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  • Watch how trains are broken down for scrap when they are retired in this archive footage from Pathé news.
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    ALL ABOARD - RAILWAY MONTH (FEBRUARY 2017): Train Graveyards.
    Sad to see these beautiful engines laid to rest.
    Music:
    Monkeys Spinning Monkeys Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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  • @abloogywoogywoo
    @abloogywoogywoo 3 года назад +312

    Percy said,
    "Engines on the Other Railway aren't safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They don't like engines anymore. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then; Percy nearly sobbed, they . . . they c-c-cut them up."

    • @sdmedia1323
      @sdmedia1323 3 года назад +38

      “Even as for one who has normally been advised to be against steam, I myself see scrapping as a cruel, unusual and abhorrent fate. Into many ways is it such a wrong thing... even though, after a supposed test, I may face the same pain-filled demise. I can only hope the wreck will kill me beforehand.”
      - Type 46 diesel locomotive 46009, before the Nuclear Flask Test

    • @deakonswatta297
      @deakonswatta297 3 года назад +25

      Yes it is so upsetting that steam engines do get replaced by diesels but by 1987 the diesels got scrapped from service

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 3 года назад +14

      Ya right there. Hadn't volunteers helped save the steamers, they would've been cut up too. It's all because of those diesels, they're all devils....

    • @MrNoUsername
      @MrNoUsername 3 года назад +9

      @@florjanbrudar692 In the RWS book “Stepney The Bluebell Engine” from the story “Bluebells of England”

    • @AndroCubed
      @AndroCubed 3 года назад +1

      F

  • @2fast790
    @2fast790 2 года назад +91

    "Sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress." As this may be an unfortunate truth, let us however be thankful as there are still many of these locomotives that are preserved to this day.

    • @lewisner
      @lewisner Год назад +7

      Much of the progress was ill advised. My local railway was resignalled with new equipment in 1962 and closed in 1967 with many of the 5 year old signals cut up with oxy acetylene torches.

    • @Bigbigpoopi
      @Bigbigpoopi 11 месяцев назад +7

      Poetic when those very diesels are now chopped up

  • @stephenrossi1918
    @stephenrossi1918 5 лет назад +378

    This is like watching a horror slasher film for steam enthusiasts. So scary. 😵

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 5 лет назад +16

      As a steam scrapping enthusiast, I enjoyed it.

    • @KeeferJ
      @KeeferJ 5 лет назад +14

      @@PreservationEnthusiast Yeah, well I didn't!

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 5 лет назад +8

      @@KeeferJ Why did you watch it then? It's pretty clear what it is about from the title. I am forced to conclude that, like many steam fans, you have a secret fascination with steam loco destruction!

    • @KeeferJ
      @KeeferJ 5 лет назад +5

      @@PreservationEnthusiast How would you know?! I hate seeing steam engines being cut up for scrap!

    • @KeeferJ
      @KeeferJ 5 лет назад +6

      @@PreservationEnthusiast Because I stumbled across this video out of curiosity, okay?!

  • @aestheticcruise8807
    @aestheticcruise8807 5 лет назад +153

    *oooohhhhh the indignity....*

  • @pietersleght8235
    @pietersleght8235 6 лет назад +156

    so sad to see those old beautiful trains get cut up

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад

      You're right Andy but what's your favourite class? In Australia I think there are still 4 Class 19 NSWGR 0-6-0s, quite a few Victorian Railways K Class Consolidations and all the South Maitland Railways 10 Class were preserved. We can only save so many steam locomotives or sidings would be filled with rotting vehicles surely. Now some of the older diesels are getting their just desserts too.

    • @pietersleght8235
      @pietersleght8235 4 года назад +3

      @@evanclarke5561 steam locomotives, huffing and puffing down the tracks...like in the Cowboys & Indians movies.....

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад

      @@pietersleght8235 Do you have a favourite class though?

    • @pietersleght8235
      @pietersleght8235 4 года назад

      @@evanclarke5561 not really but i remember the thunder in my chest as they went by as a kid..they were impressive...i love all of the art that went into the early ones..

    • @kaitlynwhalen5961
      @kaitlynwhalen5961 4 года назад +1

      Mario steam train.

  • @comengsh
    @comengsh 5 лет назад +316

    We used to sit besides the track,
    Watching trains go clickety clack.
    We'd count each carriage passing by,
    And smell the smoke that filled the sky.
    A trick that made our parents pale,
    Was lay our ears upon the rail
    To listen for a steady drumming,
    And know that soon a train was coming.
    Then back we'd stand with cap in hand,
    Our little hearts apounding.
    We had no fear as we stood near,
    And heard the whistle sounding.
    Excitement there beyond compare,
    The train had come at last.
    And as a boy I'd jump for joy
    As it went puffing past.
    With widened eyes we'd watch the skies
    Filled with smoke and steam.
    Of things we did when we were kids,
    This would be the cream.
    But that's all gone. They've 'progressed' on.
    There's something new each day.
    And on the track we feel the lack,
    The steam has passed away.
    May the golden age of steam locomotives rest in peace.

    • @TheMetalButcher
      @TheMetalButcher 5 лет назад +14

      Did you find this or write this? It's fantastic.

    • @comengsh
      @comengsh 5 лет назад +17

      Yes I did write this, it took a while.

    • @resetplayz53
      @resetplayz53 5 лет назад +7

      Yes the golden age! Ah the good ol' days!

    • @gordontaylor3489
      @gordontaylor3489 5 лет назад +14

      What a smashing poem. There's nothing to beat the sound, or look of a steam locomotive... that's why so many enthusiasts like visiting steam heritage railways.

    • @michaelkim6583
      @michaelkim6583 4 года назад +7

      U made me cry this is beautiful 😭😭😢😭😭😢😭😭

  • @Patrick_3751
    @Patrick_3751 5 лет назад +321

    "This, to train lovers particularly, is an unhappy sight."
    He says with an enthusiastic tone while upbeat music plays...LOL
    "So these may one day be shells or bombs...or perhaps just peaceful machinery."
    Serious foreshadowing right there.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 4 года назад +12

      I thought the music was very appropriate. Scrapping steam locos and recycling metal is a very important part of managing waste machinery and making good use of the salvage.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 4 года назад +2

      @d. yu You don't have knowledge to comment. I don't think you know much about steam loco scrapping.

    • @thedemonfoundthephone5143
      @thedemonfoundthephone5143 4 года назад +4

      @gulag Look, I agree with the notion that there beautiful, and works of art. But you have to understand that even though they look good, they weren't very efficient, that's not to say they are bad. Also, in reality there just metal, metal that has been heated and cooled, and worked to oblivion. Scraping can be good, it is a form of recycling, something we should all be doing. Sadly the steam area is gone, but we can keep moving forward, to a better day.

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren 3 года назад +2

      The 2nd line you mentioned chills me to the bone. It was taped in 1937 which by then the Japanese were butchering the Chinese and then 2 years later in 1939 you had the start of war in Europe and by 1941 another 2 years later... America would need all that steel for "shells or bombs"

    • @cuestarailfan4150
      @cuestarailfan4150 3 года назад +1

      @@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren Oh hey, it's you

  • @bratuadriandumitru5290
    @bratuadriandumitru5290 6 лет назад +423

    Scarpyard is hell for locomotives and heaven is musemn

  • @comicfan1324
    @comicfan1324 11 месяцев назад +18

    Hundreds of men worked together, tirelessly for months on end to have these glorious Ironhorse is built… Just for it to be completely cut down in a matter of a week

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah😢 it is unfortunate

  • @glenjarnold
    @glenjarnold 4 года назад +74

    I vaguely remember as a youngster going somewhere on the train with my parents and grandparents (possibly down to Kent from the Midlands to visit relatives) and we passed a huge yard populated with steam locomotives, one or two actually running and the rest stationary or in various stages of being dismantled. I honestly can't remember where it was though. I even remember feeling so very sad at that time.

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 Год назад +3

      I remember having a similar feeling as a child when I saw the derelict arm of a canal on our canal boat holiday.
      Luckily, I remembered enough about the holiday to know where it was.
      It was the Droitwich Canal off the Worcester & Birmingham. Since restored.

    • @paulmason1977
      @paulmason1977 6 месяцев назад +1

      Once my parents showed me a video like this because as a kid I was confused as to why there are less steam engines than diesels. I cried.

  • @themidlandcompoundarchive9430
    @themidlandcompoundarchive9430 7 лет назад +247

    such a shame to see the n7s go thank God we still have one left.

  • @sudriansignalman9387
    @sudriansignalman9387 7 лет назад +219

    goodbye little engines, you served well

    • @gnrgresley4550
      @gnrgresley4550 6 лет назад +7

      Gaming blue engine productions true but will be always in our heart still steaming

    • @gwrtankengine6492
      @gwrtankengine6492 6 лет назад +10

      Stormtrooper1488
      Don’t you ever shut the F**k up about scraping steam engines they re part of our railway or railroad history
      SO ENOUGH WITH THIS STUPIDITY AND GET A LIFE 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

    • @EdwardtheFRK--
      @EdwardtheFRK-- 5 лет назад +7

      @Stormtrooper1488 Perhaps you should work at the scrapyard since you love to see the steam engines cut down for scrap

    • @EdwardtheFRK--
      @EdwardtheFRK-- 5 лет назад +8

      @Stormtrooper1488 But still, theres no need to say things like scrap them all or melt them all down. Some people here are steam fans and they can get quite offended or cross when you say those things...its worse enough for them seeing steam locomotives cut down for scrap in a horrible manner.

    • @kathyhavelka7612
      @kathyhavelka7612 5 лет назад +10

      May you pull you trains in heaven. It’s truly sad that each class mentioned only has one each remaining. The worst part is that some things it’s cool COUGH Stormtrooper1488Cough

  • @jellyjub1690
    @jellyjub1690 7 лет назад +78

    All the trains today look almost exactly the same. It is nice to see the old engines looking so cool.

    • @Benry2
      @Benry2 4 года назад +5

      Ah yes, didn't realize that AC44s and SD70Ms look exactly the same

    • @Plymouth_Belvedere
      @Plymouth_Belvedere 4 года назад +5

      @TheRenaissanceman65 if it ain't broke, dont fix it. GWR never announced they followed this saying, but they sure as hell followed it.

    • @arifakyuz7673
      @arifakyuz7673 4 года назад

      Not really.

    • @burlingtonfan7492
      @burlingtonfan7492 4 года назад +1

      not like these were mass produced as well but ok

    • @randomclass4653
      @randomclass4653 2 года назад +2

      in the 60s when scrapping began of steam locos began , diesels were seen as revolutionary , well , after 1976 , they would start to see their end aswell , with most being scrapped by 1982. Then came Another gen of diesels and electrics in the late 80s and early 90s , then another from the late 90s to the 2000s and now the most recent generation starting in 2018.

  • @pjbth
    @pjbth 7 лет назад +56

    That line in the 1937 film "becoming bombs or shells.....or perhaps just peaceful machinery" Its crazy even a few years before it started war seemed inevitable, but im willing to bet this narrator had no idea what the next decade would look like.

    • @cerisesorbet
      @cerisesorbet 7 лет назад +3

      Everybody sort of knew a war was coming but most were clinging to hope it would die out. A decent enough write-up here. www.historynet.com/winston-churchills-prewar-effort-to-increase-military-spending.htm

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 4 года назад +1

      @@cerisesorbet
      Churchill already excited about firebombing civilians in Hamburg and Dresden.

  • @peter-coates
    @peter-coates 3 года назад +29

    4:20 that engine looked so beautiful

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад +3

      Yeah and only one of its class is preserved

    • @Little_Blue_49
      @Little_Blue_49 2 года назад

      What class is that?

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      @@Little_Blue_49 LB&SCR E4 class

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 2 года назад

      @@florjanbrudar692 32562 was chopped for scrap at Ashford works in 1960. 32473 is preserved and I believe the only Billinton loco to be preserved. Correct me if I'm wrong on that!

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      @@PreservationEnthusiast Well thanks for the location, but why tell me about the one preserved Billinton E4 I already knew of?

  • @yodazx3450
    @yodazx3450 3 года назад +58

    My favorite character Oliver escaped from scrap with the help of Douglas, they made 75 engines of Oliver’s class, and it’s good to know that 4 of them are preserved to this day, it’s interesting how Thomas, the most famous character in the show was based off of a steam class that only had 10 engines made, and they were all scrapped

    • @1964catt
      @1964catt Год назад +5

      witch means at some point Thomas is scrapped

    • @rexliu657
      @rexliu657 Год назад +6

      @@1964cattreplace by Rosie

    • @DavidScholz-bu1ix
      @DavidScholz-bu1ix 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@rexliu657PITY!!!

    • @cec_oregon
      @cec_oregon 4 месяца назад

      @@rexliu657then salty

    • @heiscute4207
      @heiscute4207 2 месяца назад

      Then Percy

  • @paulgriffiths3082
    @paulgriffiths3082 5 лет назад +30

    To quote George Harrison "all things must pass "

  • @MrTrainiac2002
    @MrTrainiac2002 6 лет назад +160

    This is just too painful for me to watch, they could have persevered all of these locomotives instead of cutting them up for scrap

    • @MrTrainiac2002
      @MrTrainiac2002 6 лет назад +39

      I can already tell that you’re just another troll

    • @nofreezepeach3959
      @nofreezepeach3959 6 лет назад +7

      Mr Leg Preserve some, but NOT 5 of each class!

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 6 лет назад +2

      Reflex 9856 There Are 70 Hunslet Austerities,18 Black 5s(With 5 More Standard Version),16 57xxs,70+ Andrew Barclay 14 And 16 Classes And More Are Preserved

    • @EdwardtheFRK--
      @EdwardtheFRK-- 5 лет назад +3

      Well if people going scrap these engines again and again and again as new modern engines come out, what is the point of all of these...we are just wasting metal and iron...people should just walk instead

    • @klompex100
      @klompex100 5 лет назад +5

      Mr Trainiac 2018 its so Painfull i Wanna Restore the Engines and Wagons so hard

  • @USSTexas
    @USSTexas 5 лет назад +19

    Birth=1st firing
    Life=running on the rails
    Retired=museum/on one branch line
    Death=final firing/scrap yard

  • @fortworthemergencyresponse5305
    @fortworthemergencyresponse5305 5 лет назад +61

    It is sad that steam trains were scrapped just for new engines. :(

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад +1

      But David, some new steamers are being built. In Australia the Victorian Goldfields Railway is rebuilding the VR Class V 2-8-0 #499 for example

    • @bosniaherzegovinaball6001
      @bosniaherzegovinaball6001 4 года назад

      @@evanclarke5561 reAlly

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад

      @@bosniaherzegovinaball6001 Really

    • @bosniaherzegovinaball6001
      @bosniaherzegovinaball6001 4 года назад +4

      If they want to build e2 class i can dye in peace

    • @lorumipsum1129
      @lorumipsum1129 3 года назад

      That just be how the world works. Where lucky that many were saved all over the world

  • @MonkeyHunch1
    @MonkeyHunch1 7 лет назад +37

    Thank you for your time keeping all of these classics alive online.

  • @AtkataffTheAlpha
    @AtkataffTheAlpha 3 года назад +15

    I can just hear the screams of the engines while they're being killed

    • @lopwr1212
      @lopwr1212 2 года назад

      snowflake lmao

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      No you can't, they're inanimate.

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@florjanbrudar692he can heat it mentaly . So can any other steam fan watching this

  • @ChaosXOtaku
    @ChaosXOtaku 5 лет назад +54

    Britain lost something when we gave up steam

    • @caledoniansignalman8153
      @caledoniansignalman8153 5 лет назад +11

      It lost its uniqueness

    • @justahillbilly7777
      @justahillbilly7777 3 года назад +5

      The whole world lost something when steam locos were replaced with diesels and electrics.

    • @s-classgamer977
      @s-classgamer977 3 года назад

      The steam team is lucky

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +2

      @@justahillbilly7777 Yes, a dirty, stinky, overmanned and inefficient railway.

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +1

      @@idontcareexe9013 What car do you drive? Model Ts are traditional.
      Do you live in a house? Mud huts are traditional
      Ever been on a plane? Going by ship is traditional.
      Think before you post !!

  • @comicfan1324
    @comicfan1324 11 месяцев назад +3

    This is truly the saddest movie I’ve ever seen

  • @thurstablelane7567
    @thurstablelane7567 7 лет назад +52

    It's a shame that the eastern region of BR cut up almost all the steam loco's before they were saved - Now where is a B17 Spirit of Sandringham Newbuild - Holden F5 Newbuild and a Holden D16 Claud Hamilton New build - Three types of loco that were cut up here, it's a real shame

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 6 лет назад +1

      Mile End Park I Heard That Your One Of The Claud Hamilton New Build People

    • @TallboyDave
      @TallboyDave 5 лет назад +2

      Popular story has it that one of the Claud Hamiltons was earmarked for preservation, but the shed staff only put up one "Not for Scrapping" sign on the engine, and when the scrapman arrived at the depot, he approached the "Claud" from the other side, and didn't see the notice until he was well stuck-in with his torch.

    • @Electra_1203
      @Electra_1203 5 лет назад +3

      David Abramczyk not true. None were earmarked for preservation although one was vey close. The last Claud was very nearly saved by sir Alan bloom and preserved at Bressingham. He was prepared to give it a home and save it, but BR put too high a price for selling the Claud that Alan bloom could not shell out in one go, so the Clauds became extinct.

    • @TheOnlyHollywood1
      @TheOnlyHollywood1 5 лет назад +1

      The D16's were all scrapped in 1948

    • @Electra_1203
      @Electra_1203 5 лет назад +2

      Anand R. Misir also not true. The last Claud was no 62613 and was scrapped in 1959. This was the Claud Alan bloom wanted to save

  • @ThatOneRedEngine
    @ThatOneRedEngine 6 лет назад +50

    this hurt me to watch

  • @simarsingh6302
    @simarsingh6302 6 лет назад +14

    Such a shame they scape steam locomotives all over the world

  • @AWESOM3KAR
    @AWESOM3KAR 2 года назад +5

    I can't believe he didn't cry during the Titanic!
    Do they even have feelings?
    Train enthusiasts:

  • @CornyVR.
    @CornyVR. 9 месяцев назад +4

    Jokes on these train graveyards, I remember vividly seeing a CR 652 class 0-6-0 saving a GWR 14xx from scrap. That engine went on to be restored and used for this railway called the Northwestern Railway.

  • @Vinnidict
    @Vinnidict 7 лет назад +65

    3:42 "From the engine of the past of is born the engine of the future" *shows another steam engine*

    • @geopornicus3944
      @geopornicus3944 5 лет назад +15

      considering the time the tape was made is between the 30's and 50's, then yes he is right. (considering the types of engines he just showed).

    • @samanli-tw3id
      @samanli-tw3id 5 лет назад +5

      Κικιώνης Κωνσταντίνος Steam locomotives were still being built in the 50s.

    • @mattyboy3576
      @mattyboy3576 5 лет назад +4

      @@geopornicus3944 the date said 1961

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 5 лет назад +2

      I assume that was taken in the 1930’s. The GWR was only experimenting with diesel power back then.

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 5 лет назад +1

      Jacob Cook it was probably made into a 5700

  • @alextucker5819
    @alextucker5819 8 месяцев назад +1

    Who else is here because of Thomas & Friends, because of how scrapping was mentioned various times in the The Railway Series and Television Series? Now we know why Awdry was heartbroken at the scrapping of steam.

    • @ryanangelastro504
      @ryanangelastro504 19 дней назад

      It was probably one of the worst days of his life.

  • @deanmartin3107
    @deanmartin3107 5 лет назад +5

    R.I.P Thomas the tank engine

  • @SouthernSteam38Playz
    @SouthernSteam38Playz 2 года назад +1

    0:42 "He's quite a sweet fellow, really, I think I'll call him Bob. Moments later, Bob is dismembered."

  • @Alpha-oo8
    @Alpha-oo8 5 лет назад +11

    The happy voice just makes me feel sadder

  • @NickRatnieks
    @NickRatnieks 7 лет назад +17

    B12 61572 was stored at Stratford but there was a fund-raising programme and the engine was saved- otherwise it would have joined these unhappy N7 engines and been reduced to scrap metal. There was no sentiment in the management of BR in those days- steam was going- and it was going to go fast leaving no lingering remains.

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 8 месяцев назад

      Railways are a business once a unit is no longer needed then off it goes usually for scrap

  • @andreshernandez06
    @andreshernandez06 4 года назад +14

    this is why there should be a sodor-like heritage railway. A safe haven for steam locomotives

    • @duncantheretard6049
      @duncantheretard6049 3 года назад

      Yeah

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +2

      "Safe haven"? Locomotives are not sentient !

    • @vincentmusic09
      @vincentmusic09 3 года назад +2

      @@steveluckhurst2350 yes they are. Believe it or not, there are people such as Me, and all of the other people in this comment section who love Steam engines. There is something about the fact that these Powerful machines Flamed by fire and steam rushing down the mainline,The old Iron horses in their next duty. Steam engines are and will always be, a truely amazing thing

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +1

      @@vincentmusic09 But they are not sentient !

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +1

      @@vincentmusic09 how old are you? Do you remember steam engines in service? The grime, the soot, the filth? Nothing like heritage railways where everything is pristine and in first class order.

  • @speakercollector7508
    @speakercollector7508 6 лет назад +15

    rip to the steam engines

  • @invisibleman4827
    @invisibleman4827 Год назад +6

    Ultimately, scrap was the fate of any locomotives that weren't set aside as Museum exhibits for a good hundred years, and the preservation movement couldn't save all of them. In a way it's surprising that the steam locomotive lasted as long as it did but I guess it shows how good it was in the end. You can tell by the tone of the film that preservation hadn't started in force just yet, because it seems to be something that hasn't occurred to the film makers.

  • @KeeferJ
    @KeeferJ 5 лет назад +9

    Gordon: Disgraceful!
    James: Disgusting!
    Henry: Despicable!

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад +2

      Richard (one of Carson Marenka's characters): Disagreeable?

  • @toybonnieblazevicius
    @toybonnieblazevicius 6 лет назад +28

    R.i.p. Steam Locomotives.

  • @karen4you
    @karen4you 7 лет назад +9

    Those were very small welding goggles. A steam train came through Iowa to it's new destination and I took photos as it was before cellphones and videos. Sigh.

  • @dominickbryant494
    @dominickbryant494 5 лет назад +9

    3:00 way to put it bluntly

  • @frantasramota1359
    @frantasramota1359 6 лет назад +8

    4:28 That engine look like Thomas.
    4:30 My childhood DIED

    • @vincentmusic09
      @vincentmusic09 3 года назад

      The engine at 4:26 is an E4. Thomas the tank engine is an E2

  • @steamfreak1
    @steamfreak1 7 лет назад +11

    I'd love one covering the building of the multilple transport networks we have from different canals to train-routes and eventually Motorways.

  • @Chadmiral
    @Chadmiral 6 лет назад +10

    Some of these locomotives are reincarnated into modern-day more efficient versions of themselves,think of that

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      Yeah . that will be cool

  • @kyriakoshachirokus8982
    @kyriakoshachirokus8982 3 года назад +5

    This was butchery. In 1968 when all steam locomotives were withdrawn, they were in pretty much perfect running condition. The only reason I see them being sold for scrap is because of running costs. Look at the labor that gets into firing up a steam locomotive compared to a then new class 55 deltic the difference is night and day. If you ask an ex steam locomotive driver or fireman what they thought about steam, most of the time they’ll tell you they absolutely loved it despite it being dirty and so on. Well what was to happen has happened and now we must all settle our differences, both steam and diesel enthusiasts , to save what’s left of all those spectacular pieces of engineering.

    • @garryferrington811
      @garryferrington811 2 года назад +2

      Might have been a good idea to keep more rights-of-way, though. Quite a few of them are needed.

  • @DaronPorter39
    @DaronPorter39 5 лет назад +2

    R.I.P thomas

  • @highdownmartin
    @highdownmartin 5 лет назад +9

    Quite a clonk in the front of that brand new Hastings unit. And a lovely Brighton tank on the turntable!

  • @Handle423
    @Handle423 6 лет назад +9

    4:30 Whose voice is that? It's awesome

  • @coldhedg3
    @coldhedg3 3 года назад +3

    *This could’ve happened if Douglas never saved Oliver*
    Nah

    • @danielsellers8707
      @danielsellers8707 Год назад +2

      It would have happened to Douglas if he'd stayed in Scotland...

  • @Stackedwithcash
    @Stackedwithcash 5 лет назад +2

    My dad asked me to cry less loudly

  • @thewizard7928
    @thewizard7928 5 лет назад +5

    steam engines a better

    • @enzoperruccio
      @enzoperruccio 5 лет назад +1

      @aiden_ga roblox Yeah, I bet that's why they were all replaced. 😂😂😂

    • @Benry2
      @Benry2 4 года назад

      Wow, everything you just said is wrong.

    • @vincentmusic09
      @vincentmusic09 3 года назад

      @@enzoperruccio go piss off with your oil powered diesel engines that smell like death

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@enzoperruccioyou and everyone else which wants steam to die , you guys are messed up. You guys are just a lost cause

  • @VillagerMan2006
    @VillagerMan2006 11 месяцев назад +2

    The Horrid Lorries watch this unironically every night

  • @snocrushr
    @snocrushr 7 лет назад +10

    Motorcycles next month.

  • @ltk_xv72
    @ltk_xv72 5 лет назад +1

    I would lowkey buy one if I could and sell it to a museum

  • @TheGoombaFromNowhere
    @TheGoombaFromNowhere 6 лет назад +5

    3:13 is that duck

    • @newseriesfan
      @newseriesfan 5 лет назад

      Yes if he was biofuzed with harvey

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 4 года назад

      IDK all the panniers look the bloody same

    • @vincentmusic09
      @vincentmusic09 3 года назад

      No, duck is a 5700x with a closed cab. He is more like the one at 3:36

  • @benwilliams6081
    @benwilliams6081 6 лет назад +12

    I love British Pathe films, becaus they were filmed on non-digital 16 (or even 35mm film stock, and enlarge almost limitlessly, unlike modern digital rubbish.

  • @samanli-tw3id
    @samanli-tw3id 5 лет назад +12

    4.28 NOOOOO! NOT THOMAS!!

    • @gone639
      @gone639 4 года назад +3

      4:28

    • @hiddengems90
      @hiddengems90 4 года назад

      @@gone639 thats not thomas thats a jinty

    • @gone639
      @gone639 4 года назад

      @@hiddengems90 i did not say that...

    • @jurassicsmackdown6359
      @jurassicsmackdown6359 4 года назад

      While Jintys are very similar, Thomas was an E2. Regardless, its sad to see it go. Such a perfectly good locomotive...

    • @Rail4472
      @Rail4472 4 года назад

      ...are you saying the E2s were a “perfectly good locomotive”?

  • @nicolasclipsandvideos4990
    @nicolasclipsandvideos4990 3 года назад +2

    This is skippable Maybe the trains will still work I don’t like when my I see the trains being scrap

  • @fx6r
    @fx6r 5 лет назад +11

    I feel So sorry for those tank engines

  • @flopsyrailwayproductions1434
    @flopsyrailwayproductions1434 5 лет назад +7

    Such a shame to see steam engines getting scrapped, thankfully lots have been saved.

    • @mariobest93
      @mariobest93 2 года назад

      And then the diesels replacing them turn out to be failures!

  • @Pyrotrainthing
    @Pyrotrainthing 5 лет назад +8

    Seeing engines being cut up is some real torture, especially knowing the E2 is an extinct class of locomotive.

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 3 года назад +3

      Yes but in the thumbnail it was an E4 and in the start of the video it was an N7

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 8 месяцев назад

      When i was little it used to make me cry it was murder and carnage

  • @marvwatkins7029
    @marvwatkins7029 3 года назад +4

    So sad. So tragic. Wah... But then, more than a few were saved.

  • @samohtw1
    @samohtw1 6 лет назад +14

    Too sad to watch.

  • @dickthiccem8888
    @dickthiccem8888 5 лет назад +27

    Thanks for the nightmares, is this what happens to my body and soul once I become old and outdated? Jokes aside, watching this video in reverse is great on a steam enthusiasts heart.

  • @Planespotter31724
    @Planespotter31724 2 года назад +2

    thomas fans: THE HORROR

  • @huntersvideos905
    @huntersvideos905 5 лет назад +5

    Just imagine the pain

  • @florjanbrudar692
    @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад +4

    Okay, I was always a railway buff but reading some of these comments here sickens me. People, I agree that it's sad to watch but still these were inanimate objects. Same goes for the toys with faces on them that *you play with.*

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 2 года назад

      Lots of TTTE&F fans here. They will grow up one day.

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 Год назад

      @@steveluckhurst2350 Yes, but that doesn't mean the cycle of the comments will stop.

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 Год назад

      @@florjanbrudar692 Yes, there's always some clown hanging on to the past. I see they are getting all misty eyed over the very diesels which replaced steam now. Apparently when one "clags" and pumps a load of unburnt hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, it is something to rejoice over! Like I said, clowns!

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 Год назад

      @Doctor Whos 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
      I'll tell your mummy what a rude boy you are!

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 Год назад

      @Doctor Whos You're hilarious.

  • @KG_06
    @KG_06 5 лет назад +4

    Oh Dr beeching.....

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 2 года назад +4

    Ah, the old newsreel days. Something else that's gone to the scrap heap.
    Dieselization and electrification still didn't save most of the railways.

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      Can agree no less

  • @Blackfive1945
    @Blackfive1945 7 лет назад +20

    Vandals !!

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 7 лет назад +1

      +Roger No, this is what should happen to steam. Cut them apart and transport the scrap to the furnaces for melting.

    • @noelbullard4676
      @noelbullard4676 7 лет назад +6

      heelfan your trolling is no longer relevant get yourself a proper hobby

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 7 лет назад +2

      +Noel Funny how I always meet you posting on the scrapping videos though. I think you have a secret fascination with scrapping steam locos. I think you would like to have a go with the torch and slice one up!

    • @timothysmith8300
      @timothysmith8300 7 лет назад +1

      you what how dare you sugest that any one who is sick enough to cut up a gorguse steam loco steam rules and don,t you forget it

    • @EdwardtheFRK--
      @EdwardtheFRK-- 5 лет назад

      @@PreservationEnthusiast i can tell you love to scrap steam engines from your name...Well your won't be scrapping any steam engines anytime soon...they all have been perserved...I wonder how you feel when over 200+ steam locomotives were saved from barry scrapyard and are being restored and put back in service.
      The only thing you were ever scrap in your life when you worked in the scrapyard would be just diesels...#thestinkyones

  • @muhammadfadhiil3430
    @muhammadfadhiil3430 5 лет назад +4

    in indonesia they were replaced by diesels but they use steam to 1984

    • @caledoniansignalman8153
      @caledoniansignalman8153 5 лет назад +1

      Why can’t we at Britain then

    • @muhammadfadhiil3430
      @muhammadfadhiil3430 5 лет назад +1

      @@caledoniansignalman8153 britan still runs steam right?

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 5 лет назад +1

      @@muhammadfadhiil3430 Only In Heritage Railways

    • @4jp
      @4jp 4 года назад +3

      Britain did not retire steam until August of 1968. While the one film made it sound like steam was dead in 1957, British Railways would continue building steam locomotives until 1960 when it completed Evening Star.

  • @Unmedicated_Moments
    @Unmedicated_Moments 7 лет назад +10

    Poor train

    • @sftproductions4865
      @sftproductions4865 5 лет назад

      Poor engines and living engines who never spoke to the strangers 😢

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад +1

      @@sftproductions4865 "Never spoke" is right; they're inanimates

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@florjanbrudar692you , cokroach , steamlocoscrapper and all other people who thinks steam is stupid are fools. You guys are just a lost cause

  • @LaliVang321
    @LaliVang321 5 лет назад +3

    Boco is crying to see Edward and Thomas being scrapped

  • @dt1343
    @dt1343 7 лет назад +23

    3:13 R.i.p montague

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 6 лет назад +2

      V108 Thats A Bigger And A Crane Engine Version Of Montague
      Montague Is A 57XX

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 5 лет назад

      Tank Engine 75 that’s no crane tank. You can see the crane mounted on a flatbed behind the engine

    • @sudriansignalman9387
      @sudriansignalman9387 5 лет назад +1

      @@Ty-yt3lj it is a crane tank, but the frame is extended, making it appear as a separate entity, when in fact it isn't

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 5 лет назад

      @@Ty-yt3lj Hercules Is A Real GWR Crane Tank

    • @TankEngine75
      @TankEngine75 5 лет назад

      @@sudriansignalman9387 Yesh

  • @joshualowery6285
    @joshualowery6285 5 лет назад +2

    What a waste of good trains hard to watch so sad

  • @steamgent4592
    @steamgent4592 6 лет назад +5

    Sad film but thanks for posting it for all to see

  • @leeloolab
    @leeloolab 3 года назад +2

    you don’t know what you are doing

  • @joshuaferguson698
    @joshuaferguson698 6 лет назад +12

    Luckily, no one was hurt.

    • @KeeferJ
      @KeeferJ 5 лет назад +7

      Except my heart. Watching a steam engine being cut up for scrap metal is the saddest sight for a railway enthusiast like me to watch.

    • @sftproductions4865
      @sftproductions4865 5 лет назад

      merge m8 well the STEAM TRAINS WERE HURT 😢

    • @lashondatalbert8271
      @lashondatalbert8271 4 года назад

      No one was hurt are you serious all those great engines were hurt

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      Inanimates do not feel

  • @adcavellino
    @adcavellino 3 года назад +5

    It’s sow sad see this legendary and famous old iron horses being scraped, if only they could talk like Thomas and his friend will tell us a lot of stories about their adventures on the railways.

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      This is real life

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 2 года назад

      @@florjanbrudar692 If they could talk they would probably say something like "I've done great work for 50 years hauling stuff around, but many of my parts are worn out and my technology is obsolete. The best thing to do would be recycle my metal parts to make new, clean, and more efficient traction."

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@PreservationEnthusiastwill you say the same on your deathbed

  • @pressstart1490
    @pressstart1490 5 лет назад +5

    1:00 thats Sad to see

  • @F4productions4072
    @F4productions4072 Год назад +1

    I got scared and detromtotized by this but I still watch it to make myself not laugh

  • @lordsnivyofnottingham2948
    @lordsnivyofnottingham2948 6 лет назад +10

    Steam>Diesel

    • @sftproductions4865
      @sftproductions4865 5 лет назад

      LordSnivy ofNottingham I agree

    • @Benry2
      @Benry2 4 года назад

      100% incorrect

    • @caledoniansignalman8153
      @caledoniansignalman8153 4 года назад

      How

    • @Benry2
      @Benry2 4 года назад

      @@caledoniansignalman8153 Don't know who you're talking to, but if you're talking to me, then diesels are objectively better than steam in almost every way.

    • @barrycarlisle8206
      @barrycarlisle8206 4 года назад

      Steam/diesel/electric

  • @sumedhadematanpitiarachchi4411
    @sumedhadematanpitiarachchi4411 3 года назад +2

    I feel like crying . But those days may be they were just steam locomotives which had no value. But now we were two late. Anyway thanks for the video..

  • @riverhuntingdon6659
    @riverhuntingdon6659 6 лет назад +3

    Now all that kit they show replacing the steam, the old AM2's replaced the N7's I think, and nearly all the SR DEMU stock's gone the same way alas. Very little MK1 AC multiple unit stock's preserved, and it was the same on the SR where I worked on the DC third rail ones. Blue asbestos, corrosion, and being non - standard meant the shiny new Hastings diesels went mostly in 86/87 with the odd unit or car being retained for a while. Now the scrap all goes to India or China so they can dump low quality steel on us, while loads of jobs go down the pan here. Let's face it, all we do now is build souless plastic uncomfortable trains for the likes of Bombardier, a foreign firm. Thanks Thatcher/Major, your chums made a bomb just like Camoron and the GPO.

    • @arifakyuz7673
      @arifakyuz7673 4 года назад +1

      How are the new British trains uncomfortable?

  • @DinoPon3
    @DinoPon3 2 года назад +1

    This is just a snuff film to Steam Enthusiast

  • @sudriantrainspotting565
    @sudriantrainspotting565 4 года назад +4

    at least alot of narrow gauge engines were preserved

  • @CurdsFromDaCulvers420
    @CurdsFromDaCulvers420 2 года назад +4

    Steam locomotives are like you and me, the eat, drink, sleep, move,crash sometimes and most importantly they behave like us, they take forever to start up, just like us humans. But however British rail thought they was only useless piles of metal on wheels, I’m glad we have a few examples of famous locomotive still around for generations of people to see. I’m still very sad that locomotives like the a3 pacific are very small with only Scotsman still alive. I get it steam is bad for the environment but these locomotives can be so beautiful and amazing, so thanks a lot British rail! Y’all ruined a golden era and changed to something less exciting

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад +2

      Eat/drink fuel, sleep, move and crash... not just steam locomotives do this. All vehicles do, whether they're sentient or inanimate.

    • @CurdsFromDaCulvers420
      @CurdsFromDaCulvers420 2 года назад

      @@florjanbrudar692 that’s what I’m saying, any machine of some sort is like a human being. Well factory machines are an exception but cars, planes,or any fuel vehicle is like a human

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 2 года назад

      @@CurdsFromDaCulvers420 Well it is no wonder we humans feel sad or visibly cry over losing a vehicle we own. You know Back to School Mr. Bean?

    • @CurdsFromDaCulvers420
      @CurdsFromDaCulvers420 2 года назад

      @@florjanbrudar692 yeah

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@florjanbrudar692when a car i had for 7 years had a crash and it was time to let it go there was a sadness to see it being taken away it's part of one. The money paid for filling the tank of the replacement

  • @claudiagutierrez453
    @claudiagutierrez453 6 лет назад +4

    What is the music in the "train graveyard" 1961 Film?

  • @domsmodelrailroad9856
    @domsmodelrailroad9856 3 года назад +2

    Scrap the diesel engines and go back to steam

    • @steveluckhurst2350
      @steveluckhurst2350 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, great idea. And watch the railway system collapse within months.

    • @lennoxschannel7484
      @lennoxschannel7484 2 года назад

      NO!

    • @cklim7410
      @cklim7410 11 месяцев назад

      We should use steam , diesel and electric together

  • @riarathebradkeselowskihate8178
    @riarathebradkeselowskihate8178 6 лет назад +7

    NOOOOOO! They're scrapped!

    • @sftproductions4865
      @sftproductions4865 5 лет назад +1

      Luckily there are still steam trains around in museums in America

    • @arifakyuz7673
      @arifakyuz7673 4 года назад +1

      And Britain too

    • @evanclarke5561
      @evanclarke5561 4 года назад +1

      @@arifakyuz7673 And nearly everywhere else in the world including Australia

    • @sftproductions4865
      @sftproductions4865 4 года назад

      Riara The Brad Keselowski Hater ?

  • @hallepratama7002
    @hallepratama7002 5 лет назад +4

    Goodbye Thomas 😭😭😭

  • @theshipspecialist4720
    @theshipspecialist4720 3 года назад +4

    Heartless demons i tell you, I mean look at the people who are distmantling these beautiful beasts. The dont have a care in the world!

    • @encantofan2372
      @encantofan2372 3 года назад +1

      I'm officially depressed

    • @RameshKSingh-gp2mx
      @RameshKSingh-gp2mx 2 года назад +1

      Yes instead of scrapping them, they could have run them as heritage or plint them.

  • @robbycastelli6486
    @robbycastelli6486 Месяц назад +1

    This will be Thomas the Tank Engines nightmare

  • @TheStanierRegiments
    @TheStanierRegiments 3 года назад +4

    *Poor Thomas was so sad he nearly cried.*

  • @robbycastelli6486
    @robbycastelli6486 Месяц назад +1

    This will be Thomas the Tank Engines nightmare

  • @piggynice18
    @piggynice18 5 лет назад +3

    This was painful to watch ;(

  • @mythrus212
    @mythrus212 4 года назад +2

    I got scared and sad watching this because I prefer steam over anything else

  • @Lockbar
    @Lockbar 7 лет назад +9

    "Sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress", that's what Hitler said.

    • @spadesofpaintstudios1719
      @spadesofpaintstudios1719 5 лет назад +2

      Lockbar that’s why he’s burning for enternity

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 4 года назад +2

      SpadesOfPaint Studios oh no. He was banished to ULTRA HELL. They implemented that after normal hell grew too full of fun non-Christian things like wasabi & video games.

    • @arifakyuz7673
      @arifakyuz7673 4 года назад

      I mean, it does not inherently invalidate the statement.

    • @wommyu
      @wommyu 3 года назад

      @@Ty-yt3lj I play video games

    • @Ty-yt3lj
      @Ty-yt3lj 3 года назад

      @@wommyu Sod off, if you wanna play games with me either get onto Xbox live in ~10 hours or leave me be

  • @dennisinfinity24
    @dennisinfinity24 3 года назад +2

    Thank god that some steam locomotive are peserve in herittage railway along with some famous engine in the National Railway Museum