Liverpool Overhead Railway

[shitbag1709]

brill

[MsMagicalCat]

Just wonderful..wish I'd been born to travel on this as a gal..lovely,thankyou Sophie:)..god I miss home:( boo hoo

[stebear58]

i bet in this day and age i bet they had wish they had spend the £2m to renew it in 1956 (During surveys it was discovered that expensive repairs would be necessary to ensure the line's long term survival, at a cost of £2 million. The Liverpool Overhead Railway Company could not afford such costs and looked to both Liverpool City Council and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for financial assistance. This was to no avail

[bluescouseable]

The view of the train going past the liver buildings is incredible

[MegaIrishWarrior]

Awesome!! its great

[carlpfitz]

Wonderfull old footage,thanks for sharing it.

[unajc]

My Grandad was a driver on the railway - I still have his watch he got when he retired. I'd only ever heard about it from my parents but it is great to see what it really looked like

[peezedtee]

That music was the signature tune of "Children's Favourites" in the 1950s and 1960s (BBC Light Programme, every Saturday morning).

[JimTLonW6]

Interesting film, I do remember hearing that the line was closing when I was little, I think I originally read about it in the 'Meccano Magazine', produced by a company also among Liverpool's highlights! I often wondered what it was like.

[grafton222]

Many Thanks for happy memories of my childhood. I spent many happy hours on this as a child. i lived on Grafton Street and the LOR ran across the backs of our houses,I could see the Century Bldg clock from my bedroom window. I think one of my best memories was seeing the Empress of Canada laying on its side after being on fire. I was lucky enough to travel on one of the last trains to run, thanks to a driver who lived a few doors away from us. Happy Days, Jim 280101

[citytransportinfo]

Its great that someone had the interest and foresight to film this - and that it was made available for people to see on youtube.

Simon

[crazyh0rse]

A historic video, thanks very much.

[scousebornandbred]

good vid, gay music tho !!!

[ScouseGreggo]

Pity they knocked it down it reminds me of the overhead railways in New york

[mukatuna]

My dad who's from Bootle, who used to regularly ride the LOR. told me that if they didn't knock it down it would have fallen down anyway.

The methods of construction used where copied from the New York Subway. In fact some of the stations looked identical to the ones in New York.

[fishbabblez1]

Been looking at this for a while now.. didnt know there was a video of the railway.. used to go past the tunnel portal and wondered what it was.... well done

[michaeldelz]

great video, the music really suits it, youve spelt herculaneum wrong by the way.

[porno6361]

great vid,another fine example of how to tear down history,when will we ever learn?thanks for posting this,got a video and a book about the dockers umbrella

[mistersmith6000]

Excellent! Music is a bit much for my brain right now, but great vid.