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Vintage railway film - Discovering railways - 1977
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2022
- This vintage railway film was produced by British Transport Films in 1977. With Peter Purves, of television 'Blue Peter' fame as our guide, we are taken on a rapid but very full tour of railway activities. Starting off in the comfort of the High Speed Train, we then move on through electrification, track relaying, rush hour at Waterloo, freight trains and Sealink, and enjoy a glimpse of railway history. A fascinating introduction to the subject of trains.
God Bless Peter Purves, spokesperson of the railways.
Yes I agree with you
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Lol, playing the theme to Ski Sunday. I was expecting David Vine not Peter Purves!!
1977 is a good vintage, mine too ;-) Great film !
Good footage of the class 87s under construction, and 45 years later, 87002 is still busy working railtours
Ah, the APT, I'm also looking forward to travelling on one.
I was under the impression that they were a thing of the past.
@@memyself1566 Not really. The InterCity 225 is basically a non-tilting APT. The APT’s tilting technology was bought by Fiat Ferroviaria, who incorporated it into their products, including the WCML Pendolinos.
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Many thanks for the information! What is your opinion on the way that trains and carriages are now made in other countries and that we now import them. There was a time when we made all of our own locos and carriages. What is behind this, if it is actually true.
@@memyself1566 Privatisation is probably the main culprit. For the first couple of years, no new trains were ordered until things settled down, and the British manufacturers never recovered from this lull. For example, BREL, which incidentally built the APT and the locomotive for the 225 (Class 91), closed down in 1996, due to lack of orders.
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Many thanks for your comprehensive reply.
I always had the impression that it was a structured plan that led to privatisation, but I could be wrong.
Much the same, I believe, with putting the electricity, gas and water companies into the hands of the international corporations .
0:29 Ah the British Rail sandwich! 😱
Strangest episode of Ski Sunday I've ever seen
Took me back to Blue Peter in the '70s.
Well, thereby hangs a tale ...
What a fantastic little film! Thanks for uploading it!!
Watched this at school in the early eighties Peter also made a railway safety film which if I remember had some gory scenes in it well for school viewing anyway !
Robbie!
In 1975 I was catching the London train from Crewe station. It was very crowded, I found myself in a last-minute rush for the one remaining seat with a tall, good-looking man with collar-length hair, it was the seventies - buckaroo! When I sat down on the chair, I looked up and realised it was none other than Peter Purves! It was at the height of his Blue Peter fame! He said "You jammy bastard!" and quick as a flash, I replied, "Don't be blue, Peter!" Needless to say, I had the last laugh, now f*** off!
One wonders whether this actually happened or whether you were being somewhat fantastical about the situation. I wonder why he was on that train anyway!
I would’ve thought that somebody, such as the BBC, would’ve bought him a first class seat.
@@memyself1566 Ever heard of "Alan Partridge"??
@@Vortigan07
I’ve heard of it, but I have never seen it. Please elaborate, if you wish.
@@memyself1566 The "Alan Partridge" character would often tell anecdotes of meetings with minor celebrities that usually descended into some kind of confrontation in which he would come out on top...resulting in that final catchphrase.
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@@Vortigan07
Okay - thanks for the explanation.
Nice to see Fenchurch working, albeit forty-five years ago. I'm more used to seeing it bricked-up in some little visited part of the Railway Museum (formerly the mentioned NRM).
Amazing one.
"let's look at a wheel. And here are some Northerners working in the snow"
A compilation of BTF's best bits, those shots of green Peaks and the two tone green 47 @08:06look like they must be from the late sixties; still, it was still applicable in 1977 I suppose
The Peak came from an earlier film c. 1968. But there were at least 3 Class e7s still in green in 1977 (I'm aware of 47 195, 47 256 and 47 366 but ther may be others).
Great piece of film, but boy, it makes me feel old when something from when I was 23 is called “vintage”.
Loved the sections with the 'Peak' in green, wonder what year that was?
Interesting. This seems to be a selection of earlier BTF films edited together with Mr Purves' added. I'm wondering who the intended audience were...?
Anybody interested in trains and general transport infrastructure.
Schools
4:11 reference made to children going to school.
@@gibbo9089 probably sent a signed copy to Jimmy Savile. 😂
@@ianjones4116 Now then, now then...
6:40 Interior footage of both a 25 and a Peak combined?
ski sunday
Ski Sunday - aka Pop Looks Bach!
Peter was a bit of alright wasn’t he?
When's the skiing on? ;)
It went downhill soon after.
Can you do the driver view of transperth train from Perth to thornlie and thornlie to Perth at night please
The catering arrangements on Peters table don't look like the epitome of style taste and comfort.
To late for 77 the green diesel locomotive suggest late 60s maybe 1970. Diesels in the uk went Blue from the early 70s onwards.
Did you miss the HST at the very beginning of the video? They entered service in October 1976.
Pretty sure a lot of this is spliced together from older films.
That's were you're wrong. A handful of locomotives were still in green in the late 1970s. On 40 106 was outshopped from Crewe in Brunswick Green and full yellow end in late 1978. She appeared at Rainhill 150 in 1980. There were others still in green in 1977 including 08 923, 20 026, 20 141, 20 147, 20 151, 20 153, 20 170, 20 175, 20 177, 47 195, 47 256, 47 366.
There were also the 2 Class 01s at Holyhead which remained in black until withdrawal in the early 1980s.
There were a few repaints in this period for rebuilt commemorative engines.
@@glpilpi6209 that was mainly in the late 1980s onwards. In the 1970s they were mainly survivors of the pre-blue days. Although 40 106 was repainted in green I'm not sure about any of the others.
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Remember when we had real industry and weren't required to self-flaggelate over the fact? What's happened to this country?
Ski Sunday, not trains.
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Fashion dresses 🤣
1:32 . Can't see any feminists.