Celebrating British Railways' change of technology with the phasing-out of coal-powered steam and their replacement with oil-powered and electrified trains and signalling to bring in the modern age of travel.
@@chubeye1187 Yes I know it all started after WW1 with lots of idle lorries from France and unemployed men looking for something to do. What I am lamenting is our overcrowded, polluting roads, towns and cities with many closed railways and goods facilities. Plus I love the old railway technology but I know we can't stand still.
Most excellent quality. Commentary as hilarious as it usually is. Brilliant shot of King George V at Dawlish. And my word, is that a D600 Warship at 7:23?
I'm just about old enough to remember steam engines as a boy. They were romantic looking but the pollution they caused was indefensible once diesel & electric became available.
I'm sure the Europeans are going to feel desolated and lonely and isolated without us but I'm sure that they will soon get over it. No doubt when in need just like in 1939 they will come running to sort out the mess they make.
@@SE10GREENWICH idiot, us? You didn't fight in the war, the actual people what did, voted 80% to join. Ireland Sweden Spain Portugal wasn't even in the war thicko.
Absolutely. Untramelled by the EU we will be able to get back to being at the cutting edge. Only now, of course, it is things like FinTech and gene editing.
Question: How many men does it take to put a copper wire up ..... Answer: as many as you can cram on the roof of a train ..... ........... jeez man!....
