Not only did you get the electric lines,you got the steam operations,and a Great Central joint line,going to Marylebone(?),add the period costumes,and the prewar(WW1),quietude,it makes a definite reflection on times past! As a bonus,there are wooden cars,and the American type of equipment! Yerkes would have proud of the production 👏!! Thank you for the revival of past glories! THANK YOU!! 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚉🚇🚉
Pretty amazing to see how much rail network was already in place back then. Wonderful old footage. My Grandfather would have probably traveled on some of those lines during WW1
The large black-on-white station name-boards, placed across the track, or on the ends of signal-cabins, look very clean, as though they might have been put there simply for the film. Very useful, and a neat way of showing viewers where they are!
Towards the end of the video when the train is approaching Aylesbury there is a lovely shot of one of Robinsons “Jersey Lily “Atlantic’s heading a Great Central express to London Marylebone.
Fascinating! Such advanced commuter train 111 years ago! And the choice of music is very appropriate. Tschaikovsky's "Valse of the Flowers" from Nutcracker ballet, written in 1892, was still a popular hit then!
8m thinking, what would Sir John Betjimin exclaim????? "Deepest, darkest, more rural METROLAND" Wonderful footage indeed and how nice to see the old Robinson GCR loco.
Very nice. All that open space and greenery! I wonder how new the lines were then, the cuttings looked new, and in places there didn't seem to be fences. They were good clear films. Thank you.
Fascinating footage. I note that the live rail runs alongside the platform at some stations and switches to the opposite side at others as is done today.
Railway personnel so smartly dressed. Public in their best refinery. No crisp, cigarette or fish supper wrappings, discarded news papers nor plastic bottles, coffee cups etc etc.
...what an amazing video! thank you, given that it's well over 100 years old with electric trains I just wonder to myself has technology really moved on that much? 👌
i was just going to ask when was the met electrified, this sort of answers my question. it looked like some earlier . dont know when the completion date was . thanks for upload.copyright is a strange thing. i worked at a museum and we had to be carefull.
What wonders the Victorians achieved with the railways. If I am ever granted the opportunity to return to the past in my next life, then it is this time that I would like to return to to work on the railways as as steam locomotive engine driver.
Very nice, thank you. Is all of this trackage still in use? I read years ago that one of the railways had built far, far north of London in hopes of outward expansion and housing development, but the hopes were proven to have been over-optimistic and that due to lack of traffic the north-most extension of the line was eventually, and permanently, abandoned.
It's a '4-rail system'. Running rails not part of the circuit; this is formed by a rail down the centre of the gauge paired to a [familiar] side-running rail outside the gauge.
Spoilsports on the copyright! ANd from 110 years ago? I suppose it has to be protected, but a shame. And it would be interesting to compare the same journey today, and see the differences - a lot of Metroland for a start!
Were the white background banners showing the station locations in general use, or were they put up specially for the filming? This is some wonderful footage of a time when Britain really did deserve the appellation Great!
@@BennettBrookRailway Thank you, Its just that there didnt seem to be a change in photography or perspective or any sign of steam in the latter section of the journey, which is why I asked.
As the camera picks up no smoke or steam I wonder if they were propelling a brake van or such on the front of the train to act as camera wagon as the camera seems to pan from side to side without obstruction?
Yes, very true. The 1812 overture is a little dramatic for the subject matter, but there's not a lot of copyright friendly classical or baroque music out there!
My point was that the music predates the vid by 100 years. Pausing on a particular from is not easy. Each to their own opinion, I turned the volume right down and stopped watching as the whole thing irritated me so much. Did I miss anything special, I think not.
Bloomin' Russian music? Edward Elgar or Ralph Vaughan Williams composed nothing suitable? Puts me right orf, I can say! Other than that - classic footage. Several sections end up in John Betjeman's masterpiece 'Metro-land' (BBC TV, 1973). "Look at these fields. They were photographed in 1910 from the train."
Plenty of meaning if you care to look, a wonderful record of an age long gone. My gran would have recognised it, who knows she may even have been in it.
![The Building of a Transcontinental Railway in Canada: [extract] (1910)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/lyfDHIsdKxg/mqdefault.jpg)
Brilliant!!!!! Absolutely bloomin brilliant!!!!.... Great choice in music also...
Not only did you get the electric lines,you got the steam operations,and a Great Central joint line,going to Marylebone(?),add the period costumes,and the prewar(WW1),quietude,it makes a definite reflection on times past! As a bonus,there are wooden cars,and the American type of equipment! Yerkes would have proud of the production 👏!! Thank you for the revival of past glories! THANK YOU!! 🚉🚉🚉🚉🚉🚇🚇🚇🚇🚇🚉🚇🚉
Notice the abundance of elms trees in the countryside. Not so many nowadays. Thank you for posting.
Pretty amazing to see how much rail network was already in place back then. Wonderful old footage. My Grandfather would have probably traveled on some of those lines during WW1
The large black-on-white station name-boards, placed across the track, or on the ends of signal-cabins, look very clean, as though they might have been put there simply for the film. Very useful, and a neat way of showing viewers where they are!
What a splendid video. Thank you for posting.
"Waltz of the Towers." Nice pick. ;)
Towards the end of the video when the train is approaching Aylesbury there is a lovely shot of one of Robinsons “Jersey Lily “Atlantic’s heading a Great Central express to London Marylebone.
Fascinating! Such advanced commuter train 111 years ago! And the choice of music is very appropriate. Tschaikovsky's "Valse of the Flowers" from Nutcracker ballet, written in 1892, was still a popular hit then!
Very nice. It would be good to see side by side shots of that footage and modern footage.
8m thinking, what would Sir John Betjimin exclaim?????
"Deepest, darkest, more rural METROLAND"
Wonderful footage indeed and how nice to see the old Robinson GCR loco.
I absolutely loved this footage. Thank you.
fascinating footage great quality a line i knew well when i lived in London
Great footage. Mind you, I can't help but feel the two people who gave a thumbs down regreted the lack of car chases and porn.
mind in the gutter huh?
Mmmmmm I can taste the smog. Great film and some very nice hats! Some very tall and interesting signals. A nice mix of upper and lower quadrants.
Also the Upper Crust and the Lower Crust.
Very nice. All that open space and greenery! I wonder how new the lines were then, the cuttings looked new, and in places there didn't seem to be fences. They were good clear films. Thank you.
Danke für den tollen Film, und die Musik passt wunderbar dazu. Gruß Stephan. 👍🚂🤗
Wonderful footage!
Thanks for the ride.
Fascinating footage. I note that the live rail runs alongside the platform at some stations and switches to the opposite side at others as is done today.
I need a time machine,this video is heaven,beem me up now.
Excellent and instructive footage but, given the sound track, I expected at least one locomotive boiler explosion at the end.
What wonderful engineers are forefathers were, they had the vision and muscle to build all this into the burbs
A golden age ⭐
Railway personnel so smartly dressed. Public in their best refinery.
No crisp, cigarette or fish supper wrappings, discarded news papers nor plastic bottles, coffee cups etc etc.
No graffiti!!
Strange Advert Banner for the Daily Mail on one bridge that surley only a train driver would see - or placed there specifically for this film ?
Cigarettes were not widely used until some time later. Plastic bottles were decades away.
Days gone by....never to return, I'm sorry to say....
Very enjoyable. Particularly coupled with the sound track.
...what an amazing video! thank you, given that it's well over 100 years old with electric trains I just wonder to myself has technology really moved on that much? 👌
TfL’s first Underground line (and the first Subsurface, pre-Deep Tube, line on its first runs as an electric powered line...)
In some stations one conductor rail is adjacent to the platform, not like that now.
Were the station name boards facing the oncoming train put up specially for the film?
I believe so.
i was just going to ask when was the met electrified, this sort of answers my question. it looked like some earlier . dont know when the completion date was . thanks for upload.copyright is a strange thing. i worked at a museum and we had to be carefull.
Nice clean living back then
It all looked very new, the cuttings appear brilliant white with no vegetation, no weeds in the ballast.
Play it at .75 speed for an authentic frame rate.
What wonders the Victorians achieved with the railways. If I am ever granted the opportunity to return to the past in my next life, then it is this time that I would like to return to to work on the railways as as steam locomotive engine driver.
I think it's really good.
Very nice, thank you.
Is all of this trackage still in use? I read years ago that one of the railways had built far, far north of London in hopes of outward expansion and housing development, but the hopes were proven to have been over-optimistic and that due to lack of traffic the north-most extension of the line was eventually, and permanently, abandoned.
The Stamperneer Express at the London Transport Museum.
It's a '4-rail system'. Running rails not part of the circuit; this is formed by a rail down the centre of the gauge paired to a [familiar] side-running rail outside the gauge.
Only between Baker Street and Uxbridge (Vine Street), after that the film switches back to the Met Main line on a steam hauled service.
People moved much quicker in those days. Great video.
Spoilsports on the copyright! ANd from 110 years ago? I suppose it has to be protected, but a shame. And it would be interesting to compare the same journey today, and see the differences - a lot of Metroland for a start!
Using footage from today as a comparison might make the whole lot cut because of copyright reasons.
Were the white background banners showing the station locations in general use, or were they put up specially for the filming?
This is some wonderful footage of a time when Britain really did deserve the appellation Great!
I believe the station name boards you are referring to were erected specifically for the film.
So good
Why did you have copyright problems, I wonder. Surely this film is public domain.
When we changed from third rail to 2 rails how was our train powered?
The third rail section was electric traction, the 2 rail section was steam hauled.
@@BennettBrookRailway Thank you, Its just that there didnt seem to be a change in photography or perspective or any sign of steam in the latter section of the journey, which is why I asked.
As the camera picks up no smoke or steam I wonder if they were propelling a brake van or such on the front of the train to act as camera wagon as the camera seems to pan from side to side without obstruction?
@@colingraham1065 Ah, could be.
@@colingraham1065 I thought that, no boiler in the way either.
Is this line still open?
Certainly is.
Strange how all the signs included the word Station.
Jago Hazard's first vid
I never new he was that old
@@christopherburson2465Jago as Dr Who, would be wonder indeed, with his Railway TARDIS.
Two years before Titanic's fateful maiden voyage.
Those signs were intentionally put up for the film.
shot in 1910…there’s no copyright now no matter who owned the copyright then
Old world tech so stunning, suchnetterwuality than thejunk we use today.
That open farm country didn't stay that way for long. And those live rails are rather dangerous for farm animals and farm lads alike.
Dual gauge?
3rd rail electric in the first part of the film.
@@BennettBrookRailway Electric ,yes, but 4-rail not 3-rail. The running rails do not form part of the circuit.
Still the London of our Native People. When we had a sustainable population of about 40 million people
Keep excluding those level crossings!
They must've switched to steam power at some point. Less transit more 'real' railway
What are you talking about
Uxbridge hasn't changed much...
No graffiti, people dressed smartly. Not much litter.
Paint would have been expensive, and spray cans hadn't been invented, a shame they have now !
Such well-kept railway! Not like nowadays, sadly....
dubious music!
Special signs for each station that I could not read!
Pause the vid!
Music is Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers followed by 1812. 1812 is perhaps rather dramatic for the Bucks countryside...
Yes, very true. The 1812 overture is a little dramatic for the subject matter, but there's not a lot of copyright friendly classical or baroque music out there!
It's great music and a cracking bit of archive film so well done you!
My point was that the music predates the vid by 100 years.
Pausing on a particular from is not easy.
Each to their own opinion, I turned the volume right down and stopped watching as the whole thing irritated me so much.
Did I miss anything special, I think not.
Bloomin' Russian music? Edward Elgar or Ralph Vaughan Williams composed nothing suitable? Puts me right orf, I can say!
Other than that - classic footage. Several sections end up in John Betjeman's masterpiece 'Metro-land' (BBC TV, 1973). "Look at these fields. They were photographed in 1910 from the train."
Superb peaceful pre ww1 UK..
What is the difference travelling in a car, here is just looking at the front rail scene and nothing view of the train.
No meaning at all watching .
No meaning, useless film shooting.
Plenty of meaning if you care to look, a wonderful record of an age long gone. My gran would have recognised it, who knows she may even have been in it.