Top class video guys It was a pleasure to have you at Whitehead and to show you around our museum. I have really enjoyed the All The Stations Ireland Series. To The Trains
I was at Whitehead with you the day this video was published! Enjoyed it very much and I wish you the best of luck with the museum and restorations. :)
Hi there Mike Our GM locomotive seen in the video is a 141 Class loco new to C.I.E in 1962 At present we are overhauling the loco and are also in the process of repainting the loco and hopefully we will get her back to mainline service in the coming years.
Robin M. is clearly enjoying retirement and like myself is finding a new role as a tour guide! Yesterday I visited Greenore Co. Louth on the beautiful Carlingford peninsula where the railway was once the dominant factor along with the still functioning port. Great to see how the RPSI Museum at Whitehead has been developed. Another great video from your island of Ireland collection.
Broad gauge is also used in Victoria and Metropolitan South Australia, and to this day we have a headache thats been going on for 150/140 years, (as NSW, QLD AND WA all have different rail gauges)
I've been to some really cool railway museums that I recommend checking out if you're ever in the US. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County is pretty cool with the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere nearby with an awesome steam train experience. I also like the NY Transit Museum, the NYC equivalent of the London Transport Museum. They turned a decommissioned subway station into a museum. It's fascinating to learn more about the NYC Subway system, which is the subway system with the most stations. Over 400 stations, and it's possible to do that all in one day. Anyway, nice to see more of Northern Ireland
I've been to the NY Transit Museum and it's an amazing place. Lots of old subway trains. I think iy was called 'Court' station if I remember correctly. It's located in Brooklyn. Would love to go back again some day if I ever visit the USA again in future.
There is a nice "museum" in Ontario, Canada as well, called the Halton County Radial Railway Museum, they mostly focus on old street cars from cities across Ontario and they run them up and down a track on their grounds.
You could buy rolling stock from Australia. The Victorian railways use Irish guage.... (Victoria hired an Irish engineer, NSW hired an English engineer....)
What were you up to Vicki? It looks like the young lads in black are security guards following you around, clearly casing the joint to aquire historic timetables for Geoff.
Short of it is that the signallers were very proud of their signal boxes and would keep them clean. The tops of the levers would be cleaned so no rust would appear. Plus when someone like me came to maintain the box the oiling would not get on the signaller's hands. So they used cloths to pull the levers with. So the one thing they donot want is finger prints on the levers to create an oilly depost and allow for dust to settle .
The Explanation for the gauge of 5 ft 3 inch is rubbish. Railway gauge was an Empire wide issue. It was thought in the late 1840s that a larger gauge was necessary for a more powerful (larger) steam generator. 5 ft 3" was selected for Ireland and Australia (India too??). In Australia, Victoria was building a short railway from Melbourne Port into the city centre and ordered 5 ft 3in rolling stock. In Sydney, it took 5 years to build the initial 21 km from Sydney to Granville (opened 1855). Without telling the government the company (building the railway with a government guarantee) ordered standard gauge rolling stock as sentiment about its power capabilities had changed. Some months later, the company told the government who accepted the fiat accompli. See Along Parallel Line by John Gunn.
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Top class video guys
It was a pleasure to have you at Whitehead and to show you around our museum.
I have really enjoyed the All The Stations Ireland Series. To The Trains
I was at Whitehead with you the day this video was published! Enjoyed it very much and I wish you the best of luck with the museum and restorations. :)
Thank you very much I'm glad you enjoyed your visit.
Why do I see you on like literally every video that has something about Northern Ireland Trains lmao
They should of given your channel a shout out
Pleasure to show yous round the museum and hope to see yous soon.
I love these videos. My grandpa was from Whitehead. I was at the museum about 10 years ago. Beautiful spot. Well done!
The CRE GM locomotive is such a beautiful locomotive.
It just has a class-look over it and it looks amazing!
Hi there Mike
Our GM locomotive seen in the video is a 141 Class loco new to C.I.E in 1962
At present we are overhauling the loco and are also in the process of repainting the loco and hopefully we will get her back to mainline service in the coming years.
Superb Video and Commentary Geoff and Vicki!😃.
Cool!
I find the all the stations music strangely catchy
Same here - i'm often in school tapping my pen on the desk to the all the stations theme song!
I get extremely annoyed when I hear that music and start to break things around me.
Me too - a real ear-worm! Except when people are speaking, then it's muchly annoying and distracting. But that's the modern way...
Wonderful video...lovely people; great topic; terrific presentation...what's not to love! Well done! 👍😊
A great tour around the history of Irish railways which is being preserved so well by the RPSI.
What fantastic staff. Friendly and informative.
Spotting of loco shed cat at 3:17 :)
Oh yes! Thank you
Thank you Vicki - erudite and interesting AND interested, as usual!
Incredible video too, thank you Vicki.
Robin M. is clearly enjoying retirement and like myself is finding a new role as a tour guide! Yesterday I visited Greenore Co. Louth on the beautiful Carlingford peninsula where the railway was once the dominant factor along with the still functioning port. Great to see how the RPSI Museum at Whitehead has been developed. Another great video from your island of Ireland collection.
Great video! I must go and visit Whitehead Railway Museum and I'd love to take a trip on one of their main line steam specials!
Fascinating story about the track gauge. It would have made life easier all round if they had adopted standard gauge!
Very lovely and well worth waiting for.
Gosh Vicki, pulling a signal lever looks hard but you did all right. I hope the guide you spoke to knew how much you know about trains.
I pass here 6 times a week and still havent seen the inside it. Thanks for showing me
This place is so cool!
Want to visit!
Nice turntable action.
will head for whithead nice one
Ooooh - and top pirouettage...!
All the train museums!
Great video guys
Broad gauge is also used in Victoria and Metropolitan South Australia, and to this day we have a headache thats been going on for 150/140 years, (as NSW, QLD AND WA all have different rail gauges)
3:16 is 142 having a repaint there ?
I've been to some really cool railway museums that I recommend checking out if you're ever in the US. The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County is pretty cool with the oldest continuously operating railroad in the western hemisphere nearby with an awesome steam train experience. I also like the NY Transit Museum, the NYC equivalent of the London Transport Museum. They turned a decommissioned subway station into a museum. It's fascinating to learn more about the NYC Subway system, which is the subway system with the most stations. Over 400 stations, and it's possible to do that all in one day. Anyway, nice to see more of Northern Ireland
I've been to both Strasburg and Steamtown. These are must see museums!
I've been to the NY Transit Museum and it's an amazing place. Lots of old subway trains. I think iy was called 'Court' station if I remember correctly. It's located in Brooklyn. Would love to go back again some day if I ever visit the USA again in future.
Also there is a good train museum in Baltimore.
There is a nice "museum" in Ontario, Canada as well, called the Halton County Radial Railway Museum, they mostly focus on old street cars from cities across Ontario and they run them up and down a track on their grounds.
@@robsterbob580 yes it was Court Street. As well the London Transport Museums at Covent Garden and Acton Depot are also must sees.
You could buy rolling stock from Australia. The Victorian railways use Irish guage....
(Victoria hired an Irish engineer, NSW hired an English engineer....)
The Major who decided the gauge of the line was ‘Paisley’ not ‘Pasley’. Clearly just didn’t want to say it the correct way in case it offended anyone.
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That place is amazing I whent there
"Turntable!"
Nice turn of events there :)
What were you up to Vicki? It looks like the young lads in black are security guards following you around, clearly casing the joint to aquire historic timetables for Geoff.
Vicki Explores... The Whitehead Railway Museum
A bit short, but good.
That's no way to talk about Vicki! 😂
In the last shot before the end credits their is a soulless and faceless Thomas :(
The Northern Irish accent sounds almost the same as Scouse accent in Liverpool.
Er, no.
Ian Paisley sounds almost the same as John Bishop ..?
I don't think so.
Are you practicing to be a catwalk model with that spin at the end, Vicki?
No - clearly a dancer I would say. Give us an arabesque next time dahling
I got this notification 1 min after uploaded
Why do signal(wo)men always use a cloth to pull levers?
Short of it is that the signallers were very proud of their signal boxes and would keep them clean. The tops of the levers would be cleaned so no rust would appear. Plus when someone like me came to maintain the box the oiling would not get on the signaller's hands. So they used cloths to pull the levers with. So the one thing they donot want is finger prints on the levers to create an oilly depost and allow for dust to settle .
@@sunjamm222 I see, thank you. I wonder if nowadays they put a cloth over their keyboard and mouse!
Not now, they have cleaners for the new panel areas. @@caw25sha
@@sunjamm222 Also prevents callouses, they did not want to be seen as manual workers.
Thanks for sharing. P.s. my surname is whitehead. Didn’t know this existed.
So, now you need to go visit the Schoolmaster's Bedroom cave :)
Wheres Jeff
Turntable, turnPipe...
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I've run it through twice and I'm sure that at 1'50"ish he says "you can bring carriages over and put new boobies on".
Top signalling action...
The Explanation for the gauge of 5 ft 3 inch is rubbish. Railway gauge was an Empire wide issue. It was thought in the late 1840s that a larger gauge was necessary for a more powerful (larger) steam generator. 5 ft 3" was selected for Ireland and Australia (India too??). In Australia, Victoria was building a short railway from Melbourne Port into the city centre and ordered 5 ft 3in rolling stock. In Sydney, it took 5 years to build the initial 21 km from Sydney to Granville (opened 1855). Without telling the government the company (building the railway with a government guarantee) ordered standard gauge rolling stock as sentiment about its power capabilities had changed. Some months later, the company told the government who accepted the fiat accompli. See Along Parallel Line by John Gunn.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_gauge_in_Ireland