Thanks for uploading this. Went looking after it was mentioned in Terry Pratchett’s biography as we was working for CEGB at the time whilst also writing.
I still love watching this, seeing that Peak come twatting it round that bend before the last straight just shows what these old girls were capable of. Thanks for posting this
I'll never forget the first time I saw this, at the Heysham Power Station visitors centre. Obsessed with it ever since. Thank you for sharing such a great capture.
Ham549 probably not whispering it’s interference due to the nature of tape recording, it may have been from a previous recording however he did say he got this direct from the CEGB
Very interesting Video, l'll soon be receiving a Lima Class 37 in Direct Rail Services livery, and because of this video, l plan to set up a diorama of a Lima DRS Class 37 and one or two Nuclear Flask Wagons by Bachmann Branchline.
What's the computer at 8:06? Looks like an IBM 5155 but not quite a match. (Ribbon cable, handle, smaller screen, larger indent on side screen are different)
What is the strange whispery audio of speech I can hear throughout this? At first I thought it was video tape print-through (where audio manages to print itself magnetically onto a successive layer in a video tape spool). But it doesn't correspond to audio within a couple of seconds. I ask because I've definitely seen versions of this recently without this strange audio artefact. Also - the version I've seen recently is sharper in video and has the original Magnox logo (not CEGB) at the beginning (cut here). I think this was a video made for Magnox (the company that shipped the flasks) subsequently re-recorded (with flaws) by the CEGB and this is the version presented here.
It was definitely the CEGB which carried out these tests. Their research divisions were second to none. Then came privatisation. The nuclear power stations were vested in "National Power" along with a number of conventional power stations. (The other part "Powergen" , about 1/2 the size of National Power was conventional only). The government then decided that National Power would be easier to sell if the nuclear stations were not included so they were all transferred to "Nuclear Electric". By the same reasoning, they then decided that the AGR stations would be easier to sell without the magnox stations, hence the splitting off to form "Magnox Electric". (I was at Bradwell Power Station throughout those times). This later on became a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels. The CEGB was quite an efficient organisation that was far better at managing the electricity supply industry, than the mostly foreign owned shambles that exists today after the pig's ear the government made of the privatisation.I
This is why you can’t beat a good old fashioned practical experiment. Computer simulations will only tell you so much.
Thanks for uploading this. Went looking after it was mentioned in Terry Pratchett’s biography as we was working for CEGB at the time whilst also writing.
6:14 : the serious face of someone who has just deliberately set a runaway train in motion.
😂😂
I still love watching this, seeing that Peak come twatting it round that bend before the last straight just shows what these old girls were capable of. Thanks for posting this
I'll never forget the first time I saw this, at the Heysham Power Station visitors centre. Obsessed with it ever since. Thank you for sharing such a great capture.
det fårstår jeg veldig godt , har sett på dette mange ganger
Same here! as a 10 year old it made me want to be an engineer
Legend has it, this was the only run ever turned down by a Saltley crew!
Nothing like an 80s documentary film with that style music.
All it needs is Reece Dinsdale doing commentary a'la Threads
Thank you for taking the time to request this X years ago, and to capture and upload it since. Significant effort and I appreciate it.
I remember this being on TV when I was a kid. First thing I ever looked for on UA-cam as well, even before that Armco test with a Rover SD1.
The author Terry Pratchett was present there as a press officer of CEGB 😮
8:13 sweet 1984 laptop
I want that one.. no, no, I want that one. Andy Pipkin @ 2:05
I noticed that 😂😂😂
I had no idea they were forged!! That's some engineering!!
skulle ønske jeg hadde fått oppleve å se dette i virkeligheten , å fått høre det braket
Does anyone else hear whispering in the backround?
Ham549 probably not whispering it’s interference due to the nature of tape recording, it may have been from a previous recording however he did say he got this direct from the CEGB
Only 25 Watts, like a little light bulb, and the bolt pulls up to 150 t, this must be safe!
Great upload. Thanks.
Very interesting Video, l'll soon be receiving a Lima Class 37 in Direct Rail Services livery, and because of this video, l plan to set up a diorama of a Lima DRS Class 37 and one or two Nuclear Flask Wagons by Bachmann Branchline.
Humm
What's the computer at 8:06? Looks like an IBM 5155 but not quite a match. (Ribbon cable, handle, smaller screen, larger indent on side screen are different)
Xcalibur Portable.
Would be interesting to hear @theatomicage comment on this!
7:04 my favorite part
What is the strange whispery audio of speech I can hear throughout this? At first I thought it was video tape print-through (where audio manages to print itself magnetically onto a successive layer in a video tape spool). But it doesn't correspond to audio within a couple of seconds. I ask because I've definitely seen versions of this recently without this strange audio artefact. Also - the version I've seen recently is sharper in video and has the original Magnox logo (not CEGB) at the beginning (cut here). I think this was a video made for Magnox (the company that shipped the flasks) subsequently re-recorded (with flaws) by the CEGB and this is the version presented here.
It was definitely the CEGB which carried out these tests. Their research divisions were second to none.
Then came privatisation. The nuclear power stations were vested in "National Power" along with a number of conventional power stations. (The other part "Powergen" , about 1/2 the size of National Power was conventional only).
The government then decided that National Power would be easier to sell if the nuclear stations were not included so they were all transferred to "Nuclear Electric".
By the same reasoning, they then decided that the AGR stations would be easier to sell without the magnox stations, hence the splitting off to form "Magnox Electric". (I was at Bradwell Power Station throughout those times).
This later on became a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels.
The CEGB was quite an efficient organisation that was far better at managing the electricity supply industry, than the mostly foreign owned shambles that exists today after the pig's ear the government made of the privatisation.I
Test starts around six minutes
Peter Fairley?
Peter Fairley
@@Cooperail thanks