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This was the day I was born. Looked lovely! West Wales is beautiful. My Great X3 Grandfather was the station-master at Llangollen station.

Thanks for filming. I was on this train !

What would health and safety say about vehicles moving under their own devices?

I now own that Caterpillar loader shown at 6.48 and its being preserved . th-cam.com/video/d-9h5c64O-c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0PcG2dfbx2O4UX0K

Closed by the Thatcher Gov

Great footage. Thanks for sharing

People today would more than likely take one of these DMU's over a Pacer anyday! Except they are both gone!

Thanks for sharing this excellent film! Brought back many happy memories of visiting South Wales on my Rover tickets. Newport was always an interesting stop. From heritage dmus on local services, the 33s on Crewe/Cardiff and Portsmouth/Cardiff services, 37/56s on the various freight haulage and 47s on just about anything! At least you could get a seat in those days and many services still had 1st Class accommodation - a compartment to myself, window open and Class 33 thrash all way from Crewe! Even the ubiquitous HSTs with their Valenta power units were welcome to see and hear. Just so boring now with mu for all passenger trains and the Class 66 dominating freight.

My local station now not worth spending any time here with just units and 66 s even the HST no longer visit about the anything of interest now are the scrap trains to Sims this is a great nostalgia dvd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

213 of these engines were rescued from the cutter’s torch

Funny watching this 30 later. Most of those tracks are long gone and so much has changed.

Hit ‘em up

Brilliant video, thank you very much! Great memories and I'm not using rose-tinted spectacles when I say that it was better in many ways back then. You can see where the capacity problems occur. A Cardiff-Manchester service went from loco-hauled 5 coaches (250 seats at least), to a 2 car sprinter unit that could accommodate 160. So not only did passengers get a noisier journey, they also had less space because they also lost the guard's van where bikes etc. could go.

Its a shame the yards got shut down

That would’ve hurt

I miss diesel loco hauled trains. I suppose it was simply the follow-on from the steam hauled mindset. All the units now are so dull. No variety and very little dirt or clag

12:50 I can see about 18 health and safety violations right there 😂😂

Abercynon isn’t on the Treherbert route.

20th & 21st Centuries Steam Locomotive Train rides.

Enjoy the ride.

Was this filmed in one day (STJ), if so what sort of date ? I noticed that nearly all the Halls/Manors were sans name plates !

Hi Ray . Did you film anymore of the newport leg of the rail tour please. Thank you .

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford could they extend the DLR. All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

Sad to think 400 jobs went there after closure. Loved watching the fly shunting.

Screw couplings or hook over no screw in middle?

That was lovely, I’d rather ride on one of these old buggers than some of the sterile bloody soul less shite that run about our railways now.

9:42 where are they here?

Been waiting 20 years to see this :-) I was driving that section. It was filmed by the driver I'd relived who promised to let me have a copy but never got around to it.

My dad in law worked there 70s I think ,Terry monk.

All those cars outside the office block are classics today. Was that a blue Morris Marina estate?

Good archive, thanks for sharing, spent many a shift working to the tunnel, even the odd shandy in the railway club if we were delayed. I remember the first we new about the Tunnel closing was when it was announced on news at ten, such a waste.

Why can't you run the trains back again you need them now put them back in service and pump out milk in those barrels✨🌈🌄🦺🚂🚃🚃🌹🌹♥️♥️💯💌✨✌️✨

Great collection there Ray

Excellent Ray, nicely filmed.

Lived in the village (Rogiet) in the 70s. Fond memories watching this.

Have just found this wonderful video. I spent many an hour in the early to mid 60s trainspotting at STJ and was always fascinated by the marshalling yard. Thanks for such evocative scenes.

Reminds me of the terrible journey to work I had back then. To pass the Iron Gates and cross the Levels of Mendalgief.

Remember to upload in grainy 240p. We all love that out of focus look, don't we boys and girls?

Those guys chucking the mail bags must have been in training for the future company Hermes! Great video of much missed days. I was Crewe (CD) based at the time.

37901 what a beast. Great days back then. All but a memory now. 👍😎

Great footage Ray,best I’ve seen of this trip.

I remember that, Ride behind a King for 50p .So being a big kid I had £1 worth of rides. Also on the SVR and WSR.been hauled by a King

Superb footage of the old yard at Severn Tunnel Jcn. It is great for anyone wishing to model the demise of BR before the split and privatisation occurred as it shows load of prototype examples that can be modelled using modern RTR examples from Bachmann etc. as a base.

Are they allowed to loose/fly shunt like this now?

Hello Mr. Ray. Wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year. Many thanks for this interesting information. I am from India, what is the reason that many of the sidings in great Britain have closed down over the years, despite handling varied mix of cargo, with high rail coefficient. Thanks

I remember the 33s working the Cardiff Manchester's,, normally a 37/4,, even had class 50 Hoovers for a while. Lovely bit of Thrash. Great days, classic loco's. Thanks for posting. 👍😎

Did the Signalman show you his High back Armchair !! Standard issue, brought in from home lol, dont forget the slippers too. Spent many a night in all Shrewsbury boxes. Pway handsignalman. My dad took me from Hereford to Shrewsbury in the cab of a 56, steel to Dee marsh,, last steel worked by Salop men. Great says, great memories. Thanks for sharing. 👍😎

Great vid. You were very lucky to catch a glimpse of the rarely seen Welders, Actually Welding up a crossing nose, these rare creatures only used to come out at night. Lol. Nice to see the local gang on the job too. Nice little work site in front of the Tunnels. I do miss the Pway, along with all the classic Diesels of that era. Thanks for sharing. 👍😎

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