Trinidad's Lost Railways Part 4
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Published 2016-03-10
In part 4 of the series an attempt is made to demonstrate examples of successful railway preservation in other parts of the world where equipment, almost identical to that which once operated in Trinidad, now earns its keep as popular tourist attractions.
Content is a mixture of historic and contemporary images which endeavour to illustrate the story of Trinidad’s once vast Government and Estate system of railways.
This is also a video tribute to some of the people that worked on Trinidad’s railways.
In March of 2012 I was honoured to meet the now late Engine Driver, Fenwick Lord, and Jackie Driscoll, the daughter of Mr. Lord’s best friend, the late Engine Driver, Aubrey Goodridge.
The testimonials of both Mrs. Driscoll and “Uncle Lord” (in photo) provide valuable anecdotal perspective.
Finally, the video attempts to offer a glimpse of what can be achieved through preservation efforts which can so easily be applied in Trinidad successfully.
I hope that you enjoy this video just as much as I have enjoyed making it over the past seven years.
Glen Beadon 9 March 2016
All Comments (21)
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Glen you should be given an award for your historical work
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Its so sad that Trinidad got rid of their railways, im sure as you said that they would be great for public trabsport today and help relieve all that traffic to port of spain. I'm only 18 so unfortunetly I was never able to see any run for myself, I only have my parents and my grandparents (and you) to help give me an idea of what it was like.
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Thank you for giving me my youth back,I travelled on all of the TGR trains,as my father who was a policeman in Rio Claro
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I remember in the 50s I was a boy scout riding the train from San Fenando to Port-of Spain to march in scout Parade
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I grew up in Siparia in 1940s.loved to see the.engine turn around at the end of the San Fernando/Siparia line.. Remember the Diesel ones and Governor's carriage also the Prisoer's carriage.First and Third class carriages as well. etc.Lovely memories.Gerald Amoroso..
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A big shame we lost this remarkable rail service from our cache of transport operations. I would love to sit and watch the Trinidad countryside go past. Awesome
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Beautiful presentation. This brings back so many memories as a young boy in the QRC Cadets, they would march cadet Platoons from all PoS schools into Pos From the St James Barracks HQ for an exciting Route March and activity through the streets of PoS. We would then get on the Train for San Fernando. There we would join up with all Cadet platoons from San Fernendo and March through the streets there. We would Overnight at a Camp at one of the Schools, thinking it was Napariama college, then Route March the next day and back onto the Train for POS. It was a Glorious time in T & T''s history. Thank You
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I remember seeing some of these trains carrying Sugarcane in Barrackpore (No.2) and seeing one up close by Digity Mud Volcano. It is a real shame that they are no longer in service. To me they were majestic and wonderful
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Wonderful work. You were able to capture a favourite train driver of the day, the Lord himself, with such magnificent memories.
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Glen how are you? I was born in Biche in 1950.I was always curious.Thanks so much. Your work is genious.I saw the last train to San Fernando piece.
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I'm 58 yrs maybe I road a train but can't remembers wish I did but I enjoyed this it give me sense of feelings for where I was before I reach here thanks for this.
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thank god for Glen Beadon i was able to see a beautiful system of train in Trinidad i never new existed all thou i heard of it a few time before and saw once in 2002 i believe running and i was amazed i could not believe my eyes am from Arima and never went so far in south before thank god i did thank you so much for such moments i spend look at you videos
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Ah Glen, Glen... were you cutting onions? There are tears in my eyes. Nostalgia! Thanks for splicing in the old videos with the modern so we can see what may have been.
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Thank you sir.....simply brilliant!!!!!!!...You brought life to the stories I heard as a child.......
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Glen, this is absolutely brilliant. One of the best, if not THE best YouTube video I've ever seen. I know how much you put into making this film and the results are spectacular. It is worthy of an award. Congratulations and thank you. Best wishes, Dave
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Thank you Glen, my mother is looking at this and have water in her eyes.
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Thanks again for this historical and informative video on the trains of Trinidad.
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<3 this. Lovely footage. I agree with the Port-of-Spain commute. It's terrible most days, between traffic and lack of availability of maxis during peak hours, commuting is frustrating.
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Glen, thank you for this series. Our daughter is the great grand daughter of Aubrey Goodridge and she is so excited to have seen this. Thank you for allowing her to see footage of the trains. She is so proud ...she cannot stop smiling. We will be sharing this around. cheers...
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Beautiful, just Beautiful Glen. Hopefully they'll do something preserve what's left of the past :)
