Timestamps: You can also listen to my stories on Spotify spoti.fi/2yv5WvP, Apple Music apple.co/2USUIZu and other streaming platforms. Patrons can download videos in HD, or audio only, and watch/listen offline. www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer 0:00 Railroads in America 2:48 USA, 1830 16:13 Transcontinental Lines, Civil War and Railroad Mania 26:39 New Capitalism and Robber Barons 37:47 Revolution in Work and Consumption 48:11 Restructuring and Decline 59:14 Conclusion and Soothing Train Sounds
I recommended your channel to my boyfriend the other day. He usually falls asleep watching history videos but always has to change videos after 15-20 minutes, but since your videos are nearly all more than an hour long there’s no need to! He fell in love with your content immediately! What you’re doing here is fantastic!!
I’m torn between closing my eyes to fully absorb your soothing accent and fascinating information, and watching you brush items. The brushing is almost hypnotic.
Does your toddler son sit still long enough to listen to something like this? Mine sure doesn't. Even when he's watching his favorite movie (Cars), he gets bored after a half-hour and wants to go to the park instead.
Silly person, rockets are clearly the coolest machines ever. They practically contain all anyone needs to know about the human condition in one object. They're gigantic, exceedingly complicated vehicles, the product of countless hours of work by the smartest of people and the most skilled of workers, that are nonetheless, in essence, huge cylindrical bombs that we light at the bottom. People willingly, indeed even compete amongst themselves for the privilege of being able to, ride these deathtraps for no real reason other than to explore. Rockets encapsulate our ability for ingenious inventions at the same time as our most animalistic urges. And to top it all off, they're basically massive erect penises. What could better represent mankind?
Loved this wide-ranging look at railroads (including the wonder of the Sears Catalog and the way trains completely changed consumption--thanks for the mention!). They're such a fascinating subject.
Also, the connection between steamships, railroads and the standardization of time is pretty cool beyond the need to keep trains from crashing. In the Gulf of Mexico region, particularly, regular steamship routes (ultimately linked to railroads) caused people to start expecting things like mail "on time." So...they had to figure out what "on time" actually meant!
I can already tell this will be a video I'll be playing more than once, absolutely thrilling, drifting off hearing of historic yarns with the thought of steam and adventure in my head. Thank you French Whisperer.
I love your videos on trains, including this one! Please do another on the Robber Barons, which would be very interesting too! Thank you for all your efforts in creating such excellent historical content!
This has become by go-to video to fall asleep. It really is such an amazing thing to be able to rely on as a person who struggles to fall asleep easily. Thank you for your time and effort into your great work!
Ok folks, if anyone needs me, I'm back in the golden era and riding the night train. I'll just get my tobacco pipe and telegraph you when I'm halfway through my current book. Good night, everyone!
I've always loved trains and their history... And you present in such a wonderful manner. This video is on the right track to entertain and relax. Thank you.
Yes that was random 😅, but try to find new things to do on this desk after you have already shot dozens and dozens of hours of hand movement and props manipulation ;)
Seriously? Train sounds to lull me to sleep after you’re done talking? I’ll never make it that far!! Thank you, for a wonderful finish to an otherwise rainy, dreary weekend💤💤💤.
When ASMR really does it’s job! So I fell asleep to this video earlier this morning. When I woke up I found my phone here in the comments section. I had wrote “That is awesome. Thanks again for your help today and for ttys ttyttysss yttyttyyyyyttttt.” I don’t recall hitting comments. Actually the last thing I remember was watching the ashes of the burnt paper being brushed. 🤷🏻♀️😂😂😴 Thank you.. I needed some sleep!
Thank you so much for linking Boring Books for Bedtime. She is a superb ASMRtist and her channel has nowhere near the support she deserves. Another stunning journey from you again!
as a railroad enthusiast, i take great pride in collecting the many scattered, discarded, and rusted railroad stakes, metal parts, scrap, and whatever else i can find thats legitimately worth something, even coal
Im glad you do not omit details and that you are objective. I love trains but in North America especially do they got such a controversial history- from colossal genocide and repression of the indigenous, to the corrupt moguls, to the great leaps and bounds of industry and transportation they provided. You covered this really well.
Omg Space, Trains, China, Mythology, art....you know everything I'm most interested in. Please do an abbreviated history or Section of Mexican history or Magical Realism sometime too please.
Incidental comment: most people don’t realize that Phileas Fogg never uses a balloon in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 days.” He does use a lot of trains though. Thanks for another relaxing history!
Lol, looks like I’m 2 years late but welcome back 😂😂😂 I watched your channel about 3-4 years ago before you disappeared and than I forgot about your channel. Now I found it again and I’m so happy I did 😅 funny, but I used to watch your history videos to help me with some of the school work that I was doing and now I just graduated university 😅 incredible how time flies
I wonder who are those lads who put dislikes for these videos?.. what are you unhappy or mad about? What life do you have ... Anyway, the tube treats both likes and dislikes as an activity and thus any reaction is better than no reaction, so lets treat the dislikes as a kind of appreciation nevertheless. The topic is great! I.m only at the very start of the story but enjoy it big time.
Thanks! As for likes and dislikes, it seems people give it more thought than I do ;). I don’t even know how many dislikes there are under videos. From where I stand, mean commenters and dislikers are just hamsters in a wheel, they may think they are doing sth, but I just see engagement being generated and a vast majority of nice reactions. Really not a big deal :).
Is there any chance you’d do a side series of you reading a Webster’s Dictionary and repeating the sounds 3 or more times? I LOVE hearing you talk and certain words REALLY get my tingles going.
The craziest thing just happened to me. As soon as I clicked on this video it just so happens to be 5am and I have a railroad near my apartment and the train had just honked right when I started this video and I thought it was this video but a part of me was like holy shit that sounds very clear and good it happened again and I paused the video and that’s when I found out it wasn’t the video lol but what a coincidence never been up at this time before
In case you did not see them, I made one called “a night on the orient express” about the history of railroads in general, and another one about the trans siberian.
It's not railroads as a whole that plummeted, it's passenger trains. The railroad companies prefer freight because it's more profitable. Passenger service was a nuisance; they only did it because the government required it. Amtrak relieved the companies of that passenger requirement; now they just have to give Amtrak track priority and charge it a minimal fee. The railroads found a niche market in slow commodity freight: if iPhones are shipped across the country every week, wholesalers don't care which batch arrives today as long as one does.
So Mr French whisperer. This may seem like a strange thing to ask but I am curious. What do or what did you do for a living to get a nice house in Santiago.
Hello French Whisperer! I would just like to tell you that I absolutely LOVE your channel. Listening to you is dichotomous for me, because on one hand your beautiful, sonorous voice is very conducive to falling asleep but on the other hand, the topics you explore are SO interesting I am too intrigued to fall asleep! Curious-do you research your topics and then write the stories or do you read from source material? Thank you for what you do! It’s truly incredible! 😊💗
Do you publish your scripts anywhere like on Patreon? I’d love to read them and appreciate the research you put into these videos instead of just falling asleep all the time 🤣
The script only exists when I am done recording and editing, because I use a list of detailed bullet points with only a few sentences written down. So I don’t really have a written script. But I think it is possible to extract a script from UA-cam videos (I was told that, I don’t know with which software or site though).
Timestamps:
You can also listen to my stories on Spotify spoti.fi/2yv5WvP, Apple Music apple.co/2USUIZu and other streaming platforms.
Patrons can download videos in HD, or audio only, and watch/listen offline. www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer
0:00 Railroads in America
2:48 USA, 1830
16:13 Transcontinental Lines, Civil War and Railroad Mania
26:39 New Capitalism and Robber Barons
37:47 Revolution in Work and Consumption
48:11 Restructuring and Decline
59:14 Conclusion and Soothing Train Sounds
Espero, algún día...
Tus vídeos en español :(
I recommended your channel to my boyfriend the other day. He usually falls asleep watching history videos but always has to change videos after 15-20 minutes, but since your videos are nearly all more than an hour long there’s no need to! He fell in love with your content immediately! What you’re doing here is fantastic!!
Shantai, he’s great at what he does! I couldn’t agree with you more.
@@jack8n was just gonna say
I’m torn between closing my eyes to fully absorb your soothing accent and fascinating information, and watching you brush items. The brushing is almost hypnotic.
It's finally happened, the perfect ASMR video exists. Everyone can go home now
My Toddler son is going to LOVE this! He’s obsessed with trains!!!
Does your toddler son sit still long enough to listen to something like this? Mine sure doesn't. Even when he's watching his favorite movie (Cars), he gets bored after a half-hour and wants to go to the park instead.
I can see him driving a big locomotive
Oh goody gum drops. Just in time for bed. I looove train stories. Thank you French Whisperer. And thank you for calming me down. :)
Trains are probably the coolest machines ever made.
That I agree with
I'll do you one better, rocket train
Silly person, rockets are clearly the coolest machines ever. They practically contain all anyone needs to know about the human condition in one object. They're gigantic, exceedingly complicated vehicles, the product of countless hours of work by the smartest of people and the most skilled of workers, that are nonetheless, in essence, huge cylindrical bombs that we light at the bottom. People willingly, indeed even compete amongst themselves for the privilege of being able to, ride these deathtraps for no real reason other than to explore. Rockets encapsulate our ability for ingenious inventions at the same time as our most animalistic urges. And to top it all off, they're basically massive erect penises. What could better represent mankind?
@@Roflcopter4b yo mama, gottem
The railfans have gave you love
Loved this wide-ranging look at railroads (including the wonder of the Sears Catalog and the way trains completely changed consumption--thanks for the mention!). They're such a fascinating subject.
Also, the connection between steamships, railroads and the standardization of time is pretty cool beyond the need to keep trains from crashing. In the Gulf of Mexico region, particularly, regular steamship routes (ultimately linked to railroads) caused people to start expecting things like mail "on time." So...they had to figure out what "on time" actually meant!
Just getting ready for bed the timing of this video could not have been better👌
Seconded, I'm just hitting the pillows and boom, new TFW. His timing is always perfect, just like his videos.
@@IRLTheGreatZarquon your timing was so perfect
Same here 🧡😌😴... I love falling asleep to these videos.
I can already tell this will be a video I'll be playing more than once, absolutely thrilling, drifting off hearing of historic yarns with the thought of steam and adventure in my head. Thank you French Whisperer.
Oh you did it again, every video you put out is an absolute masterpiece. You are by far one of the best ASMR channels of all time!
I love your videos on trains, including this one! Please do another on the Robber Barons, which would be very interesting too! Thank you for all your efforts in creating such excellent historical content!
Im not much into asmr but I really dig this
I would love to sit down and have a cup of tea/coffee with this guy
This has become by go-to video to fall asleep. It really is such an amazing thing to be able to rely on as a person who struggles to fall asleep easily. Thank you for your time and effort into your great work!
Just helping with the algorythm. Nice videos!!
I have come to rely on your voice to fall asleep. Excited to see this new video. I'm certain it will be a delight, as usual. 💖
Ok folks, if anyone needs me, I'm back in the golden era and riding the night train. I'll just get my tobacco pipe and telegraph you when I'm halfway through my current book. Good night, everyone!
I studied the 2 railroads in America 5 years ago so it's nice to recall and relearn.
Thank you!!!!! I can’t get enough of your content. 🙏🙏🙏
I've always loved trains and their history... And you present in such a wonderful manner. This video is on the right track to entertain and relax. Thank you.
38:00 just gonna casually set this thing on fire, brb 🤣
Yes that was random 😅, but try to find new things to do on this desk after you have already shot dozens and dozens of hours of hand movement and props manipulation ;)
Seriously? Train sounds to lull me to sleep after you’re done talking? I’ll never make it that far!! Thank you, for a wonderful finish to an otherwise rainy, dreary weekend💤💤💤.
very pleased to come home after a long day of work and listen to this nice bit of history. cheers!
I love your rail videos. The orient express was the first one I really saw of yours ❤️
Yessss…Thank you french whisperer, for another soothing journey into slumber…
Sweet dreams everyone :)
Oh wow, your timing is perfect!
Love your videos man! I'd love to hear a story about the history(and different kinds) of beer, similar to the one you did about wine!
I've listened to this three nights in a row. Thank you
Yey, I have been waiting for this one! So happy to enjoy this journey with you, thank you for the upload.
Absolutely perfect timing!!!! I cannot wait for this one!
I could've learnt so much from this, if it wasn't for me falling asleep after 10 minutes
When ASMR really does it’s job! So I fell asleep to this video earlier this morning. When I woke up I found my phone here in the comments section. I had wrote “That is awesome. Thanks again for your help today and for ttys ttyttysss yttyttyyyyyttttt.” I don’t recall hitting comments. Actually the last thing I remember was watching the ashes of the burnt paper being brushed. 🤷🏻♀️😂😂😴
Thank you.. I needed some sleep!
Thank you so much for linking Boring Books for Bedtime. She is a superb ASMRtist and her channel has nowhere near the support she deserves. Another stunning journey from you again!
Escaping the heat wave in my area, dealt wth a bunch of nonsensical, felt sad... but now at least I can go to bed happy. Thank you FW!
Thank you and goodnight! 💖
as a railroad enthusiast, i take great pride in collecting the many scattered, discarded, and rusted railroad stakes, metal parts, scrap, and whatever else i can find thats legitimately worth something, even coal
I just realized after clicking on this i haven't learned anything about the early European railways but we learned extensively about the U.S.'s.
So excited to find this as I get ready for bed! You officially go on my list of loves.
This truly was a great surprise ending to my weekend! 💕
Another wonderful idea for a video. Thank you for the upload FW
✨So peaceful!✨
Anything from the steampunk, industrialization, roaring twenties era just set me up for a good dream 💤
I seriously love your train videos! the subject has always been so relaxing for me.
This is fantastic, I actually work for a railroad so its great to see you make a video about them
Still to this day my favorite video of yours is the t-rex build in minecraft... but now this video...
I love your videos! It always feels like I'm going on an adventure through time with you. Much appreciation!
I love taking Amtrak to see my Mom and leave the' driving' to them .. a series on the Robber Barons would be great..
Your content is amazing as always
Perfect timing
Yay! I can’t wait to listen to this one.
Thank you for your awesome work abs helping us sleep Mr. French Whisperer 🙏👍🏻🤩👏
A thought just occurred to me. I would love to see you cover The Pit of Tartarus in one of these videos
Im glad you do not omit details and that you are objective. I love trains but in North America especially do they got such a controversial history- from colossal genocide and repression of the indigenous, to the corrupt moguls, to the great leaps and bounds of industry and transportation they provided.
You covered this really well.
I LOVE your train videos. Thank you so much for another one 😁🛤️
I work in the Rail industry. I've never been this excited for an asmr video!
Great topic!
Sleep well all 😴
Omg Space, Trains, China, Mythology, art....you know everything I'm most interested in. Please do an abbreviated history or Section of Mexican history or Magical Realism sometime too please.
Incidental comment: most people don’t realize that Phileas Fogg never uses a balloon in Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 days.” He does use a lot of trains though. Thanks for another relaxing history!
Lol, looks like I’m 2 years late but welcome back 😂😂😂 I watched your channel about 3-4 years ago before you disappeared and than I forgot about your channel. Now I found it again and I’m so happy I did 😅 funny, but I used to watch your history videos to help me with some of the school work that I was doing and now I just graduated university 😅 incredible how time flies
Great work again! But I don't think anybody is surprised given that it's you!
Just in time for bed. 👍 love Railroad Stories!
Oh gosh allmighty. I am hypnotized 😊 amazing video
your videos are my favorite man thank you for these
Please do a video on the history of photography!
This video is amazing
I wonder who are those lads who put dislikes for these videos?.. what are you unhappy or mad about? What life do you have ... Anyway, the tube treats both likes and dislikes as an activity and thus any reaction is better than no reaction, so lets treat the dislikes as a kind of appreciation nevertheless. The topic is great! I.m only at the very start of the story but enjoy it big time.
Thanks! As for likes and dislikes, it seems people give it more thought than I do ;). I don’t even know how many dislikes there are under videos. From where I stand, mean commenters and dislikers are just hamsters in a wheel, they may think they are doing sth, but I just see engagement being generated and a vast majority of nice reactions. Really not a big deal :).
So relaxing thank you
Please could you do a video about the history or journalism/the news? Always learn so much from these videos, thanks.
Yesss you have no idea how excited I am
Thank you for a new one. I appreciate you helping me sleep.
Any thoughts on Christian stories?
no
@@Jimk435 be nice
@@PanTheMan000 no
Is there any chance you’d do a side series of you reading a Webster’s Dictionary and repeating the sounds 3 or more times? I LOVE hearing you talk and certain words REALLY get my tingles going.
The craziest thing just happened to me. As soon as I clicked on this video it just so happens to be 5am and I have a railroad near my apartment and the train had just honked right when I started this video and I thought it was this video but a part of me was like holy shit that sounds very clear and good it happened again and I paused the video and that’s when I found out it wasn’t the video lol but what a coincidence never been up at this time before
I love you thank you so much for your videos
Yay! 🚂
Stephanie Harlowe sent me to your channel.
That was cool of her, welcome!
What a great topic! You are the man French
It's sooo good every time
I would love to see you revisit this topic with French or other European railroads. They are a topic not much touched upon and still have much to tell
In case you did not see them, I made one called “a night on the orient express” about the history of railroads in general, and another one about the trans siberian.
Remember anybody who can-- please support the French Whisperer on Patreon!
It's not railroads as a whole that plummeted, it's passenger trains. The railroad companies prefer freight because it's more profitable. Passenger service was a nuisance; they only did it because the government required it. Amtrak relieved the companies of that passenger requirement; now they just have to give Amtrak track priority and charge it a minimal fee. The railroads found a niche market in slow commodity freight: if iPhones are shipped across the country every week, wholesalers don't care which batch arrives today as long as one does.
Hello Everyone.
So Mr French whisperer. This may seem like a strange thing to ask but I am curious. What do or what did you do for a living to get a nice house in Santiago.
-I’m a youtube star- I own a small business I created years ago ;)
@@TheFrenchWhispererASMR very cool. I hear Chile is an excellent place for Business.
Can I project this video onto my ceiling? ❤
Hello French Whisperer! I would just like to tell you that I absolutely LOVE your channel. Listening to you is dichotomous for me, because on one hand your beautiful, sonorous voice is very conducive to falling asleep but on the other hand, the topics you explore are SO interesting I am too intrigued to fall asleep!
Curious-do you research your topics and then write the stories or do you read from source material?
Thank you for what you do! It’s truly incredible! 😊💗
Cool, good shit
Woooowww this is a wish come true fir us in this train loving household 🚂 #frenchwhiapererrocks
Steam engines: :o
You: :)
Railfans: 😃
Do one in French!!! we love you
You could probably just read the train timetables to me to be honest 🥰
Pls do Canadian railroads next❤
You should do British railways
Just got into bed, you love to see it
Do you publish your scripts anywhere like on Patreon? I’d love to read them and appreciate the research you put into these videos instead of just falling asleep all the time 🤣
That's a great idea. I never make it past 15 minutes before I'm out cold too haha.
The script only exists when I am done recording and editing, because I use a list of detailed bullet points with only a few sentences written down. So I don’t really have a written script. But I think it is possible to extract a script from UA-cam videos (I was told that, I don’t know with which software or site though).
Can you make a history video about the world war 1 and World War 2
Thank You
Halo everyone
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@@hannahh8696 halo there 👋
@@RichMitch haloooo
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❤🙏🕯🚂
1:03 Whose face is that?