Ten British Locomotive Oddities

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  • @kenfisher6290
    @kenfisher6290 7 років тому +16

    Fascinating video, thank you Jon. I particularly appreciated the absence of inappropriate music or false locomotive sounds, and your commentary was knowledgeable and friendly - well done.

  • @SirKenchalot
    @SirKenchalot 8 років тому +56

    Thanks for the video, very well researched. I hope you produce more and get a lot more views.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому +7

      thanks mate, I'm working on a follow up at the moment,

    • @alanrixson3788
      @alanrixson3788 7 років тому +2

      Andy Kench q

  • @brianfoster7794
    @brianfoster7794 3 роки тому +1

    Thank You for your video, found it very interesting some of the locomotives I hadn’t heard of, it was only today that it was recommended by the tube

  • @BeeSting862
    @BeeSting862 7 років тому +6

    Really enjoyed this, it held my attention from beginning to end. Thank you. Would certainly be interested to see any future top tens you may post.

  • @class_31clag
    @class_31clag 2 роки тому +1

    What about the "standard 8", On June 12th 92167, already running with a boiler defect dropped its rods working back from Leeds. Repairs were denied as were those to 92160 several days later, both were quickly condemned."
    Giving us a standard 2-8-2

  • @joshjones3408
    @joshjones3408 Рік тому +1

    Now when i go to the parts store i ask for a gizmo now do i get the one that can be around water after 12 or no??😝😝😝great video 👍👍👍

  • @amtrakjohn
    @amtrakjohn 7 років тому +6

    Thank you Jon. Enjoyed it thoroughly, as a retired Yank rail worker. I guess my fav unit is #4, the Gas Turbine GT3. USA also experimented with gas turbines; Union Pacific had a big, loud one. Your example even appears to have a "face." So I guess Rev. Awdry would certainly approve! Thx again, and hope to see Installment Two.

  • @T16MGJ
    @T16MGJ 3 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed that Jon. I had expected to see "Big Bertha" herself #58100 within your selected ten. When after nine it did not appear I was then puzzled by its exclusion. You explained about that at the end.
    Big Bertha was a special locomotive for me. Eleven and twelve year old rail enthusiast me would use my half crown pocket money to purchase a cheap day "Football Return" ticket between Gloucester and Birmingham in the early 1950s. That involved Big Bertha assisting my train up the Lickey Incline. Leaning out of the window looking under the footbridge the rail track appeared to go skyward out of sight. An illusion still vivid in my minds eye. I and my younger brother would make our way to the Guard's Van and so see Big Bertha in action. That until "Jobs Worth" Guard chased us out ...
    Half-a-Crown. Two and six. Two shillings and six pence .. 2/6d. 12.5 pence decimal .. . Such value for a round return trip. Youngsters today don't know theyze born as the saying goes.. 👀... 😃
    Second thoughts. Twelve year olds and younger travelling alone on the Railways. No big deal back then, Move on a decade or three and I would never allow my two sons to travel alone at that age. Such is progress. They are both keen Rail Enthusiasts and treated their old Dad to a nice day out at GWR Toddington a while back. It was a Diesel Event day. All the steam locomotives cold but very photogenic. Lots of free rides on the one ticket all day including ancient Diesel Buses and Coaches along the nearby Cotswold Hills. A good day had by all and nice to meet so many others with the same interests. Recommended.
    I've rang that bell and look forward to some Big Bertha content ..😃

  • @Marc_von_Hoffrichter
    @Marc_von_Hoffrichter 8 років тому +2

    Well done mate. Very informative on a vague subject. Enjoyed it very much. Looking forward to more later.

  • @anthonynunn8590
    @anthonynunn8590 7 років тому +14

    Forget the negative comments I enjoyed it immensely. Can't wait for the next one!

  • @SBCBears
    @SBCBears 7 років тому +6

    I'm American and have no problem understanding and following this very informative and interesting narrative. Please do more if you want. Much appreciated. 19:55 Looks tired.

  • @6535rvhtube
    @6535rvhtube 7 років тому +4

    Well done. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you

  • @Castlebridge-00
    @Castlebridge-00 7 років тому +4

    Loved it. Very interesting. Going to search now for number 2,
    Barry.Devon,

  • @theliqful
    @theliqful 6 років тому +1

    Terrific Vid John....keep up the excellent work,as they say..MORE,MORE,MORE..Soon Forward...steve

  • @brendanwilliams7291
    @brendanwilliams7291 4 роки тому +2

    Great stuff, some of these locomotives would leave me speechless as to why and how they were built.

  • @herbrand47
    @herbrand47 7 років тому +2

    Well researched, holds your attention through out.

  • @pencils1951
    @pencils1951 6 років тому +1

    Excellent video with a wealth of information many would not be aware of. Don't underestimate your ability, it's more than most can do.

  • @henrybn14ar
    @henrybn14ar 7 років тому +2

    Fireless locomotives were eventually quite successful, using "boilers" charged from a fixed supply eg in factories. Huntley and Palmer had a couple, and so did some breweries in Germany where steam was readily available. They were appreciated as being pollution-free. The Swiss company DLM has rebuilt a few for continued service in Germany.

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 7 років тому

    Enjoyed all of the video the voice delivery certainly did not put me off but added to the style of your presentation, looking forward to your next release

  • @dathpo
    @dathpo 7 років тому +5

    Well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @Uftonwood2
    @Uftonwood2 7 років тому +30

    Don't be nervous, you're a mine of information, so relax and speak a bit slower,- and don't forget the cover for the mike. Thanks for an absorbing video.

  • @nigelhorsley5650
    @nigelhorsley5650 8 років тому +2

    Thoroughly enjoyable, thanks. Treasured photos in safe hands for posterity.

  • @Itsjustme-Justme
    @Itsjustme-Justme 3 роки тому +2

    I never heard of the GWR 4600. It is a beautiful machine.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  3 роки тому +3

      yeah she is a bit of a looker, better proportioned than the County tanks

  • @Cheeseatingjunglista
    @Cheeseatingjunglista 7 років тому +2

    Loved it, well done mate

  • @billcobbett9259
    @billcobbett9259 7 років тому +3

    Well done- a good few photos I hadn't seen before, especially of the Decapod and the Leader. Did you know that O.V. Bulleid moved to Ireland, and built a turf-burning version of the Leader? Well, tried to build, anyway!

  • @ChrisKitVeedubber
    @ChrisKitVeedubber 7 років тому +1

    Well done, for your first video of this kind. You did really well.

  • @BJHolloway1
    @BJHolloway1 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the very interesting video - meticulously researched. Lets have some more please

  • @zandraneeld4323
    @zandraneeld4323 7 років тому +2

    Enjoyed your video. Keep it up.

  • @NJPurling
    @NJPurling 7 років тому +2

    I had heard of the Great Eastern 'Decapod'. It is something you expect to see in a marshalling yard or a custom build for a industrial railway in another country.
    Many years ago I bought a postcard of the GWR 4600, because I wondered 'what the hell is that?'
    Incredibly Bulleid built a version of the Leader class for the Irish railways that burnt peat instead of coal. The Leader looks like a Tube train car on nasty steroids.

  • @marvinwatkins8889
    @marvinwatkins8889 7 років тому +1

    Well researched in a honest, fact filled attempt. The extemporaneous approach and non pompous, non-RP speech is refreshingly natural. But despite that, a text might have been better. Still, most fascinating with facts and history I for one did not know. You sir, do know your stuff.

  • @martinhall60
    @martinhall60 2 роки тому

    What an amazing interesting and informative video. Well done Sir, very professional and great photos of the locomotives. First class. 🙂👍

  • @ColinBenbow
    @ColinBenbow 7 років тому

    enjoyed the video very much, nice not to have hideous music in back ground that many youtube producers feel is mandatory Thank you Jon

  • @neiloflongbeck5705
    @neiloflongbeck5705 4 роки тому

    The NER EE1 wasn't tested under power in Newcastle but on the Shildon to Erimus Yard line. The quayside branch in Newcastle was electrified with overhead power supply, but was only 3/4 mile long. The rest of the Newcastle area used 3rd rail electric supply.

  • @senojbdet
    @senojbdet 8 років тому +1

    Looking forwards to your next video!!!!

  • @xavierlavaud1276
    @xavierlavaud1276 3 роки тому +2

    Particulièrement intéressant. Je connaissais un peu toutes ces locomotives mais je connaissais parfois très mal leur histoire, notamment la GT3, les défauts de Leader, le secret entourant la locomotive de Paget, etc. Des regrets pour la 2C2 qui était au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment. On peut en dire autant des locomotives des FS construites pour la Sardaigne vers 1990 et qui n'ont pratiquement jamais roulé.

  • @Spodar-qb6pz
    @Spodar-qb6pz 7 років тому +1

    thanks for the video! really enjoyed the information

  • @R.C.A.F.V.R.
    @R.C.A.F.V.R. 3 роки тому +1

    Great video so darn glad no music being of an age hearing issues it was great to hear clear announciation also slow down a bit as your accent is broad but enjoyable but not too much or you'll lose your enthusiastic speech
    If you like an idea seeing #1 and the electric odditys how about forms of motive power oil coal electric atmospheric didcot has part of it dug up next to its 7foot¼ railroad
    But yes well done

  • @stephenphillip5656
    @stephenphillip5656 6 років тому +1

    I really enjoyed your video- well done, ignore the 'nay-sayers' out there. I was a little surprised that LNER 10000 'Hush-Hush' wasn't in there but there was lots of stuff that I didn't know and I look forward to any other videos you do. Thank you.

  • @NorbertRoll
    @NorbertRoll 7 років тому +1

    Very interesting and informative. Excellent.

  • @aon10003
    @aon10003 7 років тому +1

    Really nice video. Thanks.

  • @neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819
    @neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 7 років тому

    Apart from 1 small yard there was no ocerhead wiring in Newcastle meaning that the EE1 wouldn't have done much running there. Most of its runs under its own power were done between Shildon and Newport Yard.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  7 років тому

      Thanks for the info, when I get around to doing a remake I'll put that corrected info in :)

  • @Rog5446
    @Rog5446 8 років тому +10

    Nice one Jon, look forward to the next.
    (Sorry, but can I just suggest that when you record your narrative, you place the microphone at least another 6 inches away from your lips, as this would negate breath noise)

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому +8

      yeah, it is something I learned, and the fact I had a heavy cold when I did the audio didn't help either

  • @discontinuedchannel6145
    @discontinuedchannel6145 7 років тому +1

    5:17 is Hurricane from journey beyond sodor

  • @tylerdurden726
    @tylerdurden726 8 років тому +5

    Thanks for this great work ! But if you decide to do another one, please do iit sober.

    • @alanclarke4646
      @alanclarke4646 4 роки тому

      @R F Jim Bowen on Bullseye? It was quite often 2 people from an inner city tower block, winning a speedboat!

  • @jimmyviaductophilelawley5587
    @jimmyviaductophilelawley5587 4 роки тому

    Great video mate quality!

  • @beachcomberbob3496
    @beachcomberbob3496 2 роки тому

    I'm surprised that the Lickey 'Big Bertha' didn't make the 'A' list. Now there was a true 'one-off'.

  • @RaisedLetter
    @RaisedLetter 7 років тому

    #13 certainly summed up itself

  • @peterb1543
    @peterb1543 7 років тому +1

    It's amazing how a lot of the mistakes were not picked up at the design stage

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  7 років тому +1

      These were they days before computer simulation or any modern tech, so I guess the best method was to test as you went along

  • @nigelgresley87546
    @nigelgresley87546 5 років тому +3

    With looking at the GT3, I can't unsee the headboards...they look like eyes!!😂

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 5 років тому

      Somewhere, a rude GT named Cromwell is giving you the stink-eye.
      On a more serious note; Dovetail's Train Simulator made a pretty good virtual recreation of GT3, thanks to Victory Works. It ain't easy, but it's worth it.

    • @bingola45
      @bingola45 4 роки тому

      @@QJ89 Is the sound correct?

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 4 роки тому

      @@bingola45 I imagine it is. Victory must have done their research and watched what few videos there are of GT3 in action.

  • @Armadilling
    @Armadilling 7 років тому +2

    Very interesting Oddities

  • @TWA1945
    @TWA1945 7 років тому +1

    Great video!

  • @johngray8606
    @johngray8606 4 роки тому +1

    I noticed some viewers gave you thumbs down. I really don't understand why, just shows you can't please all the people all the time. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @bennickss
    @bennickss 3 роки тому

    When a doped up London underground 1938 stock and merchant navy class love each other very much you get the leader class!

  • @michaelnaisbitt1639
    @michaelnaisbitt1639 7 років тому +3

    Well researched I enjoyed video overall. Did you make the models??

  • @davidhart4748
    @davidhart4748 5 років тому

    Nice change looking to the next video

  • @neiloflongbeck5705
    @neiloflongbeck5705 4 роки тому +1

    The NER was the progenitor of the railway preservation movement in the UK. They had their own museum in York, close to where the NRM is today. Why it didn't end up on display is a mystery to me.

  • @ryanclarke2161
    @ryanclarke2161 6 років тому +1

    Good vid, veryhard to wat h with head phones.....bomboom.....boom...boom

  • @SidneyPratt
    @SidneyPratt 7 років тому +1

    Greathistory,more please. Thanks.

  • @chloealexalandry260
    @chloealexalandry260 7 років тому +3

    Your 36001 Bulleid Leader info is not complete. The basic testing was done and proved many things that did work. The designer was hired, before the Leader project was finished, to build a new dual fuel [ oil or turf] locomotive aptly named the Turf Burner in Ireland. It proved that the basic leader design worked and in time, the area was electrified.

  • @chriswood-nostalgic8900
    @chriswood-nostalgic8900 4 роки тому

    Hurricane from Thomas & Friends, is surprisingly based of the A55 engine.

  • @raymondj8768
    @raymondj8768 7 років тому +1

    hey thanks cool video buddy i liked it !

  • @adamdahabra4653
    @adamdahabra4653 5 років тому +1

    I wish all of them are back

  • @The_Yokshireman_In_The_Hat
    @The_Yokshireman_In_The_Hat 7 років тому

    Thoroughly enjoyed your video thank you. A couple of locos in there I had never heard of before. However you missed LNER 10000 "Hush Hush" ;-) Thanks again for an enjoyable 30 minutes.

  • @peterb1543
    @peterb1543 7 років тому +1

    Great info.well done.

  • @catlover4971
    @catlover4971 6 років тому +1

    Ignore the critics Jon, you have done a splendid job and you are to be congratulate on your first video. It would be in retesting to see what sort of videos the idiots on here could produce

  • @chriscaerau
    @chriscaerau 3 роки тому

    Good, very good, enjoyed...

  • @raptorproductions1639
    @raptorproductions1639 7 років тому +11

    *I N H A L E*

  • @linnylinehan1841
    @linnylinehan1841 7 років тому +1

    A very interesting video, although Fury was built by the North British Locomotive Company, not the North British Railway Company, which had ceased to exist by the time Fury was built.

  • @paulsanderson9586
    @paulsanderson9586 4 роки тому

    Great!! An unuasaul and different tack Thank you!! But agree with Uftonwood. I am not a GWR expert and cannot hear some details of #10, and I hear "1930" when talking about #9 and BR?

  • @dennisroyhall121
    @dennisroyhall121 8 років тому +25

    Very good, indeed excellent holding my attention all the way from start to finish. You have a good voice and a good style, balanced and fair in appraisals given of subjects with not unwelcome dry but humourous additional observations where appropriate. Your script delivery is fast but not overfast and utterly but utterly devoid of cliches and platitudinous yuck that has cluttered up so much of railway recordings. Perhaps best of all is your endeavour to fill your commentaries to the full leaving me with the impression that you have overlooked little and left nothing unsaid that was relevent. Cold or no cold, scripted or unscripted, I could not disagree more with some of the comments given below which I find ungracious and undeserved. As to future subject matter, personally I would look forward to hearing your research observations on the two gas turbine experiments and also perhaps the Southern electric locomotives and what about a study of the differences of the hundred or so railway companies that were finally grouped together into four companies in 1923. I wish you well and every success in all your future projects, especially where railways and their locomotives are concerned.

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 7 років тому +1

      All of the above, ossibly a vid of the usually overlooked irish loco's?

    • @peterforden5917
      @peterforden5917 7 років тому +1

      oops possibly:/

    • @zvezdaster
      @zvezdaster 7 років тому +2

      Dennis Roy Hall i agree with you on most points if not all how ever, and not to put the uploader down, a few of the critiques were justified. The sound was of cheap quality which was quite detrimental to this video. But for what i guess was a first attempt, it was indeed making me to want to see more of his video's in the future

  • @Utubearchy
    @Utubearchy 7 років тому

    Jon, I'd like to second the comments by Dennis Roy Hall. Well researched, making the topic the point of focus, as opposed to a presentation that's more wrappings than content. Imagine that. A UA-cam 'Top Ten List' with a lite, informal, adult commentary. Actual adult commentary. What a concept. It might start a trend.

  • @algrayson8965
    @algrayson8965 4 роки тому +2

    Ha! The coaches were loaded with 🐖 iron to represent the passengers! (decapod acceleration trials).

  • @JamesSmith-lz1xu
    @JamesSmith-lz1xu 5 років тому

    very good! carry on with more

  • @leonhawes6481
    @leonhawes6481 4 роки тому

    Very interesting - I learned a lot

  • @TheMishy2789
    @TheMishy2789 8 років тому +5

    5:22 its hurricane from the journey beyond sodor.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому +3

      so it is, never knew there was a Thomas character based on the decapod

    • @Polak-dd7ds
      @Polak-dd7ds 7 років тому

      Jon Wisbey Um, Murdoch, the 9f...

    • @barrydelisle8655
      @barrydelisle8655 7 років тому +1

      All trains should have faces to add character

    • @tffan-gm9nl
      @tffan-gm9nl 6 років тому

      @@Polak-dd7dsMurdoch is a BR standard class 9F 2-10-0 steam locomotive.

    • @gabrielstrainsproductions6541
      @gabrielstrainsproductions6541 6 років тому

      @@Polak-dd7ds FYI THE STANDARD 9F'S WHEEL BASE IS A 2-10-0 BUT THE DRIVING WHEELS OF HURRICANE IS KIND OF LIKE MURDOCH

  • @TheDroppy68
    @TheDroppy68 7 років тому

    Good initial try, but I agree with previous comments that using a script or talking points would certainly help you to prevent the mistakes you have had to correct with popup text. Just to illustrate, at 17:22 you mention "Churchill". If you are referring to the GWR chief engineer, I believe you meant to say "Churchward"?
    Anyway, a thumbs up from me, especially if this is your very first attempt at a UA-cam video.

  • @gloshagloot
    @gloshagloot 7 років тому

    I'm a yank, and despite Jon's accent I had no problem with the audio. Thoroughly entertaining and educational show, eh wot?

    • @Rosie6857
      @Rosie6857 7 років тому

      (gloshagloot) I should say so, old chap. :-) His speech was typical of an older Londoner. There are some far more impenetrable British accents, believe me.
      The information was bursting to come out, spontaneous and unsanitised. As an "older Londoner" myself I found this very refreshing. More!

  • @goingnowherefast1834
    @goingnowherefast1834 7 років тому +8

    5:19 this is the hottest place in town!We'll warm you up, when your feeling down!etc

    • @SPG69
      @SPG69 4 роки тому

      Will make a smile out of every frown

    • @the4tierbridge
      @the4tierbridge 3 роки тому

      Oh shut it. It’s more than that.

  • @philaypeephilippotter6532
    @philaypeephilippotter6532 4 роки тому

    I'm not sure that *Churchward's* 4600 class trial (actually *Holcroft's* to *Churchward's* specification using mostly standard *Swindon* parts - it wasn't really a prototype) belongs here. It wasn't really an oddity, just a simple extension of his vision that proved slightly less capable than his _small prairies._ Other than that I think it's an interesting excursion into the subject.
    One of the many more than 10 you _might_ have included is *LNER* 10000, the _hush hush_ locomotive.

  • @batman51
    @batman51 8 років тому +6

    Oliver Bullied, not William!

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому +1

      of course your right, my error.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому +1

      yup, my error, made corrective notr

    • @batman51
      @batman51 8 років тому +2

      No problem! Really interesting video.

  • @Ricimer671
    @Ricimer671 2 роки тому

    Fascinating stuff, do more, sound a bit iffy.

  • @davefrancis4270
    @davefrancis4270 7 років тому +3

    Interesting, do crack on with a follow up

  • @awesome-xk8vj
    @awesome-xk8vj Рік тому

    Can you make more locomotive videos like this please. Please respond when you get this please.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  Рік тому

      I intend to, but at the moment time and technology is holding me back.

  • @AlasdairMacCaluim
    @AlasdairMacCaluim 8 років тому +1

    Awesome!

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  8 років тому

      +Alasdair MacCaluim thanks mate, not bad for my first attempt

  • @Bob36509
    @Bob36509 2 роки тому

    22:14 it look more like somebody took body of class 37 and just lose the part's so they put this on

  • @Rob_Star
    @Rob_Star 7 років тому

    we would love you to do a other top 10 British loco's or DMU / EMU etc, please

  • @gabrielstrainsproductions6541
    @gabrielstrainsproductions6541 6 років тому

    Hey Jon Wiseby, FYI The Ger Holden's Decapod is actually Hurricane from Journey Beyond Sodor and he is Actually a Ger Holden's Decapod

  • @cogidubnus1953
    @cogidubnus1953 7 років тому +5

    #9 when was this scrapped please, as if it was 1930, then British Rail wasn't about...by 18 years!

    • @freakedout2008
      @freakedout2008 6 років тому +1

      He ment 1950

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 5 років тому

      Experimental engines like this have always fascinated me, but electric ones have always intrigued me more. Many of them were too far ahead of their time and were limited by their wires to show their full potential. The UK and Australia both have interesting histories in this regard.
      It's a crying shame that No. 13 (aka Raven's Folly) never survived, nor his fictional Sudrian counterpart. (Look in to Loey Machan and the Extended Railway Series if you don't know what I'm talking about.)

  • @arch9enius
    @arch9enius 7 років тому +1

    Well there was some stuff in here I didn't know. How about a video of Stormtroopers being cut up for scrap?

  • @kacs2409
    @kacs2409 7 років тому

    do a follow up video. please.

  • @kevinhoffman8214
    @kevinhoffman8214 7 років тому

    really enjoyed it

  • @deew6625
    @deew6625 4 роки тому

    Any sound clips and where can I get the FELL DOCUMENTARY ?

  • @984francis
    @984francis 7 років тому +1

    William Bullied and Oliver Stanier:)

  • @MarkInLA
    @MarkInLA 7 років тому +18

    Video greatly appreciated. But next time hold the mic further away from your mouth...Your inhaling noises are a bit of a put off.

    • @bill091086
      @bill091086 6 років тому +1

      Mark Harris : dammit! I hadn’t even noticed his inhaling until I read your comment! Now it’s driving me nuts!!!

  • @fuse2uk
    @fuse2uk 4 роки тому

    G.J Churchward was the GWR CME responsible for 111.... not Churchill ....

  • @MrKenichi22
    @MrKenichi22 6 років тому

    thanks for the video

  • @Randolph1233
    @Randolph1233 7 років тому +1

    At 9.30 the steam engine was made in NB loco works Springburn, Glasgow. My father was a welder and worked there for 6 years there in the 1950’s. He liked welding jobs and often after the evening meal explained to our big family the technicalities of the engine and the welding job he had to do . Many locomotives in far flung countries were held together by his welding. Thank you Lord for the endeavour of so many.

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  7 років тому

      interesting stuff, its special when you have family connection to history

  • @nigelgresley87546
    @nigelgresley87546 6 років тому +1

    (19:51) ONCE YOU SEE IT YOU CANT UNSEE IT!

  • @tjcassidy2694
    @tjcassidy2694 7 років тому

    What's that platform at 2:03?

    • @stashyjon
      @stashyjon  7 років тому

      Its Birmingham Moor Street around the time of WW1. The station had a traverser at the end of the platforms to allow locomotives to be moved from track to track in less space than the more traditional run round points. These were electrically operated and in use until 1967, when the use of DMU's rendered them obsolete.
      here are some old photographs of them
      warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moorstreet/gwrms1699.jpg
      warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/moorstreet/gwrms1697.jpg
      www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/birmingham(tim_dale)moor_street_old1.jpg
      www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/birmingham_moor_street/birmingham_moor_street_traverser_5_1950_john_alsop_coll.jpg