Trains In The 1990's Nuneaton Drags & Diversions, October 1991
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- Drags and diversions at Nuneaton featuring various Class 47's dragging Class 87's and Class 86's between Nuneaton and Birmingham, plus Nuneaton and Bedford/St Pancras! There are also other diversions off the Birmingham to Derby route featuring Class 47's and HST's, plus a few DMU's on regular services. Filmed on Sunday 13th October 1991.
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Cracking video, good old days, Not a bloody 37 in sight lol.
Thanks for posting.
I miss these old trains!
omfg i was there for these sweet glad someone had a video back then your made my day :) even better i went to etone school right next to the railway. sometimes a class 08 would come off the coventry line then the peaks thundered on the overpass about 12 oclock allways a good show:)
Good old days of Loco hauled Intercity trains during the 1990s. on VHS videocam footage, before we had digital cameras
I know you have heard it before Darren, but I just got to say it THE GOOD OLD DAYS, wish we had camcorders in them days. loved watching you video and must find some of my old stuff
Ideal short 8 coach formation for those railway modellers of the WCML with the 87 at 9.16
4 x TSO
1 x buffet
2 x FO
1 x BG
What an interesting start to this video ... 87007 'City of Manchester' dragging an already dead 87029 'Earl Marischal' ... As towed away from here by Parcels Red Class 47/4 no 47575: In the business this at the head was dubbed a 'conundrum' rather than a 'combination!' We then see Class 47/4 no 47467 from Parcels (RES) RXLC duties at Crewe / CD which spent most of 1991 being borrowed by Intercity Cross Country despite the stored IXXS allocation (languishing at Bristol Bath Road at this time) consisting of 47508 / 47509 / 47525 / 47527 and 47555 - all former ICDA Crewe / CD locomotives which were stored in October 1990!
Also that (unusually short) IWCA formation has a smashed window visible at 9:24 as the final Mk3A FO passes through!!! Finally 11:40 shows a familiar face if one happens to have seen MrDeltic15 in action at Reading (and Oxford) before ... Where 47807 makes another appearance in these excellent videos! Pure nostalgia making me wish I was 27 (at least!) years younger again.
great shots and sounds - another great collection
I started videoing in 2004 and was lucky to get some 47 clagtastic action and sounds while applying the muscle when Phil took me to Nuneaton when the drags were operating plus the great sound of a 47 on tick-over
AWESOME!!!!
Just wish I could turn the time backwards. and you just have with your excellent 1990s
film at Nuneaton, we still have the 47s and 86s still running, thank you Darren.
words cannot describe this video except really really good words like extraordinary so that's how I describe this extraordinary nostalgic video
Very good video Darren. Interesting to see the drags at Nuneaton with 87's and 86's and 47's. Lovely shot of the 47's pulling away and also liked the shot of the 47, DVT and HST in the same shot whilst standing. Enjoyed watching that :)
A very different looking Nuneaton Darren. All happening in this one mate. Some great sounds from the 47's in this one. Again superb footage and thanks for sharing. All the best Steve.
Superb video of my local mainline station Darren, if only we could repeat those scenes today :)
great video where you was standing around the 9min mark looking down platform 3 bad memory for me 1976 taking my dad something to eat not seen him in 3days right where you was standing a class 86 was off the track looked like some on picked it up and moved it a foot to the left another 86 right down the end sitting on the platform wont say no more but you get the picture I was 9 at the time
sorry was 1975 was a long time ago now maybe the date did not stick but every thing else as
delticsarebest trying to remember there number on of the track I think was 86006 and the one on the platform was 86242
During the early 1990s Bank Holiday weekend engineering work led to West Coast Main Line express trains having to terminate at St Pancras with diesel power being provided between Nuneaton and Bedford.
Brilliant thank you
Great compilation Darren as always. Ironic to see what is pretty much a local to me now - 47580!
It was best in the early to mid eighties when it was almost solid 56's with 58's getting involved too from about '84 onwards
great video as always! because the 47 hooked to 87?? I love that station with that ramp slope which then crosses the main line
greeting
gustavo
good video, a lot of the 125s still running I see
even better when its nunney castle coming off the ramp :P god i love my home town :) perfect for locos shame not many loco haul stuff nowdays god i need a tardis:(....... still get a lot of works trains on a sunday thou and a massive transporter stock about 7pm at night very long unsure wot it is but dame its long.
Must av took a fair bit of editing mate. Well done. I've beed working on old videos but having trouble with it going out of sync..Headache lol
yerh i remember the class 33 going to coalville open day do you rember seeing the class 89 001 at nuneaton it did some runs during its time here. sometimes we even got a class 50 on the night mail service rare but did happen :)
and class 20's sometimes and dame sure i seen a class 31 the other sunday does anyone have a video of the class 08 new street pilot i think spectra or something like that been looking but saddly not found yet:(...
Why do they look like diesels if they are electric ? Or are they both diesel & electric ?
anyone know why they were dragged?
The electrified route between Rugby and Birmingham via Coventry was closed for engineering work, so to keep the service to/from London diesels dragged the electrics between Nuneaton and Birmingham.
The alternative which existed IIRC was to divert services down the Thames Valley Corridor from Coventry and terminate them at London Paddington. Not the preferred option though because of the single track section which lies between Coventry and Leamington Spa as well as Relief Line use for 36 miles between Reading and Paddington. However one working via this alternative route brought a Class 58 into Paddington during 1990 two years before another Class 58 made it into London Euston - both with passenger duties.
what ever happened to the 87