What a fantastic episode! I didn't need reminding, but am glad that I was reminded that the railways have indeed shaped the modern world. Lord Peter Hendy is a fantastic ambassador for our railways. Please have him back on - often!
Just finished this episode- started watching pre election and finished post election. I have to say I wasn’t feeling too positive after the result (lost faith in all politics) but after hearing Lord Hendy being appointed as Transport Minister it really has raised my spirits. I’m intrigued what happens next with the HS2 fiasco now. Wondering (and hoping) the cancellation will be revisited by competent people. Anyway interesting stuff always from Lord Hendy in this episode. I signed up to the Rail200 website and it’s something I’d love to be involved in. Not sure how but count me in!
After the depressing but totally necessary discussions regarding HS2, it’s uplifting and exciting to hear about the plans for Rail200. I chose the subject of historic railway building conservation for my post-grad diploma dissertation. In order to help the building but non-railway professional understand how the railways developed I launched the dissertation off with a brief history lesson and one of my favourite lines in it was that before the coming of the railways the only form of transport the vast majority of people had ever used was their own two feet. Horses were the preserve of the very few. I can’t think of a more striking example of the colossal change the railways brought to the nation. Keep up the good work!
Agreed - it was really uplifting! And that's a really interesting dissertation subject. Your point about horses being the preserved of the privileged few and therefore just what a difference the railways made is a really good one. Cheers.
Love the idea of a brass plaque Sinai harper Merriman in a locked room What would be better than the Sunak line The Harper line The Merriman line Reopening some old Beeching lines really putting them in history for the next 200years
That was a session that struck a chord with me and brought back so many memories especially when Sir Peter mention Stratford. My dad (no longer with us) was assistant station manager there and did and covered the Woolwich line when it was on its lats legs DMU operated. This all follows a previous 'episode' with tribute to Peter Townend - dad used to work at Great Northern House and most likely had contact with Peter and maybe also DickH from Stratford. Stratford much changed now - I often look at where the signal box used to be and reminder of the visit dad managed to for me to see inside.
We're delighted to hear that both these episodes struck a chord with you and have brought back plenty of memories. Stratford certainly has changed a lot!
We're very excited in our household as there's an active consultation at the moment for a new station near our home. I see it as a chance to make our corner of SE Wales better connected while boosting the prospects for regeneration in Newport, a city that badly needs investment. It is vital, in my view that this project gets as much focus as is possible from both TfW and Network Rail to gat the track upgrades done to enable this to happen as quickly as possible. I fully intend to be on the first fare paying passenger train to call at Newport West, Newport, Newport East, Llanwern and Magor. It will be good to see the power of rail in action in regenerating what is an impoverished part of the country.
Great to have a positive discussion on railways even if in a historic context. Good idea to try to include all stations in the celebrations and for them to last more than one specific date. Hope you get to analyse mark harpers figures, however he it a politician so difficult to change his mind without public backlash as per ticket offices.
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves with Railway 200 how about celebrating GCR125 1899-2024 with a Railtour from Cleethorpes to Deepcar via Gainsborough Central, this would hopefully help with the publicity of the proposed Chesterfield to Stocksbridge service
I'll get the first knit picking comment in there, skiing is over 2000 years old and there are historical records of people engaging in down hill skiing. It's likely that the world speed record was held by someone on skis until trains were doing 60mph plus. Obviously average speed over long distance wouldn't exceed a horse.
Great fact, although I suspect it's a slightly niche one. I rather suspect that in the UK at the time of the Stockton & Darlington railway opening, downhill skiing didn't feature very highly in modal share graphs.
@@GreenSignals having had another thought I suspect that rail may have never held the human speed record. Ice boats topped 100mph in the 19th century and their principal racing opponent was trains, which they usually beat on frozen US rivers next to railway lines.
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What a fantastic episode! I didn't need reminding, but am glad that I was reminded that the railways have indeed shaped the modern world. Lord Peter Hendy is a fantastic ambassador for our railways. Please have him back on - often!
Just finished this episode- started watching pre election and finished post election.
I have to say I wasn’t feeling too positive after the result (lost faith in all politics) but after hearing Lord Hendy being appointed as Transport Minister it really has raised my spirits. I’m intrigued what happens next with the HS2 fiasco now. Wondering (and hoping) the cancellation will be revisited by competent people.
Anyway interesting stuff always from Lord Hendy in this episode. I signed up to the Rail200 website and it’s something I’d love to be involved in. Not sure how but count me in!
After the depressing but totally necessary discussions regarding HS2, it’s uplifting and exciting to hear about the plans for Rail200. I chose the subject of historic railway building conservation for my post-grad diploma dissertation. In order to help the building but non-railway professional understand how the railways developed I launched the dissertation off with a brief history lesson and one of my favourite lines in it was that before the coming of the railways the only form of transport the vast majority of people had ever used was their own two feet. Horses were the preserve of the very few. I can’t think of a more striking example of the colossal change the railways brought to the nation. Keep up the good work!
Agreed - it was really uplifting! And that's a really interesting dissertation subject. Your point about horses being the preserved of the privileged few and therefore just what a difference the railways made is a really good one. Cheers.
Love the idea of a brass plaque Sinai harper Merriman in a locked room
What would be better than the Sunak line
The Harper line
The Merriman line
Reopening some old Beeching lines really putting them in history for the next 200years
That was a session that struck a chord with me and brought back so many memories especially when Sir Peter mention Stratford. My dad (no longer with us) was assistant station manager there and did and covered the Woolwich line when it was on its lats legs DMU operated. This all follows a previous 'episode' with tribute to Peter Townend - dad used to work at Great Northern House and most likely had contact with Peter and maybe also DickH from Stratford. Stratford much changed now - I often look at where the signal box used to be and reminder of the visit dad managed to for me to see inside.
We're delighted to hear that both these episodes struck a chord with you and have brought back plenty of memories. Stratford certainly has changed a lot!
We're very excited in our household as there's an active consultation at the moment for a new station near our home. I see it as a chance to make our corner of SE Wales better connected while boosting the prospects for regeneration in Newport, a city that badly needs investment. It is vital, in my view that this project gets as much focus as is possible from both TfW and Network Rail to gat the track upgrades done to enable this to happen as quickly as possible. I fully intend to be on the first fare paying passenger train to call at Newport West, Newport, Newport East, Llanwern and Magor.
It will be good to see the power of rail in action in regenerating what is an impoverished part of the country.
Sounds ver exciting. Smaller, local schemes can have a great impact.
Great to have a positive discussion on railways even if in a historic context. Good idea to try to include all stations in the celebrations and for them to last more than one specific date. Hope you get to analyse mark harpers figures, however he it a politician so difficult to change his mind without public backlash as per ticket offices.
Thanks Allan. Letter has been sent so we'l; see what comes back! Cheers.
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves with Railway 200 how about celebrating GCR125 1899-2024 with a Railtour from Cleethorpes to Deepcar via Gainsborough Central, this would hopefully help with the publicity of the proposed Chesterfield to Stocksbridge service
I'll get the first knit picking comment in there, skiing is over 2000 years old and there are historical records of people engaging in down hill skiing. It's likely that the world speed record was held by someone on skis until trains were doing 60mph plus. Obviously average speed over long distance wouldn't exceed a horse.
Great fact, although I suspect it's a slightly niche one. I rather suspect that in the UK at the time of the Stockton & Darlington railway opening, downhill skiing didn't feature very highly in modal share graphs.
@@GreenSignals having had another thought I suspect that rail may have never held the human speed record. Ice boats topped 100mph in the 19th century and their principal racing opponent was trains, which they usually beat on frozen US rivers next to railway lines.
Cancelling of HS2. I cannot imagine any requirement for Green Signals to play the role of donkey whisperers to the government.