Tracks To The Trenches 2018
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2018
- Footage from the third Tracks To the Trenches event held at the Apedale Light Railway near Newcastle-Under-Lyme. An excellent event with continuous action from First World War Living History Groups and displays including cavalry demonstrations as well as trains running on the Field Railway and the Apedale Railway running line. There were also a large number of First World War themed model railways on display too.
A large number of Simplex and other tractors were in constant action throughout the day. Steam locos included recently restored 1916 Hunslet w/n 1215, Henschel 0-8-0T "Brigadelok" w/n 15968, Kerr Stuart 0-6-0T "Joffre" w/n 3014 of 1917, Hudswell Clarke
0-6-0WT "Wee Pug" w/n 1238 of 1916 and replica Deauville Type1 ''Edgar''.
Thanks to all involved with the planning and operation of this excellent event
Love the video, WWI Railways have always interested me, so good to see.
Thanks very much, must admit I didn't know too much about these WW1 railways but they obviously played a massive part for all combatants
Beautiful reconstruction, Austin. Thank you for sharing. Philippe
Merci beaucoup Philippe
Thank you for uploading
Many thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the video
Now that was a complete historic theme. I've never seen most of that rolling stock before. As for the Tank!!!!! Well done you!
Thanks Keith, great event and full marks to the organisers. Very interesting displays
Variety is the spice of life, Austin, and this certainly fits the description. Very glad you obviously found the event a pleasant surprise. Many thanks for sharing it and bringing it to a wider field of view. Kind regards, Bob.
Thanks very much Bob. It was a very enjoyable event and extremely well organised. Having read several books recently about WW1 it was very interesting to see all the exhibits. Walking through the recreated trench on a fine day made me think how horrendous it must have been when they were filled with water and mud
An unique event superbly recreating the railways that serviced the trenches Austin...wonderful attention to detail.
Thanks Bob, it was interesting to see the role railways played during the Great War. It was a very well organised event
Great stuff Austin, loved the Cavalry and not something you see everyday!!
Thanks Steve, certainly was good to see and all involved played their parts so well
OMG what an awesome video. The WW1 reenactments were just fantastic, What I wouldn't give to see this place in person.
Thanks for watching, it was a really good event
Austin that is a fantastic video. Great day out filming something unusual and very interesting. The staff and volunteers done an amazing job. Enjoyable watching. Kind regards C&A
Thanks, you're quite right as everyone involved worked so hard to make the event a success. I hope the railway has done well from it
What a fascinating video Austin. Something different. Nice one. Cheers, Dave.
Thanks Dave, it was certainly different. I don't expect to see the cavalry next time I'm on the S & C!
WoW ))))
Wonderful IDEA of connecting narrow gauge steam railway with the display of the Great War historical event !!!! All together it works just great !!!!
Thanks, the railway has put on some good events and gives a good idea of wartime field railways
Excellent restorations.
Yes, the railway has done a fine job. Thanks for watching
Excellent video. That must have been a great day out!
Many thanks Graham. It was an excellent day and
I was rather sorry that I'd not been to any of their previous events.
How beautiful!
The railway has a nice setting to tell the story very well. Thanks for watching
Thanks Austin. Good fun was obviously had by all.
Noel
Many thanks Noel. Very interesting to see the WW1 railway equipment, all part of the story of our railways
awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
A ww1 davenport 2-6-2 was restored to working order recently in California
Excellent, it's great that there is such an interest in these fine machines
Amazing little event held at a railway I had never heard of until today. Will look out for this next year as WW1 history is one of my areas of interest.
It was an excellent event as there was always something going on which makes a pleasant change from some similar events I've been to. I'd never visited before but will certainly do so again.
Wow what a show ! My great grandad laid track for the supply lines with 23rd Btn A.I.F. reinforcements as they were too green to be sent forward just yet.
Good to hear about your great granddad. No doubt conditions for him would have been very tough, you must be very proud of him. Thanks for watching
This was a Very Cool video!! 🤠👌
Thank you, glad you liked it
Awesome
Thanks, it was a wonderful event
Great shots Austin, looked a really good event. There's something about the sound of a simplex tractor that I like. Regards JamesandPeter
Thanks James, it was an excellent event, really sorry now that I ddn't go to the previous ones
One of the few places where the tank could carry the train instead of the reverse.
Over here in Yankee land we have several operating two ft gauge railroads. Fascinating to watch.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video. There's something about the narrow gauge that's very appealing.
Narrow gauge rail roads are the right size for people. You see that they can haul loads and people most places. Big enough to be useful but not the giant overwhelming size of the standard gauge monsters.
@@gregwarner3753 broad gauge would like to remind all reading this how tiny standard gauge is.
Awesome video! I have locomotive live steam Baldwin War Dept. made by Accucraft, 1/19 scale - I like these old locomotives! Cheers Fabrizio
Thank you. The Accucraft model sounds wonderful!
@@acw71000 Yes, it is so! Thanks and cheers, Fabrizio
At 7:55 that’s my son and I riding the Baldwin. What a great day!
It was a good day. Very impressive set up that the railway has
One note; at 5:30 in the video one of the re-enactors crosses the track and stands on the rail. that is a good way to have a slip and twist or break an ankle. Real railroaders ALWAYS step between the rails and walk on the ballast.
Very nice 👍👌 Video. Watched with a new idea with great people around the Toy Trains.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video
Great event! Who couldn't love "Edgar?"
It was a wonderful event. Many thanks for watching
Nice locos, event and railway, maybe someday i can visit. Ive ridden once behind a brigadelok
Thanks very much, hope you get the opportunity to visit the railway sometime
OMG, what a collection of WW1 equipment!!!
It was quite a collection wasn't it. Thanks for watching
Cool video :)
Thanks very much
A very cool video indeed. The only thing missing from the event was a reconstructed section of trench and some underground dugouts showing how the men lived at the front.
Thanks for watching. There was a reconstructed trench area but although I did film it, the footage wasn't as good as I'd hoped. It was very interesting to walk through although there wouldn't have been many bright sunny days like this was for the soldiers at the front
Something really different at a special railway!
Thank you for watching. It was such an enjoyable day, didn't really know what to expect but it was so well organised with constant action
I should point out that WWI hastened modern times. Journeys by steam traction to the front line was a very bad idea. these were carried out at night so the glow from the engine's firebox had made a nice target for enemy snipers!
Back to the WWI era...fantastic !!
Bet there weren't too many nice sunny days like this back in WW1 though! Thanks for watching
Nice :)
Thanks
3:46 … one of those brands has quite the story to tell.
Would that be the rather battered tin of Fray Bentos?
@@acw71000 indeed it is. Meat surrounded by a mass produced sturdy shell of metal. Two tanks named from the brand haha!
Grandfather endured the Somme and survived uninjured thank goodness... or else there would be a widening gap in family trees... A Great Uncle was killed in the last month, alas. Another Great Uncle who survived was spitting with rage about it well into the 1980s... indeed to the end of his life...
I always find 'what ifs' very fascinating. That is a tragic tale about the Great Uncle who was killed in the last month after getting through the horror of it until then. I often think that I'm only here due to good fortune on the part of my ancestors, you know even going back to the plague.
@@acw71000 exactly.... my grandfather rushed to Sheffield Town Hall as soon as war was declared. Being highly impatient, when the queue had hardly moved after an hour he said to himself 'bugger this I am off for my holidays'. He joined up when he came back to Sheffield (well Barnsley really) I think 5th Batallion Yorks and Lancs. After surviving the carnage a year, he believed because he was too small to be hit, his unit was transferred to the Dardanells where the war was coming to an end. He wrote home telling his parents not to worry. But had he joined the earlier Batallions he may not have been so lucky. So being impatient saved his life. I had another great uncle who had an amazing survival due to being interned at the English Camp, Groinigen when his commander led his RN Reservist force into neutral Holland when it became clear that they were not going to be able to defend Antwerp against the Germans. The joke was that this uncle who was a trawler skipper, 'could find Bear Island blindfolded in a fog. But on land he could not follow a map for a hundred yards'. This was an oblique reference to Commander Henderson's wise decision to lay down arms in neutral Holland rather than face a German POW camp. The Dutch treated the internees extremely well even allowing the Brits home in batches on a promise a)that they would not engage in combat and b) return to release more Brits for their 'compassionate leave'. They were true to their word. My grandfather used to meet up with his cousin when they were both back in Blightey and reflect on their amazing good fortunes. Then they both returned to their units. The English taught the Dutch to play better football as one of the internees played professionally for one of the Sheffield teams though I don't know whether it was Wednesday or United. You just could not make up this sort of stuff! Grandfather only broke down once. They were advancing through captured German positions when he came across the grave a German namesake of his. He wept at the grave of his dead adversiary. He thought very highly of German soldiers. When they had reached His position they seemed reluctant to shoot tje Brits, clubbing his mates with rifle butts instead... even knocking grandad's machine gunner senseless rather than kill him... He also noticed that the flyers of both sides would 'buzz' ballon based observers giving them time to descend to earth by rope before shooting up the ballons themselves
Is that 750 mm narrow gauge railway track ????
No, it's 605mm gauge
0:00 8:15 it’s Mine engine and Stanley
Why did they have a Simplex in a hole, was it meant to represent the aftermath of a explosion?
It was yes
Without the mud, the noise, the bullets, the exploding shells and the mustard gas it just doesn't have the right "feel". Perhaps for the next one some of these could be laid on to give a much more authentic experience.
Yes, I've said in reply to other comments that the bright sunny day is a far cry from the conditions that those soldiers on both sides men had to endure through the needless conflict. Not sure how the mustard gas and mud would go down with visitors to a recreation though!
That's trippy your name's Austin I'm a rail fan in America what gauge is this Railroad I'm just curious is this a 2-foot Narrow Gauge it looks like you like Steam I wrote a poem called Austin Glines steam locomotive poem and it has a drawing that I drew of a 482 Mountain class steam locomotive that took me 2 months to draw I think you would appreciate it peace out in to the world have a great day fellow railfan Austin
Hi, yes that's right, it's 2 foot gauge. We Austin's need to stick together!
They found out that i.c. engines were better.
The enemy artillery could target the smoke of the steam engines.
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