BR in the 1980's Ipswich Station on 10th July 1987

BRITISH RAILWAYS IN THE 1980's
IPSWICH STATION on 10/07/1987
Continuing with my archive of video recording between the years of 1986 to 2001 this clip is of Ipswich taken on 10/07/1987. 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.

[@shaunjasper8575]

Fantastic sequences, great camera action, thank you for sharing the footage

[@spompey]

You are most welcome and best wishes....mark

[@Obbsserver]

I remember Ipswich well, from the late 1960s onwards - I lived near Leiston and we used the trains uite a lot. Funny how it never seemed worth much attention in the 1980s, it all seemed so modern and boring. How wrong I was. Super video, thanks for taking the trouble to make it and share it.

[@spompey]

You are most welcome and many thanks for watching and for commenting....best regards...MARK

[@Dagworth]

Wow, this is great reference material, I'm currently building a model of Ipswich in 1986. Thanks for uploading

[@spompey]

You are most welcome and best wishes....mark

[@hellooldchap]

Fantastic footage.

[@spompey]

Many thanks for your kind remarks....Mark

[@shanestephens2877]

Never seen a royal mail coach smack bang in the middle of a rake of passenger coaches.

[@spompey]

many thanks for watching and best regards....Mark

[@emjackson2289]

When was the last time you saw a Class 08 at a station?! Cant even say Ive seen one at Heaton TMD moving anything in last 10 yrs.

[@spompey]

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

[@kevinfowkes2327]

You can still see them at Inverness, shunting the sleeper stock into and out of the platform, if you are there early/late enough. Not sure if Aberdeen uses an 08 for this as well. Penzance used to until not that long ago but I think Night Riviera is top and tailed these days so no need for a shunter.
Alexandra Palace kind of counts I think, the station backs on to Bounds Green depot and you sometimes see a shunter there moving LNER bits and pieces around.

[@ianjones4116]

Needs her White Window Frames back. Proper FP then . Dont forget the oil stained sides, the grime, and plenty of tea stains from the drivers window. Thats how i remember the Deltics . 👍👍😎😎

[@spompey]

Filthy beast....just how I too remember them.....Gorgeous.....Mark

[@rolymier8659]

Didn't realise the Clacton units had got to Ipswich

[@spompey]

Apparently So .....Many Many thanks for the comment and best regards....Mark

[@lewisc1997]

Was this just after the line to Norwich got electrified?

[@spompey]

I think it was a few years after .......someone will verify this....Best regards....Mark

[@kevinfowkes2327]

@@spompey It was electrified Colchester to Ipswich in May 1985 and Ipswich to Norwich May 1987....so this was two months after the full electric service to Norwich began.
The 1987 summer timetable included a couple of weird Ipswich to Blackpool services which were officially rostered for class 150 sprinters but very often a loco and coaches were substituted. I'm assuming the class 31 was on one of these, as it terminated at Ipswich. The diagrammed diesel loco-hauled trains through Ipswich all ran to/from Harwich by this time I think.

[@spompey]

@@kevinfowkes2327 Many thanks Kevin and best wishes...Mark

[@lewis72]

3:55
47582 scrapped in 2008. :-/

[@spompey]

You are most welcome and best wishes....mark