YouTube for transport anoraks!
- Thread starter Roadkill
- Start date
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
so if we go there for train-related drinking, will you be driving?
If we all start saving now, we could do a day where we all go and drive
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
can you be arrested for being drunk in charge of a preserved steam engine though?
You have to be 100% sober I'm afraid, they don't even let you have a pint with your lunch.
wha...? how crap is that?! maybe we should all club together to buy own choo-choo!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I think they have this strange idea that being in charge of several hundred tons of iron doing 40mph whilst pissed isn't the best idea
ajdown
Posting in this thread
I reckon we should do a day on the East Lancs railway next year
I might even be tempted to come along for that if I'm allowed.
Here's a few of my railway related Youtube offerings.
Couple of 47's going to Skegness
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1ApOQQ7kUIU
More 47's at Boston
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3uaBJJl3P34
Rail head treatment train at Heckington
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KZzPEJUOqMI
... and a couple of my personal favourites, not mine sadly...
clagtastic!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IBXf-Kbe16M
... and some serious Deltic thrash.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gBkQQftn-AM
Ever heard a train stall?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zrz82x3_LkM&feature=related
I think they have this strange idea that being in charge of several hundred tons of iron doing 40mph whilst pissed isn't the best idea
they have no sense of adventure!!
wow you're PROPAH! anoraky, you would be very welcome at a u75 train meet! It would redress the balance against all those like aqua, moomoo, callie and felix who
at us for liking the trains. they're all WRONG, they just need to be shown the error of their ways I think they have this strange idea that being in charge of several hundred tons of iron doing 40mph whilst pissed isn't the best idea
I suspect a fair few drivers did back in the day, when attitudes to alcohol were slacker than they are now. I was chatting to a former BR fireman at the Bluebell Railway once, who recounted how on some out-and-back duties they'd finish preparing the engine and then go and have lunch and several pints in the pub before driving the train back.
Velouria
Long time lurker
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-3Kdt7J7s
Moving a 130 ft fractional distillation tank from London to Grangemouth. In the 1950s
Moving a 130 ft fractional distillation tank from London to Grangemouth. In the 1950s
ajdown
Posting in this thread
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-3Kdt7J7s
Moving a 130 ft fractional distillation tank from London to Grangemouth. In the 1950s
... and we complain about bendy buses
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe-3Kdt7J7s
Moving a 130 ft fractional distillation tank from London to Grangemouth. In the 1950s
I've got this on DVD!
Velouria
Long time lurker
Only found this like about a week ago
http://uk.youtube.com/user/Davidsfarm
Mixed blog but a lot of cold, cold starts of the most unimaginably clapped out vehicles (check out the bulldozer) and general motor stuff and wackiness
http://uk.youtube.com/user/Davidsfarm
Mixed blog but a lot of cold, cold starts of the most unimaginably clapped out vehicles (check out the bulldozer) and general motor stuff and wackiness
roryer
道可道非常道，名可名非常名
Off topic maybe but maybe interesting for transport buffs, here's me cycling through Groningen.. 60% of trips are made there by bicycle, and looking at the urban design it is no wonder.
Within the city notice the use of the shared space concept, which encourages so many peds it makes it almost impossible to cycle at more than 5 mph, which is fast enough really, and while cars do still go into the centre of town to make deliveries etc. they hardly exceed walking pace.
The street layout then goes from completely shared, to totally segragated when on the ring road and main arterials.. with bus lane, car lane, cycle lane and pavement for peds. Great cycle parking too, and amazing traffic calming features.. lucky I was stoned all the time or I'd have had an orgasm just cycling there.
Within the city notice the use of the shared space concept, which encourages so many peds it makes it almost impossible to cycle at more than 5 mph, which is fast enough really, and while cars do still go into the centre of town to make deliveries etc. they hardly exceed walking pace.
The street layout then goes from completely shared, to totally segragated when on the ring road and main arterials.. with bus lane, car lane, cycle lane and pavement for peds. Great cycle parking too, and amazing traffic calming features.. lucky I was stoned all the time or I'd have had an orgasm just cycling there.
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Sledging is a form of transport!!!
Ron Merlin
Jus de chaussettes
A loving presentation of the oh-so-cute Skoda 9TR trolleybus. Soundtrack is a tad peculiar
teuchter
je suis teuchter
A loving presentation of the oh-so-cute Skoda 9TR trolleybus. Soundtrack is a tad peculiar
Whoever made that video has been very thoroughly testing out the variety of transition effects on their video editor.
oneflewover
Following "The Tigers"
Bump - this is a bit
climbing the Lickey incline. It's being worked very hard indeed, and watch what happens as it goes under the second bridge...
They must have been throwing that much coal on that the exhaust gases ignited under the bridge?
I think it was probably a blowback from the firebox into the cab. It can happen with steam engines going through low bridges and tunnels if the firehole doors are open and the blower isn't open far enough to maintain the vacuum in the smokebox. That one only lasted a second or so, but they can be very nasty indeed.
It's not YouTube, but on the British Pathe website there's a load of archiive footage.
I've just found this Pathe News coverage of the Harrow and Wealdstone disaster in 1952. Fairly horrific stuff...
I've just found this Pathe News coverage of the Harrow and Wealdstone disaster in 1952. Fairly horrific stuff...
