TheGreatBritishRailwayman

TheGreatBritishRailwayman

A channel aimed at presenting classic railwaying programs from the UK long since lost to the VHS or archives, as a avid enthusiast as well expect a volume of heritage railway footage and mainline action as well. I also branch into video games from time to time if my mood dictates. So enjoy you're stay; grab a cup of tea (or coffee, strange person), lean back into your chair and relive some of the glory days of British Railways both past and present.

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  • @sm0g-810
    @sm0g-8104 күн бұрын

    The nastiest of sandwiches

  • @mutantthegreat7963
    @mutantthegreat7963Ай бұрын

    If you look carefully, Ian faked getting hit by a train. 0:51

  • @tetragon2137
    @tetragon21372 ай бұрын

    Anyone recognise the guitar theme, or was this just some improv piece for British Rail?

  • @AluminumOxide
    @AluminumOxide2 ай бұрын

    For those wondering, this video was made in 1985

  • @LaziUK
    @LaziUK3 ай бұрын

    You can't step foot near the track these days without a line blockage granted where no trains will pass through the site of work...that is until a signaller has a lapse of concentration. We're all human, so it will happen at some point, with devastating consequences no doubt...I still think lookout protection is one of the safest most efficient methods of work, obviously not counting a T3 possession...maybe incorporated with modern technology early warning systems alongside the flag and horn.

  • @chugwaterjack4458
    @chugwaterjack44584 ай бұрын

    A very interesting film, and worth contemplating the changes that happened. One question comes to mind, though - what happened to all those zoom lenses of the mid to late century?

  • @mwhitby502
    @mwhitby5024 ай бұрын

    Meanwhile in India...

  • @DefaultMale_
    @DefaultMale_5 ай бұрын

    Watching this stuff after almost dying earlier today tripping an RCD is very interesting lmao

  • @MrOntharun
    @MrOntharun5 ай бұрын

    Shouldn't he of said bravo yankee

  • @tcc300892
    @tcc3008922 ай бұрын

    Have*

  • @TheDillon1987
    @TheDillon19876 ай бұрын

    Is that a young Ian Write ? 😂

  • @ssisingh
    @ssisingh6 ай бұрын

    No Safety helmet's

  • @milehighclassics
    @milehighclassics6 ай бұрын

    Good old navi in a suit

  • @GBPaddling
    @GBPaddling7 ай бұрын

    6mins 55secs..........They ALL stepped on the sleeper, ha ha.

  • @PaulNoake
    @PaulNoake8 ай бұрын

    Um where are Audible Warning Devices(Detonators)

  • @TorrentUK
    @TorrentUK8 ай бұрын

    Ian survived the accident but is now a cabbage living in Droitwich.

  • @Gavin-my6jb
    @Gavin-my6jb9 ай бұрын

    Is one of the actors in this billy from London's burning it looks like him

  • @jamesgoodman1733
    @jamesgoodman173310 ай бұрын

    scary intro

  • @philclennell
    @philclennell10 ай бұрын

    One never seems to hear a demand for female equality in these kind of jobs.

  • @West_Coast_Mainline
    @West_Coast_Mainline11 ай бұрын

    This is the proper way to lift things

  • @highwindsclarke2685
    @highwindsclarke2685 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. 9:35

  • @Del-bm
    @Del-bm Жыл бұрын

    Very educational

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Жыл бұрын

    It still makes me slightly alarmed to see in cab ride videos on the Continent how trains will switch tracks with no signal indication at all, as long as the speed on the diverging route is no lower than on the main route. That doesn't look right to me at all

  • @sidsidsidsid
    @sidsidsidsid Жыл бұрын

    Dennis the distant look out looked lower than shark shit

  • @DougPaulley
    @DougPaulley Жыл бұрын

    God that looked bitterly cold and raw

  • @DougPaulley
    @DougPaulley Жыл бұрын

    oops

  • @jetodessa5484
    @jetodessa5484 Жыл бұрын

    Always seems to come down to lack of concentration and awareness

  • @christopherhulse8385
    @christopherhulse8385 Жыл бұрын

    The most obvious reason for these accidents is not looking for trains, walking in the 4ft on a running line is not wise, and even when the line is blocked, you still keep looking.

  • @walterdavey3276
    @walterdavey3276 Жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t 37109 one the locos converted to a mirlees 6?

  • @neilshearer6899
    @neilshearer6899 Жыл бұрын

    British Rail was and still is a good organisation which had all the rail maintenance in house Unlike Railtrack and now network rail which got rid of the in house maintenance of the tracks electrification and Signalling and Telecommunications to agencies who are better at safety critical work instead of Network Rail who’s safety records are shockingly bad Since 1994 60 Trackworkers have been killed

  • @joshuaW5621
    @joshuaW5621 Жыл бұрын

    You never know when Pip and Emma could be coming down the track.

  • @WINSTANLEYOBXa
    @WINSTANLEYOBXa Жыл бұрын

    Shazam failed…

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid Жыл бұрын

    What a shame all that modernity is now also gone, last time I came past Glasgow Central, Motherwell, even the Kingsmoor signalboxes were all boarded up, very shortsighted because with the removal of station staff, the only people in an area of railway control is a driver of a train and a guard if you are lucky to still have one and every incident is at least half an hour away from attending where at least having signalmen strategically sited along a line meant very quick response times and taking control of a potential disaster. My late father a signalman was one of the first railmen to arrive at the Lewisham disaster and he RAN all the way down the line from North Kent East Junction signalbox and it was said he as did the other first responders saved lives.

  • @vitsavachuchuen3514
    @vitsavachuchuen3514 Жыл бұрын

    9:28 man He stepped on the fourth rail because the electricity didn't work.

  • @allan5919
    @allan5919 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video footage of the RHTT.

  • @robertbate5790
    @robertbate5790 Жыл бұрын

    Been there, done that, many times, but long time ago now, lol 🤣🤣. Great recording 👍👍👍👍

  • @allan5919
    @allan5919 Жыл бұрын

    Super video and a great noisy departure shot. 🙂

  • @delticnapierdccsound4236
    @delticnapierdccsound4236 Жыл бұрын

    That acceleration will out do any nasty shed... Such a shame they are near all gone 😭

  • @allan5919
    @allan5919 Жыл бұрын

    Good video of the loco convoy..

  • @OldsVistaCruiser
    @OldsVistaCruiser Жыл бұрын

    Level crossings in the States, for those that have flashing lights and/or gates, were fully automated by 1950.

  • @OldsVistaCruiser
    @OldsVistaCruiser Жыл бұрын

    I was born in 1964 in the States. Here, all single-track signaled railways were fully automatic for decades before that. The Reading and Pennsylvania railways were fully automatic before 1900.

  • @RobGt708
    @RobGt708 Жыл бұрын

    Waring. Look. Both ways

  • @darranpepperdine
    @darranpepperdine Жыл бұрын

    Saw this train in the sidings at Darlington without the 97

  • @bennickss
    @bennickss Жыл бұрын

    Iff the 47 didn’t have a pathetic horn, maybe he wouldn’t have died Also TAWS sounds strangely disturbing

  • @jaimz33
    @jaimz33 Жыл бұрын

    Do government departments still make films like these?

  • @GavinR824
    @GavinR824 Жыл бұрын

    Government departments don't do work like this any more. All off the shelf components and contractors.

  • @jaimz33
    @jaimz33 Жыл бұрын

    @@GavinR824 thank you.

  • @anujkul2212
    @anujkul22122 жыл бұрын

    Railway signalling is amongst the most logic oriented fields. Good to see this knowledge coming in public domain.

  • @anthonycook6050
    @anthonycook60502 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like him of bulls eye

  • @ianburnett7333
    @ianburnett73332 жыл бұрын

    Must not let terrorists know about Track Ciruits, they can be false fed.

  • @ianburnett7333
    @ianburnett73332 жыл бұрын

    Track Ciruits are not something that want terrorists to know about.

  • @eddherring4972
    @eddherring49722 жыл бұрын

    I don’t take this lightly, I have an interest in trains and railways which is why I’ve watched videos like this. I’ve also watched rail safety videos dating back to pre-war and it seems to me that bad practice and time saving are the route cause. Specifically walking in the 4 foot rather than the cess and also being distracted whilst in dangerous areas instead of getting set up first and deploying lookouts. Obviously being in the wrong location also does not help. R.I.P all those who have lost their lives.

  • @allan5919
    @allan59192 жыл бұрын

    Nice clip of class 37 and Saloon car.

  • @TheTankTacticianofEngland
    @TheTankTacticianofEngland2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!