Great vid, so many happy memories of travelling to Skegness on the train in the fifties, when miners and their families descended on Skegness in their thousands, from Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. We were amongst them.
I think I was on that train with 5 little kids all headed for Skeggy. It broke down halfway and we were marooned for about 6 hours. We arrived in Skeg as the un set so had to cross to the other platform and go straight back home. No apologies no compensation and yet it has actually got worse since privatisation. Last twice I travelled by train I had the same experience - marooned for hours by both signals breakdowns and engine breakdowns. The heating in our carriage was stuck full on - in summer - and people were passing out from heatstroke.
Happy days. I think around that time I spent a few holidays in Caister on sea, although didnt go by train I know the roads well down there, always had a fascination with trains though. Thanks for upload
Great to see this old footage from when i was a young lad, at that time i lived in NSE territory in West Sussex, coming up here was a bit of a shock at the time to see how run down the railways were. I had this quiet hope that the idiots in government didn't shut down what little was left. The railway in Lincolnshire has a much brighter future now, we just need to rid the county of car centric local government officials so we can reopen a few important lines that were taken away from us. Lincolnshire will not prosper without them.
Thank you very much for these most interesting videos, Roy Harrison. I liked, particularly, the steam train on Skegness video. The modern trains travel at speed, but the steam train can too!
I love the variety. 20s on passenger trains! Like their Poruguese counterpart: The Classe 1400s I was getting used to at this time in Espinho on the Linha do Norte and elsewhere on CP's Network !
Very nice video. First thing that catches me was some notices on the wall of the Heckington signal box. One sign "no exit", the sign below it "Way Out", so is it an exit or not???? The 9 car DMU was quite impressive, I thought they were all 116 or 117 DMU's, but in the comments I see some other options, I'm not so good in distinguishing all these BR built classes. And some brisk braking from those 31's, were they approaching the curve too fast?
Tom, I think the "Way Out" is to turn right over the small foot crossing and its "No Entry" straight on by the Signal Box, I think the Driver on the 31 was approaching too fast and made a full application, which brought the train to a stand to a stand.
Nine car dmu formations used to come through my home station Crossgates and seeing the sets together on this video brought back happy memories. Sometimes the three sets would each be from different manufacturers usually 101, 108 and 104 or the delightful 110s. Those were the days!
Great vid, so many happy memories of travelling to Skegness on the train in the fifties, when miners and their families descended on Skegness in their thousands, from Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. We were amongst them.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very interesting Roy. Just shows all the infrastructure we have lost since then, and it was already a shadow of former days.
I just love how quick the gates open. Faster than those bloody barriers!
73 from G3VPR.
G0IMB that depends on how fast the signalman turned the big wheel.
I think I was on that train with 5 little kids all headed for Skeggy. It broke down halfway and we were marooned for about 6 hours. We arrived in Skeg as the un set so had to cross to the other platform and go straight back home. No apologies no compensation and yet it has actually got worse since privatisation. Last twice I travelled by train I had the same experience - marooned for hours by both signals breakdowns and engine breakdowns. The heating in our carriage was stuck full on - in summer - and people were passing out from heatstroke.
Great stuff. Thanks for adding this video, twenty minutes of my life very well spent watching.
Fantastic, thanks for sharing 🙂 what I’d give to see these sights again
I was 4 when this video was made!
Happy days. I think around that time I spent a few holidays in Caister on sea, although didnt go by train I know the roads well down there, always had a fascination with trains though. Thanks for upload
Great to see this old footage from when i was a young lad, at that time i lived in NSE territory in West Sussex, coming up here was a bit of a shock at the time to see how run down the railways were. I had this quiet hope that the idiots in government didn't shut down what little was left.
The railway in Lincolnshire has a much brighter future now, we just need to rid the county of car centric local government officials so we can reopen a few important lines that were taken away from us. Lincolnshire will not prosper without them.
Looks like that were a Emergency brake application on the double headed 31s just before firsby curve
Probably forgot all about the curve and put the lot in. Lol or reading a newspaper
The 31s paired proper summer so trainservice
Excellent. Thanks very much - and appropriately there was at least one 114 amongst all the 108s and other units.
Thanks for the memories. My son was on the re-created class 20 trip on Mon 27 May 19 from Derby to Skegness.
Thank you Roy that was fantastic
nine cars of Tyseley DMU (most with WMPTE logos), including a pleasantly rare 118. :) can you remember where it was going?
Thank you very much for these most interesting videos, Roy Harrison. I liked, particularly, the steam train on Skegness video. The modern trains travel at speed, but the steam train can too!
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic!!! @ 18:20 strange number position of the Brush Type 2 👍
Kev Bygrave if a yone every tells you something about the railways, somebody will always give you an except to this.
Nice to see a class 101 metro train deep in yellow belly land
101s weren't unknown on that line in the 1960s/70s. They used to appear in 8 or 9 car formations from the West Midlands on summer Saturdays.
I love the variety. 20s on passenger trains! Like their Poruguese counterpart: The Classe 1400s I was getting used to at this time in Espinho on the Linha do Norte and elsewhere on CP's Network !
i took that dmu to skeggie in 1970, i reckon it was the same bag of rubbish.Still though it was better then those metro camels
Class 116 DMUs never had toilets, so I’m guessing the trailers seen here are from Class 127 “Bedpan” units.
God I feel so nostalgic abourt Fart Carts: Almost like the Tank Engines they displaced!!
Another great vid, cheers
14,05 was it emergency stop?
Very nice video.
First thing that catches me was some notices on the wall of the Heckington signal box.
One sign "no exit", the sign below it "Way Out", so is it an exit or not????
The 9 car DMU was quite impressive, I thought they were all 116 or 117 DMU's, but in the comments I see some other options, I'm not so good in distinguishing all these BR built classes.
And some brisk braking from those 31's, were they approaching the curve too fast?
Tom, I think the "Way Out" is to turn right over the small foot crossing and its "No Entry" straight on by the Signal Box, I think the Driver on the 31 was approaching too fast and made a full application, which brought the train to a stand to a stand.
the front unit was a 118 (looked like a 117 but with a curved top to the headcode box). i think there were only 20 sets built, hence the rarity.
great stuff
Ah, the good old Class 20s and Class 101s. So much better than the single carriage jokes that travel the line now.
single carriages were stopped few years ago
@@Stuartalison thats good to know. I live in America now so I've been out of the loop for a few years.
Very good.
Thank you
Love that 9 car DMU!
peebee143 oh my thoughts too! No standing passengers on that 👍
Bet the driver wasn't!
Nine car dmu formations used to come through my home station Crossgates and seeing the sets together on this video brought back happy memories. Sometimes the three sets would each be from different manufacturers usually 101, 108 and 104 or the delightful 110s. Those were the days!