Prior to the completion of the Manchester and Liverpool to London Electrification underpoweed class 40 diesels were intoduced as a stop gap on expresses out of Euston.Two of the reasons for this was the threat from Camden Borough Council to force closure of Camden Loco under the clean air act and the difficulty in recruiting lowly paid shed staff when other employment opportunities such as Ford of Dagenham could provide cleaner and better paid (if mind numbing) jobs on the production line.

I was chairman and engineer for 6024 King Edward 1 for many years what a locomotive very powerful and a great turn of speed 🚂

10:21 I’m pretty sure it was Westbury where Pendennis Castle failed.

Thank you for this footage brings back memories from the 50s early 60 I can say I was there and experienced all that smelly steam dirty engines nice I wouldn't have changed it for anything

I was so glad to be part of that in the 60s late 50s.

They’re bringing two brand new county locos back in the future which are county of Glamorgan and county of Montgomery

8:38 actually it is 6998 burton Agnes hall not 6996

15:01 look there it’s 60532 blue Peter

Blue Peter has returned to steam this year

It’s nice to know some footage of the A5 tanks still survive. They look like impressive machines.

1 min, 35; I've seen this before, but which working brought a B1 and LNER coaches to Paddington? No headboard so it's probably not a special.

I have a Hardback Book called The Railway Policeman. The Story of the Constable on the Track. By J. R. WHITBREAD.

I'd like to add another train of thought to the unavoidable how much better did we do things back then ones. The explanation, simple and concise, of the push me pull you shenanigans at Templecombe is a breath of fresh air. Pitched at just the right amount of credit given to the audience's interest and intelligence levels.

He sounds like the man from the railway series was narrated by Willie Rushton

Those HST 125s were glorious. The sound of them sitting at the station used to fill the station the with a deep thrum that would make the place seem alive.

A cycle ride from Gateshead to Ouston to watch the Class 9Fs, was one of the highlight of school holidays in the 50s.

This will return.

The S&D will rise again!

Is it just me or does the narrator sound exactly like Nicholas Courtney??

Thanks to the tory government the iron works were allowed to fall into decline. And seeing a 9F on the iron ore heading up the hill must have been a site to behold

At least we can travel on the Somerset and Dorset railway at midsummer norden railway station

Why is this Railway so fascinating 👀

I was a second man on these beauties at guide bridge in 1975 one of the drivers Ernie Batt always made me sweep the cab before a journey probably gone now but Ernie it was a pleasure I always enjoyed your company and the job

My Dad used to work on the Railways He started as a Linesman, And then he got promoted to a Signal Box Keeper.

What was an LNER B1 class doing at Paddington?!

I wish there were videos of the surrounding area of Paddington in this period of time

It's like watching the dawn of civilisation.

This is one of the best videos about bygone seen what I was part of in the 50s early 60s most of the names you mentioned I saw makes me so sad to think this is what happened to these wonderful engines thanks two enthusiasts we still have a few 🚧

Amazing sites never to be seen again in certain area's. I live in Dawlish so I am lucky in some of the engines that have been saved pass here sometime and what a site. Good old days

0:40 sounds like a kid saying “daaad! It’s Percy!” 😅it does look like Percy tbf

Both 6024 and 5029 are due to be back after the overhaul

When everything British was British

How come RSG is D9000, but 55022? Why wasn’t it D9022?

Train in the Sommer, Christmas or Excursion and everyday life

You're a really useful railway.

13:46 that's actually Bittern because Silver Link was scrapped at Doncaster Works in 1963

One of the new granges is coming back in the future it’s 6880 betton grange

Those of us who love steam and in particular the S&DJR owe a lot to Ivo Peters for having the foresite to record all this excellent film footage before this line sadly disappeared for good.

I wanted to know why don’t they dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so they extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and remix and make them all together and also redesign them overhead line and also make them into 5 cars per unit and also having 2 Disabled Toilets on those 5 cars per unit A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into a 11 car per unit so it could have less doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more bigger and extend it to bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into an High Speed train. The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 8 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbish 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build a brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train stations in Chingford and could they extend the DLR. All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel five carriages to disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extend doing roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 16 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so Please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And Please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😅😅😀😀😀😀😀😉😅😅😀😀😅😀😀😉😅😉😅😅😀😅😀😀😅😉😅😀😅😅😉😅😀😀👏👏👏👏

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We are lucky we we're they.to see these magnificent steam engines I spent many hours like you with this footage. Innocent days what's a real pleasure to see this film thank you 🙂

I was a fireman at old oak common I recognise some of the drivers

LNER had the best steam roster to date! I am glad a lot these babes were preserved and saved from Barry and Doncaster.

Nice

Loved this video. At 5:55, pls widen the curve. It'll wear out the whl flange n fillet badly. Geeze! The whls r screaming 4 help!!! A lot of Class 03 Bachmann Ga. 1 shots were appreciated. What about the Class 04s? I got an 04 in Ga. 1 but not 03. Were the 03s survived better due to being more reliable or the 03 Class was just more numerous (cheaper to build)? Certainly, that 03's Belpaire like hump in front of the cab does make it look bttr than the plane Jane flat 04's. What's in that hump? A 2nd Radiator? Thx for the excellent video w close ups. I do wish honest broad shots vs. super- posed front shots as 99% of the train photographers who doesn't know he's shoot- ing just another 'Me-Too' shot be included. From the USA

The 1960s was a dreadful decade with the Beeching closures and with that British Railways was never the same again. There were too many Beeching closures leaving a fragmented and dysfunctional railway network across the country.

Brilliant film, love it. 😊

Happy days long ago. 😁

Wonderful

The UK did well with steam. We should have had overhead wires spreading out from the Capital and cross country by the mid 1930s but the 1923 Grouping stopped that!