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Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow

Before bogies, most carriages hadtheir wheels attached directly to the under frame, which...

Before bogies, most carriages had
their wheels attached directly to the under frame, which gave that
hard and bumpy ride

Full Transcript

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Before bogies,
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most carriages had their wheels attached
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directly to the under frame,
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which gave that hard and bumpy ride.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:40
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres

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Movie Summary

Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
S01 • E01 Originally, there were no toilets onboard the carriages. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Originally, there were no toilets onboard the carriages.
S01 • E04 Our coach was one of the earliest to have four sets of wheels - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
Our coach was one of the earliest to have four sets of wheel...
S01 • E01 Everyone was crammed into these compartments - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
Everyone was crammed into these compartments
S01 • E04 That frame is then attached to the carriage by a single pivot - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
That frame is then attached to the carriage by a single pivo...
S01 • E01 Even in the late 19th century, toilets were a rarity, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
Even in the late 19th century, toilets were a rarity,
S01 • E04 Not only does that make for a smoother ride, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:10
Not only does that make for a smoother ride,
S01 • E01 Can you imagine 300 people getting off the train, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
Can you imagine 300 people getting off the train,
S01 • E04 The advantages were so great - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
The advantages were so great
S01 • E04 By the late 19th century, when our carriage was built, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:09
By the late 19th century, when our carriage was built,
S01 • E01 Now, the times was filled with classified adverts - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
Now, the times was filled with classified adverts
S01 • E01 Like, for instance, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
Like, for instance,
S01 • E04 Allowing trains to reach an excess of 70 miles an hour. - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
Allowing trains to reach an excess of 70 miles an hour.
S01 • E04 (Dramatic orchestral music) - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:15
(Dramatic orchestral music)
S01 • E01 Now, that, I think, was a balloon that you strapped to your leg, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
Now, that, I think, was a balloon that you strapped to your ...
S01 • E01 For the people who didn't want to be discreet, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:08
For the people who didn't want to be discreet,
S01 • E04 So these bogies, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
So these bogies,
S01 • E04 Stephen has brought in a specialist team of engineers - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:06
Stephen has brought in a specialist team of engineers
S01 • E01 There was something much more flowery and that was... - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:05
There was something much more flowery and that was...
S01 • E01 Today you can thank this chap - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:07
Today you can thank this chap
S01 • E01 His name was Edmund heusinger Von waldegg, - Great Rail Restorations with Peter Snow 00:11
His name was Edmund heusinger Von waldegg,