"Sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress." As this may be an unfortunate truth, let us however be thankful as there are still many of these locomotives that are preserved to this day.
Much of the progress was ill advised. My local railway was resignalled with new equipment in 1962 and closed in 1967 with many of the 5 year old signals cut up with oxy acetylene torches.
Percy said, "Engines on the Other Railway aren't safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They don't like engines anymore. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then; Percy nearly sobbed, they . . . they c-c-cut them up."
“Even as for one who has normally been advised to be against steam, I myself see scrapping as a cruel, unusual and abhorrent fate. Into many ways is it such a wrong thing... even though, after a supposed test, I may face the same pain-filled demise. I can only hope the wreck will kill me beforehand.” - Type 46 diesel locomotive 46009, before the Nuclear Flask Test
We used to sit besides the track, Watching trains go clickety clack. We'd count each carriage passing by, And smell the smoke that filled the sky. A trick that made our parents pale, Was lay our ears upon the rail To listen for a steady drumming, And know that soon a train was coming. Then back we'd stand with cap in hand, Our little hearts apounding. We had no fear as we stood near, And heard the whistle sounding. Excitement there beyond compare, The train had come at last. And as a boy I'd jump for joy As it went puffing past. With widened eyes we'd watch the skies Filled with smoke and steam. Of things we did when we were kids, This would be the cream. But that's all gone. They've 'progressed' on. There's something new each day. And on the track we feel the lack, The steam has passed away. May the golden age of steam locomotives rest in peace.
What a smashing poem. There's nothing to beat the sound, or look of a steam locomotive... that's why so many enthusiasts like visiting steam heritage railways.
@@KeeferJ Why did you watch it then? It's pretty clear what it is about from the title. I am forced to conclude that, like many steam fans, you have a secret fascination with steam loco destruction!
"This, to train lovers particularly, is an unhappy sight." He says with an enthusiastic tone while upbeat music plays...LOL "So these may one day be shells or bombs...or perhaps just peaceful machinery." Serious foreshadowing right there.
I thought the music was very appropriate. Scrapping steam locos and recycling metal is a very important part of managing waste machinery and making good use of the salvage.
@gulag Look, I agree with the notion that there beautiful, and works of art. But you have to understand that even though they look good, they weren't very efficient, that's not to say they are bad. Also, in reality there just metal, metal that has been heated and cooled, and worked to oblivion. Scraping can be good, it is a form of recycling, something we should all be doing. Sadly the steam area is gone, but we can keep moving forward, to a better day.
The 2nd line you mentioned chills me to the bone. It was taped in 1937 which by then the Japanese were butchering the Chinese and then 2 years later in 1939 you had the start of war in Europe and by 1941 another 2 years later... America would need all that steel for "shells or bombs"
in the 60s when scrapping began of steam locos began , diesels were seen as revolutionary , well , after 1976 , they would start to see their end aswell , with most being scrapped by 1982. Then came Another gen of diesels and electrics in the late 80s and early 90s , then another from the late 90s to the 2000s and now the most recent generation starting in 2018.
I vaguely remember as a youngster going somewhere on the train with my parents and grandparents (possibly down to Kent from the Midlands to visit relatives) and we passed a huge yard populated with steam locomotives, one or two actually running and the rest stationary or in various stages of being dismantled. I honestly can't remember where it was though. I even remember feeling so very sad at that time.
I remember having a similar feeling as a child when I saw the derelict arm of a canal on our canal boat holiday. Luckily, I remembered enough about the holiday to know where it was. It was the Droitwich Canal off the Worcester & Birmingham. Since restored.
My favorite character Oliver escaped from scrap with the help of Douglas, they made 75 engines of Oliver’s class, and it’s good to know that 4 of them are preserved to this day, it’s interesting how Thomas, the most famous character in the show was based off of a steam class that only had 10 engines made, and they were all scrapped
You're right Andy but what's your favourite class? In Australia I think there are still 4 Class 19 NSWGR 0-6-0s, quite a few Victorian Railways K Class Consolidations and all the South Maitland Railways 10 Class were preserved. We can only save so many steam locomotives or sidings would be filled with rotting vehicles surely. Now some of the older diesels are getting their just desserts too.
@@evanclarke5561 not really but i remember the thunder in my chest as they went by as a kid..they were impressive...i love all of the art that went into the early ones..
Stormtrooper1488 Don’t you ever shut the F**k up about scraping steam engines they re part of our railway or railroad history SO ENOUGH WITH THIS STUPIDITY AND GET A LIFE 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@Stormtrooper1488 But still, theres no need to say things like scrap them all or melt them all down. Some people here are steam fans and they can get quite offended or cross when you say those things...its worse enough for them seeing steam locomotives cut down for scrap in a horrible manner.
May you pull you trains in heaven. It’s truly sad that each class mentioned only has one each remaining. The worst part is that some things it’s cool COUGH Stormtrooper1488Cough
Hundreds of men worked together, tirelessly for months on end to have these glorious Ironhorse is built… Just for it to be completely cut down in a matter of a week
That line in the 1937 film "becoming bombs or shells.....or perhaps just peaceful machinery" Its crazy even a few years before it started war seemed inevitable, but im willing to bet this narrator had no idea what the next decade would look like.
Everybody sort of knew a war was coming but most were clinging to hope it would die out. A decent enough write-up here. www.historynet.com/winston-churchills-prewar-effort-to-increase-military-spending.htm
Reflex 9856 There Are 70 Hunslet Austerities,18 Black 5s(With 5 More Standard Version),16 57xxs,70+ Andrew Barclay 14 And 16 Classes And More Are Preserved
Well if people going scrap these engines again and again and again as new modern engines come out, what is the point of all of these...we are just wasting metal and iron...people should just walk instead
It's a shame that the eastern region of BR cut up almost all the steam loco's before they were saved - Now where is a B17 Spirit of Sandringham Newbuild - Holden F5 Newbuild and a Holden D16 Claud Hamilton New build - Three types of loco that were cut up here, it's a real shame
Popular story has it that one of the Claud Hamiltons was earmarked for preservation, but the shed staff only put up one "Not for Scrapping" sign on the engine, and when the scrapman arrived at the depot, he approached the "Claud" from the other side, and didn't see the notice until he was well stuck-in with his torch.
David Abramczyk not true. None were earmarked for preservation although one was vey close. The last Claud was very nearly saved by sir Alan bloom and preserved at Bressingham. He was prepared to give it a home and save it, but BR put too high a price for selling the Claud that Alan bloom could not shell out in one go, so the Clauds became extinct.
@@florjanbrudar692 32562 was chopped for scrap at Ashford works in 1960. 32473 is preserved and I believe the only Billinton loco to be preserved. Correct me if I'm wrong on that!
Ultimately, scrap was the fate of any locomotives that weren't set aside as Museum exhibits for a good hundred years, and the preservation movement couldn't save all of them. In a way it's surprising that the steam locomotive lasted as long as it did but I guess it shows how good it was in the end. You can tell by the tone of the film that preservation hadn't started in force just yet, because it seems to be something that hasn't occurred to the film makers.
B12 61572 was stored at Stratford but there was a fund-raising programme and the engine was saved- otherwise it would have joined these unhappy N7 engines and been reduced to scrap metal. There was no sentiment in the management of BR in those days- steam was going- and it was going to go fast leaving no lingering remains.
Those were very small welding goggles. A steam train came through Iowa to it's new destination and I took photos as it was before cellphones and videos. Sigh.
Jokes on these train graveyards, I remember vividly seeing a CR 652 class 0-6-0 saving a GWR 14xx from scrap. That engine went on to be restored and used for this railway called the Northwestern Railway.
It’s sow sad see this legendary and famous old iron horses being scraped, if only they could talk like Thomas and his friend will tell us a lot of stories about their adventures on the railways.
@@florjanbrudar692 If they could talk they would probably say something like "I've done great work for 50 years hauling stuff around, but many of my parts are worn out and my technology is obsolete. The best thing to do would be recycle my metal parts to make new, clean, and more efficient traction."
@@idontcareexe9013 What car do you drive? Model Ts are traditional. Do you live in a house? Mud huts are traditional Ever been on a plane? Going by ship is traditional. Think before you post !!
I feel like crying . But those days may be they were just steam locomotives which had no value. But now we were two late. Anyway thanks for the video..
I love British Pathe films, becaus they were filmed on non-digital 16 (or even 35mm film stock, and enlarge almost limitlessly, unlike modern digital rubbish.
Who else is here because of Thomas & Friends, because of how scrapping was mentioned various times in the The Railway Series and Television Series? Now we know why Awdry was heartbroken at the scrapping of steam.
This was butchery. In 1968 when all steam locomotives were withdrawn, they were in pretty much perfect running condition. The only reason I see them being sold for scrap is because of running costs. Look at the labor that gets into firing up a steam locomotive compared to a then new class 55 deltic the difference is night and day. If you ask an ex steam locomotive driver or fireman what they thought about steam, most of the time they’ll tell you they absolutely loved it despite it being dirty and so on. Well what was to happen has happened and now we must all settle our differences, both steam and diesel enthusiasts , to save what’s left of all those spectacular pieces of engineering.
Steam locomotives are like you and me, the eat, drink, sleep, move,crash sometimes and most importantly they behave like us, they take forever to start up, just like us humans. But however British rail thought they was only useless piles of metal on wheels, I’m glad we have a few examples of famous locomotive still around for generations of people to see. I’m still very sad that locomotives like the a3 pacific are very small with only Scotsman still alive. I get it steam is bad for the environment but these locomotives can be so beautiful and amazing, so thanks a lot British rail! Y’all ruined a golden era and changed to something less exciting
@@florjanbrudar692 that’s what I’m saying, any machine of some sort is like a human being. Well factory machines are an exception but cars, planes,or any fuel vehicle is like a human
@@florjanbrudar692when a car i had for 7 years had a crash and it was time to let it go there was a sadness to see it being taken away it's part of one. The money paid for filling the tank of the replacement
Now all that kit they show replacing the steam, the old AM2's replaced the N7's I think, and nearly all the SR DEMU stock's gone the same way alas. Very little MK1 AC multiple unit stock's preserved, and it was the same on the SR where I worked on the DC third rail ones. Blue asbestos, corrosion, and being non - standard meant the shiny new Hastings diesels went mostly in 86/87 with the odd unit or car being retained for a while. Now the scrap all goes to India or China so they can dump low quality steel on us, while loads of jobs go down the pan here. Let's face it, all we do now is build souless plastic uncomfortable trains for the likes of Bombardier, a foreign firm. Thanks Thatcher/Major, your chums made a bomb just like Camoron and the GPO.
@@steveluckhurst2350 yes they are. Believe it or not, there are people such as Me, and all of the other people in this comment section who love Steam engines. There is something about the fact that these Powerful machines Flamed by fire and steam rushing down the mainline,The old Iron horses in their next duty. Steam engines are and will always be, a truely amazing thing
@@vincentmusic09 how old are you? Do you remember steam engines in service? The grime, the soot, the filth? Nothing like heritage railways where everything is pristine and in first class order.
It's crazy that they were celebrating the scrapping of all those perfectly good machines and that many of the diesels which replaced them only lasted for 10 years or less before being scrapped.
N7 class is 1920s technology that didn't last long. The New South Wales Government bought Beyer Peacock 60 class Garretts in 1956 from Manchester UK and English Electric 46 class Kombi vans so they could scrap the 57 class. The Garretts only lasted until the early 1970s, so they had an even shorter lifespan than the 1920s N7 class back in the UK and the funny thing is that the Beyer-Peacock Garrett is a much larger locomotive. As late as 1965 you could still find the 1880s 19 and 50 class head-to-head pulling out of Alexandria Goods Yard on a goods train despite Port Kembla diesel depot opening at the start of 1964.
Britain did not retire steam until August of 1968. While the one film made it sound like steam was dead in 1957, British Railways would continue building steam locomotives until 1960 when it completed Evening Star.
+Noel Funny how I always meet you posting on the scrapping videos though. I think you have a secret fascination with scrapping steam locos. I think you would like to have a go with the torch and slice one up!
@@PreservationEnthusiast i can tell you love to scrap steam engines from your name...Well your won't be scrapping any steam engines anytime soon...they all have been perserved...I wonder how you feel when over 200+ steam locomotives were saved from barry scrapyard and are being restored and put back in service. The only thing you were ever scrap in your life when you worked in the scrapyard would be just diesels...#thestinkyones
It's particularly sad when you consider just how new some of these engines were. The BR standard engines were made after World War 2, and served for less than twenty years before going under the cutter's torch. They had a lot of life left in them.
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"Sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress." As this may be an unfortunate truth, let us however be thankful as there are still many of these locomotives that are preserved to this day.
Much of the progress was ill advised. My local railway was resignalled with new equipment in 1962 and closed in 1967 with many of the 5 year old signals cut up with oxy acetylene torches.
Poetic when those very diesels are now chopped up
Preservation is not enough we still need them for the public they provide service better than any other vehicle
Percy said,
"Engines on the Other Railway aren't safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They don't like engines anymore. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then; Percy nearly sobbed, they . . . they c-c-cut them up."
“Even as for one who has normally been advised to be against steam, I myself see scrapping as a cruel, unusual and abhorrent fate. Into many ways is it such a wrong thing... even though, after a supposed test, I may face the same pain-filled demise. I can only hope the wreck will kill me beforehand.”
- Type 46 diesel locomotive 46009, before the Nuclear Flask Test
Yes it is so upsetting that steam engines do get replaced by diesels but by 1987 the diesels got scrapped from service
Ya right there. Hadn't volunteers helped save the steamers, they would've been cut up too. It's all because of those diesels, they're all devils....
@@florjanbrudar692 In the RWS book “Stepney The Bluebell Engine” from the story “Bluebells of England”
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We used to sit besides the track,
Watching trains go clickety clack.
We'd count each carriage passing by,
And smell the smoke that filled the sky.
A trick that made our parents pale,
Was lay our ears upon the rail
To listen for a steady drumming,
And know that soon a train was coming.
Then back we'd stand with cap in hand,
Our little hearts apounding.
We had no fear as we stood near,
And heard the whistle sounding.
Excitement there beyond compare,
The train had come at last.
And as a boy I'd jump for joy
As it went puffing past.
With widened eyes we'd watch the skies
Filled with smoke and steam.
Of things we did when we were kids,
This would be the cream.
But that's all gone. They've 'progressed' on.
There's something new each day.
And on the track we feel the lack,
The steam has passed away.
May the golden age of steam locomotives rest in peace.
Did you find this or write this? It's fantastic.
Yes I did write this, it took a while.
Yes the golden age! Ah the good ol' days!
What a smashing poem. There's nothing to beat the sound, or look of a steam locomotive... that's why so many enthusiasts like visiting steam heritage railways.
U made me cry this is beautiful 😭😭😢😭😭😢😭😭
This is like watching a horror slasher film for steam enthusiasts. So scary. 😵
As a steam scrapping enthusiast, I enjoyed it.
@@PreservationEnthusiast Yeah, well I didn't!
@@KeeferJ Why did you watch it then? It's pretty clear what it is about from the title. I am forced to conclude that, like many steam fans, you have a secret fascination with steam loco destruction!
@@PreservationEnthusiast How would you know?! I hate seeing steam engines being cut up for scrap!
@@PreservationEnthusiast Because I stumbled across this video out of curiosity, okay?!
"This, to train lovers particularly, is an unhappy sight."
He says with an enthusiastic tone while upbeat music plays...LOL
"So these may one day be shells or bombs...or perhaps just peaceful machinery."
Serious foreshadowing right there.
I thought the music was very appropriate. Scrapping steam locos and recycling metal is a very important part of managing waste machinery and making good use of the salvage.
@d. yu You don't have knowledge to comment. I don't think you know much about steam loco scrapping.
@gulag Look, I agree with the notion that there beautiful, and works of art. But you have to understand that even though they look good, they weren't very efficient, that's not to say they are bad. Also, in reality there just metal, metal that has been heated and cooled, and worked to oblivion. Scraping can be good, it is a form of recycling, something we should all be doing. Sadly the steam area is gone, but we can keep moving forward, to a better day.
The 2nd line you mentioned chills me to the bone. It was taped in 1937 which by then the Japanese were butchering the Chinese and then 2 years later in 1939 you had the start of war in Europe and by 1941 another 2 years later... America would need all that steel for "shells or bombs"
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren Oh hey, it's you
All the trains today look almost exactly the same. It is nice to see the old engines looking so cool.
Ah yes, didn't realize that AC44s and SD70Ms look exactly the same
@TheRenaissanceman65 if it ain't broke, dont fix it. GWR never announced they followed this saying, but they sure as hell followed it.
Not really.
not like these were mass produced as well but ok
in the 60s when scrapping began of steam locos began , diesels were seen as revolutionary , well , after 1976 , they would start to see their end aswell , with most being scrapped by 1982. Then came Another gen of diesels and electrics in the late 80s and early 90s , then another from the late 90s to the 2000s and now the most recent generation starting in 2018.
I vaguely remember as a youngster going somewhere on the train with my parents and grandparents (possibly down to Kent from the Midlands to visit relatives) and we passed a huge yard populated with steam locomotives, one or two actually running and the rest stationary or in various stages of being dismantled. I honestly can't remember where it was though. I even remember feeling so very sad at that time.
I remember having a similar feeling as a child when I saw the derelict arm of a canal on our canal boat holiday.
Luckily, I remembered enough about the holiday to know where it was.
It was the Droitwich Canal off the Worcester & Birmingham. Since restored.
Once my parents showed me a video like this because as a kid I was confused as to why there are less steam engines than diesels. I cried.
Thank you for your time keeping all of these classics alive online.
*oooohhhhh the indignity....*
Huffed Gordon🙂
Goldfish You are everywhere
You mean ooooohhhh the ind- gets face torn off
"Crewe, at the time, was 1 out of only 2 scrap metal yards in the UK capable of handling and recycling organic material, as well as engine parts."
@Anonymous
My favorite character Oliver escaped from scrap with the help of Douglas, they made 75 engines of Oliver’s class, and it’s good to know that 4 of them are preserved to this day, it’s interesting how Thomas, the most famous character in the show was based off of a steam class that only had 10 engines made, and they were all scrapped
witch means at some point Thomas is scrapped
@@1964cattreplace by Rosie
@@rexliu657PITY!!!
@@rexliu657then salty
Then Percy
so sad to see those old beautiful trains get cut up
You're right Andy but what's your favourite class? In Australia I think there are still 4 Class 19 NSWGR 0-6-0s, quite a few Victorian Railways K Class Consolidations and all the South Maitland Railways 10 Class were preserved. We can only save so many steam locomotives or sidings would be filled with rotting vehicles surely. Now some of the older diesels are getting their just desserts too.
@@evanclarke5561 steam locomotives, huffing and puffing down the tracks...like in the Cowboys & Indians movies.....
@@pietersleght8235 Do you have a favourite class though?
@@evanclarke5561 not really but i remember the thunder in my chest as they went by as a kid..they were impressive...i love all of the art that went into the early ones..
Mario steam train.
goodbye little engines, you served well
Gaming blue engine productions true but will be always in our heart still steaming
Stormtrooper1488
Don’t you ever shut the F**k up about scraping steam engines they re part of our railway or railroad history
SO ENOUGH WITH THIS STUPIDITY AND GET A LIFE 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
@Stormtrooper1488 Perhaps you should work at the scrapyard since you love to see the steam engines cut down for scrap
@Stormtrooper1488 But still, theres no need to say things like scrap them all or melt them all down. Some people here are steam fans and they can get quite offended or cross when you say those things...its worse enough for them seeing steam locomotives cut down for scrap in a horrible manner.
May you pull you trains in heaven. It’s truly sad that each class mentioned only has one each remaining. The worst part is that some things it’s cool COUGH Stormtrooper1488Cough
such a shame to see the n7s go thank God we still have one left.
What? Who? Where Arghhh Spotter detected.
hello?
JINXED _JINXED_ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Class_L77
NOOoooooo fk trains :( stop being a spotter, git a life.
well I do have a life
Hundreds of men worked together, tirelessly for months on end to have these glorious Ironhorse is built… Just for it to be completely cut down in a matter of a week
Yeah😢 it is unfortunate
Scarpyard is hell for locomotives and heaven is musemn
arc hos Also Heritage Lines Is Heaven
arc hos actually a heritage railway is heaven
And life is the rails they run on
Only very useful engines go to museums.
or new railway
That line in the 1937 film "becoming bombs or shells.....or perhaps just peaceful machinery" Its crazy even a few years before it started war seemed inevitable, but im willing to bet this narrator had no idea what the next decade would look like.
Everybody sort of knew a war was coming but most were clinging to hope it would die out. A decent enough write-up here. www.historynet.com/winston-churchills-prewar-effort-to-increase-military-spending.htm
@@cerisesorbet
Churchill already excited about firebombing civilians in Hamburg and Dresden.
This is just too painful for me to watch, they could have persevered all of these locomotives instead of cutting them up for scrap
I can already tell that you’re just another troll
Mr Leg Preserve some, but NOT 5 of each class!
Reflex 9856 There Are 70 Hunslet Austerities,18 Black 5s(With 5 More Standard Version),16 57xxs,70+ Andrew Barclay 14 And 16 Classes And More Are Preserved
Well if people going scrap these engines again and again and again as new modern engines come out, what is the point of all of these...we are just wasting metal and iron...people should just walk instead
Mr Trainiac 2018 its so Painfull i Wanna Restore the Engines and Wagons so hard
Birth=1st firing
Life=running on the rails
Retired=museum/on one branch line
Death=final firing/scrap yard
It's a shame that the eastern region of BR cut up almost all the steam loco's before they were saved - Now where is a B17 Spirit of Sandringham Newbuild - Holden F5 Newbuild and a Holden D16 Claud Hamilton New build - Three types of loco that were cut up here, it's a real shame
Mile End Park I Heard That Your One Of The Claud Hamilton New Build People
Popular story has it that one of the Claud Hamiltons was earmarked for preservation, but the shed staff only put up one "Not for Scrapping" sign on the engine, and when the scrapman arrived at the depot, he approached the "Claud" from the other side, and didn't see the notice until he was well stuck-in with his torch.
David Abramczyk not true. None were earmarked for preservation although one was vey close. The last Claud was very nearly saved by sir Alan bloom and preserved at Bressingham. He was prepared to give it a home and save it, but BR put too high a price for selling the Claud that Alan bloom could not shell out in one go, so the Clauds became extinct.
The D16's were all scrapped in 1948
Anand R. Misir also not true. The last Claud was no 62613 and was scrapped in 1959. This was the Claud Alan bloom wanted to save
It is sad that steam trains were scrapped just for new engines. :(
But David, some new steamers are being built. In Australia the Victorian Goldfields Railway is rebuilding the VR Class V 2-8-0 #499 for example
@@evanclarke5561 reAlly
@@bosniaherzegovinaball6001 Really
If they want to build e2 class i can dye in peace
That just be how the world works. Where lucky that many were saved all over the world
4:20 that engine looked so beautiful
Yeah and only one of its class is preserved
What class is that?
@@Great_Liners LB&SCR E4 class
@@florjanbrudar692 32562 was chopped for scrap at Ashford works in 1960. 32473 is preserved and I believe the only Billinton loco to be preserved. Correct me if I'm wrong on that!
@@PreservationEnthusiast Well thanks for the location, but why tell me about the one preserved Billinton E4 I already knew of?
I can just hear the screams of the engines while they're being killed
snowflake lmao
No you can't, they're inanimate.
@@florjanbrudar692he can heat it mentaly . So can any other steam fan watching this
To quote George Harrison "all things must pass "
Ultimately, scrap was the fate of any locomotives that weren't set aside as Museum exhibits for a good hundred years, and the preservation movement couldn't save all of them. In a way it's surprising that the steam locomotive lasted as long as it did but I guess it shows how good it was in the end. You can tell by the tone of the film that preservation hadn't started in force just yet, because it seems to be something that hasn't occurred to the film makers.
The happy voice just makes me feel sadder
I'd love one covering the building of the multilple transport networks we have from different canals to train-routes and eventually Motorways.
B12 61572 was stored at Stratford but there was a fund-raising programme and the engine was saved- otherwise it would have joined these unhappy N7 engines and been reduced to scrap metal. There was no sentiment in the management of BR in those days- steam was going- and it was going to go fast leaving no lingering remains.
Railways are a business once a unit is no longer needed then off it goes usually for scrap
Quite a clonk in the front of that brand new Hastings unit. And a lovely Brighton tank on the turntable!
3:42 "From the engine of the past of is born the engine of the future" *shows another steam engine*
considering the time the tape was made is between the 30's and 50's, then yes he is right. (considering the types of engines he just showed).
Κικιώνης Κωνσταντίνος Steam locomotives were still being built in the 50s.
@@geopornicus3944 the date said 1961
I assume that was taken in the 1930’s. The GWR was only experimenting with diesel power back then.
Jacob Cook it was probably made into a 5700
Sad film but thanks for posting it for all to see
Those were very small welding goggles. A steam train came through Iowa to it's new destination and I took photos as it was before cellphones and videos. Sigh.
I can't believe he didn't cry during the Titanic!
Do they even have feelings?
Train enthusiasts:
Jokes on these train graveyards, I remember vividly seeing a CR 652 class 0-6-0 saving a GWR 14xx from scrap. That engine went on to be restored and used for this railway called the Northwestern Railway.
No you did not bruh😂
@@cec_oregon nah bruh I saw that too
@@cec_oregonbruh quit ruining the joke kiddo
@@Tposingcactus no🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
It’s sow sad see this legendary and famous old iron horses being scraped, if only they could talk like Thomas and his friend will tell us a lot of stories about their adventures on the railways.
This is real life
@@florjanbrudar692 If they could talk they would probably say something like "I've done great work for 50 years hauling stuff around, but many of my parts are worn out and my technology is obsolete. The best thing to do would be recycle my metal parts to make new, clean, and more efficient traction."
@@PreservationEnthusiastwill you say the same on your deathbed
this hurt me to watch
Same
Yeah me too
Same.
Same
I agree and what if there was a living engine like project g 1 for Thomas the tank engine 😮
Some of these locomotives are reincarnated into modern-day more efficient versions of themselves,think of that
Yeah . that will be cool
Britain lost something when we gave up steam
It lost its uniqueness
The whole world lost something when steam locos were replaced with diesels and electrics.
The steam team is lucky
@@justahillbilly7777 Yes, a dirty, stinky, overmanned and inefficient railway.
@@idontcareexe9013 What car do you drive? Model Ts are traditional.
Do you live in a house? Mud huts are traditional
Ever been on a plane? Going by ship is traditional.
Think before you post !!
Just imagine the pain
This is truly the saddest movie I’ve ever seen
Hello There, Decent Overview and great Narration, keep it up! Cheers Peter
R.i.p. Steam Locomotives.
😡😡😡😡YAEH
We still got some of the steam engines left like the king himself the flying Scottsmen
I feel like crying . But those days may be they were just steam locomotives which had no value. But now we were two late. Anyway thanks for the video..
I love British Pathe films, becaus they were filmed on non-digital 16 (or even 35mm film stock, and enlarge almost limitlessly, unlike modern digital rubbish.
Who else is here because of Thomas & Friends, because of how scrapping was mentioned various times in the The Railway Series and Television Series? Now we know why Awdry was heartbroken at the scrapping of steam.
It was probably one of the worst days of his life.
rip to the steam engines
Thanks for so many very happy memories - At the south in 1957
Ah, the old newsreel days. Something else that's gone to the scrap heap.
Dieselization and electrification still didn't save most of the railways.
Can agree no less
0:42 "He's quite a sweet fellow, really, I think I'll call him Bob. Moments later, Bob is dismembered."
at least alot of narrow gauge engines were preserved
Boco is crying to see Edward and Thomas being scrapped
Noooooooooooooooo
Such a shame to see steam engines getting scrapped, thankfully lots have been saved.
And then the diesels replacing them turn out to be failures!
Such a shame they scape steam locomotives all over the world
3:00 way to put it bluntly
I simultaneously love and hate watching this spectacular graveyard.
Seeing engines being cut up is some real torture, especially knowing the E2 is an extinct class of locomotive.
Yes but in the thumbnail it was an E4 and in the start of the video it was an N7
When i was little it used to make me cry it was murder and carnage
Thank god that some steam locomotive are peserve in herittage railway along with some famous engine in the National Railway Museum
I feel So sorry for those tank engines
Amazing pictures/ footage .....fab and thanks! 👍😃
This was butchery. In 1968 when all steam locomotives were withdrawn, they were in pretty much perfect running condition. The only reason I see them being sold for scrap is because of running costs. Look at the labor that gets into firing up a steam locomotive compared to a then new class 55 deltic the difference is night and day. If you ask an ex steam locomotive driver or fireman what they thought about steam, most of the time they’ll tell you they absolutely loved it despite it being dirty and so on. Well what was to happen has happened and now we must all settle our differences, both steam and diesel enthusiasts , to save what’s left of all those spectacular pieces of engineering.
Might have been a good idea to keep more rights-of-way, though. Quite a few of them are needed.
All that beauty and power just gone makes me so sad to this destruction other long-serving Powerful workhorse 🚧
4:30 Whose voice is that? It's awesome
Steam locomotives are like you and me, the eat, drink, sleep, move,crash sometimes and most importantly they behave like us, they take forever to start up, just like us humans. But however British rail thought they was only useless piles of metal on wheels, I’m glad we have a few examples of famous locomotive still around for generations of people to see. I’m still very sad that locomotives like the a3 pacific are very small with only Scotsman still alive. I get it steam is bad for the environment but these locomotives can be so beautiful and amazing, so thanks a lot British rail! Y’all ruined a golden era and changed to something less exciting
Eat/drink fuel, sleep, move and crash... not just steam locomotives do this. All vehicles do, whether they're sentient or inanimate.
@@florjanbrudar692 that’s what I’m saying, any machine of some sort is like a human being. Well factory machines are an exception but cars, planes,or any fuel vehicle is like a human
@@CurdsFromDaCulvers420 Well it is no wonder we humans feel sad or visibly cry over losing a vehicle we own. You know Back to School Mr. Bean?
@@florjanbrudar692 yeah
@@florjanbrudar692when a car i had for 7 years had a crash and it was time to let it go there was a sadness to see it being taken away it's part of one. The money paid for filling the tank of the replacement
Luckily, no one was hurt.
Except my heart. Watching a steam engine being cut up for scrap metal is the saddest sight for a railway enthusiast like me to watch.
merge m8 well the STEAM TRAINS WERE HURT 😢
No one was hurt are you serious all those great engines were hurt
Inanimates do not feel
For a sad film the music is amazing
So sad. So tragic. Wah... But then, more than a few were saved.
It looks like many British Pathé fans are rail fans as well
What is the music in the "train graveyard" 1961 Film?
Thank you for all of the Heritage Railway videos I can add to my watchlist during quarantine! My list was seeming rather sparse.
Now all that kit they show replacing the steam, the old AM2's replaced the N7's I think, and nearly all the SR DEMU stock's gone the same way alas. Very little MK1 AC multiple unit stock's preserved, and it was the same on the SR where I worked on the DC third rail ones. Blue asbestos, corrosion, and being non - standard meant the shiny new Hastings diesels went mostly in 86/87 with the odd unit or car being retained for a while. Now the scrap all goes to India or China so they can dump low quality steel on us, while loads of jobs go down the pan here. Let's face it, all we do now is build souless plastic uncomfortable trains for the likes of Bombardier, a foreign firm. Thanks Thatcher/Major, your chums made a bomb just like Camoron and the GPO.
How are the new British trains uncomfortable?
It's a sad sight to see the old locomotives reduced to nothing !
I think it's enjoyable seeing the steam locos get recycled.
From the music one would think the Queen is coming instead of just an old geezer driving a train.
the queen is an old geezer
“My face! Cried the engine as they torched him bit by bit”
Gordon: Disgraceful!
James: Disgusting!
Henry: Despicable!
Richard (one of Carson Marenka's characters): Disagreeable?
Seeing old steam locomotives being scrapped breaks my heart 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺😫😭
this is why there should be a sodor-like heritage railway. A safe haven for steam locomotives
Yeah
"Safe haven"? Locomotives are not sentient !
@@steveluckhurst2350 yes they are. Believe it or not, there are people such as Me, and all of the other people in this comment section who love Steam engines. There is something about the fact that these Powerful machines Flamed by fire and steam rushing down the mainline,The old Iron horses in their next duty. Steam engines are and will always be, a truely amazing thing
@@vincentmusic09 But they are not sentient !
@@vincentmusic09 how old are you? Do you remember steam engines in service? The grime, the soot, the filth? Nothing like heritage railways where everything is pristine and in first class order.
Yes so remember diesel making an appearance and then they were gone disappeared, they were a massive engine
Seeing those British steam locomotives being cut up for scrap metal is such a painful sight to watch to say the least.
Thanks for replying 👍
@@caledoniansignalman8153 I didn't reply to your comments.
@@KeeferJ and you did
@@jmidland4617 He replied to a reply to HIS OWN comment
It's crazy that they were celebrating the scrapping of all those perfectly good machines and that many of the diesels which replaced them only lasted for 10 years or less before being scrapped.
The locomotives themselves may have been "perfectly good", but the infrastructure to support them was either non existent or too expensive.
@@steveluckhurst2350fun fact: diselazation did not save B.R
@@cklim7410 No sh*t serlock
4:28 That engine look like Thomas.
4:30 My childhood DIED
The engine at 4:26 is an E4. Thomas the tank engine is an E2
N7 class is 1920s technology that didn't last long. The New South Wales Government bought Beyer Peacock 60 class Garretts in 1956 from Manchester UK and English Electric 46 class Kombi vans so they could scrap the 57 class. The Garretts only lasted until the early 1970s, so they had an even shorter lifespan than the 1920s N7 class back in the UK and the funny thing is that the Beyer-Peacock Garrett is a much larger locomotive. As late as 1965 you could still find the 1880s 19 and 50 class head-to-head pulling out of Alexandria Goods Yard on a goods train despite Port Kembla diesel depot opening at the start of 1964.
Motorcycles next month.
And this is why no steam Engines wanted to get scrapped.😣
1:00 thats Sad to see
I would lowkey buy one if I could and sell it to a museum
*Poor Thomas was so sad he nearly cried.*
I got scared and sad watching this because I prefer steam over anything else
in indonesia they were replaced by diesels but they use steam to 1984
Why can’t we at Britain then
@@caledoniansignalman8153 britan still runs steam right?
@@muhammadfadhiil3430 Only In Heritage Railways
Britain did not retire steam until August of 1968. While the one film made it sound like steam was dead in 1957, British Railways would continue building steam locomotives until 1960 when it completed Evening Star.
Fun fact: N7 69647 was withdrawn in 30th November 1960, 2 months and 1 day prior to scrapping.
Vandals !!
+Roger No, this is what should happen to steam. Cut them apart and transport the scrap to the furnaces for melting.
heelfan your trolling is no longer relevant get yourself a proper hobby
+Noel Funny how I always meet you posting on the scrapping videos though. I think you have a secret fascination with scrapping steam locos. I think you would like to have a go with the torch and slice one up!
you what how dare you sugest that any one who is sick enough to cut up a gorguse steam loco steam rules and don,t you forget it
@@PreservationEnthusiast i can tell you love to scrap steam engines from your name...Well your won't be scrapping any steam engines anytime soon...they all have been perserved...I wonder how you feel when over 200+ steam locomotives were saved from barry scrapyard and are being restored and put back in service.
The only thing you were ever scrap in your life when you worked in the scrapyard would be just diesels...#thestinkyones
"I cannot forgive the annihilation of my Brothers." - No. 69621, the last N7.
*This could’ve happened if Douglas never saved Oliver*
Nah
It would have happened to Douglas if he'd stayed in Scotland...
This is the same as old steam ship they look beautiful than the new ones today
NOOOOOO! They're scrapped!
Luckily there are still steam trains around in museums in America
And Britain too
@@arifakyuz7673 And nearly everywhere else in the world including Australia
Riara The Brad Keselowski Hater ?
It's particularly sad when you consider just how new some of these engines were. The BR standard engines were made after World War 2, and served for less than twenty years before going under the cutter's torch. They had a lot of life left in them.
Most british rail diesels didn’t last 20 years
3:13 R.i.p montague
V108 Thats A Bigger And A Crane Engine Version Of Montague
Montague Is A 57XX
Tank Engine 75 that’s no crane tank. You can see the crane mounted on a flatbed behind the engine
@@Ty-yt3lj it is a crane tank, but the frame is extended, making it appear as a separate entity, when in fact it isn't
@@Ty-yt3lj Hercules Is A Real GWR Crane Tank
@@sudriansignalman9387 Yesh
In 1958 they murdered a steam engine for 1500, thats roughly 35,000 pounds in 2021 money
Poor train
Poor engines and living engines who never spoke to the strangers 😢
@@sftproductions4865 "Never spoke" is right; they're inanimates
@@florjanbrudar692you , cokroach , steamlocoscrapper and all other people who thinks steam is stupid are fools. You guys are just a lost cause
How do we get this video look again? it's soo good.
Now i have a small hatred for diesels. Im literally crying
Jeez. Get a grip! There are far more important things to be concerned with.
@@steveluckhurst2350 i was only kidding dude chill
@@steveluckhurst2350 stfu
@@rockstar75productions wow. lighten up, Francis.
Respect your elders and that would be the steam engines
I find it ironic that half the diesels shown here were later scrapped themselves around the 70s-80s
😂😂😂💀💀💀
They did my boy 5056 dirty