BR in the 1980s Birmingham New Street Station 21st January 1986
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- This was Birmingham New Street Station back in January 1986. A wonderful location to see many types of traction then. From Class 31,47,50,86,87 The fairly new 150's The ageing EMU 310 class and of course the HST on the long cross country hauls.
How it has all changed from redevelopment and the demise of loco haulage, sadly now mostly "Pendolinos" and 2nd Generation DMU's. Enjoy this short feature heading back nearly 37 years.
This was my trainspotting stomping ground in the '80s! Brings back many happy memories. One thing I had forgotten though, is just how dirty and run down the trains and station looked then! Mind you, my recollection of Birmingham, as a whole, is dirty and run down concrete structures that smelt vaguely of car/bus fumes and urine.😂
Been to far worse places....It was an exciting location for me as a youngster, I did a lot of Audio recording there back in the 1970s having travelled up there on an inter-city train either out of Euston or Paddington...never really ventured far from the station...Many thanks and my best regards to you.....Mark
i would sometimes come up from Taunton behind a 50 and spend a few hours in this area (incl. Bescot), but would always return home with clag in my eyes and dirt on the clothes. New Street was a dirty place and full of diesel fumes. Good times though, and will never be forgotten
@@NEDex-sk2kh It was!! But yes, good times!!😀
@@NEDex-sk2kh Very true and great memories with that...many thanks....Mark
1 thing why I loved New Street the smell of the diesels
I used to breathe in the Ozone from the Electrics too !.....Much appreciated....Mark
Great vid, brings back many memories, I used to arrive hear from Bristol Temple Meads in the early to mid 1980s to see the Electrics as we don’t get them here in Bristol, used to love the sound of the whirring of the electric engines , the dirty BR Blue Liveries, ahhh the memories. Thx for posting
Great to bring back good memories for you and many thanks for your valued interest.....Best wishes....Mark
Back in the days of Kodak Agfa and cassette recorders with hand held microphones.
Defenately ...and if you could afford it memorex co2 or even metal tapes.....great memories....Mark
I always like old videos of new st hoping to see myself in my younger days stood on end of platform 8!
About to upload more of New St in a day or two....so keep an eye out......best regards....Mark
excellent video!
Many many thanks....Best wishes....Mark
Why do these retro Trainspotting videos bring me back to a time when I wasn’t even born? I guess it’s just weird seeing the trains in those liveries in the handheld shaky video camera form since all I’ve seen otherwise is pictures
You are most welcome and like a lot of us, we too go back way before our lifetime......many thanks and best wishes...Mark
@@spompey I went down a whole youtube rabbit hole after this video was in my recommended: th-cam.com/video/DF7Pdgqk9EU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vBb0V7SuO_ezwuxW
New Street back in the day and the rotunda too nice bonus that. Nice mix of diesel and leccys at brum as shown here. Not many spotting on this day! It was always a hive on a Saturday so maybe filmed on a week day.
YES this was a weekday, I did try to avoid Saturdays due to the attention my camera caught and as well as the crowds...maybe some regrets....best wishes....Mark
Fun place to go . Got to ride in a 45 I think ? Up under the bridge and back once .
You're most welcome....Many thanks for your comment and for watching...best wishes...Mark
God this brings back memories 😢
Glad to have done that for you.....best wishes....Mark
This was around the era that I could have been occasionally at New Street looking at locos. Mid 80s anyway.
Many thanks for watching and for your comment best regards....Mark
It's only when you mentioned the 87 running to Bescot that I've realised that New St didn't have a major stabling point for locos nearby, just that little siding by the signal box.
Yes I remember often having to work trains via Bescot to vacate a busy station in the late 1970's....Best wishes...Mark
They mostly stabled at Saltley (diesels anyway)
@@AndreiTupolev Oh of course! Forgot about that. I also forgot about Duddeston. What were the sidings and shed used for there? I remember seeing the odd loco there until about the turn of the century.
@@AndreiTupolev Yes they did.....best regards to you and many thanks......Mark
they used to park a lot of locos in the middle lines . Always something between 7 and 8
I wonder why they weren't a ventilation system to take away the diesel fumes
Must have been quite worse in the days of steam...aaahhh but the smell Victor......Many thanks and best regards....Mark
When the railways were British. Not the foreign garbage now.
Too much plastic now!....Many thanks and my sincere wishes....Mark