BR Documentary 'Trouble on the line' Part 4 of 4.

[Gregor1883]

So England's Railroads were built for the same reason as american railroads were profit well a verry interesting film 22 years old but still true

[jonniefc]

pacer aint done to bad being described as unreliable has it ;-)

[Doomsday2060]

pacers.

Not comfortable enough?

Put longer springs on it.

Still not comfortable?

Put some bouncy springs on it.

ahh

[ScottishMetal]

"Our railways were built for profit.... " .."Railways in this country are seen purely in commercial terms, rather than their much wider capability as a tool of social improvement"

Never truer words spoken.

[GoingLoco2011]

I think its incredible just how seriously the predictions of 20 years ago have come true now, rail prices are the most expensive in Europe if not the world, and we are still using the same locomotives as back then with very little new developments, perhaps channel 4 should do a new dispatches episode and compare the results, bet people would get a shock

[banjokitten]

@GoingLoco2011 The biggest problem is that we now have the save government as well - all cuts and no plans.

[zebedep]

Interesting film, thanks for uploading.

[RiflemanMoore]

Our local line still uses Pacers, they ride a lot better than seen here, with decent track they're not too bad.

But getting on a bit :P

[GloucesterAdam]

21 years on, no sign of the railways getting better anytime soon!

[efuller2]

Great program thanks for sharing it with us.