BR in the 1980s Stoke On Trent Station on 24th February 1988

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
STOKE ON TRENT STATION on 24th February 1988
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of STOKE ON TRENT STATION on 24th February 1988. I hope the video takes you back to this period with fond memories. Feel free to comment, good or bad, all comments are read and greatly appreciated,but it is not always possible to answer each individually. Sit back and enjoy this latest production remembering all those now long gone Locomotive classes and other types of traction. Many thanks for all subscriptions and all of those viewers who have kindly shown an interest in my material.

[@colingarwood9971]

Just loving these great videos. Fond memories of the good old days 👍

[@spompey]

You are very welcome and many thanks for watching and for the comment...my best regards...Mark

[@nawbus]

Fascinating video! Although the rolling stock is remembered, it is the smaller details that are forgotten. The Royal Mail being loaded on to trains, the BRUTEs, the old station clocks, HSTs coming through Stoke and the guard's van with its stove obviously in use!

[@spompey]

Spot on...the very atmosphere of the scene has disappeared ......Many thanks.....Mark

[@johnfellows2867]

Spent many happy hours spotting at the end of the up platform by the water crane in the early 60's !

[@spompey]

It must have been a mecca in those times...many thanks...Mark

[@XploringwithAde]

Takes me back I would of been 14 at that time can’t beat the British rail days I remember sometime in the late 80s or early 90s I was standing on the platform at Stoke station and a class 37 freight was coming through on middle line and we felt the platforms move lol great times

[@spompey]

Yes I too have felt the platforms shake...Many thanks...Mark

[@liamburke1741]

Absolutely fantastic video! My home station. I was 5 years old at the time. Many happy times spent at Stoke Station trainspotting with my dad. Thanks for the super footage 👍

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@rocksreynolds3642]

It’s February and the brakeman on the spoil empties train has got the stove going. All lost on today’s brake van free trains.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@BibtheBoulder]

My god these videos get better and better......lord knows what I will watch once you've run out of them...!

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@passionfruit7276]

Who was the automated announcer at Stoke on Trent in the 1980s??

[@spompey]

Start of the robotic announcing we have today....Many thanks and best regards.....Mark

[@dieseldave3879]

🚂👍

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and your comment, sorry for the late response was away for 2 weeks...best wishes...Mark

[@davefreeman7629]

graet video of stoke from 30 years ago i rember that center track why did thay ever remove that was good for letting though trains though the staion now stoke can be come a bottle neak as all trains only have one track each way though the staion and thats the platform one a bit silly really to ever remove the though train should put one back to ease the bottle neak at stoke.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for watching and for the comment...my best regards...Mark

[@paulefc1971]

Barely got used, so was removed, I also seem to remember platform 1 being extended and a higher speed through the platform being one of the benefits (sure it's something like 45mph as opposed to 20mph previously), not to mention the two sets of points recovered, 4 point machines, the overhead line being simplified and the track maintenance no longer required, both through platforms are also bi-di so losing the centre road hasn't got many, if any downside