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  • @jonathansgarden9128
    @jonathansgarden9128 4 роки тому +36

    What I love about this kind of video, is that we are archiving the earliest things we can get our hands on for future generations' history.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 3 роки тому +1

      Ya, I can't wait for my future children to mock me for how dumb we are.

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 роки тому

      @@eddiesroom1868 we are there!

    • @user-gu9yq5sj7c
      @user-gu9yq5sj7c Рік тому +1

      @@eddiesroom1868 Why be negative? So people can't make videos like this in case they might be wrong?
      I think the OP was just saying it's nice these historical sites and devices, like trains, are recorded in case they're torn down or destroyed. Future generations will make mistakes too.

  • @lindsaydickson47
    @lindsaydickson47 4 роки тому +52

    Ruth, Peter and Alex....the best!!!

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 4 роки тому +3

      In the next series, they're going back to the stone age to build Stonehenge.

    • @lakrids-pibe
      @lakrids-pibe 4 роки тому +3

      @ I hope so!

    • @ersatzvitamin1
      @ersatzvitamin1 4 роки тому +1

      I hope they do "Modern Farm", where the trio explore the 21st century British farmers and what they are like.

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 роки тому +1

      @@ersatzvitamin1 I second this. It doesn't have to be British either.
      How about Hawaii, and they take over Roseanne Barr's Macadamia nut farm?!?!

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 роки тому

      @@lakrids-pibe What if dinosaurs made Stonehenge?

  • @javierescuella731
    @javierescuella731 4 роки тому +116

    This channel is so underrated

    • @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010
      @prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 4 роки тому

      Overrated! 😑😐

    • @marialiyubman
      @marialiyubman 4 роки тому +4

      It’s more addictive than opioids. 😂

    • @drobottv7782
      @drobottv7782 3 роки тому

      welp it is kinda not..735 thousands subs)

    • @mosheperlmutter9144
      @mosheperlmutter9144 3 роки тому

      @@marialiyubman nice 👌 reference

    • @combatduckie
      @combatduckie 3 роки тому +3

      true, i can t comprehend why it doesn t have more views. I wished we had such programme and series in and on Germany life in the 19th century....i love to learn about old craftsmanship and about the way normal people lived, worked, clothed and ate back then.

  • @Misi960324
    @Misi960324 4 роки тому +180

    At 20:03 the narrator means METHanol not Ethanol if someone was wondering.

    • @joshschneider9766
      @joshschneider9766 4 роки тому +1

      Can you imagine e85 in there hahaha

    • @voxhominem
      @voxhominem 4 роки тому +14

      @@joshschneider9766 its the same minus the petrol, e85 means fuel that's 85% ethanol. ethanol is also the form of alcohol that we drink in spirits or beer. Methanol, which the narrator prolly meant to say, is incredibly toxic and carcinogenic

    • @TNUni167
      @TNUni167 4 роки тому +11

      I was going to comment the same thing.

    • @emilychb6621
      @emilychb6621 4 роки тому +11

      @@voxhominem Methanol is no more carcinogenic than ethanol.
      Meaning both can rarely cause cancer through direct cell destruction stress.
      Hence most alcohol abuse cancers being in the upper digestive tract and mouth.
      Since most people don't make it a practice of frequently drinking methanol, there'll be virtually no cases of methanol causing cancer in humans.
      It's still lethal in sub 10 ml amounts though, and even smaller amounts can turn you permanently blind.
      Due to methanol being metabolised to toxic formic acid rather than the common acetic acid our body already produces copious amounts of during fat metabolism.
      Same way that 'snti freeze' i.e. Ethylenglycol kills you.
      Just that it is turned into oxalic acid rather than formic acid and oxalic acid binds calcium. If you are lucky your only problems will be oxalate kidney stones, but if the dose is high enough it'll bind all the Calcium essential electrolytes from your blood making your heart stop.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 4 роки тому +7

      @@emilychb6621 Yeah I mean I don't think the risk of cancer is really the problem with methanol. It's sorta more the whole making you blind thing.

  • @Lyserdigi
    @Lyserdigi 4 роки тому +74

    There documents are just absolutely wonderful
    Especially i admire Ruth in all of the farm documents, and also in these railway ones, she shows her wonderful spirit and sense of humour, with the tremendous amount of hands on knowledge she has gathered..

    • @crenee4742
      @crenee4742 4 роки тому +8

      She's so enthusiastically willing to get down and dirty too.

    • @Lyserdigi
      @Lyserdigi 4 роки тому +6

      @@crenee4742 indeed... she really is a wonderful, wise, hardworking lady

    • @lisakalfus4706
      @lisakalfus4706 4 роки тому

      You mean 'documentaries', not documents.

    • @Lyserdigi
      @Lyserdigi 4 роки тому +3

      @@lisakalfus4706 well, i'm not a native english speaker, and it gladdens my heart deeply, that that was the message and point, you liked to hang on to from what i wrote down :3.. in any case, i like to salute you on your endless effort to right every wrong usage of the holiest of languages online... it's utterly 1337 off you...

    • @lemmysverruca
      @lemmysverruca 3 роки тому +1

      @@Lyserdigi *Their

  • @Patchaddictedpolymath
    @Patchaddictedpolymath 4 роки тому +225

    I love this channel so much. Ever since you guys put up the series' with Ruth Peter and Alex, I can't watch any other history shows

    • @TheRealSmithFamily
      @TheRealSmithFamily 4 роки тому +11

      We’ll be sad when they’re all done! 🥺

    • @Patchaddictedpolymath
      @Patchaddictedpolymath 4 роки тому +7

      @@TheRealSmithFamily I'll contain my sadness by buying all the DVDs lol

    • @marialiyubman
      @marialiyubman 4 роки тому +3

      Same.

    • @satiricgames2129
      @satiricgames2129 4 роки тому +3

      I feel the same hahaha made everyone get in to it

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover 4 роки тому +5

      Brits have a saying for the likes of that there trio: clever clogs..barfingly cute, huh 💩

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 4 роки тому +36

    As a super big railfan, I love this almost as much as the castle documentary. On our side of the pond, I've had several family who were railroad men. My great grandpa would fire the Union Pacific 844.

  • @christinecole330
    @christinecole330 4 роки тому +47

    I'm here for the history, I stay for the Peter Ginn

    • @marycanary86
      @marycanary86 4 роки тому +4

      like EXCUSE ME, PETER, who tf gave you the right to that look at 2:43. warn a girl, gd, daddy LOL

  • @WyattRyeSway
    @WyattRyeSway 4 роки тому +11

    Colin is so awesome! I love him in all of these series. He’s an expert in everything.

  • @stargazer4508
    @stargazer4508 4 роки тому +41

    The 3 Musketeers of History! Great and glad to see them together again!🤗

  • @MorganJServices
    @MorganJServices 6 місяців тому

    So happy to see that Collin made his way into this series with our favorite trio of historians. Collin had a part in every farm series. Ruth wore pieces of every period costume she wore from Tales of the Green Valley to War Farm. Henry even was feature too!

  • @misty5979
    @misty5979 4 роки тому +4

    used to watch it on TVO station, no ads/commercials.....love this, Ruth, Alex and Peter are awesome historians.

  • @Janettemay64
    @Janettemay64 4 роки тому +8

    Oh my giddy aunt! I haven't heard that for many years. Love Ruth and her huge store of knowledge, the boys are great fun too.

  • @jjc5475
    @jjc5475 4 роки тому +62

    how the hell can you provide high quality content for free on youtube like this.
    i mean.. i'm not complaining.

    • @sheikowi
      @sheikowi 4 роки тому

      HELLISH AD BLITZ!

    • @mathiasandersen3401
      @mathiasandersen3401 4 роки тому +5

      Ask BBC 2,3 and 4 the makers of 100% of the channels content...Not sure if they are stealing, or if they have a license, or if its BBC in desguice

    • @leechowning2712
      @leechowning2712 4 роки тому +8

      The ads. BBC is "public service" and are willing to license these shows, but expect their money's worth. So... I put up with ten ads.

    • @crytocc
      @crytocc 4 роки тому +16

      @@mathiasandersen3401 The channel is run by a subsidiary of All3Media, the company which originally produced the documentaries. They're basically just old "end of life" documentaries being republished on UA-cam for a little extra revenue.

    • @RegulareoldNorseBoy
      @RegulareoldNorseBoy 4 роки тому

      John. You are pardon

  • @decfairlight3228
    @decfairlight3228 3 роки тому +15

    I find it interesting that walk-through railcars didn't become common in the UK until the 1910s apparently. Even 1840s cars in America had a center isle walk through configuration, I suppose since especially in the west trips were much longer and stations weren't close enough to have bathroom and refreshment breaks every couple of hours.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 3 роки тому +2

      53:54 I find the furniture interesting, specifically the weed pattern

    • @rebeccarabinowitz6590
      @rebeccarabinowitz6590 2 роки тому +1

      I suppose a lack of corridors persisted for a long time in Britain for the same reason clerestories did in America: tradition. But innovation came along eventually...

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 2 роки тому +2

      Train carriages in Britain have to be a lot smaller to fit through the tunnels and bridges, with the result being that it made less sense to devote so much interior room to something that did not increase carrying capacity.

    • @unbanned6175
      @unbanned6175 Рік тому

      ​@@eddiesroom1868 I'd imagine that's a hemp leaf

  • @sheikowi
    @sheikowi 4 роки тому +2

    MAGNIFICO! Best show on early RR development ever - for information, clarity, and beauty. 1 million Railfans will bless u.

  • @crenee4742
    @crenee4742 4 роки тому +17

    Haven't watched but just wanna say I'm in love with Peter.

    • @christinecole330
      @christinecole330 4 роки тому +10

      Get in line ... 🤣

    • @KittyHelio
      @KittyHelio 4 роки тому +3

      He’s a handsome devil! I like his dark features with his blue eyes. Another looker with similar features: Jennifer Connelly (actress) is also very lovely (dark hair/hazel eyes). 🥰

    • @mosheperlmutter9144
      @mosheperlmutter9144 3 роки тому +1

      @@KittyHelio I also have a crush on peter

    • @mosheperlmutter9144
      @mosheperlmutter9144 3 роки тому

      @@christinecole330 lol

  • @nunyabizness199
    @nunyabizness199 4 роки тому +3

    That water powered saw mill is simply brilliant.. But absolutely wonderful, the whole video. I really wish I could come and see all of this in person.

  • @trek520rider2
    @trek520rider2 3 роки тому +3

    I read a wonderful story about the first trains in Japan. A number of VIPs were given their first ride on a train. Being polite and Japanese they took their shoes off before getting on the train. The train pulled out and left the shoes on the platform.

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 4 роки тому +11

    “What have you done with your hair, Peter?”
    “Nothing” 😂
    I still love the smell of musk because my friend’s dad used this perfumed oil and he was the one who spoiled us as kids. smells are so powerful, I bet you could get an entire generation’s memories with one wiff of it. ❤️

    • @Janettemay64
      @Janettemay64 4 роки тому +4

      At 77 I still loath the smell of lavender, an Aunt used to pinch my cheeks very hard along with a personal comment, her white kid gloves reeked of lavender

    • @twistoffate4791
      @twistoffate4791 3 роки тому +1

      I used to wear Aviance Night Musk until they quit making it. How miserable I felt. One smell that makes me a bit sick is patchouli because a friend in college's refused to bathe and covered it up with a generous sprinkling of patchouli.

    • @sachinmali74
      @sachinmali74 3 роки тому +1

      Very nicely articulated i must say. Kudos.

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 роки тому

      Peter is so cute!

  • @morenofranco9235
    @morenofranco9235 3 роки тому +2

    Such a wonderful series. And I love Ruth. Like a child on an adventure.

  • @Tiger1x1
    @Tiger1x1 3 роки тому +2

    Better than some Netflix shows👍👍

  • @Salty_reviews
    @Salty_reviews 4 роки тому +4

    We need a show like this in the us.

  • @kaylizzie7890
    @kaylizzie7890 4 роки тому +35

    I would love to watch a tv show like Downton Abbey that takes place in a late Victorian Railway Station. The lives (and drama) of the railway staff and their passengers.

    • @eddiesroom1868
      @eddiesroom1868 3 роки тому +4

      Interesting, I want Ruth to either do a podcast, with dating advice, or a school where she can teach me to be a lady.
      I might be too old and far gone tho ✌️

    • @ashleelarsen5002
      @ashleelarsen5002 2 роки тому +1

      This is a good idea :)

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust 2 роки тому +2

      That and a Cotton Textile Mill where the original old mill is put back into working condition with a historic Victorian staff who live either at the mill or in the village. The train can be in the sametown with their staff. A working town during the Industrial Revolution.

    • @Specter1065
      @Specter1065 Рік тому +2

      “The railway children” BBC 1999

    • @colachofcb
      @colachofcb Рік тому

      The film Hugo is kinda similar in concept, but its not set in the Victorian era but Paris in the 1930's

  • @mrbean2520
    @mrbean2520 4 роки тому +7

    This my new favorite channel oh my god I love history and these three professionals are the best!

  • @Xeidasx
    @Xeidasx 4 роки тому +12

    That train detonator was the coolest part of this video lol I didn't even think about what they did in emergencies when they were stopped to alert other trains !!

    • @jockellis
      @jockellis 3 роки тому +1

      We Yanks call them torpedoes.

  • @Dullborn
    @Dullborn 4 роки тому +4

    Good to see the trio back at it...Ruth has eschewed the costuming for this one but was she ever spry on the carriage roof !...Kudos for posting this...

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler930 4 роки тому +9

    All that is missing is an elderly steeplejack to explain to us the glories of the Victorian era Craftsman. 😀👍

  • @jklsr55
    @jklsr55 3 місяці тому

    I am endlessly fascinated with these time travel series that these amazing people produce. Hats off from America...

  • @Ms94537336
    @Ms94537336 2 роки тому +1

    This gave me the feel of how life was back in the days. I love the saw mill. Zero emissions.

  • @BoggWeasel
    @BoggWeasel 4 роки тому +6

    Brilliant, was wondering where episode 2 was and bingo !

  • @marilynwoolford-chandler1161
    @marilynwoolford-chandler1161 4 роки тому +3

    What a thoroughly fascinating series. My favourite!!

  • @RussellNelson
    @RussellNelson 4 роки тому +9

    41:00 these explosives are called "torpodoes" in the US.

  • @Xeidasx
    @Xeidasx 4 роки тому +44

    Jesus imagine your first time in the train and the handbook says "I hope you brought a weapon with you for the tunnels!"

  • @myMotoring
    @myMotoring 4 роки тому +1

    5:52 I love how the iron elephant is almost smokeless

  • @shibolinemress8913
    @shibolinemress8913 4 роки тому +10

    "We are the navvies who work upon the railway, swingin' our hammers in the bright blazin' sun. Layin' down tracks and buildin' the bridges, bendin' our backs till the railroad is done." -Gordon Lightfoot, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"

    • @twistoffate4791
      @twistoffate4791 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for including GL's lyrics in your comment. Great place for it!

    • @shibolinemress8913
      @shibolinemress8913 3 роки тому +1

      @@twistoffate4791 Thank you! 🙂👍

  • @trishitaghatak6964
    @trishitaghatak6964 4 роки тому +14

    It's here!!! I was just thinking when ep.2 would be out... UA-cam listened to my wishes

  • @ashpete21
    @ashpete21 4 роки тому +3

    If it weren't for sports, I'd drop cable entirely. So much wonderful content like this on UA-cam - for free!!!! What a great time we live in ...

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen 4 роки тому +6

    This is funny, this was uploaded while I rewatched episode 1.

    • @Lajune01
      @Lajune01 4 роки тому +1

      can you point me to ep 1?

    • @7rotorhead
      @7rotorhead 4 роки тому +1

      Episode 1: ua-cam.com/video/cD8vibuQYSs/v-deo.html

    • @Lajune01
      @Lajune01 4 роки тому +2

      @@7rotorhead thank you kindly

  • @caseyflorida
    @caseyflorida 4 роки тому +18

    It took me awhile and some googling to figure out that in the UK a railway "sleeper" is the rail tie!

    • @trespire
      @trespire 4 роки тому +3

      @caseyflorida A tie is what one wears with a shirt !

    • @budmeister
      @budmeister 4 роки тому +2

      @@trespire it ties the rails together

    • @shawngayner1392
      @shawngayner1392 4 роки тому +1

      imma hold this rail up and... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    • @williamsawyer18
      @williamsawyer18 4 роки тому

      @@trespire and a sleeper is one piece pajamas for children/babies. What's your point? We are talking about railroad ties here.

    • @LauraS1
      @LauraS1 4 роки тому +1

      They're called "sleepers" here in the US as well although they're colloquially known as a "railroad tie".

  • @ajohnpeters9801
    @ajohnpeters9801 Рік тому

    I truly enjoyed that. Thanks for all your hard work you put into producing this .

  • @rhrful
    @rhrful 4 роки тому +3

    This is wonderful - informative and entertaining. This should be part of every child's/person's education.

  • @diananievesavellanet
    @diananievesavellanet 4 роки тому +3

    AHHHHHH, traveling for these 3, seemed to have been, truly enjoyable! I wonder if we could've said the same thing for passengers of that period. Well done! Even Alex, seemed halfway realistic. At least in this video! 😀👍

  • @ayushpandey6851
    @ayushpandey6851 3 місяці тому

    Absolutely mental!! Thank you, guys, for making such a masterpiece.

  • @fredweiss
    @fredweiss 3 роки тому +1

    Ruth Goodman is delightful...and adorable!

  • @geraldmiller5260
    @geraldmiller5260 4 роки тому +2

    Great history!

  • @peterforden5917
    @peterforden5917 4 роки тому +3

    Back when I worked as a "railwayman" or as we were called by most, the then defunct name of Porter, we were still known as railway servants, loved it :D'

  • @JustAllinOneResource
    @JustAllinOneResource 4 роки тому +3

    Thank You. Liked, and Shared.

  • @jeremiahgabriel5709
    @jeremiahgabriel5709 3 роки тому

    Ruth Goodman AND trains??? *automatic like*

  • @SceneArtisan
    @SceneArtisan 4 роки тому +9

    55:09, he leaves the book behind!! Shock! Horror! :D

    • @nancymontgomery8897
      @nancymontgomery8897 4 роки тому +5

      Yes! But it amazingly reappears in his hands on the train.

    • @BertGrink
      @BertGrink 4 роки тому +3

      @@nancymontgomery8897 It can only be explained by Black Magick of the most arcane sort.

  • @josephredden7280
    @josephredden7280 2 роки тому

    As always guys wonderful video please continue the good work

  • @TheRealTburt
    @TheRealTburt 2 роки тому

    They should make a handbook for bewildered airplane passengers. How to navigate an airport, etiquette while in the air, etc.

  • @robynw6307
    @robynw6307 4 роки тому +2

    I live near a train line in Australia. When there are workmen on the line, but the line is still in operation, it is common to hear those triple detonators going off. In this case, I think it is to warn both the train driver that there are workmen ahead and to slow down, but also to warn the workmen that a train is coming.

  • @markenna5955
    @markenna5955 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for a wonderful video

  • @illegalprime3626
    @illegalprime3626 4 роки тому +5

    Crazily enough, compartment stock like the ones shown here lasted on Southern Region suburban services up until 1995!

  • @4toes1nose
    @4toes1nose 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you

  • @NSEasternShoreChemist
    @NSEasternShoreChemist 2 роки тому +2

    I've been in a water-powered sawmill (Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia) - that one is very similar to the one in the video, but it *does* have a water-powered winch to pull the logs out of the mill-pond for you, and it has a water-powered auto-reverser. That would most definitely be a labour-saver!

  • @bjw4859
    @bjw4859 4 роки тому +1

    What a great watch, & all that, not a dead art.

  • @Seregium
    @Seregium 4 роки тому

    Wonderful! Thank you guys very much! I ever loved old trains.

  • @VelvetRevolver0
    @VelvetRevolver0 4 роки тому +1

    Lovely. These people have such a fun job!

  • @klausgartenstiel4586
    @klausgartenstiel4586 2 роки тому

    i absolutely positively love this.

  • @chevtruck1000
    @chevtruck1000 4 роки тому +3

    When doing a distillation ethanol is what you are trying to get. The first liquid that comes out is Methanol as it evaporates at a slightly lower temperature than ethanol. Methanol is created during fermentation and depending on the yeast used up to 10% of all the alcohol produced can be methanol. This translates into about 1% of the wash. Any distiller worth his salt discards at least the first 2% of a distillation.

  • @wasnhas
    @wasnhas 2 роки тому

    Fine enjoyable episode !

  • @fxsrider
    @fxsrider Рік тому

    Wow I watched the entire show and thought it was awesome!!

  • @spectreyl
    @spectreyl 2 роки тому

    I love this series

  • @richardstansbury9788
    @richardstansbury9788 4 роки тому +2

    In the U.S. the trains had a Conductor, I'm guessing that function was mostly taken by the Guard/Breakman.

    • @the4tierbridge
      @the4tierbridge 3 роки тому +1

      I mean, the brakeman and or guard came first.

  • @stevearmstrong4561
    @stevearmstrong4561 4 роки тому +1

    Did they not have Gandy Dancers in the UK?Great video.Love it..

  • @glypnir
    @glypnir 4 роки тому +4

    A fascinating video. I’ve watched several in the series so far. On this one, I’m struck by the differences in passenger carriages from the US and the U.K. a quick look through the inter web shows that the US had open coaches - no compartments, just seats on either side of an aisle - as the norm by the mid nineteenth century. The vestibule was developed in the 1880s to provide an enclosed link between cars. In the U.K., at the same time rudimentary corridors were appearing between a few compartments on individual cars. They were for the WC. If it was a mixed first and second class car, there would be a corridor for the first class WC, and one for the second class one. It seems Britons took shorter rail journeys with perhaps longer stops, and more effort at social stratification? The video mentions that corridor cars and vestibules really only caught on in the 1920’s in the U.K. I suspect the greater size of the US, coupled with the extremes of our weather, played a big role in the differences.

    • @sachinmali74
      @sachinmali74 3 роки тому

      Very nicely explained. Liked reading it.

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 2 роки тому +1

      The US's bigger bridges, tunnels, and wider platform clearances also helped substantially.

    • @glypnir
      @glypnir 2 роки тому

      @@unconventionalideas5683 maybe there’s a correlation between loading gauge and rail distances. See Russia for example.

  • @Tiger1x1
    @Tiger1x1 3 роки тому +1

    Its like a romance..... watching a quality content after long time...

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 4 роки тому +3

    Also, those hats are so powerful. You just put them on and I instantly saw a Chaplin movie in my head. 😍

  • @VeiLofCognition
    @VeiLofCognition 4 роки тому +1

    Ruth is a rockstar!

  • @Ebolson1019
    @Ebolson1019 2 роки тому

    I think one of the most interesting things is that the UK use carriage bolts while in the US railway spikes were used

  • @comfortouch
    @comfortouch 3 роки тому

    The MSRP on that horsehair fabric here in the USA is $525.00 /yard. By comparison, most upholstery fabrics average $30./yd and the high-end is $45./yd

  • @crisslastname9417
    @crisslastname9417 3 роки тому

    I love watching this team!

  • @Carstuff111
    @Carstuff111 4 роки тому +3

    9 pints of beer a day? Considering it was safer to drink beer at the time than water, that makes perfect sense, considering they had to have something to drink if water was not drinkable.

  • @Crashed131963
    @Crashed131963 4 роки тому +1

    In Canada all our sleepers (Rail Ties) are made of wood still.

  • @Zebred2001
    @Zebred2001 4 роки тому +3

    "We are the Navvies who work upon the railway..." - The Canadian Railroad Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot.

  • @bluewolf993
    @bluewolf993 Рік тому

    taptaptap… “Anything off the trolley dears?”. 🤭

  • @0MVR_0
    @0MVR_0 4 роки тому

    The mill machine being so quite is evidence of actuative efficiency.

  • @kfl611
    @kfl611 4 роки тому +1

    were they using a turnip cap on the still?

  • @sylviatamieanan4088
    @sylviatamieanan4088 3 роки тому

    11:38 Disappointed that they didn't scream "Timber!"

  • @craigtate5930
    @craigtate5930 4 роки тому +1

    Love that saw mill

  • @BlackDragonWitheHawk
    @BlackDragonWitheHawk 4 роки тому +1

    about the spoon in the refreshment room: was the victorian time after the times where one carried a wooden spoon on itself at all times abroad?

  • @joemackey1950
    @joemackey1950 4 роки тому

    I've always admired the unsung Navvies who did the work. And wonder what happened to them after the work was done? Where they went, what they did, their children and grandchildren, on down to the present time.

  • @MoreDakka421
    @MoreDakka421 2 роки тому

    I hope they do some type of fishing series

  • @paulbriggs3072
    @paulbriggs3072 4 роки тому +1

    I recommend the wonderful movie The Titfield Thunderbolt. All about an early British locomotive. In my area of New York's Finger Lakes, there was an 1835 railroad that was horse drawn and feature a steep incline with winches to pull cars up a half mile 1200 ft high hill. It was the same for the new locomotive when it arrived in 1840, and was named Old Puff. They pulled it and all passengers up the long hill south of Ithaca.

  • @docholladay7638
    @docholladay7638 4 роки тому +1

    32:25 I guess the producers of this program didn't haven't enough in the budget for 3 pairs of safety glasses. He was one hammer swing away from a piece of rock blinding the dudes across from him. Good thing everyone kept their vision so they can keep bringing us these awesome shows.

  • @mosheperlmutter9144
    @mosheperlmutter9144 3 роки тому

    I'm so jealous of all of them

  • @Guitcad1
    @Guitcad1 4 роки тому +4

    9:50 OMG! I can't believe they cut down that beautiful old oak tree just to make a damn documentary!

    • @trooperdgb9722
      @trooperdgb9722 4 роки тому +1

      A lot of Oak gets planted...it IS a renewable resource after all.... (and that wasn't much of an oak tree anyway..imagine the ones they needed to build the ships of the line! About 6000 - mainly oak - to build HMS VICTORY)

    • @craftpaint1644
      @craftpaint1644 4 роки тому +2

      Planting oak trees was a national defense priority and they purpose bent the limbs with ropes.

  • @pamcolechadwell1302
    @pamcolechadwell1302 4 роки тому +1

    I love a lot of the actors on this channel but not everyone or about everything so please find a new series for Ruth, Alex, and Peter. Please

  • @oliverandom6808
    @oliverandom6808 4 роки тому +1

    6:50 He sounds straight from BF1... Is it just me? :)

  • @nickhanlon9331
    @nickhanlon9331 4 роки тому +4

    Australia has the same story, except at 40 degrees and 20 times longer.

    • @the4tierbridge
      @the4tierbridge 3 роки тому

      @@patrickglaser1560 I think he meant Forty Degrees Celseus.

  • @wooderdsaunders6801
    @wooderdsaunders6801 4 роки тому

    Wonderfuly done , er enjoyed very much.

  • @nemo-nb3gh
    @nemo-nb3gh 4 роки тому

    same train they using for the limited east-west amtrak service . picks you up in Painesville Ohio at 2:30 am if your heading east. And the alternate day 4:00 am if your headed west .

  • @Misiulo
    @Misiulo Рік тому

    "Cars in the 1880's had no corridors". I'm mindblown. There's so many western movies featuring trains with corridors. Maybe in America it was different?

  • @erickvistad3078
    @erickvistad3078 3 роки тому

    Brilliant!

  • @paradisemace1
    @paradisemace1 4 роки тому

    Bless her heart !

  • @gibbsm
    @gibbsm 4 роки тому +2

    "alright, let's get 'soaring'" ok, guess he's gonna 'soar' some logs then, lol.

    • @Xeidasx
      @Xeidasx 4 роки тому

      That pronunciation irked me too lol

  • @joyboricua3721
    @joyboricua3721 3 роки тому

    @20:00 He surely meant to say methanol when uttering the warning,

  • @armchairrocketscientist4934
    @armchairrocketscientist4934 4 роки тому +15

    Man, us Americans, we don't need no fancy threaded screws, just give us a nice railroad spike and pound it in. 😄