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British Railway.

A game where you usually drive, ride or guard trains.

Well, today we are doing something slightly different.

In this video, we are going to show you 15 secrets in the game

that many casual players will never notice in their time playing.

Ranging from station signs all the way to hidden stations, we will show off everything you didn't know about British Railway.

Without further ado, let's get exploring.

This is Wolf Gaming.

So, let's go and find the first secret.

To find this one, spawn at Belmond Green and head down this road here towards this multi-story car park.

The road doesn't continue, so quickly head around the building.

And then continue along the road for a little more.

Once you reach here, head into Freecam and fly over to this station.

This is what the developers have done to Woodham station, which got removed in version 1.4.

This was to make way for the brand new Woodham TMD.

You might not notice that this is Woodham, as you rush past in your train, but the next time you drive past here, you will know what this is.

Okay, on to the next secret.

Secret number two is one only people who ride trains would be able to find normally.

Here in Avon Hill, there is something odd about the destination boards.

It's just over here.

Yes, you are reading this correctly.

The developers have decided to type out the main chorus of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up on this destination board.

Let's just move on from this one.

Right.

For the third secret, spawn at Lee Tun, and all you need to do is walk a few hundred meters.

It isn't too far.

Here we are.

This is a statue of the five developers of the game.

Of course, when you are driving through Lee Tun, you will never notice this, so it is cool for the developers to add this for people who properly explore the map.

The next secret is only one stop away, at Palmer's Way.

People who have played this game before version 1.4 will of course know

that this station used to be called St. James Park.

Well, we have some remains from that station.

Over here we have a rusty station sign on the floor.

This also includes the Thupe Park logo, which used to be the theme park at St. James Park.

How cool!

For our fifth secret, we need to spawn at Stonebrook Town and head down to where this road ends in a T-junction.

We have made it!

I think you can tell what I am going to say here.

It's a floating tree.

I have no idea if this is deliberate or if the developers made a mistake and didn't move the tree down enough.

This is also the location where the moving cars spawn and despawn.

Our next secret takes us to Elm Tree House, where the developers had quite some fun with what they were putting on the boats that are moored up around here.

First of all, we need to come to this boat next to the pub, where we can find a rubber duck in the front of this boat, called the Difficult Boat.

Right next to that, we can find another boat called the Spirit of Maxwell, referencing Maxwell the cat who can be found somewhere on the map.

On the other side of the river, we have another ridiculous joke.

Here we have Bill's discovery boats, and only a few meters away, we have Bob's better discovery boats.

The developers were really having a laugh when they were redoing this station,

and this is something you would never normally notice when you are rushing past the station trying to stay on time.

On to the seventh secret.

For the next one, we need spawn a whetstone.

To get there we need to go into free cam.

So, do you remember, before version 1.4, the fair line used to be here.

Well, at the end of the now disused branch, we can find a gravestone.

There isn't actually anything written on the gravestone, but we can make a guess that the developers have added this to remember where the fair line used to be.

This is a nice touch that you will never notice when driving a normal service.

For the 8th secret in the game, you need to spawn at Fortis Green.

Once again, we need to head into Freecam and we need to fly to this farm over here.

Does it look slightly odd?

I say yes.

Here you can find a wonderful settlement in the middle of a field, consisting of a few houses, a couple of tractors, and what looks like a pub.

How odd.

I never thought I would find this in the game, but there we go.

Another easter egg that you can look out for on your next drive.

The 9th secret is just outside of St. Porthen, Ferry Road.

We do have quite a long walk, so let's time lapse it.

Wait!

It wasn't this way.

Don't go down this road if you want to find this Easter egg.

Go down the next one.

Here we are at the waterfront, and we now need to head into Freecam and fly to the other side of the river.

And we've made it.

Look at this.

A beautiful British house.

I have to say, I don't think they could make this house any more British.

Well, they could add another flag to the back, but they haven't.

And this is all right beneath the madness of the Royal Donner.

You would never know.

Next, we head to Fleetwood for our 10th secret of the video.

And this time, we need to fly a little way out of the station.

It is just up here.

Well, we have some broken level crossing barriers.

How cool is this?

Unfortunately, this isn't on the mainline, so you would never see this when driving, but you can find it on a branch to the right.

The 11th secret takes us to the seaside, near Longbow.

Once again, head into Freecam and fly over to this pier.

Here you can find a ferris wheel.

It would be quite cool if it moved.

Other than that, there isn't too much else to this secret.

For our 12th secret, we need to head to Bawtree Road

and fly over to something that used to be in the game.

Yes, that's right.

The old miniature railway.

Nowadays, it has been moved, and we only have a small section of track with Bertie, one of the engines.

This used to be a huge miniature railway, which was sadly removed in version 1.4.

On to the next secret.

We come to Freston Junction for the 13th secret, where we technically get two in one.

The first one is this way,

so I will see you there. And I am here.

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This is a random platform in the middle of nowhere on a third rail branch line.

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I wonder if the developers are planning to do anything with this in the future.

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This is very cool, but we have something better just on the other side of Freston.

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Once again, this is along a third rail line.

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We need to head through this tunnel, and we will reach something not many players know about.

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Here we are.

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An underground station.

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In British Railway.

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Who knows why this is here, but it has been fully kitted out with seats and lights, so there was clearly some reason for it, but we are still yet to see underground stations in the game.

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We did have another one just beneath Lee-Tung, which also got removed in version 1.4.

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Why has everything cool been removed in 1.4?

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Anyway, the 14th secret is here at Ashteen Bridge, and is not too far away.

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We just need to head behind this house.

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And this is it.

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I wonder what this clue is.

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It clearly says headquarters, referring to the 4th rail headquarters in Lee-Tung, but I have no idea what it is leading to.

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It might be an old clue for Maxwell's location as he is not there currently.

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If you know what this means, drop a comment down below.

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Now for the final secret and we have saved the best for last.

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It is just outside of Brynmouth Station.

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Here it is.

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I wonder why this shop is so scared of these houses.

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Or maybe it is trying to scare us.

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I love how much the developers have tried to make this game as funny as possible without ruining the driving experience.

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Oh, I almost forgot.

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We have a bonus 16th secret, this one being for Seneac.

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Did you know that if you speed, you lose points, as well as this, if you run into red lights, you lose even more points.

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If you don't do these things, you actually get coins at the end of the route.

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That is a really obscure secret.

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Well there we go.

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There is the 15 secrets of British Railway that we found.

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Let us know if you have found any other easter eggs like this.

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Make sure to subscribe, as we are only 100 subscribers away from 20,000.

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Let's get there by next week, as then the 20k merch drop will release.

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We hope to see you in the next one.

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And until next time, goodbye.

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Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “15 Things YOU Didn't Know About BR 1.4.2!”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: secret, station, developers, boat, road. Deze video bevat 136 zinnen en 1581 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:08. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 142 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 86% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
developer zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪˈvɛləpɚ/	ontwikkelaar, ontwerper
spawn werkwoord	/spɔn/	kuitschieten, paaien
junction zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/	samenkomst, samenvloeiing
scare werkwoord	/skɛɚ/	bang maken, beangstigen
meter zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmitəɹ/	meter, teller
clue zelfstandig naamwoord	/kluː/	aanwijzing, spoor
destination zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	bestemming
beneath	/bɪˈniːθ/	onder
explore werkwoord	/ɪkˈsploɹ/	onderzoeken, bestuderen
underground bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/	ondergronds
disuse zelfstandig naamwoord	/dɪsˈjuːs/	onbruik
whetstone zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈʍɛtˌstoʊn/	slijpsteen
rusty bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˈɹʌsti/	roestig
tractor zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈtɹæktɚ/	tractor, trekker
pier zelfstandig naamwoord	/pɪɹ/	pier

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Betekenis
go down werkwoord	afdalen
show off werkwoord	zich aanstellen, pronken met

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
“Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer klopt	used to be
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	have done · have decided · have played
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	be called · are moored · can be found
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding	people who ride · people who properly · People who have

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 14 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals isn't, don't, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: junction /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: developer /dɪˈvɛləpɚ/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, deliberate /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/, seaside /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
/æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: tractor /ˈtɹæktɚ/, madness /ˈmæd.nəs/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/, barrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/, sadly /ˈsædli/
/g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gravestone /ˈɡɹeɪvstoʊn/, underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/, logo /ˈloʊ.ɡoʊ/, goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als developer, spawn, junction.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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