Pickfords 1961 ~ Scammell Junior Constructor Heavy Haulage ~ GWR 4073 Caerphilly Castle ~ BTF
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2011
- The complete story in 1961 of the transportation of the Great Western steam locomotive 4073 "Caerphilly Castle" from Park Royal, Swindon to Kensington Science Museum.
Pickford's Scammell Junior Constructors are responsible for hauling the massive load through the narrow streets of London.
This engine has now been returned to Swindon's Steam Museum. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I was born 1946 and raised there. Met my wife of 30 years (we're divorced) in that Catholic church youth club behind at 4:56 in 1965. Richard & I used to trespass in the Old Oak sheds & yards it's leaving and on the GWR railway embankment behind for our train spotting 1959-62 but I missed that locomotive moving, don't remember it at all. I definitely spotted that locomotive for my Ian Allen book though.
Thank You Brilliant Post, 👍
Besides the great video, it was fascinating not seeing 1 cell phone
What a brilliant film ! Real good feel good factor, thank you.😁
Thanks for posting these wonderful old films
Absolutely amazing work.
Many of my Mum's family worked at Boots Chemists in Nottingham. Whenever one of these came through town they had a spare front window standing by because sometimes it just didn't quite take the turn as planned :D
Pickford's had 30 Scammell tractors ! What an operation they must have been
In 1963 my bicycle racing club Actonia was climbing a highway hill in the Chilterns and got a loud lorry horn behind us and I swear it's true I shouted "Just pass. You driving a tank ?" and looked around and it was a Pickford's tractor with a trailer with a tank on it.
Worked with an ex Pickford's guy who had the job of trailer steering.
Enjoyed that little trip back in time, well narrated,it was good to see the old trucks and cars of that era,and also see everyone get so excited at watching a Locomotive being transported from A to B. Everyday life was much more simple back then..not the complicated mess we live in now,thanks to failed Governments and greedy Capitalism..the one bit i failed to enjoy was the mention of that Mr. Nasty (Beeching)..but that aside,good video. thanks
Wonder how many of them kids wanted a Matchbox Pickford tractor and trailer set for there next birthday or Christmas.
Great video
I’m confused. It says turning into horn lane from Western Ave. Surely it was the opposite?
The next shot is turning off Western Ave into Old Oak Common lane.
Does anyone else agree?
Yes I don't think Horn Lane is involved at all, makes no sense. It's turning left from Victoria Road onto the Western Ave. at Gypsy Corner or possibly a few yards further down at Wales Farm Road. Before I moved to Canada 1973 I fantasized about being able to afford to buy one of those nice tiny houses on Wales Farm Road with the nice tiny garden bit in front.
Clearly not a quick move. Pickfords achieves again!
171 were built, 163 scrapped
Proper lads doing a proper job, how though. Not a hard hat or hi viz in sight. This country has become so wet or just no common sense? Thanks great film.
No, we got sick of killing and maiming workers.
Nowadays, because of Health and Safety rules, they would have to do a risk assessment report before transporting it.
They assessed it and yes it was risky
Such a waste putting a perfectly good steam loco in a museum and NEVER letting it run again!!!!
there are engines of the same class still running, and such a special class of loco. were there to be only one of the class left, i give the example, i think it was the lion which starred in the movie the titfield thunderbolt, is not allowed out anymore. at least it became a movie star before confinement. i think retirement is close to appropriate. the yanks got one of their really old ones out and estimated it could tolerate about 30 psi and gave it a bit of a run on compressed air. i found footage on yt. we had one of the castle class in australia for a few years- pendennis castle. we should never have let go back to uk. a prize. we should have declared war or something as an excuse. be happy that within a days drive of where you live, one of them probably still runs.
It is a shame but at least it didn’t go the same way as many steam locos of the time; left to rot and rust in scrapyards
@@bg0124 They were not left to rot and rust. They were sliced into small pieces of scrap with cutting torches and the debris sent for melting down in the induction furnaces.
Owing to global warming the steam engines should not he allowed to burn coal and run, letting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
@@PreservationEnthusiast What percentage of worldwide co2 etc, do preserved railway locomotives emit.