Building a 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) Several complete locomotives are shown towards the end of this film, and have been identified as the following (in order of appearance): - 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 Del new July 1937 in garter blue livery, it was withdrawn in October 1963 and scrapped.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. This film & synopsis has been made available courtesy the British Council Film Collection. http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection/about-the-collection WDTVLIVE42 - Transport, technology, and general interest movies from the past - newsreels, documentaries & publicity films from my archives. #Trains #Locomotive #Transport #SteamLocomotive

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1. SUPER
2. 欽佩.
3. thomas tank engine real life
4. The locomotive shown being built is a Stanier 2=8=0 for the War Department (WD) by the North British Loco Hyde Park Works Glasgow this is evidenced by 1 their circular works plate visible while the piston is being fitted, 2 the motion is stamped 356, 3 it is right hand drive - which were only built for Turkey by NBL. In fact this loco is at the bottom of the sea off Freetown when the SS Berhala was torpedoed on 23 May 1941. Doncaster did not build any locos of this type until 1943
5. I love when they're handling the 'white hot' tie rod with their bare hands!
6. Very well made documentary....excellent photography and editing...sorely missed
7. Exquisite craftsmanship
8. men
9. força em ordem bom documentario ferroviario
10. What a terrible job. The men are old before their time.
11. Craftsmanship at its absolute finest.
12. Beautiful! British engineering, showing how it's done!
13. A great film, the days when hard work was the order of the day and what these guys produced was pure magic.
14. Nice video! Thumbs up! We have The Big Boy in Omaha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53dbkiaD4K4&feature=gp-n-y&google_comment_id=z12lep14hlaucnwy304cg3rgvoayhhoizkc0k
15. Photography by "C. Hornby?" as in Hornby Model railways???
16. free forging is amazing! Making a complicated part from thick bar of hot metal!
17. Incredible ! GREAT Brittan.
18. THANK YOU...for sharing.
19. Thank you for the upload, a wonderful movie at the end of the steam engine age.