This guy's channel is on it for informational stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdRPgyPshs

So is Mustard, but Mustard doesn't do a lot of train stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3LLgzO_PrI

If you want London-specific stuff, Jago's got you covered:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTj_Kcncew

>>5423
I'd seen Mustard and enjoyed his videos, but like you said the rail content is getting rarer as time goes on. I also like Jaggo too, usually watch him with a bit of Geoff Marshall and Tim Traveler.

However I hadn't seen Ruairidh MacVeigh before, and this content is spot on for what I'm looking for. Longer content, deeper depth, not just opinions. Great recommendation. Thank you!

My brother likes trains, he watches anything with trains. He'll probably have no clue what he's watching but he'll watch because it has trains.

>>5422
Chris Eden-Green does quality documentaries on steam locomotives.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristheXelent

Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels "test drives" locomotives, and also restores cars and other vehicles.
https://www.youtube.com/c/LawriesMechanicalMarvels

David Frankal posts rail-related news as well as train trips:
https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidFrankal

Nodrog is like a Lancastrian Geoff, but not as famous:
https://www.youtube.com/c/nodrog

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>>5422
Oh mate, do I have the channel for you. The Tim Traveller. Be forewarned, not everything is rail-lated, but I'd think maybe every third one is. When they are they're beyond great, even the non-rail videos are still interesting if you're into that Map Men kind of stuff.

>>5435 – Well, this definitely involves a train.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jndxzHfj1RU – A Class 232 locomotive hauls an entire work train up the Geislingen incline in Germany. Man, that sixteen-cylinder doom trumpet of dooooom…

>>5440
This dude is pretty good.

does anyone have those videos or archive of the thread that was on here some years back by a chinese ironworker / train driver?

I know we're talking more informational channels here, but I want to plug one of my all-time favorite YT channels for railfanning. No shitty intro, no degenerate narration, no crappy video editing, just TRAINS. GOOD trains, the whole train, and nothing but the train. Dunno what kind of camera this dude was toting back in the 90s, but it was definitely something quality, and he has a good eye for an artsy shot now and then.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RailroadMediaArchive

>>5475
The 80s and 90s videos look like they came off professional/broadcast video tapes like Betacam or similar. Video from that era can actually look good, just most of it on YouTube is captured from shitty VHS tapes with shitty Aliexpress tier hardware.

>>5546
Issue is though, anyone who was capable of producing such good quality masters at the time were indeed professionals, because the price and quality gap between professional and amateur equipment was so great. The rights for their good stuff now belongs to some railway magazine or the legal remains of some long bankrupt mail order video store.

What they upload now is essentially freebies from their refuse pile. This also explains the all too common haphazard digitalization jobs done on footage that, done with care, could still beat any amateour recording from the eral.

This Swedish(?) guy posts old Railway (mostly mass transit) footage and doesn't elaborate further
https://www.youtube.com/@OlleSN