Heya. One of the MSLR coaches is still in existence at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey All items of stock are relevant to the line, built before it closed in '52 and tell part of the story of the MSLR. The Ruston 165 is owned by the society, and the Folwer and my 48 are not on loan, they are both based there. The Cockeril and the Y7 are also currently based at the railway. Nice to see my photos in the video, and good to see someone else covering the history of the line.
Surely we should expect a guest appearance from Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels who volunteers at the preserved MSLR, even housing his personal Ruston 48 diesel engine there.
Possibly consider telling the story of US equivalent railroads in fighting constant adversity: 1. Rio Grande Southern /2. Georgia and Florida Railway / 3. New York, Ontario and Western Railway.
I think the rack and pinion footage is actually the Snowdonia Mountain Railway and the narrow gauge is Welsh slate railways. Not that I mind, it's fantastic to see that footage. But someone's bound to get uptight about it cos this is RU-vid.
@@HistoryintheDark that was my conclusion; you can't show footage that doesn't exist. But I also thought someone was bound to throw a hissy fit. And it is fantastic to see the old slate inclines in operation. Perhaps an episode of those please please please. Kudos Sir Darkness 👍
I would absolutely love to see Darkness cover the Northern Pacific Railway, or the Timken 1111/ Four Aces locomotive. Both had massive positive impacts on the railroads of today, and I would love to see a video on either one of them.
The pre-heritage rail days version of this company would easily belong on a list of worst railroad companies. That being said, I'll give them credit they weren't constantly at each others' throats unlike with Penn Central. Besides, it's kinda nice to see any rail line in that location these days.
It was a poorly thought out line, and rushed into building. They tried hard, but there just wasn't anything in Suffolk at the time. You're talking the days that a big adventure was going to the next village, and if you made it to the local town, that was stuff of legends.
Quite a typical story of many small independent railway companies many of which spent much of their existence in receivership and didn't finish all their planned lines.
Hi history in the dark, my name is Cory Mears. I'm just wondering why you put Bugs bunny's head in the picture. It's just so creepy. I have a runaway imagination. Kind of like a runaway train. It can't be controlled. It has FLOATING HEADS! It scares me every time and that head went into my mind and it freaked me out when I first saw it. The next time you put a cartoon character in the picture, can you put the whole body in with the head? I do also mean bugs bunny. It's probably going to be in my mind when I get to bed. The worst time for it. You might want to explain the reason why to the viewers just incase they want to know why if you change it.
Can I recommend a video on the malton to driffield Junction railway and it crazy history from near bankruptcy under uses and closedown to it revile in 2008
