The Great Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland
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- This bridge has always been something I wanted to see ever since Architectural History classes in college. Or its been on my bucket list. Its the Eiffel Tower of Bridges. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is considered an iconic structure and a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by the English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker.
Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,296 feet (2,528.7 m). It was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1917 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the world's second-longest single cantilever span.
The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
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The forth railway bridge is an engineering marvel scotland should be proud of this great achievement
Michael, great video, I have crossed that bridge thousands of times working in Edinburgh and commuting from Inverkeithing station, never gets tired of looking at the Victorian masterpiece, the village and the bridge are truly an amazing backdrop. Have hundreds of photos over the years of it.
The only thing that can compare to it is being up in the Highlands of Scotland.
I used to live in Dunfermline while working in Waverley station. I've crossed the bridge at least 1000 times and it never ceases to amaze me. I also worked at the North Queensferry pier years ago. It was the most spectacular backdrop ever.
I live in Spain but grew up in Fife. This bridge was part of my childhood
This bridge is fantastic a world icon
The music is beautiful. I know who i love.
I am a civil engineer . I am Scottish, Irish and Norwegian. An American Viking.
which Cement used in this stone piller.
Famous bridge, magnificently over-engineered to avoid a repetition of the Tay disaster which was still raw in peoples' minds when this one was planned. A superb monument to Victorian know-how and can-do.
Has to be one of the most beautiful bridge's in the world,
Old engeer
Beautiful
New one built buy American bridge broken my back heavy lifting bow shackles cables but old school called the heavy gang respect your elder
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This has to be amongst the most enjoyable video's I have had the pleasure to watch on here. Stunning footage accompanied by beautiful haunting music. Thank you so much for sharing this. The FRB has to be my favourite bridge. It is stunning to look at, wonderfully over-engineered and crossing it on a train is at the top of my Bucket list!! As a proud Englishman, I have had the good fortune to visit Scotland on many occasions, but always by car!!! Next time, I think I will visit by rail. Scotland is a wonderful country with lovely people and I would urge anyone to visit.
Eric George Well, thank you so much for your kudos. Most appreciated that you took the time to tell me that.
Michael Jiroch My pleasure, credit where it is due! Please keep up the good work.
Eric George it was also on my bucket list also. Studied the bridge in college. It's easy to cross it on the train. There is a train station at both ends. Park your car on the south end, climb the stairs to the station, by the dollar ticket to the north side station and back. Very easy to do.
Michael Jiroch Thank you, I most certainly will.
i go over the bridge everyday and its not that special
My favorite Bridge. ❤
Very nice video, love the bridge
What is that beautiful music?? So evocative and so English.... yet blending well in with Scottish videography.
Rex Polski it’s an old Scottish folk song. Not sure how old. But a couple of hundred years at least.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist Hmmm... doesn't sound very Scottish.
Rex Polski in the lyrics...they use Scottish vernacular like Bonnie and black...black meaning mean.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist Oh I see. Very interesting. I didn't know Scottish folk music could be rendered so beautifully and ethereally.
Beautiful video! My grandfather's grandfather immigrated from Scotland. I first saw the bridge in the 1935 Hitchcock movie "39 Steps".
W Rigg , yes...and it's even in the 1959 remake of 39 Steps with Kenneth Moore. In Color.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist well i saw the bridge on the cbeebies series molly and mack all though i'm canadian
Good job. For me, this bridge is one of the world's great wonders!Best regards from Portugal! ...
UK’s Eiffel Tower.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist i even like the bridge better! It's more my Kind!...
A staggeringly complex design and an amazing feat of Victorian engineering. All in all and taking in what was available in technological terms to the engineers of the day, in my opinion the finest bridge ever constructed.
D A Baines ...there are going to build an observation desk on the first pier.
Well done! Brilliant video & perfect music accompaniment! Appreciate you didn't clutter it up with a lot of superimposed wording. Moving (in both senses of the word) pictures spoke for themselves. I too have the Firth of Forth rail bridge on my bucket list. Really appreciate the attention to the village. Makes the experience so much richer & complete. Thank you for sharing this with everyone, for it deserves to be seen by the world! All the best! Robert Andrew Biggs
drew11865 ...thank you very much for your kind words and appreciation.
drew11865 ....also, they’re going to build an observation deck I’m the first tower. They may have even started already. But I’m sure the bridge is an UNESCO World Heritage site, and you can’t mess with those. So I don’t know how the got around the rules.
i cannot imagine how much work is needed to paint this bridge!!
Roughly six years to paint the whole thing, and before it got new long lasting paint you'd have to start over again as soon as you'd finished because the paint at the start would have begun to decay. Now the new paint is expected to last around twenty years.
This is a great video this bridge is a masterpiece of bridge building, The bridge can be seen in the new Train Simulator 2021, Greetings from Germany.
I was just doing a little bit of research about the type of bridges. There I found out about the Firth of Forth and this amazing Cantilever Bridge and the other two bridges alongside this one...One Suspension and another one Cable-stayed.
Someone just needs to visit this place if they ever have to study bridges.
Thanks a lot for making this amazing video . Top class editing and the background music is soothing.
Geba Ete thank you for your thoughtful words.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist Pleasure is all mine Sir.
Happy New year to you and family.
Thanks for the video once again.
Go a few miles upstream and you will find the Kincardine Bridge which in its hey day swiveled in the middle to allow ships to pass . 4 unique bridges.
128 years old and still going strong while its little brother already has a replacement!
Sketchy Moof...The Eiffel Tower of the UK.
My father used to work for the company that built this bridge (obviously before he worked there :)
the Company was called sir William Arrol & co
they also build the road bridge (my dad DID work on that one)
they also built the 2nd tay bridge and tower bridge in London also the Humber bridge (which at the time was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world) dad also worked on the Humber
every time we went on holiday as kids all we would hear was dad saying "built that, built that, built that one too" :)
they also built a lot of cranes throughout the dockyards of Britain
the rail bridge and Sir Willam both appear on the Scottish £5 note
Dad was a plater by trade RIP old man you were a legend
MostlyRandom , they are going to build an observation deck on the first tower.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist awesome I'll be sure to visit it. (I live about 35 miles away from the bridge)
www.forthbridgeexperience.com/latest-updates/2017/april/forth-bridge-poised-to-give-visitors-the-climb-of-their-life
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist thank you and its funny how people like me (Scottish people) take this bridge for granted and people from the States know more about it than we do
to us it's just the Forth bridge :)
MostlyRandom ...oh, I don’t believe that to be true at all. This bridge is the Scottish Eiffel Tower. The two villages at both ends of the bridge celebrate it as an attraction. Many movies have been filmed on it. Hitchcock’s 39 Steps , and 39 Steps in 1959 version.
very good Top marks
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It's not a bridge, it's an icon and in my opinion, utterly stunning. I have only seen it from the Forth Road Bridge but I really want to cross it by train and when Covid is eradicated, it is on my to do list. We have nothing that comes close in my opinion here in England.
They are building a look-out observatory on the first tower. Go visit when that opens.
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@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist I would love to. I am awe struck by the Bridge; its just astonishing.
@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist That was great, thanks.
THX for the vid
Now that's what I call the best graphics mod for GTA San Andreas🤔
It's "The Forth Bridge" or "The Bridge" to railway workers. Adding "Rail" isn't necessary. On the other hand, it is "The Forth Road Bridge".
Thank you for that Clarity. When studying architecture in college, it was called the Forth of Firth Bridge.
the Forth road bridge is another bridge just up river of the Forth Bridge
Hi Michael
I think you mean Firth of Forth. That means the estuary of the river Forth. In my experience The Bridge was never called that, certainly not by any of my Scottish relations.
Shame you don't mention the 73 souls who lost their lives working on the bridge during construction, the youngest being David Clark (rivet catcher) aged 13.
is beatiful and have jekpack
Took the BR Flying Scotsman to Waverly Street station, crossed the bridge to Coupars. Station looks much cleaner, and the bridge looks better. Nice clip. The train driver worked his way through gears.
I was hoping for a little history of this bridge, instead I get a gospel choir. Strange.
sorry forgot to say when model is in place at the station it will be for blind people to touch although anyone can touch i would be grateful if this can be reserved for the blind.
What will happen when the forth bridge breaks they are gonna make a fifth bridge
My man Mike , R R R R R, funny.
The Oposit side,Already done last two weeks.
Wrong, it is not called the 'rail bridge', it's just the Forth Bridge. It used to be a tradition to throw a penny out the window, for luck, when crossing.
Sam F , ...long long time ago, when I was in college studying architectural history, the prof called the Forth of Firth Bridge.
Your prof was wrong, it was and still is The Forth Bridge.
Robert the Bruce Actually, My locals call it the forth road bridge so YOUR proof is fake. And I live near the Forth Rail Bridge.
Robert the Bruce plus, It was AND NOW ISN'T.
TabDaman, I've spend almost my whole life living close to the bridges, and it was NEVER the Forth Rail Bridge. Yes it's the the Forth Road Bridge, which I never mentioned, but you probably live in your own little world.
Do you know what a 'prof 'is ?? it's not proof spelt wrong it's short for professor. Maybe you should read it all again, this time sober as I never mentioned anything about a prof.
History
It's The Forth Bridge and NOT The Forth Rail or The Forth Railway Bridge
Correct.
why would rockstar put these 2 bridges in san fierro.
This bridge is iconic and an example of engineering and architectural brilliance.
Rockstar Norths head office is in Edinburgh (you can tell which studio mostly made the game by the colour of the R* logo.) Yellow is R* north, red is R* San Diego etc
GTA is a british made game even tho it's set in the USA :) so british (particularly Scottish) references are seen throughout all of the GTA games
GTA is basically a piss take (a parody) of America
I wonder why this railway is not electrified yet
the line runs over the rail bridge which is a UNESCO world heritage site. the bridge is not allowed to be modernized (or at least there would be HUGE opposition to it)
it should stay historically accurate to the time it was built
@king 2002 I know the bridge because it is about 35 miles away from my house,, I knew the bridge LONG before gta even existed, the reason it is in GTA is that rockstar north are based in Edinburgh (where the forth bridge is located)
LOL trying to school a Scotsman about the forth bridge based on your experience in video games is not a good look m8
great video many thanks but the music.. bless not the best choice in this video, but again its just a personal taste on an otherwise great video about such a beautiful piece of engineering and art as well.
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why is this in gta san andreas
because Rockstar North (where GTA is primarily made) are based in Edinburgh
Gta san andreas
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