Some of that footage was taken from above many years before drones , very good . BR moved with the times , and innovated . The class 60 the last true British built freight locomotives was a success in my opinion at the time and was needed to haul heavy freight.
Absolutely right! But circumstances change as do views towards business, and sadly we are seeing less freight on UK rails or so it appears. Poor strategic thinking, The rail network compliments the road network, keeping thousands of tons off the roads, improving the local environment.
How many of those Railfreight functions survive in today’s private companies? The transportation of coal has declined significantly as has the steel industry, only the container side has sustained and perhaps expanded.
@@thomasthornton2002 Britain is hardly the victim, we just played it. Europe changed on our watch, and if you look at MEP election turnouts - apparently we couldn't have cared less.
And then EWS came along and scrapped the bloody lot of locos and stored those nice shiny class 60's for so long they rusted together at Toton. No wonder EWS was internally known as Every Working loco Scrapped...
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Brilliant film. For any of those interested. The title music is Contrapunkt by Francis Monkman as part of the kpm library.
thank you very much for this!
Some of that footage was taken from above many years before drones , very good .
BR moved with the times , and innovated . The class 60 the last true British built freight locomotives was a success in my opinion at the time and was needed to haul heavy freight.
It amazes me they got the shot of the MGR HHAs... They must have been pretty close in the helicopters to those buildings!
Wasn't the class 58 built after the 60's or not?
@@welshtrainspottingchannel no, the 58s were first built in '83, the 60s were first built in 89
Absolutely right!
But circumstances change as do views towards business, and sadly we are seeing less freight on UK rails or so it appears.
Poor strategic thinking,
The rail network compliments the road network, keeping thousands of tons off the roads, improving the local environment.
0:39 Same Theme used for the ICE Prototype in Promotional Videos in the late 80s in Germany.
Where can I find these videos?
Thank you! this has been so useful to helping me better understand sectorisation roles and liveries.
Did I catch a glimpse of the old Didcot 'A' station cooling towers at the start :)
Metals nearly dead, coal gone and wagonload a distant memory.
How many of those Railfreight functions survive in today’s private companies? The transportation of coal has declined significantly as has the steel industry, only the container side has sustained and perhaps expanded.
Construction has grown generally
Biomass!
Freightliner, albeit owned by an American conglomerate.
Class 60 - the new force in motive power, Class 66 - hold my beer! :D :D
Corby in Leicestershire? That's news to me!
Is that Ray. Brooks? Mr Benn. Slick 👍
As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared!
Mr Benn's voice
What a great idea
A European single market! What a great idea!!
If it had stayed a single market Britain might still be in it
@@thomasthornton2002 Well said!
@@thomasthornton2002 Britain is hardly the victim, we just played it. Europe changed on our watch, and if you look at MEP election turnouts - apparently we couldn't have cared less.
How did that work out guys?
And then EWS came along and scrapped the bloody lot of locos and stored those nice shiny class 60's for so long they rusted together at Toton. No wonder EWS was internally known as Every Working loco Scrapped...