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I remember the class 26s diseals in the 1980s I remember the run a train from Stirling to Blackpool north that was a good service it only run till October but it was good service they also run from Dundee to Blackpool north there were good services till they stopped that was sad😢 but they only run private charters now Stuart 😮

Superb archive footage John. Thanks for sharing 👍, Colin.

My early years of fishing Loch Long gave me fantastic memories of hearing the Sulzer engines hauling lots of heavy fuel tankers. Early morning waking up in the tent & hearing the rumble from many miles away.

Fabulous little 'Garratt.

I remember Hatton from that time. The Banbury stoneys, long mixed goods trains, and expresses never had less than nine on, or so it seemed. More recent fixed formations of only seven always seemed puny. The good old days. Loved the music too. 👍👍👍

Superb footage, not often you see the loco and location, I know the crossing well, imagine loose shunting on the A5 these days.

Always nice to see footage showing William Francis. Imagine if they restored that beautiful machine to working order.

The Deltics replaced the Gresley A1s and A3s and A4s on the East Coast Mainline

can you imagine a level crossing on the A5 there now?

A beautiful little work horse of a train 🤗 A lovely little glimpse into the past, lovely music to accompany it 👌

As mentioned by the late Derek Cross.

Some of the track is still there today in the carpark of the marina..

Great video,what a lovely big little engine,I’d love one in oo gauge

Is the birch coppice industrial estate/rail freight terminal on the colliery site?

Can someone tell me when Aylesford station had wigwags installed?

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Nice footage 👍👍👍

Nice one 👍👍👍

A lovely McRat (Teacup) 26 032 on Load 8 with 47 816 in tow. The loco seen at Carlisle. Then struggling on the Warcop branch at Appleby with the train. Note the BN91 Pullman stock (ex Bradford Pullman) in the other platform at Appleby. Lovely video when trains were not karts, and Britain still had a railway with comfortable seats, and great noise.

Great stuff as ever, John!

Really looks like she was struggling to get started from that signal stop on the curve

lovely excelllent! are there any videos of trains using the wyken branch to the power station at longford in Coventry?

Nice one. Sulzer engined locos have character.

When I used to go to MC metals in Glasgow and see the class 26's getting cut up it made me sad and sick. I've a BR arrow off of 26008.

Looks like it's last ever working, 09/12/1989 26032 xxxx 0730 London Kings Cross - Carlisle between Appleby Reversing Sidings - Appleby The Warcop Fell Express Railtour

Fabulous video John, lovely engine tone from the 26.

Why is a Class 40 pulling a Black 5?

Mr Wells sir, did you have nothing better to do back in the day but video trains? 2.01 Mount Judd in the background.

That was some rough track!

I always thought that the Cromptons 33’s on the southern had their front end appearance spoiled by the headcode box and that the 26’s and 27’s looked a lot better in the front end, even though they are all BRCW of course

Thanks for sharing that wonderful footage great days love to turn the clock back 👍

Old bank, the Swan pub, Campbells arcades, King georges, old cop shop, shear brow, London road. Awesome video and brought back great memories

I remember these locomotives arriving or sitting at the buffers already arrived, fantastic great stink off them, and if you walked past the side of the engine there was a great heat off them, I remember their noses covered in fly squash, they used to shut them down soon after pulling up, the noise was terrific, a great booming, there was a real drama about them, a great muscularity, as they sat there, windscreens purple with the spectrum

Sad to the Condition these engines were in ,though interesting to see War department Austerity 2-8-0s, stanier 8Fs, and Franco crosti boiler Br 9F, at the same Motive Power Depot.

Wish I was born earlier, but with today’s modern camera technology. Great video.

For some reason I particularly liked the WD 2-8-0s not sure why as they were not particularly good looking. Crewe works used to do their overhauls and so I saw plenty in ex-works condition.

While memory fades, as a spotter of a certain age - I first bunked the Trent Valley diesel dock in 1970 - I'm sure we (also) called it 'the overhead'. As far as the type of traffic to be seen, in April 1972 a fellow spotter swore blind he'd heard a Deltic crossing the Weddington Road during the night heading for Abbey Street. LOL - the rantings of a known fantasist. Courtesy of Napier Chronicles: It was 9006 on a Peterborough to Castle Bromwich cement presumably deputising for the more usual 25 or 31. He who laughs last... (Was this the only production Deltic to operate through Nuneaton on a service train?)

Another excellent film. Thank you!

Incredible to think that Normanton station once boasted the longest platform in the WORLD! Before dining cars, it was a stop for meals at the station's hotel for passengers travelling from London to Scotland.

Great and to think all of this is gone ,just a single track and simple platform these days

Thanks John, another interesting look back to how things were.

13 coaches? Quite a load for the old girl even back in the day

Excellent, could have watched that for hours! Thanks for posting.

Great video John, I always like seeing historical videos from Nuneaton seeing it's my nearest mainline station

Cant resist looking at a video showing a peak.

The best days by far

Fantastic video, i live quite literally a stonesthrow from the bridge. A lot of change in the landscape but still a great place for its veriety

There must have been a couple of years' date range across this one, because the Peaks were all long scrapped when the 60s first came on the scene. The Peak on the railtour would have been 1987 or 1988 I'm guessing, I think the whole class was withdrawn by the end of 88. From memory the 60s started to appear from about 1990 onwards. Trains hauled by a single class 20 were very rare, at least by the 80s. You do see pictures of odd trip workings in Scotland in that period but, despite growing up next to a class 20 stamping ground in the 80s (the Erewah Valley line), I'm struggling to remember ever seeing it in the midlands.