Ian Hislop - Goes Off The Rails (Part 2/6)

[buttercupline]

bloody stupid getting rid of part one fuck you WMG

[GarethJohnMills]

@buttercupline It's back on now.

[HSTGuru]

When are you going to upload Part 1.

[46927847]

I can't believe the first part was taken down "due to a copyright claim by WMG"... is there no limit to what those fucking communists will do!?!?

[freeek04]

@46927847 You obviously have NO idea what a communist is then....

[jozg44]

pretty much- the railways in the 1950s operated in virtually the same way that they did back in their 'golden age' of the late 19th/early 20th centuries, when they had a monopoly on practically all transport. The railways were shattered by WW1 and (with a few exceptions) were never truely able to recover during the 20s and 30s. By the 60s BR needed large-scale changes in business/working practices to stay competitive, but the Beeching Axe was nowhere near being the answer.