Beautiful advert. From an era before John Major got his grubby little money-lust hands on it. Now we'll never go back. Condemned to an age where we're regularly late for work on multiple services, run by multiple companies who invest sweet FA in rail and cream off profits to fatcats who are ferried about in luxury limos, while the rest of us Hoi polloi continue to pump pounds into their purse. Some of the trains in this 24-year-old advert are still in every day use. Absolutely shambolic!
For me this says we are British and we’re proud of it and if they re-nationalise the trains they should have this as their first ad and at the end it should say ‘you’ve heard this before and yes we’re back’ and then the BR logo
@@stuartmurray8992 It does not. It was written for the album (not actually used in the stage show) and in any case was in the 2000's before either was produced.
@thepod96 Also, the lack of focus on the four sectors of BR - InterCity, Railfreight, Provincial (at that point renamed Regional Railways") and Network South East occurs as the govenment do not want to draw attention to the widely unpopular standards of service associated with the railways. It's worth noting as well that some of the rolling stock by the time this advert was broadcast were around 40 years old.
This is the night mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner and the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock a steady climb, The gradients against her but she's on time. Passing the shunter intent on it's toil, Moving the coke, the coal and the oil, Girders for bridges, plastic for fridges, Bricks for the site are required by tonight, Grimy and grey is the engines' reflection, Down to the docks for the metal collection. Passenger trains full of commuters, Bound for the office to work on computers, The teacher, the doctor, the actor in farce, The typist, the banker, the judge in first class, Reading The Times with a crossword to do, Returning at night on the 6:42. British Rail - Britain's Railway
