I consider myself lucky to have travelled on steam trains in the late 50s and early sixties. I grew up in Barry S,Wales and spent many hours exploring the Locos sent for scrap in Dai Woodhams yard. It used to make me very sad to see them laying there in such terrible condition. Then in the 70s I worked very near to Dai Woodhams and was so happy to see these Locos being rescued by the preservation groups and then transported on low loaders to start a new life. I believe 213 were rescued with the majority in steam again this is all due to the hard work by enthusiasts which has enabled younger generations to see them working again.
@@Lord_Vengon Also God bless the hearts of those men who cut them up and melted them down, transforming large useless objects into valuable new steel for the nation.
@@Lord_Vengon They were large useless objects at that time. They had electric and diesel to replace the services to Southend and other suburban lines those engines worked on. BR had no use for those locomotives. The quickest way to liquify those assets was to break them up for scrap as seen in the video. They were occupying space and tying up materials.
These were bad times for the good old steamies I watched documentaries of scrap as a kid and this was sad and scary and it was pretty upsetting that they almost fully replaced steamies with deisels
2:18 “Pictures like these provide a sorry but inevitable reflection of the times in which sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress. The age of steam is practically dead”
@@charitorodriguez1535 its because they are worn out and it will be expensive to keep them running, besides, metal is used for lots of things like houses and building other locomotives.
@@Angie-dh5gr Steam locomotives produce smoke from burning coal as well as steam. Coal smoke contains cyanide, arsenic, as well as damaging hydro carbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. In fact steam locos are far more polluting and dirty than other types.
@@Angie-dh5gr Burning wood is very inefficient and still produces pollutants and greenhouse gasses. Burning wood is very similar to burning coal, you just need more of it!
@Dimitris Paliogiannis We have to be careful though. It's no good burning coal to produce electricity. We have to produce more and more from solar, wind, HEP, tidal and other renewables.
@@PreservationEnthusiast You can convert steam locomotives to oil and they will be less filthy and if you retire them doesn't mean you can scrap them you can put them in museums
Me: *Wanders around and heard a wheesh of steam* W-Whose there? *Sees a very old Furness K2 in blue* Whoa... Excuse me? ??????: I-I-I don’t mean to be rude, miss... A-Are you Ambassador Dreemurr? Me: The one and only. You can call me Frisk. Whats your name? And why are you here? ??????: My name is Edward. And me and my friends have been here since 1960. Me: Why are you and your friends here? Edward: One word... Scrap... Me: I can’t let them break you and your friends into bits. When will you be scrapped? Edward: We’ll be scrapped by the end of the year. Me: Don’t worry... You can count on me. The next day... Me: Edward, you’re still there. I brought coal and water. We’ll get the others out, together. *Fills his boiler with water, steps onto his cab, places the coal in his tender, takes a shovel, scoops up some coal, puts it in the firebox, lights it and shuts it easily* Ready, Eddie? Edward: I’m ready. *Starts up and steams away from his spot* Thomas...? Thomas: Edward...! We’re over here...! Me: Over there. Later... Me: *Couples Oliver up to Douglas* Okay. That’s the last one. *Sees 4 CSX engines help and steps onto Edwards cab* Here we go... Our daring escape... I’ve always wanted to say this... FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!!! Thomas and his friends: *Blow their whistles* Me: Start up, Edward! Edward: *Blows his whistle and chuffs* Scrapyard worker #1: *Sees the scene* HEY!!! GIVE THOSE OLD IRON HORSES BACK!!!!! Me: *Throws a piece of paper* MAKE ME!!!!! The next day... Edward: *Stops in a siding* Me: Mom and dad are gonna be so angry... Toriel: Frisk! *Runs to me and hugs me* YOU SAVED THE ENGINES OF SODOR FROM SCRAP!!!!! WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!
@@thomasoates3003 Still a bargain, as something like a 9F cost around £200,000 to buy new from Crewe Works (Swindon charged more even though they were identical). Steam engines were sold by weight under scrap value, so that's how many average people DID save one, they just went for a smaller engine. The one that takes the biscuit is Chaloner, a narrow gauge vertical boilered De Winton engine. Wasn't saved for any historic reasons, it was because it was the smallest locomotive that could possibly be found. Was about 20 or 30 quid, purely by its weight in metal.
@@thomasoates3003 Indeed so, or advertised in the various railway magazines of the the time for donations, which came in from all over, in amounts large and small. Didcot Center, the mecca of GWR heritage these days, got started by a group of young lads who banded together to buy a single 14xx tank engine with the help of donations and rented a siding to keep it in. Old railway men told them how to run it and look after it, so it spent many days running backwards and forwards on that little stretch of track. Even after all this time, the engine is still a part of Didcot's collection. Also like the story of David Shepherd, the artist who bought two steam locos after his wildlife paintings sold well in New York. Completely on a whim, rang up British Rail and asked to buy a steam engine. Had enough sense to say he wanted a good one, not a worn-out piece of junk, and got the reply, "Well, you're in luck. 92203's just come off heavy overhaul, and we'll be getting rid of 'er in six months anyway, so why don't you buy her? 3000 pounds, scrap value." When he told the story, he equated it with ringing up British Airways and asking to buy a 747 off of them, completely unheard of and having quite a lot of cheek. Fortunately he knew the right people from days doing paintings of the last days of steam loco operations that they helped make it happen.
Just imagine when the Thomas universe grabbed the yards what you're gonna about making a video about. This train that's been took in butt to the scrapyard and he meets this black tank dungeon named Joe. It's a waste of survival to stay alive so they can't get took in a park biter. Breakers torch
This is just sad if diesels replace they should help the line NOT REPLACING WHO EVER LIKED ARE NOOBS AND HATE LEGENDERY THINGS IN OUR LIFE STEAM ENGINES ARE A SYMPLE
@@fx6r You definitely are being childish. It’s sad sure, but these steam locomotives weren’t as good as new ones. It’s the way of life, get used to it. Many locomotives of the steam era still operate under private ownership. Be happy for what you have, don’t be angry for what you lost.
if only the steam train still existed. the steam engine can half replace it with the engine so the smoke isn't thick. oohhhhh Thomas the tank engine. why did you go...
It is not the death of steam locomotives, they are not living people. You have been watching too much of a fictional cartoon show. They are inanimate collections of steel and copper which need to be recycled to make new useful objects.
@@sarahhockey02 No problem Sarah, it's an easy mistake to make. You don't need to enjoy steam loco scrapping but you will at least be able to understand the purpose.
For a steam train lover. I’m kinda sad.
Same
I'm devastated
I’m pissed
i mean, the metal goes to good use most of the time, so it isnt really a waste.
Yes i agree
At least there’s a tank engine is still alive..
Hint here : Thomas
Ryan the purple engine
N7s
Hunslets
Austeritys
Stepney fenchurch
Sir topham hat said “remember really useful engines, only you can have a life on sodor”
This looks very scary to think about Thomas and friends episode when that one engine went to the scrap yard and see things.
Shed 17
Beware
@@Bigbigpoopi we don't talk about shed 17...
So I’m going to be a sore thumb, but if you want to make an E2.
Just get your own funds. The blue prints exist you just need the time and money.
In the railway series, both Gordon and Toby had siblings who were confirmed to have been scrapped.
@@Conman_57 yeah no not shed 17
Train hell.......speechless.......
Train heaven would be a place where they are preserved, like a museum, and a train hell is this
@@strongblader2813 a train heaven is heritage line and the mainline taking tours
Correct
⚠ WARNING ⚠
The following video contains graphic footages of engines getting dismantled. Viewer description is advised.
Yeah
This is literally breaking my heart
1:17 woah I didn't know you could take off Thomas' face by twisting his nose!
2:39 and then there is duck
@Benjamin Havan The way to do it to light up a gas torch and cut right through the hinges.
break thomas's nose and pull his face off
now you have a dead sentient steam locomotive bleeding from the smokebox
@Benjamin Havan well DUH That's how real life engines Work
Bruh it's not thomas it's a N70 and it's something called the smoke box releasing steam into the chimney
I consider myself lucky to have travelled on steam trains in the late 50s and early sixties. I grew up in Barry S,Wales and spent many hours exploring the Locos sent for scrap in Dai Woodhams yard. It used to make me very sad to see them laying there in such terrible condition. Then in the 70s I worked very near to Dai Woodhams and was so happy to see these Locos being rescued by the preservation groups and then transported on low loaders to start a new life. I believe 213 were rescued with the majority in steam again this is all due to the hard work by enthusiasts which has enabled younger generations to see them working again.
Ur so super lucky I have watched Thomas the tank engine since I was 6 months old so this is heartbreaking for me to see
God bless the hearts of those men and women who work for steam preservation groups
@@Lord_Vengon Also God bless the hearts of those men who cut them up and melted them down, transforming large useless objects into valuable new steel for the nation.
@@Lord_Vengon They were large useless objects at that time. They had electric and diesel to replace the services to Southend and other suburban lines those engines worked on. BR had no use for those locomotives. The quickest way to liquify those assets was to break them up for scrap as seen in the video. They were occupying space and tying up materials.
@@PreservationEnthusiastL
R.I.P 69647, and all the rest.
These were bad times for the good old steamies I watched documentaries of scrap as a kid and this was sad and scary and it was pretty upsetting that they almost fully replaced steamies with deisels
It’s sad that they wouldn’t fix and preserve these engines
1:37 ur a good boi for that
3:49 how is he doing with that??
He pushing the Turn tablet to Move the Locomotive
Yeah but don’t trains weigh like, hundreds of tons?
Mr Filmers They’re balanced near perfectly on the table, and spin well.
@@mrfilmers8046 Have you have not heard of the glory of gear ratios?
Aye, truly a tragic sight. It’s fantastic that the effort that enthusiasts go to restore these majestic machines.
hi
Engines can't be restored without new parts, scrap is used to build new parts and new machines.
2:18 “Pictures like these provide a sorry but inevitable reflection of the times in which sentiment is not allowed to stand in the way of progress. The age of steam is practically dead”
Got ya this time, Stepney! You'll make very fine scrap indeed! Buffer him, Bert!
This is a living trains worst nightmare 🚂😱
It's every Tankie's (Thomas fan) worst nightmare...
2:39DUCK NO !!!!
Idk
There just dumb
@@charitorodriguez1535 its because they are worn out and it will be expensive to keep them running, besides, metal is used for lots of things like houses and building other locomotives.
Good riddance! That's what he should get for what he did to me!
you gotta admit the music is epic
It’s sad for steam engine lovers,but I think these diesels are looking good too,there also worth somethin too
Diesel 10 wants you to be his new henchman.
@@GamerB2022LikesTugs I wonder what diesel 10 would be used for if he was created
@@blurredputin1755 Probably would work in the scrap yards for loading and unloading trains he pulls.
Rip Thomas the tank engine
Thats not Thomas that is his last brother .unless...
and Duck
Finally we have some Thomas comments after I comment mine months back
Ryan and Duck died on screen
Why are they sending JUST steam engines to the scrap yard?
Why not diesel locomotives too??
They are scrapping diesels now, but when this film was made, most diesels were new and not ready for scrap at that time.
The Diesel's deserve it
@@elijinn5044 Why? They are still polluting but they are more efficient plus easier to maintain and operate than steam.
@d. yu he speaks more facts than u idiot
d. yu I’m 14
Every second of this feels like I’m being shot
As a kid I almost fought mountain engines were real but to me Snowdon mountain railways both Ralph and Erie were scrapped and with John of course
And this is what Scrap Yards looks like according to Thomas and Friends.
Goodbye our beloved Old Irons
We don't have to be sad, there are plenty of steam locomotives in the UK that have been preserved.
Like ones on the ELR
@@jsut2654 bro not just elr the nyr wn kwvr and loads more
I can just hear all those steam engines screaming
When they said in that one RWS Book “they take your wheels” is this what they ment
Wow, pipes are what are inside Thomas.
Please shut up
The pipes are there to hold the water, which gets boiled to steam by the fire and goes to the pistons which have siderods to make the wheels turn.
@@sirwelcome no u
@@FLonYT326 Why are you replying to a 6 month old comment?
It was time for Thomas to leave, he had seen everything
At least one of them didn't get scrapped.
Tbh though, they scrap some hard work for nothing! They are wasting trains
@@Angie-dh5gr your right, diesels produce smoke instead of steam and smoke is killing the earth.
@@Angie-dh5gr Steam locomotives produce smoke from burning coal as well as steam. Coal smoke contains cyanide, arsenic, as well as damaging hydro carbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases. In fact steam locos are far more polluting and dirty than other types.
@@Angie-dh5gr Burning wood is very inefficient and still produces pollutants and greenhouse gasses. Burning wood is very similar to burning coal, you just need more of it!
@Dimitris Paliogiannis We have to be careful though. It's no good burning coal to produce electricity. We have to produce more and more from solar, wind, HEP, tidal and other renewables.
@@PreservationEnthusiast You can convert steam locomotives to oil and they will be less filthy and if you retire them doesn't mean you can scrap them you can put them in museums
DON’T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT IT
RIGHT NO SCRAPPING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
@@anthonynigri4058 Eeyup
@@anthonynigri4058 bro these things has been used since like 1899 they need to rest
RIP Old Steamies
@@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk No matter of how old they are they don't need to rest they are history and will always be around
@@anthonynigri4058 i dont know... ive seen old trains break down before
3:45
Is that an E2?
Either e2 or e4
E4
e2
It isn’t an E2 as they had curved running boards on both buffers (or just the back) and they were never fitted with wheel arches
It looks like a Fowler 3f jinty
What if these trains had faces. Just imagine the pain
The Fat Controller: Sorry thomas but your not useful anymore
Thomas: WAIT WHAT.
for a train lover from when i was a baby this makes me cry
1:37 if the number plateis 57647💀
hint:scottish twins
Such cap, at 4:24 they said all railways would be run by desil and electric trains, theirs still a ton of steam trains
Such as the 5MT black 5 there’s still about like 20 of them in service
1:20 imagine if that number plate said 69420
Oh god
Nice
@@olympus__ nice
That number plate probably exists
Just found out it did at one point! It was carried by an ex-ner N class(lner n9). www.lner.info/locos/N/n9.php en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NER_Class_N
The engines have worked hard and this is how British rail repay them
XD
Lets court british railway for murder on steam engines.
British Railways is long gone and
haven't you listened to the narrator? He says they're not efficient anymore.
hes joking @@florjanbrudar692
*WHY MUST YOU HURT ME IN THIS WAY*
R.I.P to all those steam locomovites
It's a shame, the N7s are lovely tank engines.
This is steam hell
When I see this, I get nauseous. It brings back those scary moments in Thomas the tank engine’s darkest episodes.
2:57 - 3:00 All that scrap..
3:07 Henry is created
Wrong class
This is just depressing just once these prideful locomotives just put to waste all that hard work just for nothing
eh atleast you get deisel lcomotives from these metal
For me,this is excruciating pain.
Wow, rest in peace scrapped engines
Me: *Wanders around and heard a wheesh of steam* W-Whose there? *Sees a very old Furness K2 in blue* Whoa... Excuse me?
??????: I-I-I don’t mean to be rude, miss... A-Are you Ambassador Dreemurr?
Me: The one and only. You can call me Frisk. Whats your name? And why are you here?
??????: My name is Edward. And me and my friends have been here since 1960.
Me: Why are you and your friends here?
Edward: One word... Scrap...
Me: I can’t let them break you and your friends into bits. When will you be scrapped?
Edward: We’ll be scrapped by the end of the year.
Me: Don’t worry... You can count on me.
The next day...
Me: Edward, you’re still there. I brought coal and water. We’ll get the others out, together. *Fills his boiler with water, steps onto his cab, places the coal in his tender, takes a shovel, scoops up some coal, puts it in the firebox, lights it and shuts it easily* Ready, Eddie?
Edward: I’m ready. *Starts up and steams away from his spot* Thomas...?
Thomas: Edward...! We’re over here...!
Me: Over there.
Later...
Me: *Couples Oliver up to Douglas* Okay. That’s the last one. *Sees 4 CSX engines help and steps onto Edwards cab* Here we go... Our daring escape... I’ve always wanted to say this... FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!!!
Thomas and his friends: *Blow their whistles*
Me: Start up, Edward!
Edward: *Blows his whistle and chuffs*
Scrapyard worker #1: *Sees the scene* HEY!!! GIVE THOSE OLD IRON HORSES BACK!!!!!
Me: *Throws a piece of paper* MAKE ME!!!!!
The next day...
Edward: *Stops in a siding*
Me: Mom and dad are gonna be so angry...
Toriel: Frisk! *Runs to me and hugs me* YOU SAVED THE ENGINES OF SODOR FROM SCRAP!!!!! WE’RE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!
✨cringe✨
@@lopwr1212
Dude! Seriously?! That is rude!
Cringe
@@UrLocalTTTEFan
Says you. I was bored.
I have no idea what I just read, but CSX? that's in the US
3:42No I am actually kind of worried and sad
1:37
2:34
0:00
1:17
3:38
3:03 James?! Duck?!
James is an L&YR Class 28
But that looks like him more then his actual class in real life he looks like TVs here
I watch this every day
2:30 not for a run away 14xx his auto coach and Toad
Very exciting music whilst the train is being teared apart
The word is "torn"
thomas?
Only 1500 quid? If I'd been around then, I would've bought one.
£1,500 in 1962 values is about £15,000 today. This put steam locos out of reach of the average pocket.
@@thomasoates3003
Still a bargain, as something like a 9F cost around £200,000 to buy new from Crewe Works (Swindon charged more even though they were identical).
Steam engines were sold by weight under scrap value, so that's how many average people DID save one, they just went for a smaller engine.
The one that takes the biscuit is Chaloner, a narrow gauge vertical boilered De Winton engine. Wasn't saved for any historic reasons, it was because it was the smallest locomotive that could possibly be found. Was about 20 or 30 quid, purely by its weight in metal.
@@Shipwright1918 Thank you for this. If memory serves quite a few of the bigger locos survived as people clubbed together to buy them.
@@thomasoates3003
Indeed so, or advertised in the various railway magazines of the the time for donations, which came in from all over, in amounts large and small.
Didcot Center, the mecca of GWR heritage these days, got started by a group of young lads who banded together to buy a single 14xx tank engine with the help of donations and rented a siding to keep it in. Old railway men told them how to run it and look after it, so it spent many days running backwards and forwards on that little stretch of track. Even after all this time, the engine is still a part of Didcot's collection.
Also like the story of David Shepherd, the artist who bought two steam locos after his wildlife paintings sold well in New York. Completely on a whim, rang up British Rail and asked to buy a steam engine. Had enough sense to say he wanted a good one, not a worn-out piece of junk, and got the reply, "Well, you're in luck. 92203's just come off heavy overhaul, and we'll be getting rid of 'er in six months anyway, so why don't you buy her? 3000 pounds, scrap value."
When he told the story, he equated it with ringing up British Airways and asking to buy a 747 off of them, completely unheard of and having quite a lot of cheek. Fortunately he knew the right people from days doing paintings of the last days of steam loco operations that they helped make it happen.
Omg, they scrapped Ryan and Duck on screen!
At least Henry and Thomas survived
Wouldnt be that sure about thomas tho
@@generalsquirrel9548 I meant in this vid
I know in irl Duck, Ryan and Henry survive but not Thomas
@@RWSfan2024 ah oke
@@florjanbrudar692 the main comment was meant to be a joke
@@RWSfan2024 Obviously I'm aware
Not only steam trains get scraped desle engines get scrap and electric engines aswell
So this is what the engines of the N.W.R think of when someone meations scrap
It was time for Thomas to leave... he had seen everything
What did they Scrap them
0:29 the steam engine: have I just witnessed MURDER
Scrapyard workers: your next
Just imagine when the Thomas universe grabbed the yards what you're gonna about making a video about. This train that's been took in butt to the scrapyard and he meets this black tank dungeon named Joe. It's a waste of survival to stay alive so they can't get took in a park biter. Breakers torch
As a Thomas and friends fan this hurts and this scares me
You ruend my childhood
Shut up
@@lopwr1212 YOU SHUT UP
@@anthonynigri4058 Stop being so fucking cringe and man up its just Steel
Ruinend you mean.
Why people are still sad about this,this is like from so long
It doesn't matter how long ago it was.
Trains: AAAAAAAA I FEEL IN PAIN!!
They're inanimate...
Thomas saw this video and he’s getting therapy soon
MATTEL in a nutshell
Note: NEVER SHOW THESE TO THE RESIDENTS OF SODOR
Insert Henry’s sad theme
Poor Thomas was so sad, he nearly cried
That tender engine looks a lot like a real life james from Thomas and friends and a tank engine duck
Looks nothing like James who is an L&YR Class 28
@@florjanbrudar692 I said tender
@@georgiamapping7803 The L&YR Class 28 was a tender engine
This is just sad if diesels replace they should help the line NOT REPLACING WHO EVER LIKED ARE NOOBS AND HATE LEGENDERY THINGS IN OUR LIFE STEAM ENGINES ARE A SYMPLE
I can't believe y'all are that childish
@@lopwr1212 what do you mean I ain't childish I just like steam engines aka THE BETTER
@@fx6r You definitely are being childish. It’s sad sure, but these steam locomotives weren’t as good as new ones. It’s the way of life, get used to it. Many locomotives of the steam era still operate under private ownership. Be happy for what you have, don’t be angry for what you lost.
Atleast there are still 812 Classes, My favorites
There's only one of that class...
I love steam engine not too bee raplaist
Tank engine at the beginning: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
farwell old freinds, you will be missed, but it is what it is and things come and go
It's like project g-1
if only the steam train still existed. the steam engine can half replace it with the engine so the smoke isn't thick. oohhhhh Thomas the tank engine. why did you go...
Island of sodor: *N O*
1:10 NOOOOOO THOMAS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
That poor E2 no!!
That wasn't an E2 dodo
Anyways you wouldn't have loved E2s if Thomas was an J50
Yha its pretty trash
Great film
Some engines escape to the island of sodor
I would pay a million dollars for the number plate that has 69 on it
Little did they know they were making A horrible mistake
They're still being useful in a way, scrapped engine parts are used to make new engine parts, and other things.
is the flyingscotsman are scrapped
no who would scarp the flying scotsman its still run to this day
Flying scotsman got saved just like stepney the a1 terrier
@@chez069 It was going to be scrapped with all the Pacifics until Alan Pegler stepped in.
they that out of all the 134 n7s only one was preserved
I will hate people who like death of steam engines
It is not the death of steam locomotives, they are not living people. You have been watching too much of a fictional cartoon show. They are inanimate collections of steel and copper which need to be recycled to make new useful objects.
It’s history now of the steamcengines
I was so dum now I understand
@@PreservationEnthusiast 🖕🖕🖕🖕
@@sarahhockey02 No problem Sarah, it's an easy mistake to make.
You don't need to enjoy steam loco scrapping but you will at least be able to understand the purpose.
Only real men cry when watching this video
They should make new ones
Make new what exactly?
@@sirwelcome steam locomotives
@@anthonynigri4058 Who is they? And what specific steam locomotives?
3:45 is he foreshadowing ww2?
By 1937 it was clear to all another major war was on the way.
R.I.P steam engine train