As a child I lived west of Millbrook station in Southampton and many of the locos featured are underlined in my Ian Allen trainspotters book. Living there and playing on a recreation ground beside the railway, there are, for me, few things to beat the sight, sound and smell of a Bulleid Pacific in full flight. A sad day was when we went on a school outing to London the day after steam ended and passed Eastleigh where row upon row of dead steamers were in the works sidings. Thanks for this great film.
1:07 This Famous Train Station Waterloo In London In England In The United Kingdom First Opened In 1848 175 Years Ago From The London And South Western Railway And When The Southern Railway Took It Over On 1st January 1923 100 Years Ago Which Is Bigger Than Paddington Station Which Is The Home Of The Great Western Railway. Thanks Mate. X
I was born in a cottage on the B3012 Guildford Road in Frimley Green in 194*, 50 yards from the bridge at the end of the Deepcut Cutting -with Basingstoke Canal next to the line. Watched in awe as a tiny child and never forgot the smell, loved standing on that bridge when the trains roared under. A well curated video - thank you. However, why did you bugger up the Kinks most beautiful song?
Why would they by the time most of these films were shot steam was seen as obsolete by BR as diesel and electric traction were taking over as the dominant motive power
Many locomotives have multiple (more than 2) cylinders, which means they have several exhaust beats per wheel revolution. The Southern Lord Nelson class for example produced 8 beats per revolution! In addition, steam locomotives are prone to wheelslip on starting due to their small surface contact. Therefore the wheels will spin faster than the locomotive's actual speed, producing more exhaust beats.
Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf).
As a child I lived west of Millbrook station in Southampton and many of the locos featured are underlined in my Ian Allen trainspotters book. Living there and playing on a recreation ground beside the railway, there are, for me, few things to beat the sight, sound and smell of a Bulleid Pacific in full flight. A sad day was when we went on a school outing to London the day after steam ended and passed Eastleigh where row upon row of dead steamers were in the works sidings. Thanks for this great film.
abs fantastic what an era
Thank you for that great video with the look into the past. Greetings from Germany. 👍
What an interesting and well narrated production. Quite charming
Excellent video, thank you!
1:07 This Famous Train Station Waterloo In London In England In The United Kingdom First Opened In 1848 175 Years Ago From The London And South Western Railway And When The Southern Railway Took It Over On 1st January 1923 100 Years Ago Which Is Bigger Than Paddington Station Which Is The Home Of The Great Western Railway. Thanks Mate. X
Another brilliant video well done,a big thumbs up 👍
Interesting contrast/coexistence between 1960s office architecture, a 1940s train, and a 19th century station with 1930s additions at 11:41 !
My favourite era was 1960 to 1968 with stream loco scrapping.
Wow. Interesting.
Lovely, thank you.
I was born in a cottage on the B3012 Guildford Road in Frimley Green in 194*, 50 yards from the bridge at the end of the Deepcut Cutting -with Basingstoke Canal next to the line. Watched in awe as a tiny child and never forgot the smell, loved standing on that bridge when the trains roared under. A well curated video - thank you.
However, why did you bugger up the Kinks most beautiful song?
I'm guessing the reason for the 'musak' is copyright.
I love the steam age on British Railways in the early 1920s-40s and 1950s-60s
Brings back memories. ¿Why was the WC haulage rating "7P5FA" rather than just "7P5F"?
It’s a shame these fine locomotives were left in neglected state. Not like in the company days Southern etc , British rail didn’t look after them. 👍🏻😎
Why would they by the time most of these films were shot steam was seen as obsolete by BR as diesel and electric traction were taking over as the dominant motive power
Why is it unusual in videos of this sort for exhaust beats to correspond to the actual speed of the engine?
Many locomotives have multiple (more than 2) cylinders, which means they have several exhaust beats per wheel revolution. The Southern Lord Nelson class for example produced 8 beats per revolution!
In addition, steam locomotives are prone to wheelslip on starting due to their small surface contact. Therefore the wheels will spin faster than the locomotive's actual speed, producing more exhaust beats.
A lot was shot on 8mm film with sound added post editing.
Can you make your content inclusive by formatting the auto captioning into closed captioning please? it is extremely hard to watch it relying only on the auto captioning sadly (I'm Profoundly Deaf).
I always have always had to mute this video (I have the VHS Tape). The guys accent drives me up the wall, especially how he says "Wight".
I think he also has the two shots at 12:58 and immediately afterward wrongly located - I think
they are at Hersham, not Berrylands.
Must be artistic licence, old bean. Got to evoke the BBC and newsreel accent of the time, what?
You mean educated unlike a Liverpudlian 😂
This is a breath of fresh air in these violently political times of 2024.