Trains in the 1980s - 3 Saturdays at Twyford Station - 1987/88

The first visit to Twyford in September '87 represents one of my earliest attempts at videography, so apologies for the quality. However, it still gives an insight to what a Saturday afternoon on the West of England mainline looked like in 1987. Unfortunately, my records don't show the numbers for lots of the movements, but I can be fairly certain that the Class 50s were 022 Anson, 029 Renown, 030 Repulse and 034 Furious.
The second visit, on a Saturday afternoon (25th June 1988) still includes 4 freight trains in the space of a little over 2 hours. Also Class 50s seen were:
007 Sir Edward Elgar
008 Thunderer
009 Conqueror
016 Barham
041 Bulwark and
044 Exeter
The third visit on the 9th July, from about 1:45pm to 4:30. During that time we were able to see 5 different Class 50s, 4 Class 47s and even a Class 56 on freight. As per usual, I didn't tend to film the HST or DMU activity, but this section does include a couple of shots.
[Note: this content has been posted to the channel previously but has been re-edited and converted from 4:3 aspect to 16:9].
00:00 5th September 1987
13:13 25th June 1988
21:50 9th July1988

[@darrenhillman8396]

Happy days indeed.
Long before the overhead wires arrived!
Great footage! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@OldOakTrains]

Thanks, you’re welcome. I haven’t actually been back to Twyford since the 1980s, so haven’t seen ‘the wires’ in situ. I guess I’m not missing much 😆😆

[@whalechap]

Lovely stuff! You were lucky to capture several freights running on the main lines. That was pretty rare east of Twyford.

[@OldOakTrains]

Thanks for watching. Strange how the passage of time puts things in perspective, isn’t it. 👍😊

[@darrenraymond5334]

brings back memories i love these old diesel loco's thank you ,make a change from class 66 traction today😁

[@OldOakTrains]

I take it you won’t be watching my 2+ hour EWS Class 66 video then ?! 🤷🏻‍♂️😱. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊😊😊😊

[@speedbirdconcordeBOAB]

Grimy BR blue and HSTs still had Valentas. They were the days. 👍🏻

[@OldOakTrains]

Glad it brought back memories 👍😊

[@iainmaturin8460]

Parcels DMU was a blast from the past!.

[@OldOakTrains]

Oh, yes, I wouldn’t normally bother with DMUs, sticking to loco hauled, but that was one of my first filming expeditions, and so I think I videoed everything that day - luckily 😊👍.

[@AndreiTupolev]

4:46was a good shot!

[@iainmaturin8460]

My brother used to take me to Sonning Cutting a little further down the line. Happy days

[@OldOakTrains]

If you haven’t already checked it out, then you might like this video of mine
th-cam.com/video/Mzj26BMPmg0/w-d-xo.html
as it includes views taken on a footbridge overlooking Sonning cutting.
Thanks for watching and commenting 👍😊

[@ashfaq1999]

Great 😊

[@AndreiTupolev]

Up parcels train, *and* a diesel parcels unit leading the down stopper!