good vid! show's how much British Rail went forward, with 43102/43159 getting up to 148mph, 91110 doing 162 mph. yet modern trains have an average speed of 95-115.
I like the HSTs, but i agre that the fact that after 47 years, much of the UK cant exceed 125mph (bar a 67mph stretch for HS1) is ridiculous when alot of the newer intercity trains can reach 140mph (i think all bar the 180s on the ECML can hit 140mph, which should be doable, especially once ETCS is done on the ECML, which should hopefully allow some of the ECML to go to 140mph). Its just depressing, especially when alot of the mainlines with some upgrades could easily support faster trains
I'm not well read on BR literature overall, however if the specifics behind the "look" of BR are your thing, I couldn't recommend more "British Rail Designed 1948-1997". It's a wonderful coffee table-plus book that focuses on using plenty of HD images of everything from cutlery to uniforms to really immerse you in the design of BR throughout its history. At around £20 on Amazon it's far more affordable than the British Rail Identity Manual, which whilst extensive is just a gargantuan manual and is usually around £75 new..
gwr is keeping 4 sets for a little while longer. feels strange that they're almost gone. in my childhood, it seemed that blue and pink hsts ruled the rails, and now the 225s are almost gone too.
It's something I've wanted to do for a while and likely to be my next vid, however the fact that very few restored videos of the 225 exist means that it's much harder to create content for them that fits the channel
@@BritishitRailPosting Running too time has some good clips, although i can see what you mean theres plenty of stuff for the HSTs floating about. What about a clip about the APT?
@@BritishitRailPostingOn the 1st of april its 30 years since the privatisation of BR (or at least the start of it anyway) So perhaps some form of edit could be made to “Celebrate” that, not that it did any good for are railways it just cocked it up like all other privatised business. but you know what i mean.
It depends on the specific video, but it's a mix of sources from various RU-vid accounts (though usually old news reports such as those from the BBC or Thames News), HD sources from the British Film Institute (lots of pre-'86 HD footage with a free account) and if needed old documentary footage from places like Vimeo or even RU-vid itself.
I love this video so much, however the quote “britain is as capable as ever to meet a major engineering challenge” makes me quite sad. Back in the day we took pride in Britains engineering and now we are sending it all away and bringing in Japanese rubbish
Honestly I don't have all that much love for steam in general, and most of the available remastered footage covers the 70s-80s period, it's something I'm actively looking into
Another great video! Would you potentially consider making an extension of this video for the entire length of the song, if enough footage exists? Or for future videos?
I would not- My videos are generally the length that they are because footage of BR-era trains is rather scant in the public sphere, sadly much of it is locked up in archives that would demand more than a pretty penny for me to access it. @Isee3 offers content in which music plays through much longer clips, but you'll notice going forward that we're increasingly using the same source videos since there's just so little out there.
@@BritishTrainspottingDepends on the video! Usually RU-vid, though anything that's actual HD comes from places like the BFI online archive (which has lots of BR era stuff, just not the things I'm interested in)
