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Those in the South East of the UK thinking they're entitled to more than the rest of us. Nothing has changed in 2024 either.

They have treated all the major industries since old bag thatcher was prime minister and she called for privatisation of the railways etc

This was from 1989.

Considering the government was actively defunding BR to force privatisation, they actually did very well with no money. Hilarious how here they call BR funding a “subsidy”. It was public infrastructure and a state-owned company. Definition of subsidy: “a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive”. BR was neither. Surprised they survived another 4 years after the tories completely defunded them in 1993. Time to get it back under public control. Take the cost of tickets these days: if you take that money and reinvest it back into the system and not into the pockets of shareholders, you’ll have happier staff, and a better, more efficient system.

One of the guards looks very slovenly - tie and collar undone; sleeves rolled up....!

“Two jags” Prescott there who was all talk in opposition but did bugger all when in government.

The great privatisation experiment hasn't worked.

2:01 and that’s where I’ve been going to recently and that’s Coventry

But not nearly as unsafe as the 747, right?

Such a joke to see Norman Baker sitting in second class. Not his normal habitat I can assure you! I remember even once made the guard unlock the first class compartment down to Seaford😂

Now this is what railtours are made for!

"Still running trains that are more than 30 years old" Wait, this ISN'T about Amtrak?

I remember the good days , 2 deliveries per day , first class if posted before mid-day arrived the following morning , second took up to three days . Then , along with everything else , the country got sold to Europe , and it hasn't worked properly since

Enjoyable though I much prefer the rhythm of the 1936 version. Who knew WH Auden was the founder of rap 😉

The best train......IN THE WORLD.

I’m only a few minutes in and I really hate Bob Reid

Can you imagine the stench of those seats as they remove them from the plane. All those arses farting 💨 and sweating into the material all day. I’ll bet those seats are nasty. 🤢

In the decades since this film was first made, the U.K. railways have got worse not better, even since the failure of HS2 - at this point, the ONLY solution is to invite in an external body from the CCP, Japan or Taiwan and to change the law to legally give them complete and direct control of the U.K. railways, with no interference of any kind whatsoever being permitted and to totally ban all trade union membership, making all strikes and industrial actions illegal, as we simply have got to change the whole culture that has held the U.K. railways back for decades, through a series of tough and draconian laws focused on improving the railways and ending privatisation, which simply does not work, aside from some (very rare) exceptions - in the last 30 years alone, we have seen fares go up, with standard of service go down, with constant disruptions and industrial actions and it is frankly unacceptable - deliberate mismanagement and wastage has caused the failure of HS2 and many other U.K. rail improvement projects to a stage where very drastic action is now required to get the U.K. railways up to acceptable international standards as the current status of the U.K. railways is abysmal and has no room for improvement - a case in point, aside from HS2 is the high speed rail tunnel under the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin, but because of deliberate mismanagement and wastage it has been constantly suspended and put on hold due to lack of funding

Surely the volume of mail is not that great in today’s standards? I would say 50% less than what it was here ?

13:24 Mike Yarwood

How wrong they were

Clean men, shirt and tie, happy in their work, uniformed, smiles, no litter, nobody staring at a mobile phone, and absolutely NO GRAFFITI. Is it REALLY better today? What have we become?

They are VERY noisy engines, i know because I used to ride on one, many times. If you stand next to that then it might hurt your ears. I like the engineering involved, but I don't like the amount of noise it makes. I prefer it's younger brother, the intercity 225.

Seriously? They unbolted the seats of the plane and removed them? I love this doco and it's easy to think things were better then, but that appears hopelessly inefficient

Chris Green was something of a legend.

400 a week seems not a lot, especially if it's return? I thought it was 7 tph (3 tph Avanti, 2 tph LNWR, 2 tph Chiltern) now, so about 1600 across the week in both directions (approximate calculation)?

Super aufnamen

why are the crossings not open when you get there?

3:44 that is hilarious! Since they were privatised the subsidies have gone up and up taking more and more money out of the tax payers pockets. Tories will do everything they can to make themselves some cash, just look at what they’re doing to the NHS 😂

No tax payer funded land or asset should be sold without a referendum. The government has sold off billions of pounds of UK assets, often for a pittance, this was never government property, it was the tax payers, the government was simply its custodian. The centralised Westminster model of government is not fit for purpose in the modern world.

These long distance commuters are generally very well off - why should the taxpayer subsidise their fares?

As the train arrives at Euston the guard making the announcement is Trevor Naughton i remember him from my days at Bescot and I am sure that he came to work at Bescot in a supervisor role. I recognized the other guard on the train clipping the tickets was a Wolverhampton man but can't remember his name, happy days 19 past the hour from Wolverhampton and 29 past the hour from Sandwell & Dudley and onto New Street.😊

This is how Brummies intended to invade the world! But Mz Fatcha said "We'll be 'aving none of vat", and promptly taxed anyfing dat moved. Boris the bellend, when not partying, found the time to tax everything else. So, 3 cheers for secession,,,ooops, brexit!

Absolutely fantastic.. I always love to hear, see and feel those Valentas in York station, great footage and thank you. Never ever forgotten.

Can someone explain why throttle is constantly variable? Why not a steady, even application?

Man, in the US I’d pay for this

Return to London please....... TUUUUNES AH.......😂😂😂

8:44 *[LEYLAND]* Also, a bit heartbreaking that railmail as per parcels is going to deminish further, but tbh in delivery parcels it might be on the rise , maybe we'll get 325/2s with their 319 cab and regular traction gears for more redstar better than before , one can dream....

Great rail documentary with aviation at the beginning!!! 😁 ✈️ 🚆

Sure they were dirty and unreliable especially in later years…but I’d give good money to see and hear the classic Valenta HST’s back on the railways. They sounded amazing, especially on a calm and cold day or night, with the right wind direction and stillness. You could hear that Valenta and Marston coolers howling away for miles. Could even be spooky on a dark and foggy night. I miss these trains so much. The loss of the HST and now the Intercity 225 slowly disappearing has killed any passion I had for trainspotting. All I have are fond memories of childhood, standing on a footbridge with my Mum, eating biscuits and watching the trains go by. A simpler time.

Did the Transport 2000 guy mention global warming! Propaganda started early.

To be honest, the state that NSE and BR as a whole was in would be to be a person, roughed up on [Mexican sugar] , cold , paranoid , with only scraps eaten for the last 20 days, pushing a giant cube up a rough and difficult hill

1:14 this is where I’ve been going to all my life which is Birmingham international

An amazing trip down memory lane. Thanks for posting

Ive just watched this film for the first time in August 2023 and im sad how things havent changed much and dare i say it gone backwards . We invented the railways now being used all round the world and once the envy of the world , now the service in this country is poor. Im not a commuter nor do i use the rail network often but i feel very sorry for people who do commute regularly. People have to use the trains to go to work to earn money to live . The ticket prices go up each year and the service gets worse year on year . All you people who commute or use the rail network regularly you have my sympathys. Im an old rail enthusiast myself and as a kid during the 80s used to travel all over the rail network getting my numbers im sad to see the network in such a state . One thing that hasnt changed is the blah blah that politicians splaff about railways and whose fault it is that its in such a diabolical state. Since privatisation all the rail companys just pass the buck .British Railways wasnt great but at least it was answerable to the Government and to BR management . My rants over now, but i hope to see an improvement in my lifetime but times running out, im 54 .

Night Mail 2: Diesel Electric Boogaloo. Thanks for sharing this video.

This is wonderful I love it. Just going on about the peace and tranquility of the Scottish Isles and Postie bombs round the corner in a Sherpa that’s screaming. I wish they still made telly like this 😅

Letters on doormats at 7am? You have got to be kidding!. In Hampshire you are lucky to get mail by 2pm, except Saturdays when they are trying to knock-off work early, of course. Royal Mail today in 2023 is a joke (and I don't blame my local postman).

I don’t know who the narrator at 2:47 is but I remember his poetic style from when I was a kid in the 80s/90s and found his voice/style extremely calming

Incredible really! Has email eased this off in the last 20 years? Does it still happen today or has it advanced?