Arson attack at Rushden Heritage Railway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2024
- A beautiful, preserved railway carriage was set on fire by re-offending youths at The Rushden Transport Heritage Railway on Wednesday evening, 17th April 2024.
I take a walk with Alfie Bryan who along with many others have spent many hours volunteering at RHTS. We walk up the old Wellingborough to Rushden & Higham Railway so Ryan I could inspect the carriage myself and film for you all to inspect too.
The fire brigade struggled to access the fire but still managed to bring the fire under control. Well done to those legends that answered the call
I'm very angry at the fact the police have had the youths pointed out to them but nothing has been done yet again and that comes across in the video. Sorry FEDS but you're slacking.
What pisses me off, is that all these kids have all the top of the range mobile phones, PlayStation, Xbox yet they still have to come out and destroy something that doesn't belong to them, it's an absolute disgrace. As far as I'm concerned, they need to be caught, taken to court, but rather than sending them to a young offenders, they should be made to volunteer at that railway for 5 years, and be made to get there hands dirty in some work, but first of all, sell there phones and PlayStation or what ever they have to keep them entertained, to go towards having to replace that old carriage which they destroyed.
Cheers Purple. Condolences to the Rushden heritage Railway and the people of Rushden. I completely agree with your comments Purple, when as a society are we going to start valuing things again?, fed up with this no consequence, no accountability blame something else mentality-and that’s just the Police!. I’d better shut up before I really get into gear!, all the best for now.
What a disgrace and our wonderful history is being erased. You're more likely to get banged up if you have hurt someone's feelings these days. Thank you for highlighting this, Purple.
Hi purple x Ryan x co 😢 I feel sorry for all the volunteers who spend all their free time restoring these trains and then have to witness this mindless destruction.😢😢😢
Hello Purple, a long time before you were born in the year 1963, a documentary entitled Branchline Railway was made by the BBC,i itcwas about the Somerset and Dorset railway.
Sir John Betijmin saw an old GWR auto coach that was later vandalised and his comment was priceless, he said some people hate things well made, it gives them a guilty conscience.
This breaks my heart man, this is my local heritage railway. So sad 😢
Heartbreaking. As a nipper I was a bit of a scally but never anything like this. It shamed me what I got up to that I finished up joining the Fire Service as an adult. Turned out that many of my colleagues there did the same in their youth. Ended up on the receiving end of teenage arson. It will play on those kids minds what they've done at some point down the line (no pun intended).
Will it? Sure about that?
Lots of comments criticising the police inaction. It now seems endemic across the whole country. The only thing I would say in defence of the police is that cuts in funding around the country have meant there is now a significant shortfall between the numbers we need to police effectively and the numbers in post or in training. My heart goes out to all those who dedicate their time to restoring rolling stock, only to have it destroyed by mindless thugs/idiots.
Nah, they're still there, just too busy arresting people for saying naughty words online, and defending swastika flags at protests to do any real work
Such A shame, The other night two pacers were graffitied at Midland Railway Butterley. This is not the first time Butterley have been targeted, as back In January a class 108s windows were shattered and one of the signal boxes windows were also smashed in. There was also the issue with Orton Mere signal box. It is such a shame Heritage railways should need to take security actions to try and tackle these offenders, just because these idiots make the "effort" to spoil everyone elses enjoyment and hard work. Midlessness. Glad to see that you are as enthusiastic about it as I am.
Yh and I saw that historic lanterns have been taken from Severn Valley Railway.
Terrible to see this, and it looks a decent area too but i guess we have scum everywhere now with no fear at all of punishment.
Two questions:- Why can't kids leave things alone that don't belong to them? and Why TF aren't the POLICE doing anything about it? We may as well have Chief Wigam as our chief of police!
The police are busy arresting a 74 year old woman for hate crime offences because her neighbour didn't like her rose bush (a story in the news recently).
I hope, now you've highlighted it on your channel, that someone will either know who did this, and hand them in, or the police will do something about it. It's disgusting what some kids of today do. As you said in the video, that carriage was a part of our history, and now it's ruined.
Absolutely heartbreaking! Just stumbled across this video, had a look at your channel and want to say hello from a new subscriber. Fully agree with everything you said in this video. Something needs to happen. I can kind of get my head around them breaking in and having an explore or hanging out in that carriage (not that I agree with trespassing on a heritage railway) I can even understand them grafittiing something (again don't agree with it but can sort of get why it appeals to them) what I can't understand is why they feel the need to burn it down, what does that actually achieve?
That’s absolutely disgusting how these youths are allowed to get away with this and more disgusting that police refuse to do nothing about it why aren’t police doing the job they are paid to do this is so frustrating
Yh here me now.
I had lots of great times on mk1 another great coach possible gone to the scrap man great video well presented love your style 👍
When the police aka public servants do nothing, that's when the community gets a group of adults together & patrols & does their job like a police community officer. Other towns have started to do the same these days...
So sad and pointless, we had graffiti problems on the S.V.R. some time ago, cost a lot of money to put right. If only they would join and help out on the railway. Thanks purple.
What a waste. What are the parents saying when their kids come home smelling off smoke. Like you said in video POLICE where 🤔 are you.
not my kids.
Tragic. Another piece of history destroyed.
How Horrible as a Volunteer (and Youth!) That is disgraceful, think of all the time and money it took restoring that carriage
I am disgusted that those criminals who gone and do that.
When the culprits are caught they and their parents need long prison sentences. After their release they should be made to pay for the damages. I lived in Rushden about 40 years ago, returned last year for a visit. Appalling state of the town. I will never go back. 😢
Its so sad these people do this , and as i volunteer at a local heritage railway , and we have incidents of kids causing vandalism, and also i am a part owner of 2 airliners which we are restoring, i really think heritage railways and aviation museums and other heritage museum sites need to get our government to do something and make doing damage a serious crime and penaltys that will make these kids think twice.
So sad. Is it rebuildable? If the frame is fixed back to the chassis and then refitted? Maybe a gofundme?
We were asshats when we were kids, but we did not destroy stuff that we knew meant something to folks and never touched anything historical. Not kids, young thugs or assholes.
Not sure which is the bigger disgrace, the arson attack which destroyed the mk1 coach or failure of the local police to take action against the culprits.
We closed the youth clubs where youthful energy could be channeled to adult respect. What does this railway do to engage with the local people? Or is it run like a private club?
So sad to see this. We could all go creeping around doing this sort of vandalism, but most of us don't, and never would. It takes better people to take a neglected old railway carriage and restore it. I feel sad for the people who had been working on it before this happened. Regarding grafitti, I hate it, however "artistic", and feel that it's biggest fans are the spray can and paint manufacturers.
This is normal behaviour of our society today unfortunately, its very sad to Hear news like this this week it's not been the only one , makes me sick. Irreplaceable.
It's only become normal because we have accepted it. I've had enough
Sad indeed. 😢
Sad times this is how kids these days get there buzz if no balloon gas or weed or it may be someone who is a arsonist?I hope it gets restored as I visit the east lancs in bury and the hours of graft and the detailing that goes into restoration of these items is mind-blowing
kids have nothing better to do in my day we had youth clubs discos such a shame
What are the plans for the coach now?
More than likely scraped now.
@@PurpleVision23 That is sad but hopefully any income from the scrapping can be used to restore other items of rolling stock.
@@PurpleVision23Those little kids really do not give a good impression on kids these days like me who actually love old trains and such :( its sad what happened to the coach
@@PurpleVision23Salvage bogies?
@@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire Any income should go to the owner of the coach rather than other vehicles, they will likely be owned by other individuals.
One thing that amazed me when we was watching them try and put.it out was lack of water and no hydrant near by
Really? The I thought the water table was high around there. Obviously I was wrong
What about putting up the blue boxes with the cameras in like the new housing developments use or just send the boys round,
Are you offering to pay for the 'blue boxes'?
This is a horrible thing to do!
This is a real pity. Is it possible to re edit the video to show what the coach looked like before?
I might make a little video for Facebook but at the moment I'm not being payed by TH-cam for this channel. I'm not prepared to put in the effort for TH-cam to profit from and not me. All will be resumed in June
It's not just the police, it's the courts who need to take a lot of the blame. The police go to the effort of catching them, charging them, and the courts just let them off with weak sentences. The police are then wasting time running after the same repeat offenders.
Sadly, that coach is now only fit for scrap. The Rushden site, is like too many heritage railways, not as secure as normal commercial premises would be. Even so, we should never use that as justification for vandalism or arson..
bad kids of today.... fail to understand the concept of historic heritage vehicles, they can't comprehend it so they destroy it for what.... afew likes of there roadmen mates, won't be laughing when there caught if the police do anything! arsons a serious number inside, endangerment to life especailly with a fire of that scale.
I guess im a kid of today and I absolutely adore old trains, makes me sick that they would do this to that beautiful coach :(
You can save this coach
So sad
Very sad to see this,seems police have lost control now days,when i was lad this wouldnt have happend.
such a shame 😞
Yh 😢
Well upset about this
Heartbreaking. Police and other liberal institutions seem to want us to accept all of this is part of modern life and we should stop whinging.....
Yh well Ill keep whining 😁
It's awful about the arson at Rushden heritage railway. I wonder how long ago this happened
3 days ago.
thursday night I think
Very sad to see. I travel in Mk1’s every week and they are lovely old coaches.
As a child I travelled home from school in them. They were nearly new at that time and where beautiful coaches.
Theres no repairing that now, better off selling bits they cant use for scrap.
Sounds like the local community lack confidence in the Police and even being from over the pond, I can see why. This is destroying English heritage and it may not be some famous statue or painting, but it is still our heritage that cannot be replaced. England is not the same country I left and to be honest I do not know if I would recognize it if I came back. I hear talk of conscription into the armed forces to bolster the numbers and it sounds that people like this gang may learn a thing or two about how to behave in our society from it.
Its sad that this is my generation doing this :( I love old trains...poor coach :(
Hi purple from Dan
Hiya Dan
Funny how you have to wear Hi Vis or you'll get in trouble and yet the youths who did the damage didn't wear Hi Vis and they don't get in trouble.
Awful, just like 273. Im sick of this.
Security guards would be helpful
But not something that many of the small charities running these lines can afford.
What a shame! I hope that it can be repaired at some time. On a similar vein, th-cam.com/users/shorts6_zZw5_Hkjg But that wasn't arson. Imagine seeing that going through your town!!
There was an arson attack at Avoncroft museum a few years ago, again like here all the hard work done ruined by some morons who think it's funny
A bit of volunteering on a heritage railway should be encouraged in schools. Trackwork, painting, cleaning it's all good stuff and helps to show youths the level of dedication that's required to run and maintain a facility like this. Breaks my heart when I see stuff like this.
if it was repaired by local muslims the police would have a armed guard there its the way now
Why don't the councils open a disused building and have courses run something different every day and get a diploma at the end better than arson, also should bring back borstal.
Because this minority wouldn't be interested. There is plenty for young people to do these days compared to the past. These ones just want to wreck other people's stuff for their own amusement.