So so sad. I spotted in the 80s as a teenager. My house backed onto the Coventry - Leamington line, oh the joy and thrill of hearing and then seeing a 50 Hoover thunder past!
nice bit of history mate, thanks for sharing it. and to think 7 years previous the 50's were refurbished at Doncaster into large logo livery, they looked stunning on the Dawlish sea front from Langstone rock
Stuck my nose into OC last week to have a look from the footbridge by the canal. The Factory is all gone and levelled as is the turntable. Foundations for sidings going in for Crossrail, but no diesels ticking over :-(
Cheers Bob Strange to think back in 91 The norm for a reasonable quality video camera was a thing so fnn big it sat on your shoulder...now its in a mobile...great stuff
There are quite a few class 50s preserved. Indeed, in the last few years, Arriva Trains Wales have used perserved class 50s on and off for scheduled passengers services in the summer.
Yea.... your rite there they were great loco's,,felt a bit eerie there as I only filmed 50028 out of Waterloo a year or so ago & thanks for the comment's
Probably something in your eyeball...!! My first go was with a Ferguson videostar,,like yours a full vhs job,,and did a couple of all liners with it including the old oak one...
They should have at lest kept a couple of them for posterity. Although having seen a few old Hammersley Iron (Western Australia) locomotive cabs gathering rust, would have loved to save a couple. Would put them on a couple of rail bogies and a chassis, fill out where the engine room was, and it would be my "ornamental greenhouse" lol
Yea I think that's what hurts the most taffy402...Just think what we had 20-30 years ago and now we haft to buy it in.. The one that maybe sticks out more than others is the APT Project !!
pity they didnt cut those duffs in the background instead,nse duffs you just knew the end was comeing,looking forward to minehead though.good vid you dont see much footage like that on the normal dvds.
but thats this country for ye, nice locos them, my sadest day was donny 1982 the deltic graveyard , my opinion wed av been better keeping the likes of 37, 40, 45, 47, 50, 55, 56, keep them in pristine cond and have exitement on the railways still, i just want to take a tin opener to todays crap
The real scandal is that they sold the rights/drawings etc for the APT to Sweden. It appeared as the X-train and Sweden then sold it round the world!!!!
Well sad - I loved the 50's and to see them dumped and unwanted breaks my heart
So so sad. I spotted in the 80s as a teenager. My house backed onto the Coventry - Leamington line, oh the joy and thrill of hearing and then seeing a 50 Hoover thunder past!
nice bit of history mate, thanks for sharing it. and to think 7 years previous the 50's were refurbished at Doncaster into large logo livery, they looked stunning on the Dawlish sea front from Langstone rock
Stuck my nose into OC last week to have a look from the footbridge by the canal. The Factory is all gone and levelled as is the turntable. Foundations for sidings going in for Crossrail, but no diesels ticking over :-(
What an excellent video, sad to see those locos like that, but great that you were able to capture it...well done W....5*
50's RIP
Cheers Bob
Strange to think back in 91 The norm for a reasonable quality video camera was a thing so fnn big it sat on your shoulder...now its in a mobile...great stuff
this is how the deltics must have been in 1982 so sad
There are quite a few class 50s preserved. Indeed, in the last few years, Arriva Trains Wales have used perserved class 50s on and off for scheduled passengers services in the summer.
Yea.... your rite there they were great loco's,,felt a bit eerie there as I only filmed 50028 out of Waterloo a year or so ago & thanks for the comment's
this is so sad I love the class 50 they are awsome I hope one comes to swanage for the diesl gala this year
Probably something in your eyeball...!!
My first go was with a Ferguson videostar,,like yours a full vhs job,,and did a couple of all liners with it including the old oak one...
Love the bonus of 47530 on the turntable
aghh 50024 one of the best
The two ends of the big logo 50, any idea witch one it is?
They should have at lest kept a couple of them for posterity. Although having seen a few old Hammersley Iron (Western Australia) locomotive cabs gathering rust, would have loved to save a couple. Would put them on a couple of rail bogies and a chassis, fill out where the engine room was, and it would be my "ornamental greenhouse" lol
I used to use a Panasonic M4 full size VHS camera, and I know what you mean. I wonder what we'll be using in another ten years!
Mad isn't it... only filmed 50028 in dec 1990 then filmed summer 91 only bits left !!!
Great locomotives shame, At least there are quite a few preserved now!
My god this video is depressing, and I'm not even old enough to remember them...
@cashpanache 50028 was my first cop
Yea I think that's what hurts the most taffy402...Just think what we had 20-30 years ago and now we haft to buy it in..
The one that maybe sticks out more than others is the APT Project !!
whats a wizzo?
He wasn't renowned for spontaneous laughter...
It's a crime
All Old trains are going to died out!!! (Oh god!)
50 039 was the large logo one.
Allways a sad sight,but not as sad as rows of 56/58s
pity they didnt cut those duffs in the background instead,nse duffs you just knew the end was comeing,looking forward to minehead though.good vid you dont see much footage like that on the normal dvds.
.....like rottin carcasses....shame.....brings make memories as a kid......saw every 50 apart from 50028 TIGER
but thats this country for ye, nice locos them, my sadest day was donny 1982 the deltic graveyard , my opinion wed av been better keeping the likes of 37, 40, 45, 47, 50, 55, 56, keep them in pristine cond and have exitement on the railways still, i just want to take a tin opener to todays crap
Hell no, FGW's London Depot. I think DB Schenker shut down their freight depot over there though.
Sad :(
english electric 16 cylinder beasts to be exact
The real scandal is that they sold the rights/drawings etc for the APT to Sweden. It appeared as the X-train and Sweden then sold it round the world!!!!
its not quite as bad as barry scrap yard but i am a steam man my self but this is quite shocking
someone looks board 3.29 lol
Horrible video, but thanks. My dad took me down to Reading from Derby to see the 50's every summer. Awful to see them in such a state.
disappear and60007
how sad! large logo was made for 50's ! look at 47530 at the end you realise how awful the nse livery was!
Torch this rubbish.
18 of these have been preserved, we don't need any more. We don't even need as many as 18. Cut the rest for scrap!