A look at the Great Western from 1923 to 1948 including designs from Collett, Hawksworth, diesel railcars, South Wales and what remains in the preservation era. Follow me on Facebook- www.facebook.c...
A very well written series. I can't wait for your videos covering the other railways. I live in East Devon and my village was served by the southern railway on what is now the avocet line that ran originally between Exmouth to Sidmouth Junction via Budleigh Salterton, Tipton St John, and Ottery St Mary. I'd love to see what you cover on the southerns "withered arm" as they called it.
I'm an American with an N gauge GWR era 3 layout. I have watched this video dozens of times. This is by far the most comprehensive GWR documentary I've been able to find. It's been a huge help in giving me context and inspiration. Thank you for uploading it. 🙏
I’m terribly sorry, but if you did mention the 47xx “Night Owls”, regarded as “Churchward’s final masterpiece” I missed it. However it is fantastic layout of description and portrayal of information
This is a fantastic and comprehensive overview of the Great Western Railway's history and impact. The detailed examination of Collett and Hawksworth's designs, as well as the evolution of diesel railcars, offers valuable insights. It's also great to see the focus on South Wales and the preservation efforts that keep this heritage alive. Excellent work, Steven! If you're interested in learning more about the history of British railways, be sure to check out the playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLbkIohgbg3ZNXQ2yFZ92zn-sXxO350Aa2
Great video Steven, Barmouth is my favourite seaside town, my family always takes me for the holidays in the past when i was a toddler. The Severn Valley Railway is also my favourite heritage railway, went there with my family also when i was a toddler. It's also more or less my local one. I live in Codsall, Staffordshire, that's 15 miles from Bridgnorth.
Very well made, the writing is concise which is complimented by your crisp narration. Sometimes I find legacy long form media on railways to feel rather tired and jaded, I think you've really excelled at overhauling the history for newer generations such as myself, looking forward to your next video.
Well done Sir! You have condensed most of the GWR locomotive history into 47 minutes! I look forward very much to Part 2, featuring the Southern Railway. You may also wish to start working on (if you haven't already) a video for March this year talking about 60 years since the Beeching Axe destroyed half of British Railways!
...this era of amalgamating the big four is great for the railway modeller, it means you can get away with some beautiful LMS Stanier coaches being pulled by a beautiful GW Castle class loco. Top show! 👌
I have a question. How do you get away with using photos and videos? Do you have to ask or do you just say it isn’t yours? I really want to know as I have a video planned of Flying Scotsman and other engines turning 100 this year
well they did try a pacific with The Great Bear but is proved to be even more restricted than the later Kings. Hawksworth also had plans for one but it never happened.
The adhesive weight (weight on the 3 driven axles) of the Kings is almost identical to the LMS Coronation class at ~22.5 tons per axle. The Kings are fabulous, but they cannot match the Coronations for raw power at the rails despite matching them on paper. It's the advantage of grate and firebox design the extra axle permits that gives the big Staniers the advantage - they steam better when worked really long and hard if fired properly.
