The Last Days of Steam - classic archive cine film

[tom201090]

its never occured to me b4 but i imagine qutie a few of the loco drivers and staff were dissapointed by the changes to the (eventually) more efficient diesel locos.

[No1RailwayEnthusiast]

at 2:01 is Bittern the A4 4-6-2 Pacific, Ive seen her at the Watercress and on a tour in March 2010 going through Bushey at speed. So sad that steam locos demised, great to see many floating around, but they really were something else, they lived and breathed. Beeching culled so many lines and cut off communities. However, as sad as it was the end of steam locomotives was inevitable :( they were fantastic :( Delighted the younger generation like me can still see them :)

[crobo0420]

Roll on the Settle Carlisle!!!

[peternc]

plastered with a ad=crap

[falcons1988]

It will certainly be interesting in a few years as the winter weather gradually worsens and the Solar flares that are due to strike, in a technological age of alot of electricity, it will all be rendered useless, and the diesels with their electrics will fail. It will be back to the steamer and mechanical signals

[video1recorder]

i have a film here and its the only copy im sure, its called building an A1 pacific at dpncaster works on 1948,but i dont think you will let this info pass as i will be doing something against you by showing what you might not have and that you wont like, its the same with deltics nobody is bothered any more

[darkelfproductions]

Just as a little fact 60532 Blue Peter was rescued in 1966 and is currently awaiting a return to mainline action

[video1recorder]

@darkelfproductions

tell me what you think of this clip

youtube.com/watch?v=FXveBwmF__­4

[feroequinologist]

Yes! it all seemed so permanent back in those days, a great selection here of North Eastern and Standard BR Locos. In all the years steam reigned supreme the railways provided jobs and skills for countless thousands up and down this land, granted some areas of operation became unprofitable. But in having let loose the Arch Vandle Beeching, is the reason for the traffic problems we are facing today.

"lelboy" agree with your comment 100% Very atmospheric video, thanks

[Duncan038]

Nice to see Bury Bolton Street in there , now in 2010 seeing probably more steam than it did back in the late 60s! - no 3rd rail electrification anymore tho! Also good shots of streak 19 @ Hawick , hopefully one day Hawick will rejoin the national rail network.

[hawkmoon03111951]

Brings back memories of train spotting in the early to mid sixties. The great steam engine sheds at Old Oak Common and Willesden Junction. The big round turntable house at Old Oak Common. There was something magical about steam trains. They were almost living things.

[clusterfak]

One of the only videos to bring tears to my eyes...either that or I'm loaded...

[jaws12413]

this is really sad man i really did cry :'( we have to bring them back

[GoVNO1998]

I m sad,I wanna live in the 30 s 40 s 50 s and so forth so on..I wanna live in every year after the year 1900 and before I m sad,I wanna live in the 30 s 40 s 50 s and so forth so on..I wanna live in every year after the year 1900 and before 2000 cuz today sucks... :( cuz today sucks... :(

[trainlover657]

its sad, cause steam is my blood, my great grandad drove flying scotsmann

[lelboy]

Richard Beeching. A criminal of the first magnitude............

[novachannel]

Interesting to see that more of the old lines are being hoped to be re-opened!

[lelboy]

Thanks for subscribing. I suppose that, in reality, some of the old lines had to close - for various reasons, but it still is a fact that so much of our heritage is gone. Thanks again for putting up such good stuff. Les

[falcons1988]

@novachannel

So true, because at the same time of beeching cutting costs, he cutting his most profitable income

[3NUNS]

@lelboy A man that beached himself. Probably a peoper fireman by now !

[kingmush3602]

@lelboy If it weren't for Beeching, there would be no closed lines for preserved railways like the Bluebell, North York Moors or the East Lancs Rly

[3NUNS]

@lelboy : well, the rails had to go because of lack of public patronage and also Britain's economy declined when it gave up the colonies

[586Northamptonshire]

@lelboy unfortunately you cannot blame Beeching for the railway closures. It was a government decision.

If he hadn't done it, someone else would've.

[richardkelltoolmaker]

@lelboy Beeching was a total shit.

[metadyneman]

@lelboy It was more Ernest Marple who was the criminal.. he was the one who ordered the Beeching report and manipulated money away from the railways into the roads.. not surprising really he was a major sharehlder in a road construction company! The whole thing was a conspiracy to close down our railway system!

[florianska6]

@metadyneman

Agreed. It was a very cynical plan, not to modernise but decimate the railways.

florianska6

[gresleya3kid]

sad+shame!!!

[sturdle]

I knew a man who 'drove' Mallard and a few stokers too....

[galloway6204]

@sturdle No way!

[butti9249]

Beautiful engines !

[GranTurismo360]

These Steam Locomotives are beautiful! I will always remember them... "Sob Sob" Some people dont get it! I mean whats the problem about steam engines?! Some people are complaining about them. just wish they bring Steam locomotives back!

[gfam04]

@GranTurismo360

I agree 100% with that. I say the following... "the steam engine will never die or be outdated!"

[DefaultString]

Amazing Video. very much atmosphere; great pictures and well cosen music

[RailwayEnthusiast]

great video, quite sad

[nvidea8400gs]

albeit we must look ahead, the newly built class A1 "tornado" will once more fill our lungs with sweet steam, coat our suits a healthy black, and have our ears bask in the steam locomotives' enchanting bellows; the steam train is coming back (though sadly not on regular services)!

[toasatoshi]

this video made want to cry. 5/5

[John73284]

Think the old footage is fab brings back memories John

[peelsunset]

The music is so fitting to the video how i would like to been in the days of steam

[Cockroach2008]

Thank God these old clunkers are now cut up, melted. The materials therein have been used to make new products!

Junk the steam locomotives!

[tmtmtmuu]

Steam trains are better than any of the crap we have now

[branwal100]

wow, that video really speaks in the ways of steam. its a shame that steam had to end all those years ago.

[TheSteamdriver]

this video is brilliant I just love steam how they move the smell the look It's like a liveing thing you can nurse it back home but you can't with the modern trash. and I've got to be up early bank holiday to light up a couple of steam engines and fire them I'm doing the fireing at my nearest museum which has a narrow gauge railway

[peelsunset]

The music goes so well with the video.

You realise how wonderful steam ere was

and should never be lost.

[falcons1988]

From a country that pioneered the railways, what the bloody hell have we got now? With new locomotives etc... going to be made in china. What is unbelievable, the newest locomotive running on British Railways is a Steamer "60163 TORNADO"

[Yanamation]

That a lovely vid! So classic!! Is the video filmed in 1967, the year when they end the steam?

[dogsbreath101]

A Firemans job on an Express Train was bloody hard...but hey, they did it.

[boazrg]

Did any UK steam engines have mechanical stokers? You wonder how one man could have kept a large engine in steam at high speed.

[twlldinbachdel]

Yes, A few of the BR standard class 9 freight engines had the mechanical stoker, some were at Saltney for the Carlisle freight, which was a lodging turn for the crew

[justandy333]

Not that I know of. Just men with muscles. Besides on long journeys they usually had a fresh team to relieve them at some point.

[firemanvic36c]

@boazrg i did 50yrs ago,a long lasting memory im proud of,when we first saw them in our region,we called them spaceships,because of the size and blinkers. a strong and handsome engine,scrapped before they were hardly worn in HAPPY DAYS

[Victorialine67]

Meh ill stick to diesel far better!

[Hilux5972]

If only we could have recorded the smell!

[1401JSC]

And soot in your eyes with the window open.

But they're beautiful!

You had the time to admire the countryside...

[SteffanLlwyd]

Compliments boiled egg sandwiches... especially if eaten in tunnels with the windows open....

[stuartthegrant]

This I Love....

[stuartthegrant]

This vidio is showing history,Takes you there.

[Trekkerjon]

steam has a wider potential source of energy than the internal combustion engine.

[UBIQUEROL]

much more power

[SteffanLlwyd]

Dead right. There was no more powerful locomotive than the US Challenger and Big Boy classes. Problem is UK loading gauge makes, plus inherently greater labour costs of steam. Electrics 'don't count in my book 'cos all their power comes through the wires!

[bluesgunner]

60019 Bittern clearly features here. Good work!

[stationendproduction]

whats wrong with a samll Nove Wheels logo i nthe bottom left, you have ruined this incredible vid

[novachannel]

We'll look at a different size logo in future.

[stationendproduction]

thanks

[hipflasks]

Steam turbines may yet appear. Stanier proved the technology, 21st Century 'tech' may find a more efficient way of implementing it.

So sad people feel they have to spoil an already youtubed, compressed clip with a great big logo of their own. Any chance of advertising goes straight out of the window - no-one is ever going to use this!

[xlaptopx]

A great film ruined by Nova wheels splashed all over it! Why do people have to do this? grrrrrr!

[DADRENO]

Reminds me of the day... we visited Neville Hill shed, by tram from Leeds City Station. School outing from York 1950 ish.

[Bigaid]

steam should never have been scrapped!!!

[howlettjs03]

i second that

i'd rather have a steam train take me where i need to go that a class 170 anyday. (oh well at least their not all gone. yay!! preserved steam)

[dspf85]

i believe they call it "progress" but they could have developed modern steam locos

[LMSStanier]

A British Rail worker (as it was then) back in the 80's did tell me that they had designed a modern steam locomotive - as in they had the plans drawn up for it but it must have come to nought. But I do recall seeing a program on tv about the closure of the Woodhead route and a driver said that 90% of drivers preferred diesel and electrics, with their cabs, and would not go back to steam if given the choice.

[Nightm00ds]

Great footage - thanks for sharing (5*)

[Owentheguitarist666]

cracking video

NICE ONE

5 stars