing inside a railway tunnel!
Just,n overwhelming entertainment!!😅😅😅