'Power to Order' follows the production of a steam locomotive at the renowned Doncaster works. 'Railways are the arteries of industrial Britain's trade. British engineering skill and British steel have made our engines famous all over the world. In this film an engine is built. The growing engine is followed through the boiler-shop, the machine-shop and the assembly-shop.' (Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1941) Trivia Several complete locomotives are shown towards the end of this film, and have been identified as the following (in order of appearance): This is an LMS 8F 2-8-0 freight locomotive, introduced 1935 and designed by W. A. Stanier. This type was initially built during WW2 for the Ministry of Defence and Overseas service. The train we see here is probably in Turkey; it's fitted with air brake hoses and the tender alongside has the Turkish crescent on the side. An unusual locomotive, this is an Iraqi State Railways PC class. A streamlined steam locomotive that ran on the Baghdad to Istanbul route, only four of this model were ever built and only three made it to Iraq — one being lost when the ship carrying it was sunk. It is thought that this particular engine is the 502 'El Mosul' — delivered to Iraq in March 1941, its name (written in Arabic) is just visible on the side. The next train is the LMS 8F again. Merchant Navy Class, introduced 1941 and designed by O. V. Bulleid. In Southern Railway livery and with the original streamlined casing, This particular engine is the 21C1 'Channel Packet'— the first prototype engine of this class, with the original streamlined casing and green livery. You can find archive footage of its naming ceremony here. The 4493 'Woodcock': LNER class A4 Pacific, designed by H. N. Gresley. Del new July 1937 in garter blue livery, it was withdrawn in October 1963 and scrapped. This train is the class-mate of 60022 'Mallard' — the world steam record holder — which can be seen today in the National Railway Museum in York. Skipping ahead to 9:13 we see a streamlined LMS Princess Coronation 4-6-2 heading north between Euston and Watford. It was probably decorated the famed crimson lake livery with gold stripes, with matching coaches, on a Euston to Glasgow train. Introduced in 1937 and built up to 1947 it was again designed by W. A. Stanier. The Art Deco streamlined casings were removed from 1941 onwards, but a restored locomotive, the 6229 'Duchess of Hamilton' can bee seen at the National Railway Museum. At 09:25 we see a Southern Railway N15 King Arthur Class. Introduced in 1925 the train we see was fitted with eight wheel tender for the Southern Railway Western Section, Waterloo-Exeter-Plymouth. Thanks to Roger Camp, who helped to identify the locomotives and provided much of this information. This film has been made available for non-commercial research and educational purposes courtesy the British Council Film Collection. http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection/about-the-collection S88TV1 - Transport, technology, the best of British steam trains and general interest movies from the past - newsreels, documentaries & publicity films from the Prelinger Archives, NASA, US & UK National Archives and other "Last of the giants" public domain film sources. #train #steamlocomotive

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1. omg troublesome trucks
2. omg real life thomas the tank engine
3. *Inside the Sodor Steam Works*
4. love it
5. the numbers and kinds of industrial accidents in those locomotive works must have been extreme - impressive work, though
6. Love to see how things are made before the days of CNC cutters, plasma cutters and robot welding. They worked in shocking conditions with no safety in mind. But they turned out some of the most beautiful machines ever made.
7. It was amazing to see real craftsmen at work. Thank you for posting this.
8. I love watching these old British steam engine videos.
9. 8:44 What kind of locomotive is this? A British one built for export?
10. wow I wish people still spoke like that
11. Wow! Brilliant but terrifying: I bet all those guys in the foundry died before their time. No protection but for the woolen clothes they wore. All deaf, burned, with seared lungs and maimed in one way or another... No wonder the National Health was introduced!