Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Between Santa Specials, decorations, tree ornaments and a handful of Christmas films, steam trains seem to have a tight grip on the December nostalgia for a lot of people, within the Northern hemisphere at least. But why is this the case? Has this always been the case? And what is the situation like in the Southern hemisphere?
Join me, and a few friends of the channel, as we take a deep dive!
MY CO-CONTRIBUTORS
@AnthonyDawsonHistory
@ChristheXelent
@Proper_Chuffed
‘Early Railways of Scotland’ by Anthony Dawson and Ed Bethune - amazon.co.uk/Early-Railways-Scotland-Anthony-Dawson/dp/1398123196/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1177578903535829&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Vk72XZmflIcYrSSBU3sj-28FjRVcasau9mzbnhj6JowwMZtH64Cvj4L4LbPyGaVV1abp7BBhaPwvl-rZG0SY1LL8CbgdQTnSimBYl5zZsI5BvZs_CFUaPbtd47UQoMfs4-EDa2F37PqebZbNGrr_Nh7-v8nxDBDpF2gm07SkSIgShiKLcwm13Egz4z1O3GTtjgmmnMq0jsF185XjFXbP1Rb2JCanEJdkWG5lQMjtLQI.GXoXSBk69ViAEhyjWWIcJE6uepxyT2IVI_j9ZVuwcUE&dib_tag=se&hvadid=73598895184344&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocint=4078&hvlocphy=159196&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-73599122814587%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=11453_2519572&keywords=early+railways+of+scotland&mcid=24e9c94998623933b72ec2941c56c73f&qid=1766174603&sr=8-1
1722waggonway.co.uk/product-page/early-railways-of-scotland
Steam Locos In Profile - Ffestiniog Festival - e-gmedia.co.uk/shop
SOURCES AND CREDIT
Photograph of L&M's 'Planet' class - The original uploader was G-Man at English Wikipedia. - Photo by G-Man * Oct 2006 Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1610108
Website sources
bbc.com/future/article/20181217-how-dickens-made-white-christmas-a-myth
brusselstimes.com/belgium/977404/archaeologists-in-antwerp-stumble-upon-100-year-old-english-train-wagon
calendar-uk.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/how-many-times-has-it-snowed-on-christmas-day-in-the-uk
LINKS
Discord server - discord.gg/ED4FdkUVc9
Twitter - twitter.com/TeaWithCaramel1
Outro music: Monster Hunter Generations - Pokke Village
Channel icon by Dean Walker - https://bsky.app/profile/ohlookitstrainart.bsky.social
#steam #train #christmas
Between Santa Specials, decorations, tree ornaments and a handful of Christmas films, steam trains seem to have a tight grip on the December nostalgia for a lot of people, within the Northern hemisphere at least. But why is this the case? Has this always been the case? And what is the situation like in the Southern hemisphere?
Join me, and a few friends of the channel, as we take a deep dive!
MY CO-CONTRIBUTORS
@AnthonyDawsonHistory
@ChristheXelent
@Proper_Chuffed
‘Early Railways of Scotland’ by Anthony Dawson and Ed Bethune - amazon.co.uk/Early-Railways-Scotland-Anthony-Dawson/dp/1398123196/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1177578903535829&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Vk72XZmflIcYrSSBU3sj-28FjRVcasau9mzbnhj6JowwMZtH64Cvj4L4LbPyGaVV1abp7BBhaPwvl-rZG0SY1LL8CbgdQTnSimBYl5zZsI5BvZs_CFUaPbtd47UQoMfs4-EDa2F37PqebZbNGrr_Nh7-v8nxDBDpF2gm07SkSIgShiKLcwm13Egz4z1O3GTtjgmmnMq0jsF185XjFXbP1Rb2JCanEJdkWG5lQMjtLQI.GXoXSBk69ViAEhyjWWIcJE6uepxyT2IVI_j9ZVuwcUE&dib_tag=se&hvadid=73598895184344&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocint=4078&hvlocphy=159196&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-73599122814587%3Aloc-188&hydadcr=11453_2519572&keywords=early+railways+of+scotland&mcid=24e9c94998623933b72ec2941c56c73f&qid=1766174603&sr=8-1
1722waggonway.co.uk/product-page/early-railways-of-scotland
Steam Locos In Profile - Ffestiniog Festival - e-gmedia.co.uk/shop
SOURCES AND CREDIT
Photograph of L&M's 'Planet' class - The original uploader was G-Man at English Wikipedia. - Photo by G-Man * Oct 2006 Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1610108
Website sources
bbc.com/future/article/20181217-how-dickens-made-white-christmas-a-myth
brusselstimes.com/belgium/977404/archaeologists-in-antwerp-stumble-upon-100-year-old-english-train-wagon
calendar-uk.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/how-many-times-has-it-snowed-on-christmas-day-in-the-uk
LINKS
Discord server - discord.gg/ED4FdkUVc9
Twitter - twitter.com/TeaWithCaramel1
Outro music: Monster Hunter Generations - Pokke Village
Channel icon by Dean Walker - https://bsky.app/profile/ohlookitstrainart.bsky.social
#steam #train #christmas
![[SFM] America Sings! #4 - Modern Times](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GOiQqjFX-qg/mqdefault.jpg "[SFM] America Sings! #4 - Modern Times
Happy 4th of July!
America Sings was an audio animatronic show at Disneyland, from 1974 to 1988. The characters would sing multiple songs from various time periods, from the Early South up to the 70s, a show which lasted 21 minutes. The old Animatronic were moved to Splash Mountain after the closure of America Sings.
To celebrate the 4th of July, I animated the fourth and final section of the attraction, Modern Times in Source Filmmaker. After 5 years, this gargantuan project is finally finished!
A compilation of all the 4 chapters + a The Making Of will appear sometime later this month!
LINKS
Discord server - https://discord.gg/PtekEPJ
Twitter - https://twitter.com/TeaWithCaramel1
Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty
(Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051
Artist: http://incompetech.com/ )
Channel icon by Dean Walker - https://twitter.com/lookitstrainart
#AmericaSings #4thJuly #July4th")
