100 YEAR OLD Train Driver meets new Train Driver | In Conversation
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Harry Wilson was born a century ago in 1923, the same year that the LNER brand began with the merger of its predecessors. He sat down with Vandana, a London-based young LNER Train Driver, to talk about their shared experience on the railway and the change over the years from steam trains and the British Rail Class 55 #Deltic to the Class 800 #Azuma
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Image credits:
Class 47; CC BY (Steve Jones)
Class 55; CC BY (Barry Lewis)
Class 800; LNER copyright
Class A3; CC BY-SA (David Ingham)
Class A4; CC BY-SA (Matt Prosser)
Signal lights; public domain
Semaphore signal; CC BY-SA (NottsExMiner)
Azuma nose; LNER copyright
Queen Elizabeth; public domain
Prince Philip; CC BY-SA (Allan Warren)
Princess Anne; public domain
Princess Margaret; public domain
Charlton Heston; public domain
The Big Country poster; public domain
Ben-Hur poster; public domain
Class 43; CC BY-SA (Roger W)
Chapters:
00:00 Beginnings
03:00 Locomotives
06:42 Big changes
10:37 Famous faces
13:45 Unfortunate accidents
15:02 Keep to it
We're very sorry to hear that Harry has died aged 100 years and 11 months. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
It was a privilege to have Harry share his experience as a Driver with us.
🚂 *Harry Wilson, 06 May 1923 - 07 April 2024*
Sorry to hear this 😢
Yes very sad news R I P Harry❤
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Brought a tear to my eye. I hope Vandana was there at York Crematorium today, 3rd May, to wish him farewell on his final journey. Vandana, I wish you the very best 👌
RIP Harry
I was amazed to learn he had drove my favourite steam loco the A4 Class.
Hope Harry is still with us a true legend and gentleman, professional engineman and a Deltic driver. Bless him.
nope he ded
Harry is a true legend and gentleman, professional engineman. Bless him.
Harry, you were awesome. Rest in peace ❤
That was superb. God Bless Harry. All the best for the future too Vandana.
I saw on Twitter today that Harry has sadly past away. May he rest in peace ❤
What a legend. The first issue of Rail, then known as Rail Enthusiast, features a cab ride in a Deltic from York to Kings Cross with Harry driving.
Harry is a legend I remember reading his stories in the railway press and the stories of his beloved deltic locomotives a true legend 😊
This is a fantastic interview - two very different (but I'm sure both excellent) drivers!
this is why lner is the very best in the game. this was a legendary chat. im sure this will be looked at in another 50 years to look back. amazing historical content.
@@squaresphere2864 yes, really. no need to be so condescending.
What a lovely gentleman, hope he can stick around for many more years- given he can put up with life’s natural struggles.
Great knowledge and experience and good story teller lol
God bless him and his family. #teamtrainz
Harry is a legend.
I second that
Absolutely he is. She was clueless to most things he told her. She had a rudimentary grasp of what this man did and his achievements.
@@squaresphere2864 rubbish. no she didnt.
@@Nooticus She’s better suited doing Tik Tok videos than showing herself up with her child like questions.Harry could wipe the floor with her in terms of experience.
What a wonderful interview! I always wanted to be a train driver, but back in the day when i was at school and uni, women train drivers were unheard of - and now I'm too old 😩
How old are you?
There's another centurion train driver in York who still with us. He's called Reg Turner and started on the railways around the same time as Harry.
Pure legend
It would have been very difficult for Harry to ease a 12 coach steam hauled express out of Kings Cross, greasy rails, then down into the drain of Gasworks Tunnel, and next the strenuous climb up Holloway Bank. Only another 285 miles to go non stop with an A4 on The Elizabethan. Although the footplate staff changed just North of York. Well done Harry.
Good old Harry, tell the youngsters about The Deltic's, legendary locos.
Wonder if in his 49 years on the job if he would've met my Grandad as he worked for BR as a Guard from the late 70s to early 80s on the ECML York-Glasgow
Wow, good old Harry! Hope you get Harry back with LNER and show him the new trains and Vandana to the museum to see a deltic.
while it’s good to look to the future it’s also best to look to the past as well. What a great conversation
r.i.p harry
Love it ! ❤
Both were amazing, loved the rapport between them
Thank you 😄
what a guy!
I want to be a train driver
That’s like joe Biden driving a plane
This guy retired in 1987
Magic. Harry, thanks for the memories. Vandana, keep it up as you have met one of the best. I'm surprised he didn't mention his favourite Deltic though, 55013.
@@squaresphere2864 you've written like 10 comments about this. calm yourself down.