Carbon capture technology was coming along nicely too, making this method of producing electricity very efficient and reliable. For those of you who don't know, those big towers are not chimneys for burning coal, they are cooling towers for allowing the escape of excess heat from the process of generating the electricity. I love the Merry Go Round concept. Seeing it up close and personal is quite amazing. I remember seeing the 56s on the production line at Doncaster too. Great times.

This was all organised by people who just wanted to produce energy as cheaply and efficiently as possible, for the benefit their customers.

You can only do this if the two industries are run as one. Today even the railways are run in a fragmented nightmare, never mind energy!

@BegudMaximan-zp2tc

4 ай бұрын

Very true when you stand back and look at the whole picture. Is that progress or not.

@peterskegness3204

4 ай бұрын

Although MGR's are a thing of the past, it's good to see other commodities still carried by rail, with a renaissance of freight.

Interesting. Just shows what we (in us mostly) have lost

@paulnicholson1906

4 ай бұрын

Possibly but houses were colder and everywhere smelled of sulfur too.

all distant shadows now

Are all the original films this fuzzy? I seem to recall a lot more detail visible in the cinemas.

@BennettBrookRailway

4 ай бұрын

No. It's hard to find good quality copies of these films. They are usually 2nd generation copies of video transfers.

@chugwaterjack4458

4 ай бұрын

@@BennettBrookRailway I'm happy to see anything about the history of UK rail. It has certainly helped as I develop my model railway British "style" here in the U.S. Thanks for every one you've posted.

A lot of companies this time and now are “money grabbers”. The general public gets stuck with the bill, now and then.

BENNETT when are you going to do more vids on the B series train??

@BennettBrookRailway

4 ай бұрын

Soon.

@codezvanderleer2250

4 ай бұрын

@BennettBrookRailway One more question, does transperth do work experience?​

@BennettBrookRailway

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but if you are referring to work experience for train drivers, I don't think they do that. I believe the minimum age for a train driver is 21 or 22. Transperth highly values good customer service experience in for train drivers.

@codezvanderleer2250

4 ай бұрын

@BennettBrookRailway my guess it's most likely for safety reasons🙁 But the minimum to apply for a position of a train driver is you have to have an unrestricted driver's licence

@codezvanderleer2250

3 ай бұрын

@BennettBrookRailway r u a substitute or a backup driver for events and peak hours times?

Wonder which power station this is?

@iainstenhouse8399

4 ай бұрын

The one that appears most prominently is Ratcliffe-on-Soar PS, which is still running to this day and is the last coal fired installation in the country. Various coal sidings appear, much of the on the move and aerial footage of trains is between Trent Sth Jnc along the line towards Nottingham, past attenborough.

When electricity cost about 4p / Kw. Still what’s 30p / Kw when we’re saving the planet.

@unconventionalideas5683

4 ай бұрын

It's gas, the fossil fuel, primarily responsible for that, although the structure of the UK energy market certainly doesn't help.

Ah back in the days when times were carefree and no cares much about environmental warming from fossil fuels, 😢

@peterskegness3204

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, the last out recently closed in Wales. Now we import it instead 😂 Very environmentally friendly, particularly as our Carbon Footprint is minimal compared to the likes of India and China.

@unconventionalideas5683

4 ай бұрын

Import of what? There are hardly any coal burning facilities in the UK left. @@peterskegness3204