Trinidad's Lost Railways Part 3

Glen Beadon
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Published 2014-03-02
The "Trinidads Lost Railways" series continues here with Part 3 about railway preservation up to the present day (2014).
I made this video for a very important reason; to save the railway heritage of Trinidad and Tobago. Today Trinidad has 8 preserved locomotives and another who's future hangs in the balance. In addition to remaining engines in Trinidad, there is one preserved steam locomotive, No18 PICTON, which was privately purchased in 2002 and shipped back to its place of birth at Leeds in England.
This video provides a review of the Trinidad locomotives which survive today, in order of antiquity, and relates the plight of D11, an engine unique to Trinidad, still in danger of being lost.
Trinidad's national collection of surviving locomotives spans a period of 56 years (1907 to 1963) and constitutes a very respectable cross section of locomotive development through the railway period of the island. The last locomotive on the list is still at risk of being lost and efforts must be made to save her before it is too late. This video briefly explains it all and I hope will serve to underline the importance of saving these remnants of our past. The video combines contemporary and vintage footage of railway operations in Trinidad.
All Comments (21)
  • @hodgemoss
    150 years of railways in Trinidad 🇹🇹 and Tobago
  • @margaretramchatesingh5994
    Omg i remember these train carrying sugar cane and as kids i love watching these train. My grand mother use to travel by train all the time to go to san fernando
  • @ananddeonarineKVA
    This is great...Kudos to you Glen. At least our future generations would have these videos to help them understand a little of their history...WELL DONE!!!
  • @saliftrilok6129
    brechin castle was my backyard playground growing up i lived in dow villiage ,fishing at d four ponds,climbing d mountain of sugar bare feet d gud old days
  • @bayswatermelanie6872
    My grandfather...Henry Agustus Gorden-French retired from Trinidad Railways around 1928 after 36 years of service. I believe he trained the Junior men and drove the "passenger" trains.
  • @vashtipersad2738
    We live in a country that do not appreciate it's history,it is sad that we so feels that we that must be copy cats that we are willing to forget the past but only willing to relive it in videos ,sad ,so sad .
  • @janetcarrington2499
    I like it I love trains I'll like to ride in one when I return to Trinidad good progress I hope it comes through soon.
  • @Dave1854
    2020.... I hope they are preserve... Great work Glen!!!!
  • @terrysookhoo2528
    That's how we have to know what a train is...sadly the future children will not know about trains in tnt
  • @saliftrilok6129
    i even rode d locomotive,sometimes i was allowed to put d sand on d lines my dad was a locomotive driver
  • @BAILEY27877
    Hey Glen,I appreciate the footage. It brought back a lot of memories when I was a boy growing up in Diamond Village. Do you have any more pics and videos?