Love the video, WWI Railways have always interested me, so good to see.

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, must admit I didn't know too much about these WW1 railways but they obviously played a massive part for all combatants

Beautiful reconstruction, Austin. Thank you for sharing. Philippe

@acw71000

5 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup Philippe

Now that was a complete historic theme. I've never seen most of that rolling stock before. As for the Tank!!!!! Well done you!

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Keith, great event and full marks to the organisers. Very interesting displays

Variety is the spice of life, Austin, and this certainly fits the description. Very glad you obviously found the event a pleasant surprise. Many thanks for sharing it and bringing it to a wider field of view. Kind regards, Bob.

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Bob. It was a very enjoyable event and extremely well organised. Having read several books recently about WW1 it was very interesting to see all the exhibits. Walking through the recreated trench on a fine day made me think how horrendous it must have been when they were filled with water and mud

Thank you for uploading

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the video

An unique event superbly recreating the railways that serviced the trenches Austin...wonderful attention to detail.

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, it was interesting to see the role railways played during the Great War. It was a very well organised event

Great stuff Austin, loved the Cavalry and not something you see everyday!!

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, certainly was good to see and all involved played their parts so well

OMG what an awesome video. The WW1 reenactments were just fantastic, What I wouldn't give to see this place in person.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, it was a really good event

Austin that is a fantastic video. Great day out filming something unusual and very interesting. The staff and volunteers done an amazing job. Enjoyable watching. Kind regards C&A

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you're quite right as everyone involved worked so hard to make the event a success. I hope the railway has done well from it

WoW )))) Wonderful IDEA of connecting narrow gauge steam railway with the display of the Great War historical event !!!! All together it works just great !!!!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the railway has put on some good events and gives a good idea of wartime field railways

Excellent video. That must have been a great day out!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Graham. It was an excellent day and I was rather sorry that I'd not been to any of their previous events.

Excellent restorations.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the railway has done a fine job. Thanks for watching

What a fascinating video Austin. Something different. Nice one. Cheers, Dave.

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, it was certainly different. I don't expect to see the cavalry next time I'm on the S & C!

Thanks Austin. Good fun was obviously had by all. Noel

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Noel. Very interesting to see the WW1 railway equipment, all part of the story of our railways

How beautiful!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

The railway has a nice setting to tell the story very well. Thanks for watching

A ww1 davenport 2-6-2 was restored to working order recently in California

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, it's great that there is such an interest in these fine machines

awesome!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Amazing little event held at a railway I had never heard of until today. Will look out for this next year as WW1 history is one of my areas of interest.

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

It was an excellent event as there was always something going on which makes a pleasant change from some similar events I've been to. I'd never visited before but will certainly do so again.

Wow what a show ! My great grandad laid track for the supply lines with 23rd Btn A.I.F. reinforcements as they were too green to be sent forward just yet.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear about your great granddad. No doubt conditions for him would have been very tough, you must be very proud of him. Thanks for watching

Awesome

@acw71000

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it was a wonderful event

Very nice 👍👌 Video. Watched with a new idea with great people around the Toy Trains.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video

Great shots Austin, looked a really good event. There's something about the sound of a simplex tractor that I like. Regards JamesandPeter

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, it was an excellent event, really sorry now that I ddn't go to the previous ones

At 7:55 that’s my son and I riding the Baldwin. What a great day!

@acw71000

4 жыл бұрын

It was a good day. Very impressive set up that the railway has

This was a Very Cool video!! 🤠👌

@acw71000

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it

One of the few places where the tank could carry the train instead of the reverse. Over here in Yankee land we have several operating two ft gauge railroads. Fascinating to watch.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video. There's something about the narrow gauge that's very appealing.

@gregwarner3753

3 жыл бұрын

Narrow gauge rail roads are the right size for people. You see that they can haul loads and people most places. Big enough to be useful but not the giant overwhelming size of the standard gauge monsters.

@petman515

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregwarner3753 broad gauge would like to remind all reading this how tiny standard gauge is.

Nice locos, event and railway, maybe someday i can visit. Ive ridden once behind a brigadelok

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, hope you get the opportunity to visit the railway sometime

Great event! Who couldn't love "Edgar?"

@acw71000

2 жыл бұрын

It was a wonderful event. Many thanks for watching

Awesome video! I have locomotive live steam Baldwin War Dept. made by Accucraft, 1/19 scale - I like these old locomotives! Cheers Fabrizio

@acw71000

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The Accucraft model sounds wonderful!

@fabrizioviscardi40

2 жыл бұрын

@@acw71000 Yes, it is so! Thanks and cheers, Fabrizio

One note; at 5:30 in the video one of the re-enactors crosses the track and stands on the rail. that is a good way to have a slip and twist or break an ankle. Real railroaders ALWAYS step between the rails and walk on the ballast.

OMG, what a collection of WW1 equipment!!!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

It was quite a collection wasn't it. Thanks for watching

Something really different at a special railway!

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. It was such an enjoyable day, didn't really know what to expect but it was so well organised with constant action

A very cool video indeed. The only thing missing from the event was a reconstructed section of trench and some underground dugouts showing how the men lived at the front.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. There was a reconstructed trench area but although I did film it, the footage wasn't as good as I'd hoped. It was very interesting to walk through although there wouldn't have been many bright sunny days like this was for the soldiers at the front

Back to the WWI era...fantastic !!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Bet there weren't too many nice sunny days like this back in WW1 though! Thanks for watching

Nice :)

@acw71000

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Cool video :)

@acw71000

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much

Queste locomotive, nel 1917-18, erano in esercizio sulla linea Thiene - Marostica, Lugo, Calvene per i rifornimenti ai militari italiani, britannici impegnati sul fronte dell'altopiano di Asiago.

@acw71000

15 күн бұрын

Grazie per queste informazioni interessanti

3:46 … one of those brands has quite the story to tell.

@acw71000

3 ай бұрын

Would that be the rather battered tin of Fray Bentos?

@nameless5512

3 ай бұрын

@@acw71000 indeed it is. Meat surrounded by a mass produced sturdy shell of metal. Two tanks named from the brand haha!

I should point out that WWI hastened modern times. Journeys by steam traction to the front line was a very bad idea. these were carried out at night so the glow from the engine's firebox had made a nice target for enemy snipers!

0:00 8:15 it’s Mine engine and Stanley

Grandfather endured the Somme and survived uninjured thank goodness... or else there would be a widening gap in family trees... A Great Uncle was killed in the last month, alas. Another Great Uncle who survived was spitting with rage about it well into the 1980s... indeed to the end of his life...

@acw71000

4 жыл бұрын

I always find 'what ifs' very fascinating. That is a tragic tale about the Great Uncle who was killed in the last month after getting through the horror of it until then. I often think that I'm only here due to good fortune on the part of my ancestors, you know even going back to the plague.

@stephensmith799

4 жыл бұрын

@@acw71000 exactly.... my grandfather rushed to Sheffield Town Hall as soon as war was declared. Being highly impatient, when the queue had hardly moved after an hour he said to himself 'bugger this I am off for my holidays'. He joined up when he came back to Sheffield (well Barnsley really) I think 5th Batallion Yorks and Lancs. After surviving the carnage a year, he believed because he was too small to be hit, his unit was transferred to the Dardanells where the war was coming to an end. He wrote home telling his parents not to worry. But had he joined the earlier Batallions he may not have been so lucky. So being impatient saved his life. I had another great uncle who had an amazing survival due to being interned at the English Camp, Groinigen when his commander led his RN Reservist force into neutral Holland when it became clear that they were not going to be able to defend Antwerp against the Germans. The joke was that this uncle who was a trawler skipper, 'could find Bear Island blindfolded in a fog. But on land he could not follow a map for a hundred yards'. This was an oblique reference to Commander Henderson's wise decision to lay down arms in neutral Holland rather than face a German POW camp. The Dutch treated the internees extremely well even allowing the Brits home in batches on a promise a)that they would not engage in combat and b) return to release more Brits for their 'compassionate leave'. They were true to their word. My grandfather used to meet up with his cousin when they were both back in Blightey and reflect on their amazing good fortunes. Then they both returned to their units. The English taught the Dutch to play better football as one of the internees played professionally for one of the Sheffield teams though I don't know whether it was Wednesday or United. You just could not make up this sort of stuff! Grandfather only broke down once. They were advancing through captured German positions when he came across the grave a German namesake of his. He wept at the grave of his dead adversiary. He thought very highly of German soldiers. When they had reached His position they seemed reluctant to shoot tje Brits, clubbing his mates with rifle butts instead... even knocking grandad's machine gunner senseless rather than kill him... He also noticed that the flyers of both sides would 'buzz' ballon based observers giving them time to descend to earth by rope before shooting up the ballons themselves

Is that 750 mm narrow gauge railway track ????

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

No, it's 605mm gauge

Why did they have a Simplex in a hole, was it meant to represent the aftermath of a explosion?

@acw71000

Жыл бұрын

It was yes

Without the mud, the noise, the bullets, the exploding shells and the mustard gas it just doesn't have the right "feel". Perhaps for the next one some of these could be laid on to give a much more authentic experience.

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've said in reply to other comments that the bright sunny day is a far cry from the conditions that those soldiers on both sides men had to endure through the needless conflict. Not sure how the mustard gas and mud would go down with visitors to a recreation though!

That's trippy your name's Austin I'm a rail fan in America what gauge is this Railroad I'm just curious is this a 2-foot Narrow Gauge it looks like you like Steam I wrote a poem called Austin Glines steam locomotive poem and it has a drawing that I drew of a 482 Mountain class steam locomotive that took me 2 months to draw I think you would appreciate it peace out in to the world have a great day fellow railfan Austin

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, yes that's right, it's 2 foot gauge. We Austin's need to stick together!

They found out that i.c. engines were better. The enemy artillery could target the smoke of the steam engines.

500th liker!!!

@acw71000

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and thanks!