War On The Railways
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2020
- UKTV program highlighting the working lives of Railwaymen during the second world war. The men in this program shared the memories of what it was like fulfilling these vital roles they played. My late Father, Charlie Rutherford was a conttributor to the program.
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Thank you all for your services
What a generation we were back then men, women and children. Somehow I doubt we would respond the same way today.
As a life long railroader this was an insightful presentation.
I suspect that Mr Harry Dibnah in this film may have been the great Fred Dibnahs uncle, what a hero !!!. The Dibnah family bred great people . Fred spoke about riding around shunting yards with his uncle when he was a youngun and i believe that it was the same man shown here. Great men , Great shows.
During WWII the U.K.’s railway workers were as vital as the mmbers of the Merchant Marine and deserve to be recognised as such.
Loved seeing this as my lovely dad was on the railway during the war on South Eastern, he started age 16 as cleaner then fireman and then went on to be a driver until he retired. He could just reel off how steam engines worked had some great stories too. xx Thank you
So pleased you enjoyed it. We can all be pleased with the important roles they played during the war. Thanks for watching
These men were combat veterans as well!! They definitely were part of the greatest generation EVER!!
My father was a Combat Veteran as a Staff Sergeant in the 20TH USAAF, 7TH US ARMY AIR CORP, 414TH FIGHTER/ BOMBER GROUP, 413TH F/ B SQUADRON and served in the South Pacific Campaign on Guam, Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima. He was a flightline engineer and mechanic on the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
He was originally slated to go to the European Campaign, but there unit was eventually sent to the South Pacific Campaign.
I’ve watched this dozens of times. Simply brilliant. Shame there isn’t more.
Reserve occupation? These railwaymen are the forgotten heroes of WWII. God bless them all.
Thanks so much for uploading this.
Jesus! God bless the british railroad workers I don't know how they did it man you think ship yards in philadelphia During the war was Dangerous my God this and north Atlantic Convoy routes where Probably most dangerous working places that I could ever imagine
Reserved occupation meant they were exempt from being drafted
@@mitchellhogg4627 I know that I just saying general railroad workers During the war britain had worse Compared to United states railroad workers we Didn't have to face bombs every day or week . it much more Horrendous and Horrifying have bombs and Exploding rockets like thr v -1 and v-2 Dropped all around you
For good reason ! Many joined up anyway and became Railway Operating Troops for The Royal Engineers. The Middle East and Western Europe were two usual Postings.@@mitchellhogg4627
Great documentary outlining the often untold story of many hard working folk keeping the railways running during the war. It was a vital service and the nation should thank all those that gave so much with little recognition.
Thanks for uploading.
Such an enjoyable and enlightening video. So glad you produced it and I managed to find and view it.
My hope would be that someone else out there may see a relation involved in this documentary and cherish listening to their stories.
Call me thick : I have only just realised that you have a personal tie to this programme. All respect to your father and all his colleagues for what they did in the face of evil.
RIP these guys must’ve had nightmares. My grandfather was one of them.
God bless them all.
I thought it would be a documentary about beeching and his war on the railways, when the titles ran then I realised it was the heroic workers of the railways , I remember as a young boy reading in one of my comics about how a worker saved part of the town by uncoupling the burning munitions train and getting it away from buildings and people, I’ve always loved the railways and it’s good to see the workers heroism recognised
It's rather astonishing today to see groups of men doing the extremely heavy job of lifting and laying rail while wearing hats, waistcoats, and ties!
Thanks for posting this David, it' a fabulous documentary, love your father's input, & the pic of him at 9:13 is so nice also....👌
This was wonderful! What a tough time they had. Back when people would get the job done regardless. They have every right to be proud! Well done.. Thanks for sharing!
Terrific, all that logistical effort falling on to the shoulders of two guys on the footplate, thanks.
Very Interesting this.
thank you for uploading this. this was really interesting
Absolutely wonderful documentary and one I would likely NEVER see in the USA. Thank you for posting! OMG- I bet there are THOUSANDS of wonderful stories of old men (my age!) coming out of retirement (or near retirement) teaming up with 16-year-old boys that wish they were on the "front lines" instead of working on the rail lines. Truly epic.
my two great uncles (on my Mothers side of the family) were shunters on the LNER (in Sheffield) during WW2. My Great Uncle Harry was a shunter at Deepcar ( Going towards Penistone and Manchester on the Woodhead line. He would go to work and they wouldn't know when he was coming home
Thanks to so many who performed vital roles on the railways during the war. And as you say families wouldn't know when they would return home. Unfortunately many did not return.
I’ve been infantry, I’ve been logistics, I’ve been a medic, but I doubt I would have been up to their task…. there would have been no fight back without those railway workers, well done!
One of the best videos I have seen on here. Of course I love trains, and love the English way of talking. This gets my five stars! Thank you for posting! Master Chief, U. S. Navy (Ret.)
Glad you like it. Thanks for your interest.
It was great to hear these guys stories. A very sincere thankyou to them.
Thanks for that. Real unsung heroes!
Thanks for your comment/interest
Great documentary, great to hear first hand accounts.
When the title said "war on Railways" I was thinking it would be a documentary about Dr Beeching.
Sadly a lot of people gave up their lives just so people like Beeching could fulfill their purpose in life.
Amazing documentary film! Thank you for sharing!
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO WEASLE OUT OF GOING TO VIETNAM, BUT I DID WORRY AS A RAILROADER IN A VERY MAJOR YARD THAT COULD BECOME A TARGET OF GUIDED MISSILES, OR OF VANDALS!
KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!!
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Thank you for your service 😮
It should be remembered that a steam locomotive boiler could easily explode if hit by shrapnel.
A favourite pastime for R A F Fighter Pilots was 'Beating up Trains.
General Sir Brian Robertson was part of the team that rebuilt European Railways after the allies wrecked them.
He became Chairman of B R but was replaced at twice the salary by Richard Beeching
. Beeching wrecked B R at the behest of Ernest Marples Transport Minister and Chairman of the biggest road building conglomerate in the country, who had many government new road contracts.
Harry Dibnah I do remember a Steeplejack which name was Fred Dibnah and where BBC make a tellyseries of his life - even to the end. What a coincidence to meet another Dibnah. War is the bitter solution, when argueing has stop
Awesome... an great insight into the remarkable resilience of the unsung heroes of war.
I'm not familiar with British geography, but the stories were interesting, and trains are always good to see.
I have a Hardback Book called The Railway Policeman.
The Story of the Constable on the Track.
By J. R. WHITBREAD.
So this is where the story’s of newton abbot came from glad to see that they are based on real story’s.
And this was going on in Germany, France, Italy etc. Railways are strategic.
Hmmmm....The French railways were a disgrace during wartime...SNCF knowingly transported many Jews to the concentration & death camps, with timetables re-written & managed by German railway officials deployed to France to both increase efficiency & oversee the French whom they considered lazy & untrustworthy.
@@_Ben4810 whatever, my point is that French and German railways were also on the receiving end. which meant they faced the same problems. Railways are a strategic asset, they move goods and people. The political aspect is neither here nor there.
@@leoroverman4541 ''political aspect''....??? The SNCF knowingly moved their own fellow French citizens to mass incarceration & extermination....The French railways deserved all they received for their complicit actions.
@@_Ben4810 what they knew is another matter, plus the French were subject to an occupying power or a pliant self Government area. Railway workers were still carrying out the function of transportation-people forget the alternatives were not pleasant-potentially.
They should keep some engines locked away
I have a Hardback DORLING KINDERSLEY DK EYEWITNESS GUIDES Book of TRAIN.
Discover the story of railways - from the days of steam to the high - speed, sophisticated trains of today.
In association with THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM.
Watching how hard the war was on railwaymen in Britain, I wonder what the situation was like in the Soviet Union, which fought about 80% of the war in Europe on a far less developed economy. Just think of the effort it must have taken to move most of the industry to beyond the Urals in the summer of 1941.
The only advantage they had was that German planes simply couldn't reach most of the country due to the immense distances.
sadly in the west the sacrifice of the red army is often mistaken.
@@carmattvidz4426 Yes, the people of the Soviet Union definitely payed the highest price for winning the war.
In this, we should separate the efforts of so many individuals from the evil and cruelty of Stalin and his regime.
I think it was Churchill who said that Hitler needed to be defeated first. Hitler was committing much worse crimes and on a bigger scale than Stalin ever did and would have committed many, many more if he hadn't been stopped. One significant example would be the annihilation of the people living in Eastern Europe who would be killed to create Lebensraum.
Clapham Junction has never been a terminus!
*omg this is a childhood memory of mine 🥲*
I watched this when I was 10 and It brought me into the history of war, machinery, technology etc. 10/10
"How the War Was Won" (O'Brien) points out that a total of some fewer than 1,000 Nazi bombs, over the entire 'Battle of Britian' caused serious damage, this by British survey. "Never before have so few been credited with such so much'
500 special trains A DAY !!!!!
Britain was a different country in those days. It was a different country right up to the seventies.
A lot of East Europeans were sacrificed to coal furnaces so "Science of Science Fiction" by Peter Nicholls to review Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" Steam Punk written by a German baroness to respond to Mary Shelly's stereotyped Germans quoted how Victorian Age considered coal furnaces as fire breathing dragons.
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David, do you know who produced this?
Or the director?
Hi. All I know it was on UKTV History channel. Found some info on websitewww.c21media.net/news/uktv-history-promises-its-finest-hour/feed/
How very Tragic Times back then?!
WW2 1939-1945.
where is devon port?
where is plymouth?
brits know
i have no idea?
boston ok
ny ok phil ok chicago but
brit cities 'cinhave no idea.
Hi. Devonport is at Plymouth on the south west part of England. It was a large dockyard for housing naval vessels
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What is this nonsense supposed to mean?
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Today we worry about pronouns.