Ahh, what a lovely series this was, and how nice it's been to see it again for the first time since it was originally broadcast, when I was fourteen years old. Of course, the scenes of the 1980s railway are vintage and historical in themselves now, as so much has changed. The six episodes show so many interesting facets of the steam-age railway, and the efforts made to keep it going - I was very pleased to see my local heritage railway, the Bo'ness and Kinneil, feature in this show. I volunteer there myself these days, and it's been a pleasure to contribute to such a vibrant and historic place that brings so much joy to visitors. There's bit of a lump in my throat now.

An amazing program, and great to see it again after all these years.

Every time one of these old locos is brought back to life and restored to functioning order, that's one in the eye for Beeching. Those who restore these locos are heroes. They're bringing back history and making it live again. Kids today have the opportunity to get up close to, and ride with these locos as a result of the work of these volunteers putting in their time and effort to restore these grand old locos. Meanwhile, I hope they're using Beeching's photos as darts practice in their local pubs.

@normandunford5747

Жыл бұрын

It's a shame they can't use Beeching as a dart on a dart board the idiot and his mate Marples totally decimated the railway system.

@neilforbes416

Жыл бұрын

@@normandunford5747 Actually, you pin Beeching's ugly face on a dart board and throw darts at it.

@hawkerhellfire9152

2 ай бұрын

You know he saved Fenchurch right?

@neilforbes416

2 ай бұрын

@@hawkerhellfire9152 If you're talking about Beeching, saving Fenchurch Street Station doesn't amount to much against the damage Beeching did do during his tenure!

The shear scale of the infrastructure vandalism was breathtaking

What a wonderful program. Most excellent!

'Pure magic' said Dai. He was right.

In Australia, events like Steamfest at Maitland, NSW and other similar events keep alive the steam loco experience. Sadly though, Covid-19 had cancelled 2020's events and those planned for 2021 are either delayed to later in the year, or they're scaled back.

@neilforbes416

2 жыл бұрын

@Aussie Pom Keeping fingers crossed(as well as toes, eyes and anything else LOL) We may see Steamfest return in 2022. 2021's event was put back to September but was then cancelled after the Delta strain of Covid-19 got out of hand due to the ineptitude and incompetence of the State Government in failing to deal with the Eastern Suburbs(Sydney) limo driver who had it and was contagious but the government failed to lock down the suburbs affected because it didn't want to "inconvenience" the snooty Eastern Suburbs silvertails.

yes its the magic of steam that we all love and we pay any thing to get just a tast of steam power

How unfortunate that Buxton site closed.

Sadly 92245 is still in the same condition as it was back then. Though I think now efforts are being made to preserve it as a example of what a ex barry hulk looked like.

Beeching was an employee of the true villain tory mp Earnest Marples. Who had a vested interest in motorways and road building projects. In the end he did a flit from the uk to avoid the HMRC tax demand and became a tax exile in Monaco. Nothing changes

God bless dai woodham

@TankEngine75

5 жыл бұрын

Kory Bradley Yes

Who else found this video through looking at the port line section of the southern locomotive limited site?

The guy at 1:40, isn't that the same guy from the The Long Drag episode, only some 20 years younger? He sounds very similar.

@simonwass6315

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure both are Adrian Vaughan.

@timwebster8122

Жыл бұрын

And a familiar face on the North Norfolk Railway.

were still morning still even now

@ 6:57 From from ever since I watched this (we had this on a VHS) I've always wondered what that noice is in the background? Anyone got any ideas?

@thomasm1964

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a crane or grab pulling metal away from metal to me.

So the Peak District railway as envisioned never came to pass? Looking at the Peak site there's only two stations Matlock & Darley Dale, which is sad, it's stunning up that way as you can see from the video footage.

@Thunderer0872

9 ай бұрын

Yeah Funding fell through, later the site seen here was sold off to a water company, the Peak rail hope to gain access to a part of the area but not at the location in the video. maybe some day Matlock to Buxton but not for while yet.

The Train Now Departing - EP 6 The Survivors (1988)

You know, I wonder what ever became of Port Line after 2000, it's one of those locos that have disappeared off the face of the earth.

@GeorgeUKCFC

8 жыл бұрын

+NewController01 Undergoing restoration to mainline standard apparently.

@gquayle

4 жыл бұрын

Owned by Jeremy Hosking. And in the restoration que

@eliotreader8220

Жыл бұрын

@@gquayle I understand she's been taken to bits

song name?

@ivanreis1538

5 жыл бұрын

Bare nessesities?!?!?

@leeosborne3793

3 жыл бұрын

Bare Necessities by the band of the same name. KZread Music has it, and the full four and a half minute version is lovely.

@TankEngine75

3 жыл бұрын

I searched up Bare Necessities but I can't found it Edit: Nevermind I found it and it's kzread.info/dash/bejne/eHiAsM-np7DbYrw.html

In defence of Dr beeching, although at the time he was despised for his actions,history shows,that he was chosen, to do a job that nobody else relished,but had nonetheless to be done,we look back with nostalgic eyes on the days of steam, but in reality we were lagging behind most of Europe in terms of cost and efficiency although most people ,including myself loved the railways in. Financially they were bleeding the country dry ,after the cost of two world wars that cost was unsustainable,as an example I lived near Salisbury Wiltshire and as a ten year old I could ride the train from porton station to idmiston halt,both now sadly gone,for the cost of one penny ,,old money in 1959 sometimes I was the only passenger disembarking at idmiston,a public service yes,but totally inefficient. Again with hindsight we can see that mistakes were made,indeed he didn't get all his own way either..I believe that with the passing years people will realise,that the days of steam had to come to an end ,and non profitable lines and stations had to go,, and that Dr beeching was just a man doing his job, and all his decisions had to be approved by government at the time

@leeosborne3793

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're right. I've actually studied the Beeching Report in depth, and much of the reasoning in it is sound. He's a convenient bogeyman for people nostalgic for the past, but doing nothing wasn't an option. The railways were losing an absolute fortune, and something had to be done to try and stem the losses and get the system back onto a sound footing for the future. He did the best analysis possible at the time, and was reportedly horrified by what he found, but the Beeching Report actually recommended investment in electrification, better inter-city services, and new methods of handling freight, like container trains (today's Freightliner network). If Beeching hadn't done what he did, when he did, it almost certainly would have been worse if it had been ignored or deferred (see the Serpell Report of the 1980s). Contrary to popular belief, the railways have never been a theme park for enthusiasts, and much as people may moan, they're now doing better than they've done in decades (or at least were before COVID came along), and Beeching did have something to do with that.

@humblegamertube

3 ай бұрын

Beeching had to happen. If it wasn't him, it was going to be someone else. While I think we shouldve gone down the Irish route (close routes but leave the infrastructure in place so that, if required, reopening is fairly cheap to do, a lot of railways were making no money, duplicating routes that were more efficient, or otherwise unnecessary. And my favourite stories are the ones (apocryphal or otherwise) of the meetings where hundreds of people turned up to complain about their local line being closed, then having to admit that they had all driven to the meeting instead of taking their 'beloved' train. While it was very clinical and cold, it was ultimately the correct decision. Romantic as I am, and I would have loved us to have steam Locos running now in revenue earning service (which, let's be fair, the BR Standards really should have been, especially the 9Fs, had they been given their full working life), it isn't a financial or practical possibility. Still, love steam and everything about it.

steam engines where slortered buy the 1000s but dai Woodham yard was different was a haven for steam without him not cutting up steam the country have now steam up and running again