Railways in Transition at Pendon
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- čas přidán 31. 12. 2022
- A special weekend at Pendon Museum where we moved the clock forwards to the mid to late 1950s, some 25 years later than the Pendon period.
Although the infrastructure remains largely unchanged, the new trains show the advancements that have been made in rail transport.
It's insane how much trains advanced in such a short amount of time!
Yes, the contrast between 'The Pendon Period' and this special running weekend's trains is quite remarkable.
I'm blown away by this...history and the scenery is so realistic in colouring...
Wow, a great reaction, thank you very much. Pendon Museum tries to create life in the 1930's in miniature in the most realistic way possible. All modelling is carried out by our team of volunteers and they will be so pleased to know you have enjoyed this video. To see more hidden gems, click here: pendonmuseum.com/youtube
Lovely - I did a double take when I saw the title and was compelled to watch. Somebody has been working very hard to put together so much BR era stock that meets your standards. Lovely to see them all - though one or two BR standard tenders seem to wobble a bit! That takes me back to my childhood - rather further back than I feel happy with.
John many thanks for your positive comments. The team responsible for organising the weekend will be very pleased to know that their hard work is so appreciated.
Great video. Loved to see the loose coupled wagons "hunting" at 3.57. Still remember seeing my 1st GWR namer "County of Salop" in immaculate condition at Worcester in the early 60s.
WE are very pleased you enjoyed the video and that it brought back some great memories. If you are new to Pendon and would like to see some hidden gems, simply click this link. pendonmuseum.com/youtube
Resolution for 2023... make it to Pendon.
That's a great resolution! We look forward to your visit. Do keep an eye on our website for all of our opening times.
I must see this place👍
It would be our pleasure to see you as well. Our opening times and location are shown on our website pendonmuseum.com
It's been many years since I visited and it's good to see the high standard of modelling has continued.
Thank you Roger. We really hope to see you again one day in the museum. There is always something new to see and do.
Always a joy to watch. Will give you a mention on my next vlog
Many thanks for your kind comment @modeloco
We would be very grateful for a mention.
Thankyou very interesting!
Thank you for your great comment Michael, we are pleased you enjoyed this one.
Thank you vor thus wonderful Video in the First day in 2023 i Hope you will have a nice new jeahr Dierk beim germany
Thank you Dierk, we are very pleased you enjoyed this video. We hope you have a very Happy New Year as well.
What a lovely video, I have not visited pendon since the passing of good friend Mick Bonwick and shall have to pop by and have a chat one day
Thank you for your positive comment. Please to pop by for a chat one day, it will be great to see you again.
The modelling looks so real, all that's missing is the steam exhaust !!
Many thanks for your great comment. Close your eyes and you can almost smell that exhaust! :).
@@PendonMuseumVideos just one other thing though, telegraph wires with a flock of starlings perched on??!!! 😏😆👋
Very nice presentation; I wondered if we were going to see an HST...!
Well Jim, you may be in luck! We hope to hold a special event later in the year which will celebrate 100 years of GWR, then and now (1923-2023). Please keep an eye on our events section on our website www.pendonmuseum.com
Great video lads, it does look weird seeing BR engines on the layout. Also, Happy New Year.
A very Happy New Year to you from the Pendon team. Yes, a strange and interesting day for us all.
Love the details here...only one thing though...would the field boundaries not be the GWR standard concrete posts by the 1950s? I only ask because i live on the trackbed of the former Great Central Railway and some of the concrete posts and cattle wires are still in place both on the main line and the former LD & ECR,and yet a small section of Duckmanton Junction,a footpath over a coal train loop bridge,still has wooden sleeper fencing.
A wikipedia search told me boundary fences were originally wooden sleepers cut in half along their length,but British Railways adapted the GWR 1930s concrete post design and reproduced them in their millions.I guess it depends on the terrain and the use of the fields.
Many thanks Owen. We are very pleased you liked this.
You are of course correct regarding the fencing posts. Do remember that the Pendon period is in the 1920s and 1930s, so our (handmade) fence panels reflect that time. To change them for our special 'transition' weekend would have been just too much of a challenge :).
Using Hornby stock must say a lot for the product.
Very pleased yo like it. Thanks for viewing.
Lovely video. I'm curious if during normal days you run any models of the GWR Atbara class.
Thank you for your kind comment, we are pleased you enjoyed it. Regarding the Atbara Class, we do have 4129 Kekewich representing the class but it's not currently in service. Sedgeford may be seen in the Dartmoor diorama and we have White hauling a horsebox special in The Vale diorama.
Maybe you will come and have a look one day?
@@PendonMuseumVideos would love too. cheers from canada!
Not quite a day trip then! Let’s see what we can showcase with our videos in 2023. Thanks again for watching.
Could we see a video of how the signalling works at pendon (if it does work)?
Thank you for your question. The signals at Pendon are all fully operational and trains respond accordingly. Whilst we do not currently have any videos at present, we can include some clips of the signals moving in a future video.
Please, do stay tuned.
Some engines, notably a South Wales 'Hall', retained their former owner's initials well into the early 1960s and stock with mixed company and BR livery was quite a feature of the early Fifties. How about a 9F on a passenger train going at full chat (before a travelling official had such practices banned)?
Not just in South Wales - when Worcester shed closed in the late 60's the men bulled the engines up, and found that many of the smaller tank locos were still in GWR livery. They'd not amassed sufficient mileage to send them back to Swindon since 1948. Watch the 'Titfield Thunderbolt' - some mainline carriages you see near the end are still in GWR colours, and 1401, the main branch engine used in the film, has clear, shiny patches on the tanks where the hallowed letters have been crudely painted out.
Thank you for your comment John and yes, we agree, there were a number of locos that retained GWR branding well into BR days. Coincidentally, we were intending to feature a 9F however it could not be made to perform reliably in the time we had to set up the weekend. Maybe another time.
Will do you do a video with diesel hydraulics in the Vale?
A good question, please do carry on watching our regular releases. Thanks for watching.
The only thing that me , someone born in 2006 in germany tips off as not being a recoloured real-life-footage is knowing its the layout at pendon, and that the carriage roofs arent soot-diarrhea'd like anything that goes in/trough derby
3:48 yes, and even more sadder that few or none survived(havent read that engine up a while) however the class really only served the stop-gap between the demand greater than the possible work hours of other great western/ western region shunters and the introduction of the 08/09/10/11 (yada yada)
Thank you both for your comments and for watching our special video.
Excellent. Sadly the gas loco is rapidly deteriorating at Didcot.
What was it called...something like 'Paraffin Castle'?
@@johnjephcote7636 I assume that was a nickname?
Kerosene Castle
Yes, a great shame. We will have to ensure we look after ours for future generations to admire.
Helyan.
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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what couplings do you guys use and where can I get some, they look really nice.
Many thanks for your question, here is the reply from one of our volunteer modellers: Wagons - prototypical 3 link couplings using Masokits hooks and either home made links or those from Brassmasters.
Fitted stock - screwlink couplings by Masokits.
Coaching stock - a 'bar' coupling invented and made at Pendon that swivels and locates in a hole in the floor of the next coach behind the buffer beam. Masokits also do a coach coupling.
Masokits catalogue is hosted by the Scalefour Society at Traders.scalefour.org/masokits
Brassmasters is at Brassmasters.co.uk
We hope that helps.
BR;- Boo Hiss.......!!!!!!
Well, we hope you enjoyed the video though 😉.