Here we come to the Bristolian, one of a few named expresses the GWR ran, this one travelling between Bristol Temple Meeds and Paddington. Coming up next, the Cardigan Branch All footage copyright by their respective owners
Well I'd guess he still is unless this narrator has since passed away as he's produced many videos over the years during preservation with Jeremy's English Productions.
I traveled from Paddington to Paignton every fortnight during 1957. We used various methods to time ourselves on the run and it invariably came out at not more than about 85mph.
From Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington in 1958. A long time before I became a railway buff. Gives a flavour-already of the past-of steam haulage before diesels took over. Drswllwyn Castle was one of the Castle class of steam locos,designed BY Churchward that hauled express trains over the West of England between the early 1920s and 1960. This particular engine has been preserved and still is in steam from time to time. Even Temple Meads is recognizeable tho much has changed in 60 years.
Actually the Castles were designed by Collett in 1923. The Castles continued being built until 1950, and remained in front line express service until 1965, when dieselization of the WR was completed. Powderham Castle had the highest mileage (just under 2 million miles) at withdrawal. Their longevity was testimony to the effectiveness of the design in meeting the operational requirements of the GWR, later BR (WR).
Pretty sure it's the post-war Drswyllyn Castle; the one that was preserved was the pre-war engine, 5051; 7018 was one of the many sent to the breakers.
@ Adrian Vaughan: Why is the posh voice irritating? I find it calming, easy to listen to because it is absolutely clear and I wish people in general would speak with such accuracy and clarity. The way people speak these days is lazy and depressing.
It is not "posh" it is actually "received pronunciation", as in, for voices to be "received" over radio you had to speak clearly to be understood, especially before the days of HD/digital etc.
@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 Thank you. 5:02 At the end, do they pull a derailed car and those angled rails re-rail the wheels? Is that a gap in the left rail for a wheel flange to pass through? (In the 1930's, my great uncle waslowly pulling some cars with his 4-8-4 freight locomotive. A car's truck had derailed. Flange grooves in the ties showed that when the car was pulled through a switch, the switch rails had re-railed the truck!
Wonderful film. I regulalry 'got the road and pulled off' for the Up Bristolian and the Down one too sometimes. The only cloud in this sky is the irritating posh voice of the bloke they have doing to talking.
